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The Inseparability of theSpiritual Master and Avalokiteshvara:A Source of All Powerful Attainments

by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama

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The Inseparability of the

Spiritual Master and Avalokiteshvara:

A Source of All Powerful Attainments

composed by

His Holiness the FourteenthDalai Lama


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The Inseparability of the Spiritual Master and Avalokiteshvara 5

The Inseparability of the

Spiritual Master and AvalokiteshvaraA Source of All Powerful Attainments

To my spiritual master Avalokiteshvara,

The full-moon-like essence of the buddhas vast compassionAnd the radiant white nectar of their all-inspiring strength,

I pay my deep respect.

I shall now disseminate to all other beings the standard

pracce of this profound yoga.

The root of every inspiraon and powerful aainment (siddhi)

lies solely with the spiritual master (lama or guru). As such, he

has been praised in both sutras and tantras1

more than once. Heis of fundamental importance because the basis for achieving

everlasng happiness is requesng him to teach the undistorted

path. Thinking of him as being inseparable from the specic

meditaonal deity with whom you feel a special anity, you

should visualise the two as one.

The vitality of the Mahayana tradion comes from compassion,

love, and the altruisc aspiraon to aain enlightenment(bodhichia) in order to eecvely help all creatures become free

from their suering. Moreover, the importance of compassion is

emphasised throughout all stages of development. Therefore, if

you wish to combine Avalokiteshvara, the meditaonal deity of

compassion, with your own root guru, rst gather ne oerings

in a suitable place. Sing on a comfortable seat in an especially

virtuous state of mind, take refuge, generate an enlightenedmove of the awakening mind, and meditate on the four

immeasurable thoughts.


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SEMCHNTHAMCHDUGNGLMEPIDEWADANGMIDRLWARGYURCHIG

May all senent beings be inseparable from the

happiness that is free from suering.

SEMCHNTHAMCHNYERINGCHHAGDANGNYIDANGDRLWITANGNYOMLANPARGYURCHIG

May all senent beings abide in equanimity, free from

desire for friends and hatred for enemies.

Purifying the place

THAMCHDUNISAZHIDAGEverywhere may the ground be pure,

SEGMALASOGMEPADANGFree of the roughness of pebbles and so forth.

LAGTHILTARNYAMBIDURYIMay it be in the nature of lapis lazuli2,

RANGZHINJAMPORNGYURCHIGAnd as smooth as the palm of ones hand.

Blessing the Offerings

LHADANGMIYICHHPIDZMay human and divine3oerings,

NGSUSHAMDANGYIKYITRLActually arranged and mentally created,KNZANGCHHTRINLANAME

Clouds of nest Samantabhadra4oerings,

NAMKHIKHAMKNKHYABGYURCHIGFill the enre space.


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8 The Inseparability of the Spiritual Master and Avalokiteshvara

Offering Cloud Mantra

OM NAMO BHAGAVATE VAJRA SARA PRAMARDANE /TATHAGATAYA/ ARHATE SAMYAKSAM BUDDHAYA / TADYATHA

OM VAJRE VAJRE / MAHA VAJRE / MAHA TEJA VAJRE /MAHA VIDYA VAJRE / MAHA BODHICHITTA VAJRE / MAHABODHI MNDO PASAM KRAMANA VAJRE / SARVA KARMAAVARANA VISHO DHANA VAJRE SVAHA (3X)

KNCHHOGSUMGYIDENPADANGBy the power of truth of the Three Rare Sublime Ones,

SANGGYDANG JANGCHHUB SEMPA THAMCHKYI JINGYI LAPDANG

The blessings of all the buddhas and bodhisavas,

TSHOGNYIYONGSUDZOGPINGATHANGCHHENPODANGThe great wealth of the completed two collecons, and the

sphere of phenomena being pure and inconceivable;

CHHKYIYINGNAMPARDAGCHINGSAMGYIMIKHYABPITOBKYIDEZHINNYIDUGYURCHIG

May these piles of clouds of oerings arising throughtransformaon by the bodhisavas Arya Samantabhadra,

Manjushri, and so forth - unimaginable and inexhausble,

equaling the sky - arise and, in the eyes of the buddhas and

bodhisavas of the ten direcons, be received.


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Visualisation

Front Generation

Visualise the spiritual master in the manner of the three savas:

samayasava (commitment being), janasava (wisdom being)

and samadhisava (concentraon being).

