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Advice to the People of Dzagyel Sershül, by Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche
Advice to the People of Dzagyel Sershul by Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche I, this monk, am of the nature of illusion, I, this monk, do not have true existence. I have no self-clinging that thinks “this is my home”, I have no grasping that thinks “I must go to this place”. Until the ocean of … Continue reading »
A Supplication to Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche, Composed for his students by Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche
A Prayer to Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche Composed for his students by Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche JIK-MEY TSÖ CHAY TSOM-PAY TER LA WANG Master over a treasury of fearless debate, exposition, and composition, P’HUN-TS’HOK LAP-PA SUM GYI YÖN-TEN DZOK Replete with the good qualities of an excellent abundance of the three trainings, PAK-YAY P’HEN-DEY JUNG-NAY … Continue reading »
A Supplication to Milarepa, by Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche
A Supplication to Milarepa By Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche OM ĀH HŪM: NGÖN-GAY ZHING ZHUK GYEL-WA MI-KYÖ-PA OM ĀH HŪM: Abiding in the pure-land of Deep Joy, you are the Victor Akshobhya, SIL-JONG DRO NGOR SHEY-NYEN CHHOK TU NANG In response to the beings of the Cool Country, you appeared as the supreme spiritual friend, … Continue reading »
A Supplication to the Root Guru, by Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche
A Supplication to the Root Guru By Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche DÜ SUM GYEL-WAY T’HRIN-LAY GAR Dance of the enlightened activity of the Victors of the three times, MA-LÜ DRO KÜN DREN-PAY PEL Glorious one who guides all beings without exception, DRIN-CHHEN TSA-WAY LA-MA KYE O supremely kind Root Guru: DAK GYÜ JIN-GYII-LAP TU SÖL … Continue reading »
The Dhārani of Yellow Jambhala from the Guhyāsamaja
The Dhārani of Yellow Jambhala from the Guhyāsamaja SER-NAY LAY KYI ME YII DUNG-WA DAK Those who are scorched by the fire of the karma of stinginess, KYE-WA KYE-WAR KHYÖ LA KYAP SU CHHI Go for refuge to you in lifetime after lifetime; RIN-CHHEN TER GYI DÜ-TSI’I CHHAP GYÜN GYII With the cleansing stream … Continue reading »
The Dhārani of Yellow Jambhala’s Chief Form
The Dhārani of Yellow Jambhala’s Chief Form NOR GYI WANG-CHHUK RIN-CHHEN TER NGA ZHING All-mighty sovereign of wealth, you hold dominion over a treasury of precious things, NÖ-JIN NOR CHHANG MANG-PO KÜN GYI JE You are lord of all the many yakshas who wield riches, JANG-CHHOK KYONG-WAY GÖN-PO DZAMBHA-LA The guardian who protects the northern … Continue reading »
Methods for Magnetizing Females, by Ju Mipham Rinpoche (excerpt)
Methods for Magnetizing Females (excerpt) by Ju Mipham Rinpoche For magnetizing beautiful ladies, make pills out of the substances of mustard seed and male semen. Over each pill, recite this mantra one hundred times: OM SRINBU GUL GUL YEM YEM LHAMO NYENTIMA SVĀHĀ Consume each pill. Through this, it will be accomplished. If you so … Continue reading »
