A Short Prayer to the Dharma Protectors for Offering and Auspiciousne

 

Mahakala is one of the most popular guardians in the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon. Here he tramples a corpse while wielding a flaying knife and a blood-filled skull cup, signifying the destruction of impediments to enlightenment.

What is the purpose of Mahakala?

His purpose is to help in overcoming negative obstacles on the path to enlightenment, and protecting that path of righteousness (also known as “Dharma”) from hindrances. Like a gargoyle, the mask of Mahakala is also meant to scare the bad spirits and energy away from the place it protects

A Short Prayer to the Dharma Protectors for Offering and Auspiciousness

* Offering prayers

Ngon tse orgyen chenpo chen nga ru

I offer to all the Dharma protectors who long ago

Cho zhin drupar jepe gangzak la

Promised, in the presence of the Great Uddiyana,

Ma yi bu zhin kyongwar zhel zhepe

To protect, like a mother protects her child,

Chokyong sungma nam la chopa bul

Those who practice in accordance with the Dharma.

*Prayer for Auspiciousness

Ngon tse orgyen chenpo chen nga ru

May there be the auspiciousness of all the Dharma protectors who long ago,

Cho zhin drupar jepe gangzak la

Promised, in the presence of the Great Uddiyana,

Ma yi bu zhin kyongwar zhel zhepe

To protect, like a mother protects her child,

Chokyong sungma nam kyi trashi shok

Those who practice in accordance with the Dharma.

* Footnote 

For those who had received the empowerment of this Tantric practice, you are reminded not intentionally or unintentionally to disclose the mantra to the public or anyone who may not have the empowerment or permission to practice, and by disclosing the mantra intentionally or unintentionally is a form of breaking your Tantric Samaya vows to the lineage masters and Dharma protectors. 

Please consult your Guru or a qualified lineage master for Vajrayana practice! Should a devotee even want to start studying and contemplating the Vajrayana practice, then it is truly necessary to first have completed the preliminaries and to be certain and sure that Bodhicitta has arisen and developed in one’s mind.

Vajrayana features countless skillful and powerful methods which, if they are practiced in the proper way, can make the process of accumulation and purification incredibly swift and direct. It is absolutely necessary to have the pure motivation and to know that Vajrayana practice is not carried out to increase one’s own ego, power and self-interests.

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Aspiration For Bodhichitta

For those in whom the precious Bodhichitta has not arisen

May it arise and not decrease

But increase further and further.

Dedication of Merit

By this merit may we obtain omniscience then.

Having defeated the enemies wrong-doings.

May we liberate migratory from the ocean of existence.

With its stormy waves of birth, old age, sickness and death.

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Buddha Akshobhya - Long Mantra Prayers And Blessings

*Buddha Akshobhya - Long Mantra*

Namo Ratna Trayaya

Om Kamkani Kamkani

Rochani Rochani

Trotrani Trotrani

Trasani Trasani

Pratihana Pratihana

Sarva Karma Paramparani me Svaha 

Akshobhya (Immovable One) is one of the five Dhyani Buddhas, along with Ratnasambhava, Vairocana, Amitabha, and Amoghasiddhi.

He originates from the blue seed mantra “Hum” and when He became a Buddha and reached enlightenment, Akshobhya was given charge over the eastern paradise, called The Ultimate Joy (Pure Land Abhirati).

His consort is Lochana (Lochana is said to be similar in nature to Lord Vairochana) and He is normally accompanied by two elephants.

Akshobhya Buddha is mentioned in a few Mahayana sutras, but mostly He is known from the Vimalakirti Nirdesa (the sutra that teaches the meaning of Nondualism).

The Buddha Akshobhya established with the enlightened intention that all sentient beings could purify any degree of non virtue. Even the extreme non virtue of hatred, violence, and killing can be cleansed through relying on him as the focus of meditation, acknowledging and abandoning non virtuous actions, and invoking his blessings of purification. 