DECHENLNDRUPCHKKAYINGSUIn the space of the dharmakaya5of great spontaneous bliss,

NATSOGKNSANGCHTRINTRIGPIn the midst of billowing clouds of magnicent oerings,

SENGKETEGPBARNORBTRIRUpon a sparkling jewelled throne supported by eight snow

lions6,

CHUKYENYIDAKYPDENTENGTUOn a seat composed of a lotus in bloom, the sun and the

moon7,

Samayasava commitment being

NYINGDJETERCHENPAGCHOGDJIGTENWANGSits supreme exalted Avalokiteshvara, great treasure of

compassion,

NAMPANGURMIGCHANGWDKARCHENAssuming the form of a monk wearing saron-coloured robes.

TSAWLAMASUMDENDORDJEDZINO my Vajradhara master, having all three ways8,

DJETSNLOSANGTENDZINGYATSPELHoly Losang Tenzin Gyatso,

KARMARDANGSELGYEPDZUMSHELCHENEndowed with a glowing fair complexion and a radiant

smiling face,

CHAGYTUGKARCHCHCHAGGYAYIYour right hand at your heart in a gesture expounding the


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Dharma

LEGPAMRELTRITSENPPKARTANGHolds the stem of one white lotus that supports a book and

sword9.

YNPANYAMSHAGTSIPTONGKORLONAMYour le hand resng in meditave pose holds a thousand-

spoked wheel10.

KURKUMDANGDENCHKNAMSUMTANGYou are clothed in the three saron robes of a monk11,

TSOMSERDOGPENSHADZEPARSLAnd are crowned with the pointed, golden hat of a pandit12.

Understanding the guru as the embodiment of the complete

mandala.

PUNGKAMKYECHEYLTANGYENLAGNAMYour aggregates, sensory spheres, senses, objects and your

limbsRIGNGAYAPYUMSEMPASEMMATANG

Are a mandala complete with the ve buddhas and their

consorts13,

TROWRANGSHINKYILKORKORLORDZOGMale and female bodhisavas and the wrathful protectors.

NANGTRENGDRUGPKURKHYIM

Encircled by a halo of ve brilliant colours14,SHAPNYIMICHEDORDJEYKYILTRUNGTSL

My master is seated in full vajra posture,

KANGDLGYUDRLTRAPDRINPUNGGYESending forth a network of cloud-like self-emanaons

to tame the minds of all senent beings.


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Guru Avalokiteshvara in the aspect of H.H. XIV Dalai Lama


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Jnanasava wisdom being

TUGKARYESHESEMPACHENRZIWithin his heart sits Avalokiteshvara, a wisdom being15,

SHELCHIGCHAGSHITANGSUNGTELMOCHARWith one face and four arms. His upper two hands are placed

together,

OGMSHELTRENGPEMAKARPONAMHis lower two hands hold a crystal rosary and white lotus16.

RINCHENGYENTANGTARGYINASDZEHe is adorned with jewelled ornaments and heavenly

raiment.RITAGPAGPNMAYNPAKAP

Over his le shoulder an antelope skin is draped17,

DAWLANGTSOPDARKYILTRUNGSHUGAnd cross-legged he is seated on a silver moon and lotus18.


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Samadhisava concentraon being

TEYITUGKARTINGDZINSEMPANIThe white syllable HRIH, a concentraon being

at his heart,HRIH YIGKARSELSERCHOGCHRDRO

Emits brilliant coloured light in all the ten direcons.

LAMNSUMDORDJESUMGYITSENOn my masters brow is a white OM,

within his throat, a red AH,

TUGKHUM YIGLDRSERGYIAt his heart, a blue HUM, from which many

lights shine out in myriad direcons,

RAPJAMCHOGSUMMALCHENTRANGTEInving the Three Jewels of refuge to dissolve into him,

TIMPKYAPNKNDNGOWORGYURTransforming him into the collected essence of the

objects of refuge.

The Seven-Limb Prayer

Prostrating

SELDZOGTSENPEDZEPTONGDRLKUYour liberang body is fully adorned with all the signs of a

Buddha19;

NYENJEPTRUGCHYANGDENGAGMESUNGYour melodious speech complete with all sixty rhythms ows

without hesitaon;

SAPYANGKYENTSEPAGPARKAWTOUGYour vast profound mind lled with wisdom and compassion

is beyond all concepon;

SANGSUMGYENGYIKORLORGCHAGTSELI prostrate to the wheel of these three secret adornments of

your body, speech and mind.


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Offerings

DAGPSUNGTANGMASUNGCHPDZEMaterial oerings of my own and of others,

NGSHAMYITRLLTANGLONGCHTANGThe actual objects and those that I visualise,DSUMSAGPNAMKARGETSOGKN

Body and wealth, and all virtues amassed throughout the

three mes,

KNSANGCHDRINGYATSORMIGNBLI oer to you upon visualised oceans of clouds like

Samantabhadras oerings.

