Padmasambhava Guru Yoga
Padmasambhava Guru Yoga (Abridged)
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The Fourfold Common Preliminary Practice
It is exceedingly difficult to obtain a human life with the
eight freedoms and ten endowments.
Now that I have the chance to fulfill the aim of humanity,
If I do not use it to my advantage,
Afterwards, how can I get this opportunity again?
The three worlds are as impermanent as the clouds of autumn.
The births and deaths of beings are like watching a dance.
The speed of humans’ lives is like lightning in the sky;
It passes as swiftly as a stream down a steep mountain.
When his time comes, even a king will die,
And his wealth, friends, and relatives cannot follow him.
But wherever people go, wherever they remain,
Karma, like a shadow, will follow after them.
Because of craving, becoming, and ignorance
Humans, gods, and the beings of the three lower spheres
Will circulate foolishly in the five realms
Like the revolving of a potter’s wheel.
TAL JOR DI NI SHIN TU NYED PAR KA
KYEY WUY TON DRUP THOB PAR KYUR WA LA
KAL TE DI LA PHEN PA MA DRUP NA
CHIY DI YANG TAKJOR WAR KA LA GYUR
SID SUM MI TAK TON KAI TRIN TANG DRA
DRO WAY KYE CHI KAR LA TA TANG TSUNG
KYEY WUY TSE DRO NAMKHAI LOK DRA TE
RI ZAR BAB CHU SHIN DU NYUR GYOK DRO
TU KYI NYEN NE GYALPO DRO KYUR NA
LONG CHOD DZA TANG NYEN SHEY JEY MI DRANG
KYEY WU TAK NI KAR NE KAR DRO YANG
LE NI TRIB MA ZHIN TU JEY SU DRANG
SED SID MA RIG WANG KI KYEY WO NAM
MI TANG LHA TANG NGEN SONG NAM SUM PO
DRO WA NGA PO TAG TU MI KHE KOR
PER NA DZA KHEN KHOR LO KHOR WA ZHIN
Prayer of the Three Kayas
Whatever is seen though the eyes the outer universe
and the living beings within—
however they seem, remain in a state of not grasping
to them as real.
In such freedom from duality, all things are seen as
divine form, luminous yet empty.
Invoke the guru naturally, free of desire and attachment;
I invoke Orgyen Pema Jungne.
Whatever sounds are heard through the ears—be they
pleasant or annoying—
hear them as sounds of emptiness; remain in that state
without judgment.
Empty sounds are the Buddha’s speech, beginningless
and endless.
I invoke the Buddha’s speech of sound and emptiness;
I invoke Orgyen Pema Jungne.
Whatever thoughts stir within the mind—
whichever emotion-laden thoughts of the five poisons arise—
do not alter the mind by retracing the past or anticipating
the future.
When thoughts settle naturally into themselves, liberation into
the body of ultimate truth is attained.
I invoke the guru of intrinsically liberated awareness;
I invoke Orgyen Pema Jungne.
May grasping to what seems outer—the world—be purified.
May fixation on what seems inner—the mind—be liberated.
May what lies between—clear light—be self-aware.
Buddhas of the three times, through your compassion,
may the minds of all beings like me be freed!
DI TAR MIK GYI YUL DU NANG WA YI
CHYI NANG NO CHU NGO PO T’HAM CHAY KUN
NANG YANG DAK DZIN ME PAI NGANG LA ZHOK
ZUNG DZIN DAK PA SAL TONG LHA YI KU
DO CHHAK RANG DROL GYI LA MA LA SOL WA DEB
OR GYEN PEMA JYUNG NAY LA SOL WA DEB
DI TAR NA WAI YUL DU DRAK PA YI
NYEN DANG MI NYEN DZIN PAI DRA NAM KUN
DRAK TONG SAM NO DRAL WAI NGANG LA ZHOK
DRAK TONG KYE GAK ME PA GYAL WAI SUNG
DRAK TONG GYAL WAI SUNG LA SOL WA DEB
OR GYEN PEMA JYUNG NAY LA SOL WA DEB
DI TAR YI KYI YUL DU GYU WA YI
NYON MONG DUK NGAI TOK PA CHI SHAR YANG
NGON SU JEY CHYO LO YI CHO MI ZHUK
GYU WA RANG SAR ZHAK PAY CHHO KUR DROL
RIK PA RANG DROL GYI LA MA LA SOL WA DEB
OR GYEN PEMA JYUNG NAY LA SOL WA DEB
CHHYI TAR ZUNG WAI YUL NANG DAK PA DANG
NANG TAR DZIN PAI SEM NYI DROL WA DANG
BAR DU O SEL RANG NGO SHEY PA RU
DU SUM DE SHEK NAM KYI T’HUK JE YI
DAK DRAI RANG GYU DROL WAR JYIN GYI LOB
Reprinted from:
Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia, Daily Prayers
Losang Rinpoche, Spiritual Director