In the Akshobhya sutra, the Buddha Sakyamuni himself extolled the perseverance of Akshobhya in actualizing this intention so powerfully that countless beings have been saved from the intense suffering of the lower states of existence.

Akshobhya meditation can liberate, not only the practitioner him or herself from the fear of inauspicious rebirth, but other beings as well. Akshobhya explicitly promised that the merit generated by reciting one-hundred-thousand of his long Dhayani mantra and creating an image of him could be dedicated to another person,  even someone long deceased, and they would be assured of release from lower states of existence and rebirth in spiritually fortunate circumstances. 

Recognizing the superb opportunity of their own connection with Akshobhya, hundreds of people have either performed this practice themselves or sponsored it, dedicating the merit to others for whom they felt compassionate concern.

Only an omniscient wisdom being can fully discern an individual's past actions and their outflows in present experience, but the Buddhist teachings indicate that death during the passage toward birth (by miscarriage or abortion), death before adulthood, violent or fearful death, and suicide are signs that the deceased might have difficulties in obtaining fortunate, spiritually well-endowed rebirth. Such beings could benefit from the merit of a hundred thousand Akshobhya recitations and the creation of an Akshobhya image.

* Footnote 

For those who had received the empowerment of this Tantric practice, you are reminded not intentionally or unintentionally to disclose the mantra to the public or anyone who may not have the empowerment or permission to practice, and by disclosing the mantra intentionally or unintentionally is a form of breaking your Tantric Samaya vows to the lineage masters and Dharma protectors. 

Please consult your Guru or a qualified lineage master for Vajrayana practice! Should a devotee even want to start studying and contemplating the Vajrayana practice, then it is truly necessary to first have completed the preliminaries and to be certain and sure that Bodhicitta has arisen and developed in one’s mind.

Vajrayana features countless skillful and powerful methods which, if they are practiced in the proper way, can make the process of accumulation and purification incredibly swift and direct. It is absolutely necessary to have the pure motivation and to know that Vajrayana practice is not carried out to increase one’s own ego, power and self-interests.

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Aspiration For Bodhichitta

For those in whom the precious Bodhichitta has not arisen

May it arise and not decrease

But increase further and further.

Dedication of Merit

By this merit may we obtain omniscience then.

Having defeated the enemies wrong-doings.

May we liberate migratory from the ocean of existence.

With its stormy waves of birth, old age, sickness and death.

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The Garland of Utpala Flowers - The Lineage Prayer of Tara

The Garland of Utpala Flowers - The Lineage Prayer of Tara

Choku sherchin chomden kunzangmo

Dharmakaya prajnaparamita, the conqueror Samantabhadri

Longcho yongdzok benza varahi

Perfect saṃbhogakāya Vajravārāhī

Trulpe namrol jetsun drolma yum

And nirmāṇakāya display, venerable mother Tārā

Solwa deb so choktün ngödrub tsol

Pray, grant me supreme and ordinary attainments

Sangye nyipa pema kara dang

Padmākara, who is the second Buddha

Sang ngak dzö dzin daki bum gyi jé

Chief of the hundred thousand ḍākinīs who hold the treasury of secret mantra

Changchub sempa lhasé rolpa tsal

Princely bodhisattva Rolpa Tsal

Solwa deb so choktün ngödrub tsol

Pray, grant me supreme and ordinary attainments

Zabter gojé chokgyur dechen ling

Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa, revealer of profound treasures

