Benefits Verses of Praises to the 21 Taras

Praises to the Twenty-One Taras is a traditional prayer in Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism to the female Bodhisattva Tara. Tara is also known as Arya Tara or Jetsun Dolma. 

Benefit verses

Lha mo la goo yang dak den pei. Lo den gang gi rab den jo peh.

It should be recited with perfect reverence and attitude to the Deity (Dolma).

So dang thaw rang lang par cheh neh. Dren peh mi jig tam cheh tab ter.

By remembering it at dusk and dawn as one rises, it gives perfect protection from all fears.

Dig pa tam cheh rab too shi was. Ngen dro tam cheh jom pa nyi do.

Calming all karma and preventing birth into lower realms.

Gyal wa cheh wa trak doon nam kyi. Nyur too wang ni our war gyur la.

One quickly receives the empowerment from the 70 million Buddhas.

Di leh cheh wa nyi ni tob ching. Sang gyeh go phang tar too der dro.

So that everything here shows increase and one proceeds towards ultimate Buddhahood.

De yi dug ni drag po chhen po. Tan na pa am zhan yang dro wa.

If affected by the most terrible poison. Whether ingested, drunk, or from a living being.

Zo pa dang ni thung pa nyi kyang. Dran pa rab tu sel wa nyi thob.

Just by remembering. Will one be thoroughly cleansed.

Don dang rim dang dug gi zir wai. Dui ngai tshog ni nam par pong te. 

The suffering from serious affliction by demons, contagious diseases, and poison is left behind.

Sem chan zhan pa nam la yang ngo. Nyi sum dun du ngon par jo na.

Also for others - by means of 7 repetitions in 3 sessions before noon and 3 sessions afternoon.

Bu do pa ni bu thob gyur zhing. Nor do pa ni nor nam nyi thob.

Then if a son is wished for, a son will be obtained, if wealth is required, will be obtained.

Do pa tham cha thob par gyur la. Geg nam me ching so sor jom gyur chig.

All that is wished for will be obtained. Hindrances will be negated and destroyed individually.

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May it arise and not decrease

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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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No.21 Emanation of Taras - Lhamo Ozer Chenma / Marichi (21/21)

 

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Praises to the Twenty-One Tara is a traditional prayer in Tibetan Buddhism to the female Bodhisattva Tara. (Tibetan called Drolma) also known as Arya Tara or Jetsun Dolma. The prayer is found in all four traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.  

Each of the twenty-one emanations of Tara has her own name, and a specific mantra with which she is associated, offering protection from various types of fears, harm, and calamities.

Tara has Twenty-One ultimate emanations according to the mantra of the Buddha Samantabhadra called “Twenty-One Praises of Tara”. Twenty-One Tara with 21 specific colors serves with a specific function. 

There are different styles and designs of tangka paintings that represent the Twenty-One manifestations of Tara based on distinct lineages and practices, in which forms, colors, ritual objects and even names or functions can vary. 

Homage to The No. 21 Taras - Lhamo Ozer Chenma / Marichi   

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE MARITSE YE TSE BHRUM NRI DZA SVAHA

Goddess Endowed With Light Who Replenishes the Longevity and Life Force of the Sick

Lhamo Ozer Chenma – Divine Mother of Brilliant Light Rays. The 21st of Atisha’s 21 Taras is peaceful and white in color. This emanation of Tara offers protection from the depletion of energy and vitality by replenishing life force and increasing longevity. She also safeguards the well-being of animals. Golden fish rest upon the utpala flower by her left ear.

Lhamo Ozer Chenma is peaceful and white in color. She radiates light, instantly summoning all evil spirits who steal the vitality and longevity of the sick. Upon her utpala flower is a golden fish. Light radiates from the three syllables OM AH HUNG of her body, speech, and mind, completely pacifying all obstacles: outer forces, inner imbalance of the elements, and secret obstacles of dualistic grasping at afflictive emotions. 

Tara Ozer Chenma is the divine great Mother of “brilliant light rays”, Ozer. She is particularly beneficial to us because she can protect our longevity. She helps us when our energy, vitality, or life force is endangered. She is also renowned as a protector of animals.