The Dhārani of the Three Protectors of Beings
The Dhārani of the Three Protectors of Beings NGEN-SONG JONG GYEL KÜN-RIK NAM-NANG-DZAY Conqueror who purifies the lower realms, all-knowing Vairochana, DE-DEN ZHING GI GÖN-PO Ö-PAK-MEY Lord of the blissful field, Amitābha, DUK-SUM NAY SEL SANG-GYAY MEN GYI LA Eliminator of the sickness of the three poisons, Buddha Bhaishajyaguru: DRO-WAY GÖN-PO SUM LA GÜ CHHAK … Continue reading »
The Six-Syllable Dhārani of Avalokiteshvara: The Practice from Jowo Atīsha’s Tradition
The Six-Syllable Dhārani of Avalokiteshvara: The Practice from Jowo Atīsha’s Tradition KYÖN GYII MA GÖ KUN-DOK KAR Unstained by faults, your body the color white, DZOK SANG-GYAY KYII Ü LA GYEN A perfect Buddha adorning your head, T’HUK-JE CHEN GYII DRO LA ZIK You gaze upon beings with your eye of compassion: CHEN-RAY-ZIK LA SÖL-WA-DEP … Continue reading »
Practices for Success: Buddhist Keys to Abundance and Good Fortune
Enjoy! Take what is useful for you and practice it — it works! Practices to Do for Success 1) GIVE RISE TO BODHICHITTA. DO ALL OF YOUR ACTIONS WITH BODHICHITTA. Make it a habit to think that all of your actions of body, speech and mind will be done for the benefit of others. Cultivate … Continue reading »
The Showers of True Bliss: A Long Life Prayer for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso
The Showers of True Bliss: A Long-Life Prayer for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso OM AMARANI JIVANTAYE SVAHA! For the hosts of beings caught in this prison of projections and hallucinations, you gently show the path of clearing away the imprints resulting from dualistic fixation. Avalokiteshvara, you pour the nectar of cherishing … Continue reading »
The Bodhicharyāvatāra: Entering into the Conduct of the Bodhisattva, Chapter One
The Bodhicharyāvatāra: Entering into the Conduct of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva In the Indian Language (Sanskrit): Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra In the Tibetan Language: Jangchhubsempa’i Choepa la Jukpa (byang chub sems dpa’i spyod pa la ‘jug pa) In the English Language: Entering into the Conduct of the Bodhisattva Chapter One: An Explanation of the Benefits of Bodhichitta ADORATION TO … Continue reading »
Patrul Rinpoche’s Advice on Friends
Advice on Friends by Dza Patrul Rinpoche A Good Friend Induces Good Habits If you rely on a friend with knowledge, your intellect will increase. If you rely on a friend with compassion, you will give birth to bodhichitta. If you rely on a friend with contentment, your desires will decrease. If you rely … Continue reading »
A Prayer for the Long Life of the Guru, by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A Prayer for the Long Life of the Guru by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö OM SVASTI OM: May it be auspicious! NGAK LA WANG GYUR SHEY-JA T’HAM-CHAY KHYEN Master over speech, you understand all fields of knowledge, LOB-ZANG GYEL-WAY RING-LUK NYIN-MOR JEY Of excellent intellect, you illuminate the tradition of the Victorious One, GANG-CHEN … Continue reading »
