Niguma’s Mystical Wishes

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All beings who have taken a wrong way, the powerful, the arrogant, Those who could not be taught by buddhas throughout all space and time, May I teach each and every one of them And lead them in an instant to buddhahood.

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A Passage To Light

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[…] 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 and bodhisattvas beyond reckoning,
 I pray to you with single-minded devotion.
 Inspire in me the awakening of Limitless Light. om amidheva hri (Repeat […]

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

Mountain Burnt Offering Ritual

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[…] world—stop! Shortening of life by planets, nagas, or kingly demons—stop! The eight great threats and sixteen fears—stop! 6 Bad fortune for me and those around me—stop! The power and influence of commitment demons and self-interest demons—stop! Dedication May these offerings please the buddhas. May they fulfill the desires of the oath-bound. May they meet […]

Close-up of thangka of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava), depicted seated in royal posture, wearing the lotus hat, holding a vajra and skull cup.

Ever-Present Good’s Prayer of Intention

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[…] that I take form and teach the six kinds of beings.May all beings wake upTo the totality of experience. Ah hoFrom now on, whenever a contemplativeForms this powerful intentionFrom the natural clarity of unconfused awareness,All beings who hear itWill be fully awake within three lives. When the sun or moon is seized by Rahu,2 […]

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

The Sutra of the Heart of the Lady Perfection of Wisdom

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[…] mahasattva, was looking right at the experience of the profound perfection of wisdom and he saw the five groups to be empty of nature. Then, through the power of the Buddha, venerable Shariputra said to noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva, “How does a son or daughter of the noble family, who wishes to practice […]

The Prajnaparamita of Java — 13th-century Javanese stone statue of the Buddhist deity of the perfection of wisdom, seated in meditation with intricate crown and jewelry, displayed at the National Museum of Indonesia.

The Ship of Freedom

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[…] throng of other oath-bound protectors,All sources of refuge, the Three Jewels and the Three Roots,Pray, think of me from the domain of the mystery. Request Through the power of truth in your energy and compassionAnd through the power of the virtue I gather in the three times,Pray, quickly fulfill these wishesIn this life and […]

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

Recognizing Mind as the Guru

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Because of your great compassion, Every being is originally placed in full awakening. Because of your powerful actions, You engage and master everything in samsara and nirvana.

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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[…] what you do like,Family, friends, food, wealth or home,To work at keeping what you do have,Defeated enemies, protected friends, a livelihood,To fail in what you strive for, Power, fortune, fame, respect,The suffering and struggles of change,Problems, accidents and the like,And fixation on self, I take it all in.All forms of virtue, past, present and […]

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Longchenpa's 30 Pieces of Sincere Advice

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[…] of beingsBy acting as a guarantor, witness or advocate to help settle others’ disputes,Your own opinions will inevitably assert themselves.Don’t be concerned—that’s my sincere advice. 7.Your political power, wealth, connections, 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 […]

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How I Live The Practice

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[…] through the gates of the six sensory consciousnesses.3I know that everything, good and bad, is a friend of the natural.Everything I do completes a short or medium power assembly.4In the burial grounds of terrifying pattern-based existence,The cities of enchanting sensory pleasures,The seclusion of transcending misery in the lesser ways,The forests of appearances that have […]

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Eight Thoughts of Great Individuals

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By the power of the truth of compassion of all the supreme refuges, these seeds of virtue and this pure noble motivationMay all the suffering of sentient beings who are as extensive as space be cleared away through my own efforts.By excellent virtue, both ordinary and transcendent, may the hopes and wants of beings […]

Color photo of Kalu Rinpoche wearing red and yellow robes, smiling warmly, with a green background.

Devotion Pierces My Heart

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[…] of me.Look upon me from the vastness of effortless compassion.Help me to practice the deliberate behavior of knowing no realityAnd unite mind and energy in their natural power. Only father, Padampa Sangje,25 think of me.Look upon me from the realm of the mastery of action.Make the energy of your lineage enter my heartAnd make […]

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

Dakini Song

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When wanting and grasping hold sway The dakini has you in her power. Wanting nothing from outside, taking things as they come, Know the dakini to be your own mind.

Thangka of the lionhead dakini, a wrathful female figure, dancing amidst flames, holding a curved knife and skull cup.

Aspirations for Mahamudra

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[…] anything.Through careful probing, may I erase any sense of ground.Perceptions that have never existed are mistaken for objects;Because of ignorance, awareness is mistaken for a self;Through the power of dualistic fixation I wander in samsara.May ignorance and confusion be completely erased.It doesn’t exist: even buddhas do not see it.It doesn’t not exist: it is […]

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

A Prayer Song to Mother Labkyi Drönma

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[…] As water is poured into water,May the body, speech and mind of Mother Labkyi Drönma,Join with mine and become oneAnd through this connection bring great peace. The power of my prayer makesThe Great Mother dissolve into light: she is absorbed into me.My mind drops into naked simplicity. Now, look inwards, look at your mind.When […]

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