Confessing

MARIGTIPPMAGGIYINNPMy mind being oppressed by the sing darkness of

ignorance,

CHRANGKANAMATDIGDUNGSOG

I have done many wrongs against reason and vows.LOGPARCHENPNONGPACHICHIPA

Whatever mistakes I have made in the past, with a deep

sense of regret

GYDOMDRAGPMIGMENGANGDUSHAGI pledge never to repeat them and without reservaon I

confess everything to you within the unobservable.

Rejoicing

PELDENLAMNAMPARTARPATANGFrom the depths of my heart I rejoice

TEGSUMKYEPAGRANGSHENTAMCHKYIIn the enlightening deeds of the sublime masters

DSUMNAMKARGEWPUNGPOLAAnd in the virtuous acons past, present and future

performed by myself and others,


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NYINGNSAMPATAGPDJEYIRANGAnd by ordinary and exalted beings of the three sacred

tradions20.

Requesting

NATSOGDLCHKAMKYIDJESONGPI request you to awaken every living being from the sleep

TAMCHKAPSUMLHAYIRLMDRAOf ordinary and insncve delements with the divine music

of the Dharmas pure truth,

SAP

SHI

YANG

SU

DRL

W

YI

CHEN

KN

Resounding with the melody of profoundness and peace

SHENYNDRIPPNYILLONGTUSLAnd in accordance with the disposions of your various

disciples.

Entreating

SISHIMUTATRELWNGNTOGLAI entreat you to rmly establish your feet upon the

indestrucble vajra throne

DROKNDEWUGJINMATOPPARIn the indissoluble state of E-VAM,

SHAPSUNGE-VAM21MISHIGKYILMOTRUNGUnl every senent being gains the calm breath of joy in the

state of nal realisaon,SHOLMEDORDJEITRILATENPARSHUG

Unfeered by the extremes of worldliness or tranquil

liberaon.

Dedication

NAMKARLEGCHGYDANGGYGYURKNI dedicate fully my virtuous acons of all the three mes,

JETSNLAMDRELMEJEDZINCHINGSo that I may receive connuous care from a master,


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KNSANGCHCHOGMNLAMYONGDRUPNAnd aain full enlightenment for the benet of all,

DROKNTNTUDZOGCHANGTOPCHIRNGOThrough accomplishing my prayers, the supreme deed of

Samantabhadra.

Mandala offering

SAZHIPKYIJUGSHINGMETOGTRAMThis ground anointed with perfume, strewn with owers

RIRABLINGZHINYIDGYNPADIAdorned with Mount Meru, the four connents, the sun and

the moon

SANGGYZHINGDUMIGTELWAYII imagine this as a Buddha-eld and oer it

DROKNNAMDAGZHINGLACHPARSHOGMay all living beings enjoy this pure land.

DAGSHENLNGAGYISUMLONGCHTSUMGETSOGTANGThis oering I make of a precious jewelled mandala,

together with other pure oerings and wealth

RINCHENMANDALASANGPOKNSANGCHPTSOGTANGCHAnd the virtues we have collected throughout the three mes

with our body, speech and mind.

LOYILANGNLAMAYITAMKNCHOGSUMLABLO my masters, my yidams22, and the Three Precious Jewels,I oer all to you with unwavering faith.

TUGJEIWANGKISHENDAGLACHINGYILAPTUSLAccepng these out of your boundless compassion,

send forth to me waves of your inspiring strength.

IDAM GURU RATNA MANDALAKAM NIRYATAYAMII send forth this jewelled mandala to you, O precious gurus


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Blessing by the Master

JETSNLAMTRUGKHRIH YIGLFrom the HRIH in the heart of Avalokiteshvara,

DTSISERNANGGYNPAPTESeated in the heart of my venerable master,

RANGKICHIWONSHUGDIGDRIPJANGFlow streams of nectar and rays of ve colours

CHOGTNNGTRUPMALTOPPARGYURPenetrang the crown of my head, eliminang all obscuraons

endowing me with both common and exclusive powerful

aainments.

OM AH GURU VAJRADHARA BHADRA RAGA MANJUSHRIVAGINDRA SUMATI JNANA SHASANA DHARA SAMUDRA SHRIBHADRA SARWA SIDDHI HUM HUM

Recite the mantra of the spiritual master as many mes as

possible. His Holiness Dalai Lamas name, Ngawang LosangTenzin Gyatso is contained in the mantra as follows:

Tib: Ngawang = Skt: Vagindra = Lord of speech.

