Concise Sadhana of Chenrezig

THE CONCISE SADHANA OF CHENREZIG


THE 100 MILLION MANI RECITATION RETREAT

Led by His Eminence Drubwang Konchok Norbu Rinpoche

REFUGE AND BODHICITTASANG GYE CHO DANG TSOG KYICHOG NAM LATo the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha,

CHANG CHUB BAR DU DAG NIKYAB SU CHII go for refuge till Enlightenment is reached.

DAG GI JIN SOG GYI PAI SO NAM KYIBy the merit of my generosity and other virtues,

DRO LA PEN CHIR SANG GYEDRUB PAR SHOGMay I attain Buddhahood for the sake of all that lives.

(repeat 3 times)

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THE FOUR IMMEASURABLES

MA NAM KHA-DANG NYAM-PAY SEM-CHENTAM-CHAY DE-WA DANG DE-WAY GYU DANGDEN-PAR GYUR CHIGMay all mother sentient beings, boundless as the sky, have happiness and the causes of happiness.

DUG-NGAL DANG DUG-NGAL GYI GYU-DANGDRAL WAR GYUR CHIGMay they be liberated from suffering and the causes of suffering.

DUG-NGAL ME-PAY DE-WA DANG MI-DRALWAR GYUR CHIGMay they never be separated from the happiness, which is free from sorrow.

NYE-RING CHAG-DANG NYI-DANG DRAL-WAITANG-NYOM LA NE-PAR GYUR CHIGMay they rest in equanimity, free from attachment and aversion.

(repeat 3 times)

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SHORT MANDALA OFFERING SEVEN - LIMB PRAYER

SA SHI PO CHU JUG SHING ME TOG TRAMThis ground, sprinkled with scented waters and strewnwith flowers,

RI RAB LING SHI NYI DE GYEN PA DIAdorned with the Supreme Mountain Meru, the four continents, the sun and the moon,

SANG GYE SHING LA MIG TE PHUL WA YII visualize as the pure land of the Buddhas and offer it,

DRO KUN NAM DAG SHING DU KYEWAR SHOGMay all sentient beings be born in a realm of this kind.

CHAG TSAL WA DANG CHOD CHING SHAGPA DANGThrough prostrations, offerings, confession,

JE SU YID RANG KUL SHING SOL WA YIRejoicing, requesting and praying

GE WA CHUNG ZAD DAG GYE CHI SAG PAWhatever little merit that I have gathered,

THAM CHAD DZOG PAY CHANG CHUBCHIR NGO-WOAll this I dedicate for the sake of the Enlightenment of all sentient beings.

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REQUESTING THE TURNING OF THE WHEEL OF DHARMASEM CHEN NAM GYI SAM PA DANGPlease turn the Wheel of the Dharma

LO WEI JI DAG JI TA WAOf the greater, lesser and ordinary vehicles

CHE CHUNG THUN MONG THIG PA WEIIn accordance with the understanding

CHOE KYI KHOR LO KOR DU SOLAnd different mental capacities of sentient beings.

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THE MAIN PRACTICEZHRO ZHE MI MI DON BE NGANG NI LEArisen from the indefinable state of pure emptiness beyond all mental proliferation,

RANG LU DOD NE YONG DUP PHAG PAI KUMy own body has always been the enlightened form of the perfectly realized Noble One.

RAB KAR SHAL CHIG CHAK CHI DORKYIL SHUGPerfectly white, it has a single face and four arms and is seated in the vajra posture,

TANG POE CHAK NIE THUK KAR THILMO JARThe palms of the two lower hands joined at the heart

YE YON WOG MA SHEL TENG PAD KAR ZINWhile the hold a to the and a white upper pair crystal rosary right lotus to the left.

TSEN PEI YONG DZOG TAM YE YE MED KUEPerfect in all signs and characteristics, I am the indivisibly integrated embodiment of conventional visualized form and ultimate awareness nature.

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THUK KAR DA DENG HRI LE YIG TURG GEIIn my heart-centre, upon a moon-disc, is the seed-syllable HRIH surrounded by the six syllables,

KOR LE WOD TOEI CHI NOD SHEL YE KANGAnd the light radiating from the spinning of these transforms the outer vessel into an immeasurable divine palace,

NANG CHUD KYE DRO SEM CHEN PHAGPAI KUAnd its inner content, the animate sentient beings, into emanation bodies of the Noble One.