Om Jetsunma pal ma drolma la chaktsal lo

Om Homage to the noble lady Tara

Chaktsal den yi sum nam ko pe

Homage to you, adorned with three natures

Shi we tu dang yang dak den ma

Perfectly endowed with peaceful strength

Don dang ro lang no jin tsok nam

You destroy demons, zombies, and yakshas

Jom pa tu re rab chok nyi ma

O TURE, most exalted and sublime

Tsa we ngak kyi to pa di dang

I praise with this root mantra

Chak tsal wa ni nyi shu tsa chik

and pay homage twenty one times

Prayer of the Benefits

Whoever is endowed with devotion for the goddess and recites this with supreme faith, remembering it at dawn upon waking and in the evenings, will be granted all fearlessness, will perfectly pacify all negativities, and will eliminate all unfortunate migrations.

The multitudes of conquerors will quickly grant initiation: Thus, endowed with this greatness, one will eventually reach the state of a Buddha. If affected by the most terrible poison, whether ingested, drunk, or from a living being, just by remembering will one be thoroughly cleansed.

If this prayer is recited two, three, or seven times, It will pacify all the sufferings of torments caused by spirits, fevers, and poisons, and by other beings as well. If you wish for a child, you will get a child; if you wish for wealth, you will receive wealth. All your wishes will be fulfilled and all obstacles pacified.  

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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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No.11 Emanation of Taras - Phagma Norter Drolma (11/21)

Photo credit: Alan Kozlowski

Praises to the Twenty-One Tara is a traditional prayer in Tibetan Buddhism to the female Bodhisattva Tara. (Tibetan called Drolma) also known as Arya Tara or Jetsun Dolma. The prayer is found in all four traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.  

Each of the twenty-one emanations of Tara has her own name, and a specific mantra with which she is associated, offering protection from various types of fears, harm, and calamities.

Tara has Twenty-One ultimate emanations according to the mantra of the Buddha Samantabhadra called “Twenty-One Praises of Tara”. Twenty-One Tara with 21 specific colors serves with a specific function. 

There are different styles and designs of tangka paintings that represent the Twenty-One manifestations of Tara based on distinct lineages and practices, in which forms, colors, ritual objects and even names or functions can vary.

Homage To The No. 11 Taras - Phagma Norter Drolma 

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE MAMA BASU PUSHTIM KURU SVAHA

Bestowing Wealth and Removing Poverty

Phagma Norter Drolma is semi-wrathful and golden red in color. The name Phagmo means “noble one” or “supreme one”. Roughly translated, Norter means “bestowing riches”, so Phagma Norter Drolma is the Noble Tara, who bestows wealth, renowned as Tara the wealth-giver, who removes the sufferings of poverty.

Her shower of blessings fills the entire world, completely liberating sentient beings from the suffering of poverty. Upon her utpala flower is a treasure vase that grants all wishes. 

The light of the syllable HUNG radiates from her body, speech, and mind, showering down all the wealth and glory of the gods, nagas, and humans.

OM jetsun ma phag ma drol ma la chhag tshal lo

Om Homage to the noble lady Tara

Chhag tshal sa zhi kyong wai tshog nam

Homage to you, Tara, who are able to invoke

Tham cha gug par nu ma nyi ma

The entire assembly of local protectors

Thro nyer yo wai yi ge HUM gi

Whose wrathful expression fiercely shakes

Phong pa tham cha nam par drol ma

Rescuing the impoverished through the letter HUM

Prayers of the benefits

Whoever is endowed with devotion for the goddess and recites this with supreme faith, remembering it at dawn upon waking and in the evenings, will be granted all fearlessness, will perfectly pacify all negativities, and will eliminate all unfortunate migrations.

The multitudes of conquerors will quickly grant initiation: Thus, endowed with this greatness, one will eventually reach the state of a Buddha. If affected by the most terrible poison, whether ingested, drunk, or from a living being, just by remembering will one be thoroughly cleansed.