Tib: Losang = Skt: Suma = Excellent mind.

Tib: Tenzin = Skt: Shasana dhara = Upholder of the Buddhas

teachings.

Tib: Gyatso = Skt: Samudra = Ocean


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Request to Actualise the Graduated Path

TRELTANGYNGYIDEWAMALPBestow on me your blessings to be devoted to my master

with the purest thoughts and acons,SHIRGYURMANORLAMTNDRINCHENJE

Gaining condence that you, compassionate holy master,

RAPJAMKYAPKYIPUNGPORNGENYENAre the basis of temporary and everlasng bliss, for you

elucidate the true path free from all decepon,

SAMJORDAGPTENPARCHINGYILOB

And embody the totality of refuges past number.

NORCHOGCHEWDRNMINTELJORTENBestow on me your blessings to live a life of Dharma

undistracted by the illusory preoccupaons of this life,

TOPKYANGMITENNAMDORCHAMEPFor well I know that these leisures and endowments can

never be surpassed by countless treasures of vast wealth,DINANGCHAWNAMYANGMIYENGWAR

And that this precious form once aained can not endure,

DAMCHCHPDAWARCHINGYILOBFor at any moment of me it may easily be destroyed.

SKANGENDRJIGLKYOPPPL

Bestow on me your blessings to cease acons of non-virtueCHOGSUMTENGYIKYAPSULEGSUNGTE

And accomplish wholesome deeds, by being always mindful

KARNAGLDRCHISHINSEMPAYIOf the causes and eects from kind and harmful acts,

While revering the Three Precious Jewels as the ulmate

source of refuge

DIGPONGGEDRUPNPARCHINGYILOBAnd the most trustworthy protecon from the unendurable

fears of unfortunate rebirth states.


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SINMLUTRICHISHINLHAWANGGIBestow on me your blessings to pracce the three higher

trainings23,

PNTSOGKNKYANGLUWCHCHENTUMovated by rm renunciaon gained from clearcomprehension

TONGWNGEJUNGDRAGPGYKLNThat even the prosperity of the lord of the devas24

LAPSUMNYAMLENCHEPARCHINGYILOBIs merely a decepon, like a sirens alluring spell.

TOGMETNDRINGYILEGKYANGPBestow on me your blessings to master the oceans of

pracce,

SISHIGPNARWMARGYURDRCulvang immediately the supreme enlightened movaon,

NGANGTSLSAMNSEMCHOGRAPKYETEBy reecng on the predicament of all mother senent

beings, who have nourished me with kindness frombeginningless me

CHPAGYATSORLOPPARCHINGYILOBAnd now are tortured while ensnared within one extreme

or other, either on the wheel of suering or in tranquil

liberaon.

RAPTANGYOMENYAMSHAGMELONGNGOGBestow on me your blessings to generate the yogaTATRELDNTONGPNGOTSARBUM

Combining mental quiescence with penetrave insight,

GOGMETRAWSHILHAGSUNGDRELGYIIn which the hundred-thousand-fold splendour of voidness,

forever free from both extremes25,

NEL

JOR

GY

LA

KYE

WAR

CHIN

GYI

LOB

Reects without obstrucon in the clear mirror of the

immutable meditaon.


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TSENDENDORJEDZINPSHENYENGYIBestow on me your blessings to observe in strict accordance

TRINLCHESAPNGAGKYIKORSHUGNAll the vows and words of honour that form the root of

powerful aainments,

NGDRUPTSAWATAMTSIGDOMPANAMHaving entered through the gate of extremely profound

tantra

TSLSHINSUNGWARNPARCHINGYILOBBy the kindness of my all-procient master.

NYIMEDETONGYESHETSNNNGYIBestow on me your blessings to aain within this lifeme

KNCHELLUNGGYUWARABCHNThe blissful great seal of the union of body and wisdom26,

KUTRUGSUNGJOUGDECHENCHAGGYACHEThrough severing completely my all-creang karmic energy

TSEDIRNGNTUGYURWARCHINGYILOBWith wisdoms sharp sword of the non-duality of bliss andvoidness27.

Merging with the Spiritual Master

Having made requests in this way for the development in your

mind-stream of the enre paths of sutra and tantra, and thushaving done a glance meditaon on them, now recite the six-

syllable mantra in connecon with the merging of the spiritual

master into your heart.

DETARSLWATAPPLAMACHOGMy supreme master, requested in this way,

GYESHINCHNTERANGKITSANGBUGGYNow blissfully descends through the crown of my headDAPGYNYINGMESHIGTIGLERTIM

And dissolves in the indestrucble point


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DENYILARYANGPDARLAMKUAt the center of my eight-petalled heart28.