DRA TORG KUN KYANG YIG TURG RANGSHIN LAAll sounds are the very nature of the six syllables,

TARN DOG THAM CHAD JAM PA CHENPOE NANGAnd all thought-activity is the fundamental attitude of all embracing love.

Visualizing this, recite the mantraOM MA NI PAD ME HUNG as many times as

possible.

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PRAISE AND SALUTATION DEDICATION

KYON GYIE MA GOE KU DHOG KARYou, whose body is purest white and unstained by the slightest fault,

DZOG SANG GYE KYE WU LA GYANWhose crown is adorned with a perfect Buddha,

THUK JEI CHEN GYIE DRO LA ZIGWho gazes upon living beings with eyes of compassion,

CHEN RE ZIG LA CHAG TSEL DODTo Avalokiteshvara, singing His praises, I bow down.

GE WA DHI YIE NYUR TU DAGBy this merit, may I swiftly

CHEN RE ZIG WANG DRUB GYUR NAYAttain the realization of the Lord Avalokiteshvara,

DRO WA CHIG KYANG MA LU PAAnd, having done so, may I lead every living being, without theleast exception,

TE YI SA LA GOD PAR SHOGTo that selfsame state.

This particular text was composed byMahasiddha Drubwang Konchog Choekyab.

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A DEDICATION-PRAYER FOR THE MANI MANTRA THAT BRINGSSWIFT REALISATION OF PERFECT BLISS



DU SUM DE WAR SHEG PA CHO KYI KUDimension of the primordial reality of those who dwell in bliss throughout the three times,

'DRO DRUG SEM CHEN NAM LA CHEN RE ZIGazing with eyes of compassion upon the sentient beings of the six realms,

NAM KA' TA BUR KY' AB PA'I CHUCHIG SHALYour eleven faces as all-encompassing as space,

ZI JI O PAG ME LA SOL WAN 'DEB LTo you of endless and radiant light, I pray.

Then recite a pre-established count ofthe mantra OM MA NI PAD ME HUNG

'DREN PA NYAM ME PUB WANG SHAKYA'I TOGPeerless guide, lord of those who train living beings, crest-jewel of the Shakyas,

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CH'OG CHU'I GYAL WA GYAM TS'OSE DANG CHEOcean of Victorious Ones throughout the ten directions with all your enlightened descendents,

KA' GYU LA MA NAM KYI CHO TRIN DUMay the quintessence of the six syllables appear

NYING PO YI GE DRUG ME 'JUNGWAR SHOGAs a cloud of offerings from the lamas of the 'Ear-Whispered'tradition.

OM MA NI PAD ME HUNG

'DE PA'I SANG GYE NAM KYI GONGDZOG DANGLet the completion of the aims of the Buddhas of the past,

MA ONG SANG GYE NAM KYI TS'OGSAG DAN GThe realisation of the twofold accumulation of meritof the Buddhas of the future,

DA TA SHUG PA NAM KYI SHAB TEN DUAnd the firm establishment of the lives of the Buddhasof the present

NYING PO YI GE DRUG ME 'JUNGWAR SHOGAppear as the quintessence of the six syllables.


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LE KYI 'DREL WA'I P'A MA LOB PON DANGMay all male and female disciples, linked to the teacherby past karma

NYEN 'DUN T'UN DROG RE SHING TOPA NAMAnd regarding each other with loving care and harmonious friendliness,

GON PO CHEN RE ZI KYI LAM NA DRONGBe led along the path by the Protector,

DE LA TO NE CHAG DANG MONG SUM GYIBecause of this, may all sickness, demonic obstruction, enemies,ill-wishers and the hosts of life-stealing demons

NE DON DRA GEG TS'E LEN DU DE NAMSprung of desire, hatred and mental obscurity

GON PO CHEN RE ZI KYI LAM NA DRONGBe led along the path by the Protector, Avalokiteshvara,

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Avalokiteshvara,

DE WA CHEN DU KYE WAR CHIN GYI LOBAnd receive the blessing of taking rebirth in the pure land of Sukhavati..




