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OPENING PRAYERS

Seven-Line Prayer to Guru Rinpoche

Hung. In the northwest country of Orgyen

Born in the pollen heart of the lotus,

Possessing astonishingly supreme spiritual attainments,

You are well known as Pedma Jungney (the Lotus Born),

Surrounded by a retinue of many dakinis,

Following you, I practice.

Please come forth to bestow blessings.

GURU PEDMA SIDDHI HUNG.

The Prayer to Supplication to Dudjom Lingpa

The essential nature of the undeceiving three precious jewels,

The supreme expression of the three kayas of the ocean-like buddhas,

The great perfection dharma king of the three realms:

To the feet of Dudjom Lingpa, I pray.

In the play of the pure equality of samsara and nirvana,

May buddhahood be obtained by actualizing relation and liberation.

The Prayer of Supplication to Dudjom Rinpoche, Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje

In the past, you were the Vidyadhara Nuden Dorje Tsal.

In the future, you will be the Buddha Mopa Thayei.

Now you are Padmasambhava’s regent, the actual presence of Dro Ben Lotsawa.

To Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje, I pray.

This was written by myself upon the request of the faithful. SARWA MANGALAM

In the Ogmin Dharmadhatu Palace,

The actual nature of all the Buddhas of the Three Times

Reveals the direct perception of the Dharmakaya Self-Mind.

To the feet of the Root Lama, I pray.

The Prayer That Swiftly Accomplishes All Wishes

EH MA HO. How Astonishing! In the center of the lake, on the pollen heart of a lotus,

Is the spontaneously accomplished primordial wisdom deity of the five embodiments,

Great self-born Padmasambhava and consort,

Surrounded by dakinis like massive heaps of clouds; to you I pray.

Grant blessings that my wishes may be swiftly accomplished.

Due to the strength of fully-ripening negative karmic behaviors,

All illness, negative forces, obstacles, war, strife, and famine develop.

By fervently remembering your face, they are exhausted.

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Before you, from my heart I implore you, Lord Orgyen:


Liberating the mind through the practice of faith, morality, (and) generosity,

With modesty and shame, (through) listening (to dharma)

And being fully endowed with wisdom, these are the seven wealths.

By the strength of these (qualities) rising in the minds of all sentient beings,

They will breathe the treasure of bliss and happiness in this world.


All illness, and the suffering of undesirable circumstances,

The rising up of demonic forces, and the punishment of the kind (of demonic spirits),

Fire, water, wild animals, treacherous passageways, and great fears –

During all such temporary occasions, and when the end of this life is reached,

There is no other source of refu8ge or hope (than you).

Hold me fast with your compassion, Lord Orgyen.


(Optional Prayer)

I pray to you, Orgyen Rinpoche,

Without allowing conflicting circumstances and obstacles to arise,

Accomplish all conducive circumstances and wishes, and

Bestow the supreme and common spiritual attainments.

From my heart I pray to you, Lord Orgyen.

Hold me fast with your hook of merciful compassion, Lotus-born One.

In this and future lifetimes, grant blessings that all excellent and meaningful desires

May be accomplished in accordance with the dharma!

OM AH HUNG BENZAR GURU PEDMA SIDDHI HUNG

Prayer to Guru Rinpoche to Clear Obstacles on the Path

Precious teacher, the embodiment of all buddhas of the three times,

Great bliss, the lord of all accomplishments,

Wrathful power, the one who dispels all hindrances and subdues demons –

I pray, bestow your blessings.

Please remove the outer, inner, and secret obstacles

And grant the blessing to accomplish wishes spontaneously.

Long Life Prayer for All Lamas

I pray for the excellent health of the teacher,

I pray for supreme long life as well.

I pray for the ever-increasing expansion of miraculous activity.

Grant blessings that I may never be separate from the lama!

Prayer for the Nyingmapa Lineage and the Tradition

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May the great tradition of Khenpo Shantarakshita, Lobpon Padmasambhava, and the

dharma king Trisong Detsun,

Increase and spread throughout the three realm world.

May the appearance of the Three Jewels, and the mindstreams of beings,

Remain inseparable, and bring sublime well being throughout the three times.

