Lamp Aspiration Prayer

Lamp Aspiration Prayer (from the Tsok Offering - A Rain of Blessings) 

By The Fourteenth Karmapa, Tekchok Dorje.

Recite the hundred-syllable mantra, oṃ Vajra sattva. Then the assembled Vajra brothers and sisters should hold lamps and recite the following with a single voice:

Om Ah Hung

Dechen dewé kyilkhor dampa di

In this joyous and sacred mandala of great bliss

Dak sok ngo mnn zangpo le drelwe

We are all connected through noble aspirations of the past

Dorje che cham dir tsok tamche kyi

As Vajra brothers and sisters, all gathered for the feast

Ngo jor cho trin zangpo lek sham shing

With gifts, perfectly arranged as offering clouds

lhak sam mo lo gya cher pel che ne

Multiplied and made vast through positive intent and imagination

Sonam yeshe tsok chen rab sak te

To gather perfectly vast stores of merit and wisdom

Monlam di tu ma ong chime du

Through the power of this aspiration, when in the future

Bardo trul nang sam de tongwe tse

We see the delusory appearances of the Bardo, beyond imagining

Ying rik osel ma bu ngo tro ne

May mother and child luminosities of space and awareness unite

Ngang trak jikpa dralwe o lam la

And on the path of light with its terrifying sights and sounds

Chomden o pak me kyi dun ne su

May the Buddha Amitabha, “Boundless Light”, lead the way

Chang sem khor tsok gyatso gyab ne kyor

As a vast retinue of bodhisattvas support us from behind

Jik rung khorwe yang sa lam drol ne

Then, saved from saṃsara's terrible abyss

Dechen pemo kope shying kham su

May we be reborn in the heart of a lotus flower

Peme nyingpor trung shing sangye jel

In the blissful land of Lotus Array, there to meet the Buddhas

Dampe cho tob sa lam tar chin ne

Receive the sacred Dharma, and complete the paths and stages

Dzok sangye tob kha nyam sem chen kun

Once perfectly awakened, may we become great guides

Ring min de ne dewar go nupe

Capable of leading all beings, as infinite as space

Depon chenpor daknyi gyurwar shok

Swiftly, from one blissful state to another

Sherab yeshe salwe dronme di

May this lamp of discerning and primordial wisdom

Lei nyon drip nyi mania Rab sells shying

Banish entirely the darkness of karmic and emotional veils

Yang dak lam gyi nangwa cher gye ne

Greatly enhance the light of the pure, authentic path

Ten de gyalsar gope dronmer shok

And illuminate the way to the kingdom of everlasting bliss

When you have made this prayer of aspiration, offer the lamp to the recipients in front. Compose by the 14th Karmapa at his great seat of Akanistha Tsurphu.

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May it arise and not decrease

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