MI JE SHU PA'I JIN DAG DRIN CHEN DANGMay donors and sponsors, both major ones of unforgettable great kindness

MA JE SUNG PA'I JIN DAG P'O MO NAMAnd ordinary men and women, whose offerings in response torequests should also not be forgotten,




KU SUNG PUG TEN LA MA GEN 'DUN KORMay the lama and monastic community, whose wealth is the representations of enlightened body, speech and mind

KU LU DE ZE TEN PA'I SEM CHEN NAMAnd ordinary sentient beings whose support is in ransom offerings and funeral repasts




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DIG CHO GYAL LON BANG DANG MI ;NGEN GYIMay evil acting leaders, counsellors, commoners and criminals,

TR'EL ME YO GYU'I NGEN SEM 'CHANGWA NAMThose whose minds are enthralled in shamelessness, dishonesty, mean deceit and cruelty



MI GE CHU DANG TS'AM ME NGAPO DANGMay all sentient beings who commit the ten unvirtuous actions, the five that demand immediate karmic retribution

DE DANG NYE NGA CHO PA'I SEMCHEN NAMAnd the five approaching them in severity




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NGO YIG KYA MO LA NA JIN PA DANGMay those who place the oar of prayers of dedication in our hands,

SHIN PO ZE KAL LANG PA'I TS'E 'DE NAMAnd those who receive the portion of the deceased when once he is dead




SHI WA NA WE TO DANG MIG GI TONGMay those who hear of death with their ears or see it with their eyes,

'JIG TEN K'AM GYI TS'E 'DE MA LU PAAll those who must pass beyond the lifespan of this worldly realm,




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DRI SHI MUG SHI LA RO CHU RO SOGMay all who wander in the intermediate state, those with merit and those without,

GE ME DIG ME BAR DOR 'KYAM PA NAMThose who suffered accidental death, death in the moment of childbirth, death in the heights, death by drowning, and so on,




'O SHO 'TUNG WA'I MA 'DRI DRINCHEN DANGMay those who are as caring as a mother yak, and who eat only milk products,

SHA TR'AG ZO PA'I SEM CHEN MA LU PAAs well as all sentient beings who consume flesh and blood




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MI KY'OG K'AL KAL SHON PA SHONSHING DUNGMay those who mount already overburdened animals and beat them as they ride,

MIN 'DRO NA PUG MO SU MO PA NAMAnd those who, when not on the move, attach ploughs to the snouts of their beasts and set them to work the land

CON PO CHEN RE ZI KYI LAM NA DRONGBe led along the path by the Protector, Avalokiteshvara,



U TSANG K'AM SUM NGA' RI 'DZAMBU LINGMay the realms of U, Tsang and Kham, Nga'ri and all of Jambudvipa,

DE ZHIN LING SUM LING TR'AN NYI'OG NAMAs well as the other three continents and all of theirsub-continents beneath the sun




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'JUNG WA CHEN PO NGA LA NE CHE TEMay all sentient beings that shelter in the five great elements,

ZUG CHEN ZUG ME TR'A RAG SEM CHEN NAMThose with form, and those without, sentient beings both material and insubstantial,




NYAL WA YI DAG DUN 'GRO LHA MA YINMay all hell-wraiths, starving spirits, animals and titanic spirits,

LHA MI LA SOGS K'AM SUM SEM CHEN NAMGods, men, and so on, all the sentient beings of the three realms,




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CH'OG CHU'I SHING K'AM RAB 'JAM TA'LE 'DEMay all sentient beings overflowing the limits of the infinite universes of Buddha-fields throughout the ten directions

DE ZHIN TING PAG KA' WA'I SEMCHEN NAMAnd difficult to enumerate with any accuracy




This is by the monk Konchog Choekyab.

GE WA 'DI YI NYUR DU DAGBy this merit, may I swiftly

CHEN RE ZI WANG 'DRUB GYUR NEAttain the realisation of the Lord Avalokiteshvara,

'DRO WA CHIG KYANG MA LU PAAnd, having done so, may I lead every living being, without theleast exception,

DE YI SA LA'GO PAR SHOGTo that selfsame state.

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THE HUNDRED-SYLLABLE PURIFICATION MANTRA OF VAJRASATTVA

OM BEN DZA SATO SAMAYAMANU PALAYABEN DZA SATO TENOPATISHTRA DRIDO ME BHAWASUTO KHAYO ME BHAWASUPO ICHAYO ME BHAWAANU RAKTO ME BHAWASARWA SIDDHI ME PRA-YATSHASARWA KARMA SUTSA METSIT-TAM SHRIYA KURU HUNGHA HA HA HA HOBHAGAWAN SARWA TATHAGATABENZA MA ME MUNTSABENDZI BHAWA MAHA SAMAYA SATO AH

The most excellent exclamation of praise!Vajrasattva's samayaOh Vajrasattva, protect the samayaMay you remain firm in meGrant me complete satisfactionGrow within me (Increase the positive within me)Be loving towards meGrant me all the SiddhisShow me all the karma (activities)Make my mind good, virtuous and auspiciousThe heart essence seed syllable of VajrasattvaSymbolizes the four immeasurables, the four empowerments,the four joys, and the four kayasThe exclamation of joy at this accomplishmentOh! All the blessed tathagatasMay I be fully liberated in the VajraGrant the realization of theme Vajra natureOh great samaya sattva, Ah!