Kabab dün den dorjé ziji tsal

Dorjé Ziji Tsal, master of the seven authoritative transmissions

Gyalten sal dzé pema gar gyi wang

And Pema Garwang,3 who clarified the Victorious One’s teaching

Solwa deb so choktün ngödrub tsol

Pray, grant me supreme and ordinary attainments

Zhenyang zabgyé mindrol dzö dzinpé

And holders of the treasury of ripening and liberating, profound and vast

Tsa gyü lama pakma nyur dzé lha

Root teachers of the lineage, noble goddess swift to act

Tsa sum dorjé chösung gyatso la

Oceanic deities of the three roots and vajra dharma protectors

Solwa deb so choktün ngödrub tsol

Pray, grant me supreme and ordinary attainments

Ngepar jungwé lo gyü zhingsa len

Saturate the ground of my mind with renunciation

Ihaksam dakpé jang trung tsar du ngar

So that sprouts of excellent intention may burgeon

Yeshe chenpö drebu yur zawé

And bear plentiful fruits of great primordial wisdom

Don nyi lhün gyi drubpar dzé du sol

As we spontaneously accomplish the twofold purpose.

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Aspiration For Bodhichitta

For those in whom the precious Bodhichitta has not arisen

May it arise and not decrease

But increase further and further.

Dedication of Merit

By this merit may we obtain omniscience then.

Having defeated the enemies wrong-doings.

May we liberate migratory from the ocean of existence.

With its stormy waves of birth, old age, sickness and death.

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What is Chod practice? Attributed to the great Tibetan Yogini Machig Labdron

 

What is Chod practice?

The chod practitioner seeks to tap the power of fear through activities such as rituals set in graveyards, and visualisation of offering their bodies in a tantric feast in order to put their understanding of emptiness to the ultimate test.

The Tibetan word “Chod” means “to cut off” or “to slay.” The traditional practice of chod cuts off self-cherishing and grasping at a truly existent “I.” It creates the conditions under which one can develop the mind of conventional bodhichitta, which holds others as more dear than oneself, and the mind of ultimate bodhichitta, which sees reality as it truly is.

Attributed to the great Tibetan Yogini Machig Labdron, and the only practice that made its way back to India from Tibet, it is an extremely effective and quick Tantric method for attaining realizations of the path to enlightenment.

Chod is a spiritual practice found primarily in the Yundrung Bön tradition as well as in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism (where it is classed as Anuttarayoga Tantra).

It's also known as "cutting through the ego, the practices are based on the Prajnaparamita or "Perfection of Wisdom" sutras, which expound the "emptiness" concept of Buddhist philosophy.

According to Mahayana Buddhists, emptiness is the ultimate wisdom of understanding that all things lack inherent existence. Chod combines Prajnaparamita philosophy with specific meditation methods and Tantric ritual. The chod practitioner seeks to tap the power of fear through activities such as rituals set in graveyards, and visualisation of offering their bodies in a Tantric feast in order to put their understanding of emptiness to the ultimate test.

Key elements

Chod literally mean "cutting through". It cuts through hindrances and obscurations, sometimes called 'demons' or 'gods'. Examples of demons are ignorant, anger and, in particular, the dualism of perceiving the self as inherently meaningful, contrary to the Buddhist doctrine of anatta (non-self).

This is done in a powerful meditative ritual which includes "a stunning array of visualizations, song, music, and prayer, it engages every aspect of one’s being and effects a powerful transformation of the interior landscape.

According to Machig Labdron, the main goal of chod is cutting through ego clinging:

What we call devils are not materially existing individuals . A devil means anything which hinders us in our achievement of liberation. Consequently, even kind and loving friends and companions may become devils as far as liberation is concerned. 

In particular, there is no greater devil than this present ego-clinging, and because of this all the devils will rear their ugly heads as long as one has not severed this clinging to ego.

When somebody tells you something that really hurts your mind, that is the most beneficial thing for your mind because it goes straight in your heart and touches your ego.

This is what shows you, like a mirror, like a teaching from the Buddha, one’s own mistaken thoughts, especially the ego; it shows that there is ego, and because there is ego, it hurts.

If there is no ego, then it would never hurt. When people say what your mistakes are, or say words which hurt you, that is the real Chöd practice. This is what makes you see your “I,” the emotional “I” – in Western psychological terms – the object of ignorance, the root of Samsara, which is holding this “I” as truly existent.