The Root Verses of the Three Principle Aspects of the Path
The Root Verses of the Three Principle Aspects of the Path (lam gyi gtso bo rnam gsum gyi rtsa ba bzhugs so) by Lama Je Tsongkhapa HOMAGE TO THE VENERABLE LORD GURUS! The heart-meaning of all the sublime speech of the Victorious One, The path praised by the holy Bodhisattva Heirs, The stepping-stone for … Continue reading »
A Long-Life Prayer for the Omniscient Dalai Lama
A Long-Life Prayer for the Omniscient Dalai Lama By “Abhyalakshamkara”[i] CHEN-RAY-ZIK WANG THUK-JEY GYU-THRUL GAR Lord Avalokiteshvara, dance of the magical display of great compassion, GANG-JONG DRO-WA YONG KYI KYAB-GÖN CHHOK Supreme protector and guardian of the entirety of the Snow Land’s living beings, KHYEN-TSE-NÜ NGA TEN-DZIN GYAM-TSO YI Possessor of transcendent understanding, love, and … Continue reading »
The Exalted Manibhadra’s Dhārani
The Exalted Manibhadra’s Dhārani In the Indian Language (Sanskrit): Ārya Manibhadra Nāma Dhārani In the Tibetan Language: Phakpa Norbu Zangpo’i Zung Zheyjawa In the English Language: The Dhārani of the Exalted Manibhadra HOMAGE TO THE THREE JEWELS! Thus have I heard: at one time, the Transcendent and Accomplished Conqueror was abiding in Shravasti in … Continue reading »
The Exalted Ganapati’s Heart-Dhārani
Ganapati’s Exalted Heart-Dhārani In the Indian Language [Sanskrit]: Ārya Ganapati Hridāya In the Tibetan Language: Phakpa Tsokdakpo’i Zung In the English Language: The Exalted Ganapati’s Heart-Dhārani HOMAGE TO ALL THE BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS! Thus have I heard: at one time, the Transcendent and Accomplished Conqueror was in Rajagriha, on Vulture’s Peak Mountain, abiding together in … Continue reading »
The Condensed Ritual for Repelling Gossiping Enemies, by Karma Chakme
The Condensed Ritual for Repelling Gossiping Enemies By Karma Chakme RANG-NYI T’HUK-JE-CHHEN-PO’I T’HUK-KA NAY Ö-ZER JANG-GU T’HRÖ-PAY TAM NGEN MI-KHA T’HAM-CHAY DOK PAR GYUR From the heart-center of myself as the Great Compassionate One [Avalokiteshvara], there radiates green rays of light, which cast away all negative rumors and gossip. OM MANI PADME HUNG HRIH … Continue reading »
The Condensed Hindrance-Repelling Ritual, by Ju Mipham Rinpoche
The Condensed Hindrance-Repelling Ritual By Jamgön Ju Mipham Rinpoche MA-WAY SENG-GE DAK GYÜ JIN-GYI-LOP Lion of Speech, bless my mental continuum! SI KEK T’HEN TAY-NGEN GYUR DU SOL Please obliterate all spirit harm, hindrances, bad omens, and negative signs! GYAL-PO’I CHAY-PA PHAY KYI JIK-PA LA SOK Punishment by kings, the fears of opponents and … Continue reading »
The 2nd Khunu Lama Rinpoche’s ‘The Lamp of Advice Which Illuminates That Which Is To Be Adopted And Abandoned’