By Jnana.

Yeshe Tsogyal’s Prayer to Guru Rinpoche as He Left Tibet

NAMO GURU

When the master Padmasambhava was leaving for the land of rakshas at the summit of

Mang Yul pass, Yeshe Tsogyal, having done many prostrations and circumambulations,

bowed down to his feet and made this prayer.

By the blessing of the Maha Guru,

Through all of my lifetimes,

In the palace of the pure land,

May I become inseparable with the lama.

By my stable faith

May I please him by perfect service.

May I be able to receive his blessing and the nectar of his instructions,

The essence of his profound realization.

By the blessing of his body, speech, and mind,

May my three doors, (body, speech and mind) ripen, and

Through the two profound stages of generation and completion,

May I obtain power and spiritual accomplishments.

May all the demons of incorrect thinking and their assemblies,

As well as illness, malevolent spirits, and obstacles, be pacified, and

May (my) endowments and retinues increase

So that all my thoughts are wish-fulfillingly accomplished.

In cemeteries, high in the snow mountains, and other secluded places,

In prosperous and favorable places,

May I be able to constantly practice

The nectar of Buddha mind, the profound Samadhi.

By the results of practicing,

May I be able to accomplish the four supreme activities.

May all the guardians come under my control

And thus enable me to guard the Buddha’s teachings.

May the meaning of the Buddha’s teachings

Arise spontaneously within my mind.

May I possess supreme knowledge

And thus be able to attain the highest realization.

Through the interdependence of bodhicitta

May I be able to control all beings,

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And by the power of wish-fulfilling, unobstructed bodhicitta,

May all the connections I make be purposeful.

May the Buddha’s teaching increase

And may its followers flourish in the teaching.

May all beings achieve happiness

And may all the Buddha realms be perfect.

Through my body, speech and mind,

According to the needs of beings to be tamed,

May there appear measureless nirmanakaya embodiments

In whatever manifestation is the most beneficial.

In short, may all of samsara and nirvana

Become inseparable with the guru.

May I immediately attain buddhahood,

The state of the three kayas, indistinguishable,

May the beings pray to me.

May the guru bless me.

May the yidam grant me siddhi.

May the dakinis give me prophecy,

May the dharma protectors removemy obstacles.

May the Buddha’s teaching ever increase.

May all beings be happy.

May I practice dharma day and night.

May I spontaneously fulfill the two aims (of self and others).

By this perfect virtue

May I be able to root out suffering from samsara.

May I never fall into the samsaric ocean again.

May I be able to reveal the three kayas.

The great secret treasury of all buddhas,

The supreme teaching of Vajrayana –

May it spread everywhere

Like the sun rising into the sky.

Through this and other virtuous deeds which I will accumulate,

May the qualities and causes which fulfill the wishes of the spiritual teachers arise.

May I have the strength to develop and spread the precious teaching of Buddha.

May my knowledge, compassion and ability reach the ultimate state and may I become a

Buddha.

May I be able to carry all the beings who are suffering in the six realms across the ocean

of samsara, so they may attain buddhahood immediately.

I, Pema Lingpa, found this prayer from the lion-faced rock of Lho-Drag Mendo.

Translated by Bhakha Tulku, Pema Tenzin, at Kunzang Palyul Choling, Poolesville,

Maryland in February, 1990.

The Aspiration of the Vajradhatu Mandala by Guru Rinpoche

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NAMO GURU

On the tenth day of the monkey month in the monkey year, Orgyen Rinpoche uttered this

aspiration on the occasion of revealing the Vajradhatu mandala in the turquoise covered

middle chamber of Samye. Thereafter, the king and the disciples made it their daily

practice. All future generations should wholeheartedly take it up as their practice, as well.

Victorious ones and your sons in the ten directions and four times,

Assemblies of gurus, yidams, dakinis, and dharma protectors,

Please come here, all of you, numerous as dust motes in the world,

And be seated on the lotus and moon seat in the sky before me.

With respectful body, speech, and mind I bow down

And present to you outer, inner, secret, and suchness offerings.