Normally one is not aware of this, but by doing the practice of Chöd, inviting the spirits, they create violence and it makes you see the “I,” the object of ignorance, the object to be refuted – the truly existent “I” – clearly. They show the “I” to you very clearly and then you are able to recognize that it is false, an object of ignorance; you are able to use your reasoning, logical reasoning, that the “I” doesn’t exist because it is a dependant arising, or merely imputed. 

It is merely imputed relating to the aggregates, the base, etc. There are so many other reasonings you can use. You recognize the object to be refuted at that minute. That it is what doesn’t exist at all; it is totally non-existent. 

Chod, like all Tantric systems, has outer, inner and secret aspects. They are described in an evocation sung to Nyama Paldabum by Milarepa:

What we call devils are not materially existing individuals. A devil means anything which hinders us in our achievement of liberation. Consequently, even kind and loving friends and companions may become devils as far as liberation is concerned. In particular, there is no greater devil than this present ego-clinging, and because of this all the devils will rear their ugly heads as long as one has not severed this clinging to ego.

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* Footnote 

For those who had received the empowerment of this Tantric practice, you are reminded not intentionally or unintentionally to disclose the mantra to the public or anyone who may not have the empowerment or permission to practice, and by disclosing the mantra intentionally or unintentionally is a form of breaking your Tantric Samaya vows to the lineage masters and Dharma protectors. 

Please consult your Guru or a qualified lineage master for Vajrayana practice! Should a devotee even want to start studying and contemplating the Vajrayana practice, then it is truly necessary to first have completed the preliminaries and to be certain and sure that Bodhicitta has arisen and developed in one’s mind.

Vajrayana features countless skillful and powerful methods which, if they are practiced in the proper way, can make the process of accumulation and purification incredibly swift and direct. It is absolutely necessary to have the pure motivation and to know that Vajrayana practice is not carried out to increase one’s own ego, power and self-interests.

Thank you for reading, may you find peace and great bliss. With your support it helps to spread the Buddha’s precious teachings and turning the Dharma wheels in the world.

Aspiration For Bodhichitta

For those in whom the precious Bodhichitta has not arisen

May it arise and not decrease

But increase further and further.

Dedication of Merit

By this merit may we obtain omniscience then.

Having defeated the enemies wrong-doings.

May we liberate migratory from the ocean of existence.

With its stormy waves of birth, old age, sickness and death.

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Buddha Akshobhya Prayers

Buddha Akshobhya (Mitrugpa) Mantra by H.H. 17th Karmapa

*”Namo bhagavate Akṣhobhāya, 

tathāgatāyārhate saṃyaksaṃbuddhyāya.

Tadyathā: Oṃ kaṃkani kaṃkani. Rochani rochani.

Troṭani troṭani. Trāsani trāsani. 

Pratihana pratihana.

Sarva karma paraṃparāṇime sarva sattvānañcha svāhā.”

*Short mantra: Om Akshobhya Hum

Akshobhya is the embodiment of 'mirror knowledge' (Sanskrit: ādarśa-jñāna; refer Panchajnana). This may be described as a knowledge of what is real, and what is illusion, or a mere reflection of actual reality. The mirror may be likened to the mind itself. It is clear like the sky and empty, yet luminous. 

It holds all the images of space and time, yet it is untouched by them. Its brilliance illuminates the darkness of ignorance and its sharpness cuts through the confusion. Akshobhya represents this eternal mind, and the Vajra family is similarly associated with it.

The Vajra family, is also associated with the element of water, hence the two colors of the Vajra is blue, like the depths of the ocean; or bright white, like sunlight reflecting off water. Even if the surface of the ocean is blown crashing waves, the depths remain undisturbed, imperturbable. Although water may seem ethereal and weightless, in truth, it is extremely heavy.