SEMPASUMTSEGNGARSHINSELWAYINow my master re-emerges on a moon and lotus, in his heartsits Avalokiteshvara,

TUGKHRIH TARYIGDRUGNGAGTRENGGIWithin whose heart is the leer HRIH

Encircled by a rosary of the six-syllable mantra, the source

from which streams of nectar ow,

KORLDTSIGYNPAPNDNTANG

Eliminang all obstacles and every diseaseDIGDRIPKNCHANGLUNGTOGYNTENGY

And expanding my knowledge of the scriptural and insight

teachings of the Buddha.

SCHGYELWCHINLABMALTOBThus I receive the enre blessings of the victorious ones and

their children,

LARYANGTRNCHUKYNDJANGTEAnd radiant lights again shine forth to cleanse away defects

from all beings and their environment.

NANGDRAGRIGSUMPAGPSANGSUMDUIn this way I aain the supreme yogic state, transforming

every appearance, sound and thought

KYERWNELJORCHOGLANPAGYURInto the three secret ways of the exalted ones29.


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Recitation of the Mantra of Avalokiteshvara

Aer compleng the above, recite the six syllable mantra, OmMani Padme Hum, as many mes as possible. If you have received

the full iniaon (wang or oral transmission) into the 4-arm

manifestaon of Avalokitesvara, or a full iniaon into a highest

yoga tantra meditaon cycle with a subsequent permission (je

nang) for the 4-arm manifestaon of Avalokitesvara, do the self

generaon at this point

OM MANI PADME HUM

Upon conclusion, recite once the hundred-syllable mantra of

Vajrasava

Purification of mistakes in the ritualOM VAJRASATTVA SAMAYA MANUPALAYA / VAJRASATTVATENOPATISHTA / DRIDHO ME BHAWA / SUTOKAYO ME BHAWA/ SUPOKAYO ME BHAWA / ANURAKTO ME BHAWA / SARVASIDDHIM ME PRAYACHA / SARVA KARMA SUTSA ME TSITAMSHRIYAM KURU HUM / HA HA HA HA HO / BHAGAVAN /SARVA TATHAGATA VAJRA MA ME MUNTSA / VAJRA BHAWA

/ MAHA SAMAYA SATTVA AH HUM PHAT

One translaon among many reads: O great being whose holy

mind is in the indestrucble nature of all the Buddhas, having

destroyed every obscuraon, aained all realisaons and passed

beyond all suering, the one gone to the realisaon of things just

as they are, do not forsake me. Please make me closer to your

Vajra holy mind and grant me the ability to realise the ulmate

nature of phenomena. Please help me to realise great bliss. Leadme to your state and grant me all powerful aainments. Please

bestow upon me all virtuous acons and glorious qualies.


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Dedication

DITSNLEGCHDASHNBUMGYISIIn the glorious hundred-thousand-fold radiance of the youthful

moon of wholesome pracce,LOTERGYELWCHTSLKNTTSEL

From the blue jasmine garden of the Victorious Treasure

Minds method of truth30,

SHDRUPKESARGPSACHENKYNMay the seeds of explanaon and accomplishment germinate

and ower across this vast earth;

SHIPADRUPPSITARDZEGYURCHIGMay the ensuing auspiciousness beaufy everything unl the

limit of the universe31.

PNTSOGGELEGCHEWRAPJIPBy ying high above the three realms32

GADENCHAPSINORBGYELTSENCHE

The never-vanishing great jewelled banner of religious andsecular rule33,

MINUBSISUMLANADRENGPAGILaden with millions of virtues and perfect accomplishments:

PENDEDPABUMDUJOGYURCHIGMay myriad wishes for benet and bliss pour down.

GYACHENYIGDZINGEGMKYNYANGPORHaving banished afar the dark weight of this erasdegeneraon,

DKYIGPMNTSOGTAGSINGNAcross the extent of the earth sapphire held by a celesal

maiden,

DEKYINANGWADARWGETSENCHERMay all living creatures overow with spontaneous gaiety

and joy


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YICHENNAMPARTSENPNYEMGYURCHIGIn the signicant encompassing brilliance of happiness and

bliss.

DORNAKYEWTRENGWARGNKYKYIIn short, O protector, by the power of your aeconate care,

DRELMENYESHINJESUSUNGWTMay I never be parted from you throughout the rosaries of

my lives.

