Niguma’s Mystical Wishes

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[…] and good fortune. In this life, in all my lives,Through my mastering the wealth of the Treasury of Heaven,And sending the four kinds of gifts in every direction,May all beings, through the ten perfections, ripen and be free. Through the highest and fullest knowing, free from reaction and restriction,Of every possible experience in samsara […]

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A Passage To Light

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[…] to mind the mind of awakening. (Repeat three times.) Practice Note The ceremony opens with refuge and awakening mind, traditional reflections that renew our connection with the direction of our practice and our motivation. Creating the Presence of Amitabha e ma ho Wonderful Buddha Limitless Light,
 And Great Compassion, Great Power, and others,
 Buddhas […]

Tibetan thangka painting of a seated Buddha surrounded by flowers and symbolic offerings.

Revelations of Ever-Present Good

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When you open and relax, There is an emptiness that goes beyond true or false. Here, if you know arising release, natural release and direct release, You are no different from all the awakened ones. You are awake and no different from me.

Wispy white clouds in a soft blue sky, lit with pink and golden light.

Ever-Present Good’s Prayer of Intention

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[…] and downfall. Through my awakened intentionMay beings inflated with self-importanceLet knowing relax in its own place.As awareness finds its own place,May they know the meaning of balance directly. The habituated tendencies that reinforce dualismLead to the pain of self-praise and criticism of others.They become increasingly quarrelsome and cutthroat,Titans, slashing and killing,And as a result, […]

Tibetan-style thangka of a blue deity, Samantabhadra, embracing a consort, framed by a patterned halo.

The Ship of Freedom

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[…] infinite as the sky. Practice In an uninhabited place in the mountains with all the favorable conditionsMay I practice single-mindedly and reach the peaks of experience and direct understanding.May holy gurus endowed with full capabilitiesLook after me in all my lives to come. Guru and Yidam Practice May uncontrived reverence and devotion be born […]

Black-and-white photograph of Kalu Rinpoche in in traditional Tibetan robes.

Recognizing Mind as the Guru

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[…] away, I stop going into samsara.Without going anywhere, I arrive at buddhahood.I understand that no experience is good or bad.The difference between buddhas and ordinary beings is direct knowing.When I know directly exactly how mind isAnd the knowing is full and present, that is buddha.What one can do then can’t be described in words.When I […]

Traditional Tibetan thangka painting of a Kyergongpa seated on a lotus throne, making the teaching mudra, surrounded by a halo.

Opening a Path to the Sea of Awakening Mind

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[…] give up sin.A mind that takes its own confusion as real,The origin of struggle and pain, I take into me.I give to all beings, in their infinities,The direct experience of emptiness and non-self.May they know directly profound emptiness And come to complete awakening.In summary, to meet what you don’t like,Such as the sixteen threats,7To […]

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Longchenpa's 30 Pieces of Sincere Advice

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[…] good fortune and reputationMay spread all over the world.When you die, these things will not help you at all.Work at your practice—that’s my sincere advice. 8.Managers, assistants, directors, and suchProvide the infrastructure for both communities and religious institutions.But your involvement in such matters gives rise to worry and concern.Limit your business—that’s my sincere advice. […]

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How I Live The Practice

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[…] deities and mantras are not separate and have one tasteI come to the place where all buddhas are not separate,The presence of the head of all the buddha families, Akshobhya:I experience directly the presence of naturally arising co-emergence.All experience is originally fully awake.This finding of seeing the unseeable,Whatever you may call it, is the point.

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Devotion Pierces My Heart

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[…] kama and terma lineages,11 think of me.Look upon me from the vastness of indivisible pristine awareness.Break through the darkness of my confused mindAnd bring the dawn of direct understanding. Complete knowing Trimé Özer,12 think of me.Look upon me from the vastness of the five naturally present lights.Help me to master how to be in […]

Traditional Tibetan thangka depicting a seated lama in red robes teaching, surrounded by disciples and ornate details.

Daily Bodhisattva Vow

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[…] the host of bodhisattvas.Repeat three times. Seven Section Prayer With complete faith I bowTo Buddha Shakyamuni andAll the victorious ones and their followersWho abide in the ten directions and three times. I offer flowers, incense, light,Perfume, food, music, and many other things,Both in substance and in my imagination.I ask this noble gathering to accept […]

Thangka of a bodhisattva figure seated in meditation, with two hands at the heart and two hands holding lotus flowers, framed by an ornate halo.

Aspirations for Mahamudra

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Namo guru Gurus and yidams, deities of the mandala,Buddhas of the three times and ten directions and your offspring,Consider me with kindness,To fulfill these wishes, please pour your energy into me.A river of virtue undefiled by the three spheresSprings from the snow-mountain of pure actions and intentions —Mine and those of sentient beings without […]

Tibetan thangka of a Ranjung Dorje in red robes seated on a throne, hands in the teaching mudra, with a decorative backdrop.

A Shower of Energy

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In these ways, all experience, appearance, sound, or thought, Are signs that point me to know directly the nature of being. They are solely expressions of my magnificent teacher. In recollecting your great kindness, I pray to you. Give me the energy to know directly the nature of all experience.

Kalu Rinpoche in a yellow robe, smiling warmly with deep expression lines.

A Prayer Song to Mother Labkyi Drönma

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[…] masters,Coming like flower petals swirling in the wind.All of them are absorbed into Only Mother’s body.3 Her left hand holds a silver bell.Its ringing fills the ten directions.The dakinis of the twenty-four places gather,Swirling like snowflakes in a storm.All of them are absorbed into the Great Mother’s4 body. Only Mother Labkyi Drönma, union of […]

Thangka of a dakini in dynamic dance, holding a curved knife and skull cup, surrounded by a halo of light.

A Light in the Dark: Dzogchen Pith Instructions from Ju Mipham

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Now, as you experience this vague knowing in which there is no thought or movement, look at what knows that this is happening, look at what is mentally or emotionally inert, and rest there. Then you experience an awareness that is free from thought and movement, has no sense of inside or outside, and […]

Thangka of Ju Mipham seated cross-legged, holding a teaching text, with a serene expression and halo.