Water flows into the lowest place and settles there. It carves through solid rock, but calmly, without violence. When frozen, it is hard, sharp, and clear like the intellect, but to reach its full potential, it must also be fluid and adaptable like a flowing river. These are all the essential qualities of Akshobhya.

Many wrathful, Tantric beings are represented as blue in colour because they embody the transmuted energy of hatred and aggression into wisdom and enlightenment.

Akshobhya is one of the five Dhyani Buddhas (wisdom Buddhas), along with Vairocana, Amitabha, Ratnasambhava, and Amoghasiddhi.

He is occasionally merged with Acala, a protective deity, particularly in Shingon traditions.

Akshobhya Buddha (“Immovable One”) symbolizes the overcoming of passions such as anger and hatred towards other beings.

He was given charge over the eastern paradise Abhirati.

He is easily recognized in illustrations by having a blue body.

He was given charge over the eastern paradise Abhirati.

He is easily recognized in illustrations by having a blue body color and the left hand supporting an upright Vajra scepter.

Sanskrit for this land translates to the joyous; therefore, it is the land of the most joyous.

It is believed that those who are reborn in this realm can never fall back to lower realms of consciousness and are never to be born again.

Therefore, it is said that all believers should seek to follow and fulfill the vow of Akshobhya.

The Vajra family, to which Akshobhya belongs, is associated with the element of water.

According to the scripture of The Buddha-land of Akshobhya, a Monk wished to practice the Dharma in the eastern World of delight and made a vow to think no Anger or malice towards any being until the Enlightenment.

He duly proved “immovable,” and when he succeeded, he became The Buddha Akshobhya.

The Benefits of Chanting Buddha Akshobhya Mantra:

1. Especially powerful to liberate and purify all negative Karmas of our past, present, and future mind streams.
2. It can liberate, not only the practitioner for fear of inauspicious rebirth, but other sentient beings as well.
3. Effective in removing our outer, inner, and secret obstacles.
4. Overcome our hatred and anger towards other sentient beings
5. Repay our gratitude to our departed ones. Pray that they be free from suffering and be reborn in the Eastern Pure Land.
6. Good health, happiness, decreased negative Karma, and increased wisdom for the living by the offering of auspicious lamps.

In the Akshobhya sutra, Gautama Buddha himself extolled the perseverance of Buddha Akshobhya in actualizing this intention so powerfully that numerous sentient beings have been saved from the intense suffering of the lower states of existence.

This version of Buddha Akshobhya Mantra is interpreted by H.H. 17th Karmapa – the head of the Karma Kagyu.

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* Footnote 

For those who had received the empowerment of this Tantric practice, you are reminded not intentionally or unintentionally to disclose the mantra to the public or anyone who may not have the empowerment or permission to practice, and by disclosing the mantra intentionally or unintentionally is a form of breaking your Tantric Samaya vows to the lineage masters and Dharma protectors. 

Please consult your Guru or a qualified lineage master for Vajrayana practice! Should a devotee even want to start studying and contemplating the Vajrayana practice, then it is truly necessary to first have completed the preliminaries and to be certain and sure that Bodhicitta has arisen and developed in one’s mind.

Vajrayana features countless skillful and powerful methods which, if they are practiced in the proper way, can make the process of accumulation and purification incredibly swift and direct. It is absolutely necessary to have the pure motivation and to know that Vajrayana practice is not carried out to increase one’s own ego, power and self-interests.

Thank you for reading, may you find peace and great bliss. With your support it helps to spread the Buddha’s precious teachings and turning the Dharma wheels in the world.

Aspiration For Bodhichitta

For those in whom the precious Bodhichitta has not arisen

May it arise and not decrease

But increase further and further.

Dedication of Merit

By this merit may we obtain omniscience then.

Having defeated the enemies wrong-doings.

May we liberate migratory from the ocean of existence.

With its stormy waves of birth, old age, sickness and death.

*Note

I do not own or infringe any copyright of the picture(s).

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