KNGYIWANGCHOUGSUNGJUGGYELSACHERMay I proceed directly, with an ease beyond eort,

BEMEDELAGNYITUSNGYURCHIGUnto the great city of unicaon, the all-powerful cosmic

state itself34.

Having oered prayers of dedicaon in this way, also recite others

such as the Yearning Prayer of Samantabhadras Acvity or

The Prayer of the Virtuous Beginning, Middle and End35. Upon

conclusion, recite the following prayer.

Concluding Auspicious Verse

SCHGYELWMCHUNGTUGJETBy the force of the immaculate compassion of the victorious

ones and their children,

CHOGDKNTUMITNGTSOGSHIMay everything adverse be banished for eternity throughout

the universe.

SISHIGELEGYARNGDAWATARMay all favorable omens become increasingly auspicious,

PELGYGETSENDARWTRASHISHOGAnd may whatever is of virtue in the round of this existence

or in tranquil liberaon, ourish and grow brighter like a new

moon waxing full.


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This has been wrien at the repeated request of the assistant cabinet minister,

Mr Shankawa Gyurme Sonam Tobgyal who, with sincere faith and oerings,

asked me to write a simple and complete sadhana of the inseparability of

Avalokiteshvara and myself. This devoon contains a short glance meditaon on

the enre graduated path and the mantras of the master and Avalokiteshvara.Although it is improper for me to write such a devoon about myself, waves of

inspiraon of the buddhas can be received from ordinary beings just as relics

come from a dogs tooth36. Therefore, I have composed this with the hope of

beneng a few faithful disciples.

The buddhist monk, Ngawang Losang Tenzin Gyatso,

maintaining the tle of Holder of the White Lotus (Avalokiteshvara).

Prayers of Dedication

DAGGILAMASANGGYCOMDNDLike my lama, the Buddha Bhagavan

NYINGTOBCHENPLAMGYINKABSUWho gave away at the me of the path with mighty courage

GYLSIBULOBTHAMCJINPATARRoyalty, children, students and everything

PHANGPAMEPARYONGSUTANGNSHO.May I be able to uerly give away without regret.

JANGCHHUBSEMCHHOGRINPOCHHEMay the supreme jewel bodhicia

MAKYEPANAMKYEGYURCHIGThat has not arisen, arise and grow;

KYEPANYAMPAMEPAYANGAnd may that which has arisen not diminish

GONGNGONGDUPHELWARSHOGBut increase more and more.


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TONYDAWARINPOCHHEMay the wisdom realising empness

MAKYEPANAMKYEGYURCHIGThat has not arisen, arise and grow

KYEWANYAMPAMEPAYANGAnd may that which has arisen not diminish

GONNGONGDUPHELWARSHOGBut increase more and more

Long Life Prayer For His Holiness the Dalai Lama

GANGRIRAWKORWIZHINGKHAMDIRIn the land encircled by snow mountains

PHNDANGDEWAMALJUNGWINYou are the source of all happiness and good;

CHNRZIGWANGTNDZINGYATSHOYIAll-powerful chenrezig, Tenzin Gyatso,

ZHABPSITHIBARDUTNGYURCHIG

Please remain unl samsara ends.

Prayer that Spontaneously Fulfills all Wishes

TONGNYINYINGJEZUNGDUJUGPAILAMSaviour of the Snow Land Teachings and transmigratory

beings,

CHE

CHER

SL

DZ

GANG

CN

TN

DROI

GN

Who extensively claries the path that unies empness and

compassion,

CHAGNAPMOTNDZINGYATSHOLATo the Lotus in the Hand, Lord Tenzin Gyatso,

SLWADEBSOZHEDNLHNDRUBSHOI beseech - May all your holy wishes be fullled!

[SLWADEBSOTHUGYIDYERMESHO.I beseech May your heart and my mind become

inseparable.]37


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Long Life Prayer For Lama Zopa Rinpoche

THUBTSHLCHHANGZHINGJAMGNGYLWITNYou who uphold the subduers moral way, who serve as the

bounful bearer-of-all,DZINKYONGPELWKNZDOGPORDZ

Sustaining, preserving, and spreading Manjunaths victorious

doctrine;

CHHOGSUMKURWILEGMNTHUDRUBPAWho masterfully accomplish magnicent prayers honouring

the Three Jewels.

DAGSOGDLJIGNDUZHABTNSHOGSaviour of myself and others, your disciples, please, pleaselive long!

Endnotes

(1) The sutrasare teachings of Buddha dealing with general subjects while thetantrasconcern esoteric maers.

(2) Lapis lazuli is a semi-precious gem, deep blue in colour and usually highly

polished.