If this prayer is recited two, three, or seven times, It will pacify all the sufferings of torments caused by spirits, fevers, and poisons, and by other beings as well. If you wish for a child, you will get a child; if you wish for wealth, you will receive wealth. All your wishes will be fulfilled and all obstacles pacified.  

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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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No.10 Emanation of Taras - Jigten Sumle Gyalma (10/21)

 

Photo credit: Alan Kozlowski

Praises to the Twenty-One Tara is a traditional prayer in Tibetan Buddhism to the female Bodhisattva Tara. (Tibetan called Drolma) also known as Arya Tara or Jetsun Dolma. The prayer is found in all four traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.  Each of the twenty-one emanations of Tara has her own name, and a specific mantra with which she is associated, offering protection from various types of fears, harm, and calamities.

Tara has Twenty-One ultimate emanations according to the mantra of the Buddha Samantabhadra called “Twenty-One Praises of Tara”. Twenty-One Tara with 21 specific colors serves with a specific function. There are different styles and designs of tangka paintings that represent the Twenty-One manifestations of Tara based on distinct lineages and practices, in which forms, colors, ritual objects and even names or functions can vary.

Homage To The No. 10 Taras -  Jigten Sumle Gyalma

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE LOKA PASHAM KURU SVAHA

Victorious Over the Three Worlds, She Who Overpowers the Universe

Jigten Sumle Gyalma is peaceful and red in color. Rainbow light emanates from her body and the victory banner upon her utpala flower, overpowering all the gods of the desire realm. She brings supreme joy to all beings. The mantra of her speech, endowed with the eight modes of laughter − HA HAA, HI HII, HE HAI, HO HAU − empowers all beings, setting them on the path of liberation.

Om jetsun ma pak ma drol ma la chak tsal lo

Om Homage to the noble lady Tara

Chak tsal rab tu ga wa ji pe

Homage to you, Tara, whose radiant crown ornament

U gyan o kyi threng wa pel ma

Joyful and magnificent, extends a garland of light

Zhe pa rab zha TUTTARA yi

And who, by your laughter of TUTTARA

Du dang jig ten wang du dze ma 

Conquer the demons and all of the worlds

Prayer of the Benefits

Whoever is endowed with devotion for the goddess and recites this with supreme faith, remembering it at dawn upon waking and in the evenings, will be granted all fearlessness, will perfectly pacify all negativities, and will eliminate all unfortunate migrations.

The multitudes of conquerors will quickly grant initiation: Thus, endowed with this greatness, one will eventually reach the state of a Buddha. If affected by the most terrible poison, whether ingested, drunk, or from a living being, just by remembering will one be thoroughly cleansed.

If this prayer is recited two, three, or seven times, It will pacify all the sufferings of torments caused by spirits, fevers, and poisons, and by other beings as well. If you wish for a child, you will get a child; if you wish for wealth, you will receive wealth. All your wishes will be fulfilled and all obstacles pacified.  

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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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No.7 Emanation of Taras - Zhengyi Mitubma (7/21)

Photo Credit: Alan Kozlowski

Praises to the Twenty-One Tara is a traditional prayer in Tibetan Buddhism to the female Bodhisattva Tara. (Tibetan called Drolma) also known as Arya Tara or Jetsun Dolma. The prayer is found in all four traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.  Each of the twenty-one emanations of Tara has her own name, and a specific mantra with which she is associated, offering protection from various types of fears, harm, and calamities.

Tara has Twenty-One ultimate emanations according to the mantra of the Buddha Samantabhadra called “Twenty-One Praises of Tara”. Twenty-One Tara with 21 specific colors serves with a specific function. There are different styles and designs of tangka paintings that represent the Twenty-One manifestations of Tara based on distinct lineages and practices, in which forms, colors, ritual objects and even names or functions can vary.