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DRUBWANG KONCHOK NORBU RINPOCHE LONG LIFE PRAYERComposed by His Holiness The Dalai Lama

14th September 1999 Translated by Tashi Jamyangling

DOR JE CHANG WANG TE-LO NA-ROI ZHABSupreme Dorje Chang, Tilopa, Naropa,

MAR MI GAM-PO PHAG-DRU JIG-TEN GONMarpa, Milarepa, Gampopa, Phagmodrupa, and Jigten Sumgon,

TSA-GYUD LA-MA YI-DAM LHA-TSOG KYIEThe Root and the Lineage Lamas, and the Assembly of YidamDeities,

DENG-DIR GE-LEK JIN-GYAI NGO-DRUP TSOLPlease grant, this very moment, your hundred-fold divine boon of all goodness.

DRUB-CHOK GONG-MAI DAM-PAI DZODLA WANGYou possess the treasury of insight instructions of the past Siddhas.

KON-CHOK RIN-CHEN YID-CHEN KUNGYI KYABPrecious Gem, you are the protector of all sentient beings.

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NOR BU DOD-GU YID-ZHIN JUNG-WAI TERYou are the treasure mine of wish fulfilling jewels.

TSUNG-MED PAL-DEN LA-MAR SOL-WA DEBI supplicate to the Incomparable Glorious Lama.

DRUB-GYUD TEN-PAI YANG-NYINGCHAG-GYA CHEThe innermost essence of the Kagyupa Tradition is Mahamudra.

DRUB-THAB MOE-GUE KA-CHEYDUG-SEN GYIEYou practiced it with devotion, sacrifice, and forbearance.

DRUB-PAI GYAL-TSEN ZIN-PAI DEKYONG WAIYou are the guardian of those who hold the victory banner of Deity Propitiation.

DRUB PON DAM PA ZHAB-PED TAG TEN SOLMay you, the sublime Meditation Master, live long.

DRO-WA DUD-ZHIE DUG GI DHEY MEY PAThe beings who are wounded by the venomous arrows of the Four Maras

PHAG-PAI DEN ZHIE MEN GYIE YONGSOE SHINGBe completely healed with the medicine of the Four Noble Truths.

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LO-DOG NAM ZHIE LAM GYI NHEY TEN TEBy showing them the essential points of the Four Mind-changings,

ZUNG JUG KU ZHIE GYAL-SAR TRID DU SOLPlease take them to the Kingdom of the Four Kayas of Bliss and Emptiness.

LHU-MED LA-MA YI-DAM JIN THU DANGBy the infallible power of the blessings of Lamas and Yidam

TONG ZHIN NANG-WAI TEN-JUNGLHU-MEY THUEBy the infallible power of Emptiness and Appearance, and Interdependent Origination,

TSE-CHIK DED-MOE LAG-PAI SAM-PA YIEAnd because of my single-pointed devotion and pure motivation,

JI-TAR MON-PAI RE-DREY-DRUB GYUR CHIGMay my prayers come true.

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A BRIEF PRAYER FOR REBIRTH IN DEWACHEN,THE BLISSFUL PURE LAND OF AMITABHA

E MA HO, NGO TSAR SANG GYE NANGWA THA YE DANGHow extraordinary! Wonderful Buddha of Limitless Light,

YE SU JOWO TUG JE CHEN PO DANGTo his right, the Lord of Great Compassion

YON TU SEM PA THU CHEN THOB NAM LAAnd to his left, the Bodhisattva of Great Power

SANG GYE JANG SEM PAK ME KHORGYI KORSurrounded by infinite Buddhas and Bodhisattvas

DE KYI NGO TSAR PAK TU ME PA YIThis land of limitless peace and bliss

DEWA CHEN SHE CHA WEI SHINGKHAM DERIs called the Pure Land of Dewachen

DAG NI DI NEH TSEH PO GYUR MA TAKMay the deceased be born there as soon as the deceased pass from this life,