(3) Gods are those beings who abide in the celesal realms, the rebirth state

with the least suering within the cycle of existence (samsara).

(4) Samantabhadra is one of the 8 Bodhisavas of the Mahayana lineage. He

is famed for the extensiveness of his oerings made to the Buddhas of the 10

direcons. Bodhisava literally means courageously minded one striving for

enlightenment. A Bodhisava courageously endures any hardship to overcomeignorance and the momentum of previous unskillful acons in order to aain full

enlightenment for the benet of all other beings.

(5) The Dhamakayais the Truth Body of a fully enlightened being. It is the nal

accomplishment of all pracces and results from an accumulaon of meditaonal

insight.

(6) Four of the eight snow lions look upwards providing protecon from

interferences from above. Four gaze downwards protecng those from below.

(7) The lotus, rising through the mire of a swamp, symbolises the purity of the

Bodhisava who rises above the bonds of cyclic existence, uncontaminated by

the confusion of the world. The moon symbolises the convenonal enlightened

movaon of bodhicia: the altruisc aspiraon to aain Buddhahood for the


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sake of others. The sun symbolises the ulmate wisdom of bodhicia: the direct

cognion of voidness, the true mode of existence.

(8) Vajradhara Master is a name given to a Tantric Master, indicang that he

is considered inseparable from Buddha Vajradhara (Tib: Dorje Chang, Holder of

the Vajra Sceptre), the tantric emanaon of Buddha Shakyamuni. The vajra is a

symbol of strength and unity. Having all three ways refers to having all three sets

of vows,pramoksha(individual liberaon), bodhisavaand tantricvows.

(9) The white lotus symbolises the pure nature of the discriminang wisdom of

penetrave insight into voidness. The knowledge of this is symbolised by the

book of scriptures resng on the lotus together with the aming sword of total

awareness that cuts through the root of ignorance. The scripture is one of the

Perfecon of Wisdom (Prajnaparamita) sutras.

(10) The thousand-spoked wheel signies the turning of the Wheel of Truth

(Dharmachakra), the teachings of the Buddha.

(11) The three robes stand for the three higher trainings in ethics, meditave

stabilisaon and discriminang wisdom.

(12)The golden hat of a pandit symbolises pure morality. Its pointedness

stands for penetrave wisdom. A pandit is a master of the ve major branches

of knowledge: art, medicine, grammar, reasoning and the inner or Buddhist

sciences.

(13) Meditaon on the Five Buddhas or Conquerors (jinas) is ulised in tantric

pracces to purify the ve aggregates (skandhas) and to transform the ve

delements of greed, hatred, self-importance, jealousy and ignorance into theve wisdoms. The ve aggregates are form, feeling, recognion, composional

factors and consciousness. The ve wisdoms are of voidness, equality,

individuality, accomplishment and the mirror-like wisdom. The Five Conquerors

are oen menoned in translaons as the Dhyani Buddhas. This verse is taken

from the Guru Puja of the 2nd Panchen Lama and refers to the Guru embodying

the complete Mandala of Akshobhyavajra Guhyasamaja.

(14) The ve colours are red, blue, yellow, green and white. They are associated

with the Five Buddhas.

(15) Ajnanasava, somemes translated as wisdom being (Tib. ye-shes sems-pa) is the actual implied being in ones visualisaon of a deity and refers in

parcular to the wisdom, i.e. knowledge of empness, aspect of an enlightened

being. Inially, in visualisaon, one creates conceptually out of a relaxed but

controlled imaginave concentraon a mentally manifested being (dam-tsig

sems-pa). The understanding of the image of His Holiness as the samayasava,

the Avalokiteshvara at his heart as the jnanasava and the HRIH as the

samadhisava, somemes translated as concentraon being is known as the

3 stacked savas. Here, as in the terms bodhisavaand vajrasava, sava

presumably refers to an intenon, focus or aim. This meditave understanding

is clearly explored in the Akshobhyavajra Guhyasamaja cycle of meditaon

pracces. This creaon eventually merges with the wisdom being when ones


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vision of the deity becomes non-conceptual.

(16) The beads on the crystal rosary held by Avalokiteshvara symbolise senent

beings. The acon of turning the beads indicates that he is drawing them out of

their misery in cyclic existence and leading them into the state beyond sorrow

(nirvana). The white lotus symbolises his pure state of mind.

(17) The antelope is known to be very kind and considerate towards its ospring

and is therefore a symbol for the convenonal enlightened movaon, the

culvaon of a kind and compassionate atude towards others.

(18) The moon stands for the method by which one follows the spiritual path

and engages in the conduct of the Bodhisavas. The lotus symbolises the

discriminang wisdom of insight into voidness.