In the presence of you sugatas, the supreme objects of worship,

I feel shame for the gatherings of my past evil actions

And confess regretfully my present non-virtues.

In order to turn away from them in the future, I shall restrain myself.

I rejoice in all gatherings of merit and virtue

And ask you, victorious one, not to pass away into nirvana

But to turn the dharma wheel of the tripitaka and the unexcelled teacings.

All accumulations of virtue I dedicate to the minds of beings,

So they may reach unsurpassed liberation.

Buddhas and your sons please listen to me.

May this excellent aspiration which I have here begun

Be expressed in accordance with

The victorious Samantabhadra an dhis sons

And with the wisdom of noble Manjushri.

May all the precious masters, the splendor of the doctrine,

Reach everywhere like the sky.

May they shine on everyone like the sun and moon

And may their lives be firm like mountains.

May the precious sangha, the foundation of the doctrine,

Be in harmony, keep pure vows, and be wealthy in the three trainings.

May the practitioners of Mantrayana, the essence of the doctrine,

Keep the samaya and perfect the development and completion stages.

May the ruler who supports the dharma, the patron of the doctrine,

Expand his dominion and aid the Buddhist teachings.

May the nobility and chieftains, the servants of the doctrine,

Increase their intelligence and be endowed with resourcefulness.

May all rich householders, the sponsors of the doctrine,

Have wealth and enjoyments and be free from harm.

May all free countries with faith in the doctrine

Have peace and happiness and be free from obstacles.

May I, a yogin on the path,

Have flawless amaya and fulfillment of my wishes.

May anyone connected with me through good or evil karma,

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Both now and ultimately, be cherished by the victorious ones.

May all beings enter the gate of the unexcelled vehicle

And attain the vast kingdom of Samantabhadra.

Exert yourself in this aspiration during the six sessions.

SA MA YA GYA

The great treasure revealer Choggyur Lingpa, emanation of Prince Murub, revealed this

treasure among a crowd of people. He took it from underneath the upper part of Piled

Jewels Rock Mountain situated on the right slope of the most sacred place, Sengchen

Namtrak. The silk paper, made from the robe of Vairocana with Tibetan shurma letters

written by Tsogyal, was then immediately transcribed correctly by Padma Garwang

Lodro Thaye. May virtuous goodness increase.

The Aspirations Prayer to Journey to the Realm of the Copper Colored Mountain: A

Chariot of Happiness and Good Fortune

The purity of appearances of one’s own perceptions is the vajra realm of great bliss.

The spontaneously arisen Ogmin Dharmadhatu, an interweaving dance of illusory

emanations, is

The most perfected among the infinite pure lands of all the buddhas.

May I be born in the realm of the Glorious Copper Colored Mountain.

Atop a beautiful mountain of ruby

Is the jewel dome and levels of the celestial palace,

Wonderfully perfect in design and beauty.


Surrounding are lush lawns and sandlewood groves and

Turquoise colored marshes blooming with lotuses of various colors,

Youthfully boasting their full bloom and their beautiful pollen hearts.


Camphor scented springs of flowing amrita

Cascade into swirling pools – LHUNG LHUNG,

Like the flowing movements of youthful dancers.


From the open eyes of the tent of interlacing rainbow light rays

Fall a rain of flowers like strands of molecules

Among which the Ging Chens wind in their dance of bliss.


All fully perfected desirable qualities are

The cloud of beautifully adorned dakinis,

Which endlessly spread out in all directions like a canopy.


At the head of the assembled vidyadharas

Is the powerful conqueror Padma Jungney, the Lotus-born Guru,

Proclaiming to all directions the lion’s roar of the profound secret.

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Having revealed that he is the essential nature of all buddhas,

With the unequalled power of primordial wisdom, knowledge and loving kindness,

He employs appropriate methods to assist the needs of countless beings.


A treasure of ocean-like noble qualities that has no limit –

By the mere thought of it, one is uplifted and this pure land is beheld,

A brilliantly blazing wheel of astonishing miraculous activitiy.


With immutable strength may I arrive, at this very moment,

In the citadel of the beautiful pureland of Kha Chod Padma Od, and

Through the liberation of accomplishing the mind’s supreme wish of benefiting self and

others,

May I never be anything other than one with you, oh Guru!