KYE WA SHEN GYI BAR MA CHO PA RUWithout taking birth anywhere else in the meantime

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DE RU KYE NE NANG THAY SHELTHONG SHOGHaving been born there, may the deceased directly see the face of Buddha Amitabha

DE KE DAK KI MON LAM TAP PA DIBy the power of this prayer,

CHOK CHU'I SANG GYE JANG SEMTHAM CHE KYI :May all Enlightened Ones throught out space,

CHANG CHUB SEM CHOG RINPOCHEMay Bodhicitta, the excellent and precious mind

MA KYE PA NAM KYE GYUR CHIGArise where it has not been

KYE PA NYAM PA ME PAR YANGWhere it has arisen, may it not decline

GONG NE GONG DU PHEL WAR SHOGBut ever increase, higher and higher!

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GEK MAY DRUB PAR CHIN KYI LAP TU SOLGrant this attainment without hindrance

TAYATHA PANTSA DRIYA AWA BODHANAYA SVA HA (repeat 3 times)

ON THE MEANING OF OM MANI PADME HUNGPRAISE TO THE JEWEL IN THE LOTUS

by His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso The Fourteenth Dalai Lama

It is very good to recite the mantra OM MANI PADME HUNG,but while you are doing it, you should be reflecting on its meaning,for the meaning of the six syllables is great and vast. The first, OM is composed of three letters, A, U and M. These symbolize the practitioner's impure body, speech and mind; they alsosymbolize the pure exalted body, speech and mind of a Buddha. Can impure body, speech and mind be transformed into pure body, speech and mind, or are they entirely separated? All Buddhas are cases of beings who were like ourselves and then in dependence

on the path became enlightened; Buddhism does not assert that there is anyone who, from the beginning, is free from faults and possesses all good qualities. The development of pure body, speech and mind comes from gradually leaving the impure states and theirbeing transformed into the pure.

How is this done? The path is indicated by the next four syllables. MANI, meaning jewel, symbolizes the factor of method-the altruistic intention to become enlightened, with compassion and love. Just as a jewel is capable of removing poverty, the altruistic

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mind of enlightenment is capable of removing the poverty or difficulties found in cyclic existence and solitary peace. Similarly, just as a jewel fulfils the wishes of sentient beings, the altruistic intention to become enlightened fulfils the wishes of sentient beings.

The two syllables PADME, meaning lotus, symbolizes wisdom. Just as a lotus grows forth from mud but is not sullied by the faults of mud, wisdom is capable of putting you in a situation of non-contradiction whereas there would be contradiction if you did not have wisdom. There is wisdom realizing impermanence, wisdom realizing that sentient beings are empty of being self-sufficient or substantially existent, wisdom that realizes the emptiness of duality (that is to say, of the segregation created between subjects and objects)

Purity must be achieved by an indivisible unity of method and wisdom, symbolized by the final syllable HUNG, which indicates indivisibility. According to the sutra system, this indivisibility of method and wisdom refers to wisdom supported by method and method supported by wisdom. In the mantra or Vajrayana vehicle, it refers to one's consciousness in which thereis the full form of both wisdom and method as one nondifferentiable entity. In terms of the seed syllables of the five Conqueror Buddhas, HUNG is the seed syllable of Akshobhya the immovable, the non-fluctuating, that which cannot be disturbedby anything.

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and wisdom that realizes the emptiness of inherent existence. Though there are many different types of wisdom, the main one is the wisdom realizing emptiness.

Thus the six syllables OM MANI PADME HUNG, means that in dependence on the practice of a path which is an indivisible union of method and wisdom, you can transform your impure body, speech and mind into the pure exalted body, speech and mind of

a Buddha. It is said that you should not seek for Buddhahood outside of yourself; the substances for the achievement of Buddhahood are within. As Maitreya says in his SUBLIME CONTINUUM OF GREAT VEHICLE (UTTARATANTRA), all beings naturally have the Buddha nature in their own continuum.We have within us the seed of purity, the essence of a One Gone Thus (TATHAGATAGARBHA), which is to be transformed and fully developed into Buddhahood.

(From a lecture given by His Holiness The Dalai Lama of Tibet at the Kalmuck Mongolian Buddhist Center, New Jersey.)

Transcribed by Ngawang Tashi (T'sawa), Drepung Loseling, MUNGOD INDIA

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