Homage To The No. 7 Taras - Zhengyi Mitubma 

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE VAJRA TAKA HANA LITSA PHAT SVAHA

Unconquerable Fierce Lady Who Dispels Wars and Natural Disasters

Zhengyi Mitubma is the seventh Tara and known as Zhengyi Mitumba. She is dark blue in color. Her name means “unconquerable, cannot be defeated by others.” She destroys all negativities. She is wrathful and eliminates wars, invading troops, and weapons of mass destruction. She destroys the evil deeds, spells of enemies, hailstorm, lightning, and all kinds of natural disasters.

Zhengyi Mitubma  is wrathful and black, like dense storm clouds. By the ripping sound of the wrathful seed syllable TRET and the splitting sound of PHAT, she completely destroys the spells of enemies, evil deeds, hail, lightning, natural disasters, invading troops, and weapons of mass destruction. Upon her utpala flower is a sword blazing with fire. She is ablaze with masses of wisdom fire. From her compassionate furrowed brow flies meteors and sparks.

OM jetsun ma phag ma drol ma la chhag tshal lo

Om Homage to the noble lady Tara

Chhag tshal TRAD che ja dang PHAT kyi

Homage to you, Tara, whose TRAT and PHAT

Pha rol thrul khor rab tu jom ma

Destroy entirely the magical wheels of others

Ya kum yon kyang zhab kyi nan te

With your right leg bent and left outstretched and pressing,

Me bar thrug pa shin tu bar ma

You burn intensely within a whirl of fire

Prayer of the Benefits

Whoever is endowed with devotion for the goddess and recites this with supreme faith, remembering it at dawn upon waking and in the evenings, will be granted all fearlessness, will perfectly pacify all negativities, and will eliminate all unfortunate migrations.

The multitudes of conquerors will quickly grant initiation: Thus, endowed with this greatness, one will eventually reach the state of a Buddha. If affected by the most terrible poison, whether ingested, drunk, or from a living being, just by remembering will one be thoroughly cleansed.

If this prayer is recited two, three, or seven times, It will pacify all the sufferings of torments caused by spirits, fevers, and poisons, and by other beings as well. If you wish for a child, you will get a child; if you wish for wealth, you will receive wealth. All your wishes will be fulfilled and all obstacles pacified.

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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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No.4 Emanation of Taras - Tsugtor Namgyalma Ushnishavijaya (4/21)

Photo credit : Alan Kozlowski

Praises to the Twenty-One Tara is a traditional prayer in Tibetan Buddhism to the female Bodhisattva Tara. (Tibetan called Drolma) also known as Arya Tara or Jetsun Dolma. The prayer is found in all four traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.  Each of the twenty-one emanations of Tara has her own name, and a specific mantra with which she is associated, offering protection from various types of fears, harm, and calamities.

Tara has Twenty-One ultimate emanations according to the mantra of the Buddha Samantabhadra called “Twenty-One Praises of Tara”. Twenty-One Tara with 21 specific colors serves with a specific function. There are different styles and designs of tangka paintings that represent the Twenty-One manifestations of Tara based on distinct lineages and practices, in which forms, colors, ritual objects and even names or functions can vary.

Homage To The No. 4 Taras - Tsugtor Namgyalma (Ushnishavijaya)

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE AYUR DATE BHRUM SVAHA

Victorious One of Ushnisha Who Accomplishes Immortality

Tsugtor Namgyalma (Ushnishavijaya) is peaceful and golden yellow in color. She emanates from the crown chakra of the Buddha as Prajnaparamita. She is victorious over all non-virtue and afflictive emotions. Upon her utpala flower is a vase of immortality that radiates light in the ten directions. 

This light transforms the radiant essence of Samsara and nirvana into nectar that fills her vase. The vase of nectar supported by the utpala flower to her left indicates her ability to increase life force, vitality and longevity by decreasing imbalances and reestablishing equanimity. She also protects beings from scenarios of unfavourable rebirth.

Om Jetsunma pakma drolma la chaktsal lo

Om Homage to the noble lady Tara

Chaktsal dezhin shegpal tsug-tor

Homage to you, Tara, the crown pinnacle of those thus gone

Tha ya nam par gyal war cho ma

Whose deeds overcome infinite evils

Ma lu pha rol chhin pa thob pai

Who have attained transcendent perfections without exception

Gyal wai sa kyi shin tu ten ma

And upon whom the sons of the Victorious Ones rely.