This prayer was written from the heart with a mind of intense longing by the old man

Yigdral Yeshe Dorje to be the cause of the noble woman Dekyong Yeshe Wangmo’s

journey to the pure realm of lotus light.

Translated by Orgyen Yeshe Phuntsok at Orgyen Dorje Den, S.F., CA. 1990.

Possessor of great kindness, essence of all the buddhas,

Orgyen Rinpoche, to you I pray.

At the very moment this life is over,

Bless me that I may take rebirth in the realm of Lotus Light.

Written by Jnana.

Appearances, sound and awareness (are) experienced as the deity, mantra and the

dharmakaya.

Within this vast expanse of the display of enlightened embodiments and primordial

wisdom,

Through the practice of the great yoga of the profound secret

May we remain indivisible with essential essence of the one taste of enlightened mind.

In all my lifetimes may I meet with perfectly pure spiritual teachers, and

Remaining inseparable, may I utilize the glorious dharma!

Supremely perfectly all qualities and talents on the stages and paths,

May I swiftly achieve the state of the glorious Lama!

The Verses of Prayer to the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones

If these verses are repeated just once before beginning any kind of activity, whatever is

wished for will be accomplished in accordance with one’s needs. Keep this in mind while

reciting.

In the natural, spontaneously present, perfectly pure phenomenal existence,

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To all who dwell in the auspicious realms of the ten directions,

The Buddhas, Dharma and assemblies of the Noble Sangha.

I prostrate and pray that all may be auspicious for myself and all others.

To Dronmed, Gyalpo, Tsalten, Dondrub Gong,

Japa’I Gyenpal, Geidrag Paldampa,

Kunla Gongpa, Gyacher Dragpa-chen,

Lhunpo Tarphag, Tsaldrag Pal and Ni,

Nobles Ones, known for your consideration of all sentient beings,

Noble Ones, known for your superior display of enlightened activities that grant mental

satisfaction,

Merely hearing your names increases all glory and auspiciousness.

I prostrate to the eight Sugatas!

To the youthful Manjushri, the glorious Vajra-holder,

The powerful Avalkitesvara, the noble protector Maitreya,

Sayi Nyingpo, Dribpa Namparsel,

Namkhai Nyingpo, the supreme Noble Kuntuzangpo,

Utpal Dorje, Pedkar, Lushing and

Norbu Dawa, Raldri Nyima,

Holders of the excellent hand emblems of supreme noble good fortune,

I prostrate to the eight Bodhisattvas!

The supreme jeweled umbrella, the auspicious golden fish,

The wishfulfilling vase, the mind-pleasing kamala flower,

The conch of fame and glory, the fully endowed endless knot,

The eternal victory banner, the all-powerful wheel –

You who hold these eight supreme precious signs,

Offered to the Conquerors of all directions and times,

Attractive maidens of pleasure, to recall your nature increases all that is noble.

I prostrate to the eight goddesses of good fortune!

Tsangpa Chenpo, Dejung Sedmed-u,

Migton Den and Gyalpo Yulkhor Srug,

Pagkyei-po and Luwang, Mig Mi-zang,

Namto Sei, and Lha-dzei Khorlo,

Holders of the trident, short spear and vajra,

Vina, sword, stupa and banner of victory,

Who make auspiciousness and positivity grow in three realms.

I prostrate to the eight guardians of the world!

Concerning the activity that myself and others are about to begin,

By pacifying all obstructions and unwanted harm,

May the noble and meaningful increase and all wishes be accomplished.

May good fortune, happiness and prosperity be fully-endowed!!

If this prayer is recited upon awakening all that is meaningful will be accomplished. If

recited before sleep, excellent dreams will be observed. If recited prior to going to

another country or place, there will be victory in all directions. If recited before beginning

an activity, the desired purpose will increase. If recited regularly one’s life expectancy,

reputation and endowments will increase. Happiness and prosperity will be fully-

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endowed and one’s purpose wishfullfillingly accomplished. All negativities and

obscurations will be cleansed resulting in higher rebirth and ultimate liberation. All these

accomplishments are the supreme words of the Conquerors.

