Prayers and Aspirations

Refuge Prayer
3x

Until I reach the state of enlightenment

I take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha.
By the power of the goodness that I do, the giving and the
rest,
May I reach Buddhahood, for the sake of every living being.

Bodhicitta
3x

Bodhicitta is precious,
may it arise in whom it has not arisen.
Once arisen,
may it ever grow and flourish!
The Four Thoughts That Turn The Mind

First, A precious human birth favorable for Dharma practice,

is hard to obtain and easily lost.
I must make this life meaningful.
Second, The world and all its inhabitants are impermanent. In
particular, the life of each being
is like a water bubble. It is uncertain when I will die and
become a corpse. At that time only
Dharma can help, so I must practice now with diligence.
Third, When death comes there is no freedom, and karma
takes its course. Since I create my
own karma, I should abandon all unwholesome actions, and
always devote my time to
wholesome actions. With this in mind, I must observe my
mind stream each day.
Fourth, Just like a feast before the executioner leads me to
my death—home, friends, pleasures
and possessions of samsara cause me continual torment by
means of the three sufferings.
I must cut through all attachment and strive to attain
Enlightenment.

Homage to Samantabhadra

Homage to Glorious Samantabhadra, the All-Good!

To timeless buddhahood, basic total presence

to unchanging spontaneity, the spacious vajra-heart
to the nature of mind—natural perfection,
constantly, simply being, we bow down!
Prayer to the Omniscient Longchen Rabjam

The Six Ornaments and Two Supreme Ones beautify this

world of ours.
In the depth of your compassion, learning and realization, you
are their equal,
Yet as a hidden yogi, Longchenpa, you practice in forest
retreats,
And perfect saṃsāra and nirvāṇa as dharmakāya—
Drimé Özer—'Stainless Light’—at your feet I pray.
Grant your blessing so I may realize the natural state, the true
nature of mind!

Prayer of the Trikaya

om ah hung

In the pure realms of the three kāyas,

Blessings and attainments are in perfect abundance.
To the gurus of the victorious ones' mind-direct transmission,
We pray: inspire us with your blessings!

In the supreme places of the great charnel grounds,

You gained supreme and ordinary attainments.
To the gurus of the vidyādharas' sign transmission,
We pray: inspire us with your blessings!

In places of accomplishment, sources of attainment,

Your own and others' welfare is perfectly secured.
To the gurus of the individuals' whispered transmission,
We pray: inspire us with your blessings!
In the realm of Ghanavyūha, 'Dense Array',
Everything appears as kāyas and wisdoms.
To the infinite yidam deities, peaceful and wrathful,
We pray: inspire us with your blessings!

In sacred places and associated realms,

You bring a wish-granting rain of accomplishments.
To the five families of the ḍākinīs of great bliss,
We pray: inspire us with your blessings!

In realms of utterly pure accomplishment,

Your power, strength and miraculous abilities are beyond
measure.
To the hosts of ḍākinīs and oath-bound guardians,
We pray: inspire us with your blessings!

To the primordially pure dharmadhātu,

The vast expanse of changeless awareness,
In which the Akaniṣṭha realm of clear light naturally appears,
We pray: inspire us with your blessings!

In our own pure awareness, primordially enlightened,

The kāyas and wisdoms are spontaneously present.
To this teacher, perfect from the beginning,
We pray: inspire us with your blessings!

To the state in which whatever appears is self-arising wisdom,

Naturally manifest awareness is complete with maṇḍala
gatherings,
And all that surrounds us is, and always has been,
spontaneously perfect,
We pray: inspire us with your blessings!
To this perfect equality, the state of awakening mind,
Spontaneously and primordially present, beyond cause and
effect,
Wherein all phenomena are, and always have been, the Great
Perfection:
We pray: inspire us with your blessings!

The pure expanse wherein all is unchanging,

The ground of continuously present eternity —
To this fourth time, forever unfolding,
We pray: inspire us with your blessings!

Whatever appears manifests as kāyas and wisdoms,

Emptiness is heard as the unborn sound of Dharma,
And thoughts are the primordially awakened wisdom mind.
To such a state, we pray: inspire us with blessings!

In this great expanse of naturally manifesting awareness,

Appearance and existence are the pure vessel and its contents,
And saṃsāra is not rejected but emptied from its very depths.
To such a state, we pray: inspire us with blessings!

In the great, sky-like expanse of our own awareness,

The three kāyas are not to be sought, but are already perfect,
And nirvāṇa, even without being cultivated, is spontaneously
present.
To such a state, we pray: inspire us with blessings!

All dharmas within the expanse of awakening mind

Are neither purified nor gradually attained, but spontaneously
perfect.
To this state, in which all is buddhahood from the very
beginning,
We pray: inspire us with blessings!
To primordially pure awareness, the expanse of dharmakāya,
Which is transparent and nakedly clear, we pray!

A state that is unbounded, uninterrupted and pervasive —

Inspire us to realize the Great Perfection!

Spontaneously present wisdom, the expanse of clear light —

Inspire us to realize the pure manifestations of absolute space!

The expanse of manifestation that is the basis for ceaseless

arising —
Inspire us to realize the purity of dualistic grasping!

The expanse in which all phenomena are self-arising, pure

awareness —
Inspire us to realize the total freedom that is beyond all effort!

Transcending cause and effect, adoption or avoidance, effort

or exertion —
Inspire us to realize the perfect ground of dharmakāya!

The expanse of awakening in which all is perfect equality —

Inspire us to realize the complete liberation of the three
realms!

To the gurus, yidam deities and ḍākinīs,

For our own and others' sake, we pray:
Inspire us to reach the realization in which all dissolves into
dharmatā,
And thereby to perfect the twofold benefit of ourselves and
others!
The space of primordial purity, wherein ordinary phenomena
are exhausted,
Dharmakāya beyond the conceptual mind, in which all is
transparent and clear —
Gurus of the oral lineage: inspire us with your blessings!
Root guru, hold us in your compassion!

The sambhogakāya realm of self-appearing luminosity,

Wherein the buddha-forms and light-spheres shimmer and
glow —
Gurus of the oral lineage: inspire us with your blessings!
Root guru, hold us in your compassion!

The immaculate, sky-like expanse of space and awareness,

The clear light in which prāṇa-mind is utterly pure —
Gurus of the oral lineage: inspire us with your blessings!
Root guru, hold us in your compassion!

So that all may reach the profound expanse of dharmatā,

Wherein each and every wish is spontaneously fulfilled,
Lamas of the oral lineage: inspire us with your blessings!
Root guru, hold us in your compassion!

Dedication of Teaching

May the teachings of the Buddha flourish and spread!

May all sentient beings find happiness and joy!
May they practise Dharma day and night!
And may our own and other's aims be spontaneously
accomplished!
Dedication of Merit

And by all this merit, may all attain omniscience.

May it defeat the enemy of “wrong-doing”, from the stormy
waves of birth, old age,
sickness, and death —from the ocean of samsara, may I free
all beings.