The Lamp of Advice which Illuminates That Which is to Be Adopted and Abandoned by the 2nd Khunu Lama Rinpoche [Khunu Negi Rinpoche] Divine navigator of wandering beings, Transcendent Conqueror, The very identity of great compassion, like a jewel in the sky, Absolute alleviator of living beings’ multitudes of toils: To the Teacher of authentic … Continue reading »
The Maha-Lakshmi Sutra
The Maha-Lakshmi Sutra In the Indian Language [Sanskrit]: Mahashri Sutra [or Mahalakshmini Sutra[i]] In the Tibetan Language: Pälchhenmo’i Do [dpal chen mo’i mdo] In the English Language: The Maha-Lakshmi Sutra HOMAGE TO ALL THE BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS! Thus have I heard: at one time, the Transcendent and Accomplished Conqueror was abiding in Sukhavati, the Land … Continue reading »
Supplication to Padmasambhava and the Four Elemental Goddesses to Pacify Disasters Arising from the Elements
Supplication to Padmasambhava and the Four Elemental Goddesses to Pacify Disasters Arising from the Elements ས་ཆུ་མེ་རླུང་འབྱུང་བའི་བར་ཆད་ཀྱིས། SA CHU ME LUNG JUNG-WA’I BAR-CHHAY KYII When the obstacles of the elements of earth, water, fire, and wind སྒྱུ་ལུས་གཡར་པོ་འཇིག་ལ་ཐུག་པའི་ཚེ། GYU-LÜ YAR-PO JIG LA THUG-PA’I TSHE Threaten to destroy your borrowed illusory bodies, ཡིད་གཉིས་ཐེ་ཚོམ་མེད་པར་གསོལ་བ་འདེབས། YI’-NYII THE-TSHOM MEY’ PAR SÖL-WA … Continue reading »
The Dharani-Mantra of Kshitigarbha
The Dharani-Mantra of Kshitigarbha OM SUMBHANI SUMBHA/ HARA CHARA/ MAHĀPĀSHA MARUTĀ/ AMOGHA VAJRASATTVA SVĀHĀ Note: For pacifying the elements, especially the earth element. Translated from a small Tibetan prayer text made for the recent earthquakes in Tibet by Sherab Zangpo (Erick Tsiknopoulos), in order to help quell the disturbances in the elements arising as … Continue reading »
A Praise and Prayer for Erick Tsiknopoulos (Sherab Zangpo), by Khenchen Lama Rinpoche
A Praise and Prayer for Erick Tsiknopoulos (Sherab Zangpo) by Khenchen Lama Pelgyepa Dorje Rinpoche ཨེ་མ་ཧོཿ ཨེ་རིག་སྟོང་པའི་ཤེས་རབ་བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཤིང་། །ཝཾ་རིག་སྣང་བའི་ཀུན་བཟང་བདེ་ལེགས་་པོ། ། །ཟུང་འཇུག་སྤྲུལ་་པའི་ལོ་ཙྰ་གཞན་ཕན་ཅན། །རྟེན་འབྲེལ་་དམ་པའི་གྲོགས་ལ་བསྟོད་པ་བགྱི། །བསྟན་དང་འགྲོ་བའི་དོན་ཆེན་འགྲུབ་པར་ཤོག །ཅེས་པའང་ཅི་དྲན་དུ་ཤྲྰི་སྨྱོན་པས་སྨོན་པ་དོན་དང་ལྡན་པར་གྱུར་ཅིག ། ཨེ་མ་ཧོཿ E MA HO How marvelous! ཨེ་རིག་སྟོང་པའི་ཤེས་རབ་བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཤིང། E RIK TONG-PAY SHE-RAB TA-SHII SHING Auspiciousness of E, the wisdom of awareness-emptiness, །ཝཾ་རིག་སྣང་བའི་ཀུན་བཟང་བདེ་ལེགས་པོ། ། VAM RIK-NANG-WAY KUN-ZANG DE-LEK PO Blissful elegance of VAM, the … Continue reading »
A Dispelling Obstacles from the Path Prayer, by Khenchen Lama Pelgyepa Dorje Rinpoche
A Dispelling Obstacles from the Path Prayer by Khenchen Lama Pelgyepa Dorje Rinpoche བར་ཆད་ལམ་སེལ་ཞིག ། ཨེ་མ་ཧོ༔ ཕྱི་ལྟར་གནས་མཆོག་ཟངས་མདོག་དཔལ་རི་ནས། །སྐྱབས་གཅིག་བླ་མ་པདྨ་འབྱུང་། །བཟོད་མེད་གདུང་ཤུགས་དྲག་པོས་གསོལ་བ་འདེབས། །ཕྱི་ཡི་བར་ཆད་འབྱུང་བཞིའི་གཡོ་འཁྲུག་བཟློག །ཕུང་པོ་འོད་ལུས་གྲོལ་བར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། །ནང་ལྟར་སྙིང་དབུས་ཟངས་མདོག་དཔལ་རི་ནས། །འོད་ལྔའི་རང་མདངས་བླ་མ་པདྨ་འབྱུང་། །རིག་པ་ཚད་ཕེབས་ངང་ནས་གསོལ་བ་འདེབས། །ནང་གི་བར་ཆད་སེམས་ཀྱི་སྡུག་བསྔལ་སོལ། །འཁྲུལ་རྟོག་ཆོས་སྐུར་གྲོལ་བར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། །གསང་བ་ཀ་དག་ཟངས་མདོག་དཔལ་རི་ནས། །ལྷན་གྲུབ་འགགས་མེད་བླ་མ་པདྨ་འབྱུང་། །གདོད་ནས་འཕོ་འགྱུར་བྲལ་བས་གསོལ་བ་འདེབས། །གསང་བའི་བར་ཆད་སེམས་དང་སེམས་བྱུང་གྲོལ། །ཆོས་ཟད་དགོངས་པ་རྟོགས་པར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། ། ཤྲྰིས་སོ། ། ཨོཾ་་ཛྙྰ་ན་གུ་རུ་བཛྲ་སིདྡྷི་ཧྰུཾ། ། A Dispelling Obstacles from the Path Prayer by Khenchen Lama Rinpoche E MA HO ༔ Outwardly, from the supreme … Continue reading »
The Prayer for the Happiness of Tibet, by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayè
བོད་ཡུལ་བདེ་བའི་སྨོན་ལམ། The Prayer for the Happiness of Tibet By Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayè སྐྱབས་གནས་བསླུ་མེད་དཀོན་མཆོག་རྩ་བ་གསུམ། KYAB-NAY LU-MEY KÖN-CHHOG TSA-WA SUM To the infallible sources of refuge, the Three Jewels and the Three Roots, ཁྱད་པར་གངས་ཅན་མགོན་པོ་སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས། KHYAY’-PAR GANG-CHEN GÖN-PO CHEN-RAY-ZIG And in particular the protectors of the Land of Snows, Avalokiteshvara, རྗེ་བཙུན་སྒྲོལ་མ་གུ་རུ་པདྨ་འབྱུང། JE-TSÜN DRÖL-MA GU-RU PAY’-MA-JUNG Jetsün Tara, … Continue reading »
The Long Life Prayer for His Holiness the Dalai Lama Written by the His Holiness the Dalai Lama
The Long Life Prayer for His Holiness the Dalai Lama Written by His Holiness the Dalai Lama སྟོང་ཉིད་སྙིང་རྗེ་ཟུང་དུ་འཇུག་པའི་ལམ། TONG-NYI’ NYING-JE ZUNG-DU-JUG-PAY LAM You who clarifies the path of emptiness and compassion as an integral unity །ཆེས་ཆེར་གསལ་མཛད་གངས་ཅན་བསྟན་འགྲོའི་མགོན། CHHE-CHHER SEL-DZAY GANG-CHEN TEN-DRO’I GON Ever more greatly, protector of the Land of Snows, the Teachings, and beings, … Continue reading »
Quick Protection from Fear: A Prayer to Tāra by Ju Mipham Rinpoche
སྒྲོལ་མའི་གསོལ་འདེབས་འཇིགས་པ་མྱུར་སྐྱོབ། ། Quick Protection from Fear: A Prayer to Tāra By Jamgön Ju Mipham Rinpoche I ཨོཾ། ཕྱག་འཚལ་རྗེ་བཙུན་ཏྰ་རེ་ལྷ་མོ། ། OM: CHHAG-TS’HÄL JE-TSÜN TĀ-RE LHA-MO OM: I pay homage to you, Illustrious One, goddess of TĀRE, ཏུཏྟྰ་རེ་ཞེས་གདུང་བ་ཀུན་སྐྱོབ། ། TUTTĀRE ZHEY DUNG-WA KÜN KYOB Saying TUTTĀRE, you protect from all anguish, ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཐོགས་མེད་ཏུ་རེ་དཔའ་མོས། ། T’HUG-JE T’HOG-MEY’ TURE PAMÖ … Continue reading »
The Prayer of the Unchanging Vajra Diamond: A Supplication to HH the Dalai Lama, by Khenchen Lama Pelgyepa Dorje Rinpoche
༄༅། །གསོལ་འདེབས་འགྱུར་མེད་རྡོ་རྗེའི་ཕ་ལམ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ། ། The Prayer of the Unchanging Vajra Diamond ཨེ་མ་ཧོ། ། E MA HO སྟོང་ཉིད་ཆོས་དབྱིངས་ངང་ལས་མ་གཡོས་བཞིན། ། TONG-NYI’ CHHÖ-YING NGANG LAY MA YÖ ZHIN While unwavering from within the continuity of emptiness, the basic space of phenomena, ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེན་པོས་སྤྱན་རས་འགྲོ་ལ་གཟིགས། ། T’HUG-JE-CHHEN-PÖ CHEN-RAY DRO LA ZIG With your vast compassion you behold beings with your observing eyes, … Continue reading »
The White Flower Prayer: An Aspiration for HH the Dalai Lama, by Khenchen Lama Pelgyepa Dorje Rinpoche
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