Wang Du : The Great Cloud of Blessings - By Mipham Rinpoche

Note: Everyone is advised to recite the Wangdu prayers for a minimum 25 times.

Wang Du: The Great Cloud of Blessings

This prayer is called “that which brings within one’s power all that appears and all that exists’. It goes by such a name because if you make this prayer fervently, you will be able to magnetize or bring within your power the phenomena of the entire universe. This comprises both the inanimate environment and its animate inhabitants, sentient beings.

If you look more deeply, Wang Dü is magnetizing but it is also taming your mind. Transforming your mind is the most powerful Wang Dü. Practising Wang Du brings more *Wang Tang.

*which literally means a "field of power." However, since this term refers to a human quality, we have loosely translated it here as "authentic presence." The basic idea of authentic presence is that, because you achieve some merit or virtue, therefore that virtue begins to be reflected in your being, your presence. So authentic presence is based on cause and effect. The cause of authentic presence is the merit you accumulate, and the effect is the authentic presence itself.

Even though Wang Du is not identified as a terma, it is generally understood to have come from Ju Mipham Rinpoche’s wisdom mind, from the great Bodhisattva Manjushri. Wang Du is an extraordinary prayer that brings within one’s power, all phenomena in the entire universe, while at its most powerful, it bestows the ability to tame one’s mind.

Therefore, it can be said to have two main effects: an outer and an inner one. By relying on the prayer, one gains in the outer sense, the ability to benefit all living beings; while its inner effect offers one the ability to control discursive thoughts, and thereby attain unrestrained control of the body and the mind.

How to Pray?

When you chant and practice, Wang Dü, you can follow the instructions of the common or advanced Tantric practices. Of course, uninitiated practitioners, or practitioners who are foreign to Tantric practice can practice, Wang Dü using the Sutrayana method. 

Mipham Rinpoche did not require people to strictly practice this prayer in the way of the generation or perfection stages. As long as we pray to the magnetizing deities with devotion, all animate and inanimate worlds will resonate. This will allow the essence of samsara and nirvana to be gathered into oneself.

For people who are new to Dharma practice, the practice of magnetizing would definitely be of benefit. In this degenerate age, people have difficulty truly absorbing the Dharma because they lack inner strength; their path in learning the Dharma is filled with obstacles. If you are one of these people, by practicing magnetizing you will develop inner strength, and be able to bring the Dharma into your mind more easily. Then, no matter what kind of obstacle you encounter, you will be capable of handling it.

Wangdu: The Great Cloud of Blessings

The Prayer, which Magnetizes All that Appears and Exists - By Mipham Rinpoche

Om ah hung hrih

Om ah hung hrih

Dechen barwa wang gi podrang du

In the palace of power, the blazing of great bliss,

Detong sosor tokpe yeshe ku

Are the embodiments of the wisdom of discernment, union of bliss and emptiness:

Machak deden pemé rangzhin le

Each on a lotus, its nature bliss free from all attachment,

Dorje nyima nangwa chenpo pal

And the splendour of a great, illuminating vajra sun

Choku nangwa taye dorje cho

Dharmakaya Amitabha and Vajradharma,

Jikten wangchuk tukje jechak zuk

Avalokiteśvara, Lord of the World, the very manifestation of compassion,

Pema gyalpo khorde ngawang gyur

Padma Gyalpo, all of saṃsara and nirvaṇa beneath your control,

Nangsi zilnon wangchen heruka

Powerful heruka, subjugator of all that appears and exists,

Sangwa yeshe benza varahi

Secret Wisdom (Guhyajnana) and Vajravarahi,

Demchok dope gyalpo dechen ter

Dope Gyalpo, King of Desire, ecstasy supreme, source of the wisdom of great bliss,

Malu kyegu yitrok rikjema

Kurukulla, who captivates the mind of every living being without exception,

Choktun chakgye wangchuk detong gar

Masters and mistresses of supreme and ordinary mudras, dancing in bliss and emptiness,

Wangdze dorje pawo daki tsok

Hosts of vajra ḍakas and dakinis attract and magnetize.

Nangtong nyampa chenpo ngang nyi du

Remaining always within the state of great equality of appearance and emptiness,

Dorje ku yi gar gyi si sum yo

With the dance of your vajra body, you cause the three planes of existence to tremble;

Gakme sung gi zhe dre kham sum guk

With the sound of your laughter, your unceasing enlightened speech, you draw in the three worlds;

Ozer marpo khorde yong la khyab

Rays of red light burst out to fill all of saṃsara and nirvaṇa

Sizhi dangchu yo zhing duparje

And cause the vital essence of conditioned existence and ultimate peace to vibrate and be gathered in.

Dorje chakpa chenpo tuk kyi ni

With your enlightened mind of great vajra passion,

Nam nyi ngodrub do gu chok tsol zhing

You grant the supreme of all things desired—the two kinds of siddhis;

Dorje chakkyu zhakpa chenpo yi

And with your great vajra hooks and lassos

Nangsi dewa chenpor domjepa

You bind the world of appearance and existence in great bliss.

Taye gyutrul drawe rolgarchen

Dancers in the play of the limitless net of illusion,

Til gyi gongbu chewa zhin zhukpe

Who fill space to overflowing, like a vast outpouring of sesame seeds,

Rabjam tsa sum wang gi lhatsok la

Vast array of the Three Roots, hosts of magnetizing deities,

Gupe solwa deb so jingyi lob

In devotion we pray to you: inspire us with your blessings,

Choktun ngodrub do gu pal tadak

Grant us attainments, ordinary and supreme, and so the siddhi

Tokme wang du jepe ngodrub tsol

Of magnetizing, without obstruction, whatever we desire!

This was composed on the first day of the seventh month of the Earth , Hare year (1879) by one named Dhiḥ. Anyone who prays in this way will, without any doubt, accomplish all magnetizing activities exactly according to their wishes. This prayer may be written on red flags and flown in the air, or used in prayer wheels powered by heat or wind.

Mangalam.

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