Thus, in the Year of the Fire Monkey, during the third month under the excellent

alignment of the constellations, I, Jampal Gyeipai Dorje (Mipham Rinpoche), found this

great wishfulfilling crystal in the lake of my mind.

May all be auspicious!

Glorious root teacher, precious one

Dwelling on the lotus seat on the crown of my head;

Hold me with (your) great kindness.

Bestow the accomplishments of body, speech, and mind.

The Preliminary Practice of the New Treasure of Dudjom

His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche

Jigdral Yeshe Dorje

Supreme Leader of the Nyingmapa School

A Prayer of Calling (the Lama) from Afar: a Spontaneous Song of the Original Nature

The Essence, unchanging from the beginning, innate nature free of elaboration,

Originally pure and utterly luminous, dwells as the Youthful Vase Body.

Dharmakaya Lama, Yeshe Dorje, heed me!

Please grant the blessings to attain great confidence in the View.

The Nature, an unceasing and unified configuration of luminous clarity,

Dwells as the display of the spontaneously present Five Certainties.

Sambhogakaya Lama, Dechen Dorje, heed me!

Please grant the blessings to perfect great ability in meditation.

Compassion without bias, pristine wisdom free from all limitation,

Dwells as the essence of all-pervading naked awareness-emptiness.

Nirmanakaya Lama, Drodul Lingpa, heed me!

Please grant the blessings to accomplish great progress in Action.

The original nature of one’s own awareness is unchanging and unmoving.

Whatever arises is the expression of the Dharmakaya – neither good nor bad.

Since awareness of nowness is actually the Buddha,

The completely free serene Lama is revealed in one’s innermost heart.

When this original mind is realized as the very nature of the Lama,

There is no need for whining, contrived prayers made with grasping and attachment.

By letting go in the free, natural flow of uncontrived awareness,

Not holding whatever arises, the blessings of self-liberation are obtained.

Through fabricated practice, there is no time to achieve enlightenment.

This meditation produced through mental analysis and intellect is a deceiving enemy.

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Now, conceptualization falls apart with the abandon of a mandman.

Let this life be spent in a state of uninhibited, naked ease!

Whatever one does, joyful – Practictioner of the Great Perfection!

In any company, happy – Lineage Son of the Lotus Born!

Protector without rival – Great Treasure Revealing Lama!

Teachings beyond compare – Heart Essence of the Dakinis!

Having dispelled the heart’s darkness, great ignorance, in its own place,

The undiminished sun of luminous clarity shines continuously.

This good fortune is the kindness of the Lama, the only fathe.

Unrepayable kindness! Remember the Lama!

This was spoken as delirious chatter by Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje upon request of my foremost

Vajra student, Trulku Jigme Choying Don Thamchad Drubpaidei. Sublime Virtue!

A Meaningful Guide to this Concise Recitation of the Preliminary Practice of the New

Treasure of Dudjom

First: The Preparation: the recitation of the four reflections which reverse the mind.

NAMO. Homage! Lama, infallible constant protector, (you who) know!

The freedoms and the favorable conditions of this (human birth) are extremely difficult to

obtain.

Everything born is impermanent and bound to die.

The results of virtuous and unvirtuous actions (which are causes) are inexorable.

The three realms of cyclic existence have the nature of an ocean of suffering.

Remembering this, may my mind turn towards the Dharma!

Thus, reciting as many times as possible, do the mental training.

Second: The actual Preliminary Practice.

First: The going for refuge. Believe that the root teacher, himself, in the form of Guru

Rinpoche, the essence of the embodiment of the refuge field of the Three Jewels, is

actually sitting in front (of one) in the sky.

From now until attaining the heart of enlightenment

I take refuge in the Lama, the Three Jewels.

Thus, with prostrations, recite as much as one can.

Second: The generation of bodhicitta: Beseeching the object of refuge to bear witness.

From now until Samsara becomes empty

I shall accomplish the benefits and happiness of all sentient parent beings.

Thus, do the mental training the bodhicitta.

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