(19) There are 32 major and 80 minor signs that indicate the aainments of an

enlightened being.

(20) The Three Sacred Tradions of Buddhism are those of the Shravakas,

Pratyekabuddhas and Bodhisavas.

(21) E-VAM is a Sanskrit seed syllable meaning thus. It symbolises the unity

of the posive and negave aspects of cosmic energy which, in terms of the

momentum from the past and the potenality of the future, are unied in the

present. This is yet another reference to the Guhyasamaja meditaon cycle. Its

root Tantra begins with a set of 40 syllables beginning with E-VAMand one of its

commentorial tradions famously summarises the whole of the Buddhist path to

enlightenment under these 2 syllables.

(22) TheYidam is the meditaonal deity with whom one idenes when pracs-ing tantric deity yoga. This should only be done aer having received empower-

ment from a fully qualied Tantric Master.

(23) The three higher trainings (shiksas) are ethics (shila), meditave concentra-

on (samadhi) and discriminang wisdom (prajna).

(24) Even Indra, the Lord of the Devas, will one day expend the accumulaon of

virtuous acons that cause him to hold one of the highest posions within the 6

realms of cyclic existence, and he too will fall into a lower realm.

(25) The two extremes are the beliefs in either true self-existence or non-exis-

tence. The Middle Way (madhyamaka) shows a path that is neither of these.(26) The Great Seal (mahamudra, phya-sgya chen-po) of the Union of Body and

Wisdom (yuganaddha, zung-jug) is the unity of clear light (prabhasvara, od-

gsal) and the illusory body (mayakaya, sgyu-lus). The illusory body is the nest

physical body, a combinaon of energy (vayu, rlung) and consciousness (cia,

sems). The clear light is the wisdom of the non-duality of bliss and voidness.

(27) The non-duality of bliss and voidness is the bliss of the direct understanding

of voidness.

(28) The heart wheel (chakra) of the central psychic channel (nadi) has 8 divi-

sions.

(29) The 3 secret ways of the Exalted Ones are viewing all surroundings as a bliss-

ful abode (Mandala) and all beings as manifestaons of deies, hearing all sound


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as mantra and intuively knowing everything to be empty of true existence.

(30) Victorious Treasure Mind is a name given to Manjushri, the meditaonal

deity embodying discriminang wisdom. His method of truth is the direct cogni-

on of voidness.

(31) The limit of the universe is when all beings aain full enlightenment.

(32) The three realms are the desire, form and formless realms.

(33) Religious and secular rule refers to the form of government in Tibet prior to

1959.

(34) The great City of Unicaon, the all-powerful cosmic state, is Buddhahood.

(35) Bhadracharyapranidhana (bzang-po spyod-pai smon-lam) is the Yearning

Prayer of Samantabhadras Acvity. Thog-mthama by rJe Tsong-kha-pa is The

Prayer of the Virtuous Beginning, Middle and End.

(36) Once in Tibet, a very devout woman asked her son who journeyed on trad-

ing expedions to India, to bring her back a relic of Buddha. Although the son

went three mes, each me he forgot the promised relic. Not wanng to disap-

point his mother again, he picked up a dogs tooth as he was nearing home on his

last journey and reverently presented it to her. She was overjoyed and placed the

tooth upon the family altar. She then made many devoons to the holy tooth

and, to the amazement of her son, from the tooth came several true relics.

(37) This prayer can be sung two or more mes, the last line in brackets to be

sung the second me onwards.

Colophon :

Translated to english by Sherpa Tulku and B.C.Beresford. Dharamsala, January

1975.

Prayer that spontaneously fullls all wishes:

Original colophon : This verse has sprung spontaneously from the sacred mouth

of His Holiness the Dalai Lama when the late His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

who was the head of the Nyingma lineage asked to recite a prayer every day for

all the wishes of His Holiness to come true.

Colophon of the translator: Translaon by Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche during Losar2007 plus slight modicaon - [ ] added sentence.

This pracce booklet was compiled by Nalanda Monastery for a retreat led by

Khandro-La, August 2012. Small changes were made to the English translaon

during the retreat aer Khandro-las commentary.

Preliminary prayers and Mandala oering translaon and phonecs were

changed according FPMT prayer book Vol.1 and FPMT retreat prayer book.

Addional comments between verses and endnotes with permission from

Jamyang Buddhist Centers version of this sadhana as prepared for theFoundaon of Buddhist Thought Module 6 (www.buddhishought.org).

Lightly edited by Ven. Kerry Prest and re-formaed by Lara Costa.


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