Prayer of the Benefits

Whoever is endowed with devotion for the goddess and recites this with supreme faith, remembering it at dawn upon waking and in the evenings, will be granted all fearlessness, will perfectly pacify all negativities, and will eliminate all unfortunate migrations.

The multitudes of conquerors will quickly grant initiation: Thus, endowed with this greatness, one will eventually reach the state of a Buddha. If affected by the most terrible poison, whether ingested, drunk, or from a living being, just by remembering will one be thoroughly cleansed.

If this prayer is recited two, three, or seven times, It will pacify all the sufferings of torments caused by spirits, fevers, and poisons, and by other beings as well. If you wish for a child, you will get a child; if you wish for wealth, you will receive wealth. All your wishes will be fulfilled and all obstacles pacified.

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We need your help to secure the future of scholarly interaction with Buddhism. Since our very first publication of Dharma works and activities in the year 2008, we had been effortlessly providing free distribution of Dharma posts and articles throughout the previous 13 years.  We have exceptionally constrained supports and do not receive subsidized or funding from people in general. 

Please help us and to develop our Dharma activities that will not only benefit you, but to all Dharma readers on the planet. Please consider showing your support. Your generosity will certainly help us to enhance our work and to accomplish for a better and brighter prospect to come. 

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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The Three Jewels

“He who has gone for refuge to the Buddha, the Teaching and his Order, penetrates with transcendental wisdom the Four Noble Truths — suffering, the cause of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the Noble Eightfold Path leading to the cessation of suffering.  This indeed is the safe refuge, this the refuge supreme. Having gone to such a refuge, one is released from all suffering. ~ Dhammapada 190-192” 

The “Three Treasures” of the Buddhist tradition are the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. Throughout the Buddhist world, Buddhists have these Three Treasures in common. To be a Buddhist means taking refuge in the Three Treasures.

What do the 3 jewels represent in Buddhism?

The Three Jewels (also called the Triratna) are the three essential supporting components of Buddhism. They guide and give refuge (safety and comfort) to Buddhists.

Buddhists take refuge in three different expressions of awakened mind: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Each of these is a precious and necessary element of the Buddhist path, and so they are called the three jewels. 

Buddha: The Teacher

This refers, first, to the historical Buddha, the original teacher. He was not a god but a human being like us, and his example shows us that we too can follow the path to enlightenment. More broadly, the Buddha principle refers to all teachers and enlightened beings who inspire and guide us.

Dharma: The Teachings

The Buddhist Dharma starts with the fundamental truths that the Buddha himself taught—the four noble truths, the three marks of existence, the eightfold path, etc.—and includes the vast body of Buddhist teachings that have been developed in the 2,600 years since then. It’s worth noting that the Sanskrit word Dharma also means a thing or object in the conventional sense. In either case, the word denotes a basic law or truth. of reality.

Sangha: The Community

The term Sangha has traditionally referred to monastics and arhats in whom lay practitioners take refuge. This has changed in the West, where Sangha has come to mean the community of Buddhist practitioners generally, both monastic and lay. Buddhists here also use the word to describe a specific community or group, and you will often hear people talk about “my Sangha,” meaning the Buddhist community to which they belong.

Why is the Buddha Jewel important?

Since Buddha is believed to have been the first man to truly understand wisdom and the way to enlightenment, this jewel also signifies the fulfillment of enlightenment. Therefore, when a Buddhist claims to take refuge in the Buddha, he's also saying that enlightenment, in itself, is his refuge.

This is our Youtube Buddhist channels: The Tibetan Refuge Prayers to the Three Jewels

How do I become Buddhist?

Anyone can become a Buddhist. You will need to in the Three Jewels or Triple Gem (and follow a ceremony during which you take a vow to uphold the Five Precepts (to not kill, not steal, not commit sexual misconduct, refrain from false speech and not take intoxicants that lessen your awareness).

What is the Buddhist refuge prayer?

I take refuge in the Buddha, the incomparably honoured one; I take refuge in the Dharma, honourable for its purity; I take refuge in the Sangha, honourable in its harmonious life.

What taking refuge is not

The idea of taking refuge can create some confusion initially, even misconceptions that run precisely opposite to the deeper meaning of this practice.Taking refuge does not mean handing responsibility over to some higher being. When we take refuge in the Buddha, we don’t think that Siddhartha Gautama is going to swoop in from heaven and solve all of our problems.

In fact, we are taking refuge in our own enlightened potential. This actually means accepting a much higher responsibility, since we recognize what we are capable of becoming and commit to reach nothing short of that. It is a reminder to seek our own greatest possibility. Taking refuge also does not mean that nothing that happens in your life matters, because you only care about the absolute.

On the contrary, when we understand the relationship between the ultimate reality and the conventional world, we realize that everything matters so much more.Finally, taking refuge does not mean we only care about some limited community of spiritual people, as if beings at a lower level of consciousness aren’t worth our attention.

It is actually a gesture towards recognizing a universal Sangha, the capacity of every single being to act as our greatest teacher – if we are only willing to listen to what they have to teach us.

How can taking refuge become a part of my life?

There are many ways to bring into your life this sense of surrender and trust in the ultimate  realiy, in the form of the Three Jewels. You can take refuge in the Three Jewels in a formal way as part of a ceremony, where you also commit to following the Five Lay Precepts: no killing, no stealing, no telling lies, no sensuous misconduct and no consuming intoxicants.This ritual, which must be led by a qualified teacher, is actually the way to become a Buddhist “officially.”

In your daily life, you can begin your meditations by invoking the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, feeling reverence and asking for the support of what they represent.And as you go about your life, take refuge in your higher wisdom as much as possible. Remember why you are here, what you are and what you can become.

Practicing Buddhism or meditation is for us to be serene and happy, understanding and loving. This way we work for the peace and happiness of our family and our society. If we look closely, the Three Gems are actually one. The other two gems always exist in each gem. In Buddha, there is Buddhahood, there is the Buddha body. Within, Buddha there is the Dharma body because without the Dharma body, he could not have become a Buddha. In the Buddha there is the Sangha body because he had breakfast with the Bodhi tree, with the other trees, and birds and the environment.

Without you, the Dharma cannot be practiced. It has to be practiced by someone. Without each of you, the Sangha cannot be. That is why when we say, “I take refuge in the Buddha,” we also hear, “The Buddha takes refuge in me.” “I take refuge in the Dharma. The Dharma takes refuge in me. I take refuge in the Sangha. The Sangha takes refuge in me.”

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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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蓮花生大師七句祈請文 Seven line Prayer to Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava

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歐堅耶傑呢向燦

巴瑪給薩東波拉

雅燦巧格歐哲尼 

巴瑪炯內義色紮

括德喀卓芒布果

且傑吉色達哲傑 

辛吉洛協夏色所

革日班瑪斯德吽

第一句為蓮師出生之地

第二句為蓮師降生之方式

第三句為蓮師之稀有功德

第四句為蓮師聖名之殊勝

第五句為蓮師之眷屬

第六句為隨修者對蓮師之信心

第七句為蓮師加持賜成就

第八句以咒語印持。

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功德與殊勝利益　　

蓮師的傳記，大藏經上記載的有四千九百多種，為智慧佛母移喜措嘉、大樂佛母、智慧勝樂佛母等蓮師弟子所寫下，目前已看不到這麼多種。每部傳記中都提到修行此蓮師七句祈請文的功德.

蓮師為諸佛菩薩大慈悲和智慧威德力的化現，因此只要虔誠念誦他的金剛七句祈請文，即會得諸佛菩薩蓮師等無上殊勝的加持攝受。　　

蓮師為所有三根本（上師、本尊、空行護法）的主要代表，三者完全融入尊者，因此只要修持蓮師法，三根本已同時俱足，只要虔誠念誦蓮師七句祈請文，三根本即如雲海般聚集現前，賜予修行者共與不共的加持及成就。

寧瑪巴大圓滿龍欽寧體獨掌持有者多智欽大法王祝賀第三世多傑羌佛

在寧瑪巴尤其是大圓滿龍欽寧體，很多修行法門都以蓮師為主為基，尤其是所有的上師相應法，而蓮師上師相應法中最主要的是七句祈請文，故此祈請文為大密宗金剛乘一切教法的根本。又因其由法性界中自然唱出、由蓮師親傳與二十五位心子，並曾發願："凡唱誦此七句祈請文者，不管身在何處，必會降臨賜予加持。"因此虔誠念誦的人，所得到的加持是不可思議的，能於夢境中親見如彩虹般的蓮師智慧身，聞到奇異的檀香味，聽到空行母唱頌的美妙音聲和像達瑪嚕的鼓樂聲等等.

只要精进不断的念诵此七句祈请文，即可得证大智慧，邪门魔外无法侵入，天龙八部等世间的大力鬼神、死神、邪魔鬼怪等不能为害并随侍如仆，周遭的人也乐于相助，能快速证悟与莲师无二无别的金刚持佛地。莲师的佛行事业功德和成就殊胜，与诸佛陀无二无别，虽非贤劫千佛第二佛，而为藏人赞称之为欧坚第二佛，因此真实语的佛陀也不会欺骗我们，诚心的祈请，必会遵守诺言为我们赐予加持的。

隨尊成就我成就　　 

外： 此句所講為祈請及依止蓮師學習的方法。親見蓮花生大師能得即身成就……這是蓮師的願力及加持力的功德。但成就的大小也依自己對上師蓮師信心的不同而有差異，具不退轉心即得大成就，若信心淺薄成就亦會有限，因此學到蓮師的教法，必得成就。常言學佛！學佛！即以佛陀為學習的對象、為榜樣，所要得到的是脫離輪迴和痛苦的佛果。

現在我們的榜樣是蓮師，大師是修持九乘法門、得其上師身口意的加持、親近依止西日僧哈等大師修習大圓滿法門。我今天亦如斯學習……親近依止上師善知識學習大圓滿法門，身口意三門合一的學習諸佛菩薩和蓮師的一切教法。蓮師曾說："未能親見我的眾生們，要學習我的教法，常常看我的像，即如親見我，即得我加持"。我們心裡隨念佛陀蓮師的一切功德，學習九乘教法，但也不可妄說：自己是蓮師的門徒因此不需修行就能成就，蓮師無此允諾，發願之一為……若行者每月初十作薈供修福德資糧，平常修習大圓滿法累積智慧資糧，觀察自己三門（身口意清淨）

精進修習使二資糧圓滿，蓮師會消除我們的一切道障，這是蓮師的承諾。蓮師教法易修易成就，這是確實證明的，看看西藏的成就者中最多的是依止蓮師教法修行的弟子，如蓮師二十五位心子及其它光身、虹光身成就的事蹟。重要的是堅決不可違背上師的教言，一邊違背，一邊縱然淚流滿面的祈請蓮師，既無意義也無多大用處。祈請蓮師時，應如孩子呼叫母親般，身口意合一由衷放聲呼喊，想起蓮師時，應放下一切，不要記掛繁瑣事，三門合一祈請，心裡憶念著蓮師的發願、隨著蓮師的功德誠心祈請，我們就會得到加持，佛菩薩與聖賢們是永遠不會失去承諾的。　　 

內： 蓮花生大師用其智慧，斷除我們的一切妄念，我們隨其學習時，以無上法門斷除我們的一切妄想、分別之念，所見到即為我們本來的面目--心的本性。隨尊成就我成就，即斷除我們的一切妄念、分別念、一切煩惱，親見我們的赤裸本性--本明。

請幫助我們並發展我們的佛法活動，這不僅會使您受益，而且會惠及地球上所有的佛法讀者。請考慮表示您的支持。您的慷慨解囊肯定會幫助我們改進工作並實現更美好、更光明的前景。

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