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[…] others, everywhere. The King of Spiritual Intentions ends here. In response to the heartfelt requests of Ann Craig and Claudia Hansson, I, Ken McLeod, building on the careful work of Sarah Harding, translated this prayer in Windsor, California, in July, 2021. May it ignite the fire of awakening in all who take it to heart.
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[…] fearlessness on the other. Recite the mantra for Limitless Light a number of times, feeling your own yearning to be completely at peace with your life. Prayer of Guidance om ah hum In this sacred and joyful setting, Realm of Joy, Our family has gathered, Brought together by noble wishes made long ago. […]
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[…] awakened body, speech, and mind presence, the four visions unfold naturally, And thus, in the youthful vase body, all beings are free. Repeat three times. The Seven-section Prayer In natural awareness, direct and open, I pay homage. In sheer clarity, limitless and unfathomable, I present offerings. In the expanse where all experience, patterned and […]
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[…] to see through life’s illusions.Grant me energy for reactive thinking to come to an end.Grant me energy to know mind has no beginning.Grant me energy for confusion to resolve itself.Grant me energy to know all that arises is empty presence. Bengar Jampal Zangpo This is the Guru Yoga Prayer from Karma Kamtsang Foundation Practices (Ngöndro).
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HoAll experience, potential or actual, patterned or free,Has one ground, two paths and two results.It is the play of awareness and ignorance.Through this prayer of Ever-Present Good1May everyone come to full and complete awakeningIn the palace of the realm of totality.The ground of everything is not made of anything.In this indescribable naturally present expanseThere […]
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The essence of thought is what is, it is taught.
To this meditator who arises as an unceasing play,
Being nothing at all, but arising as anything,
Grant me energy to know that samsara and nirvana are not separate.
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[…] of formulating such wishesTo all my mothers who are as limitless as space.May we all be free from suffering, know sublime happiness,And together attain full awakening. This prayer was composed in the Male Earth Dragon Year (1928) by Karma Rangjung Kunchab (Kalu Rinpoche) who is the latest in the line of transmission of the […]
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A Cry to the Guru from Afar1 namo gurave Everyone knows the form of prayer called a call to the guru from afar. The key to invoking the energy of faith is devotion, devotion that is inspired by both disillusionment and determination,2 devotion that comes not merely from your lips mouthing the words but […]
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Refuge Until I reach the heart of awakening,I take refuge in all buddhasAnd likewise in the DharmaAnd 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, […]
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[…] keeping with our prayers. Aspirations for The Great Seal, the actual aim of practice, was composed by Lord Rangjung Dorje, Karmapa III. Ken McLeod originally translated this prayer at the request of a number of students who wished to make it part of their practice. In 2024, at Donna McLaughlin’s request for the mahamudra-practice.com […]
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[…] pray to my teacher, empty sound, natural and free.All thoughts from emotional reactions, the five poisons,Move as objects in my mind.Let me rest without craft, not awaiting or chasing them.When I let movement settle naturally, it releases in true presence.I pray to my teacher, empty awareness, natural and free. — Padmasambhava, Prayer in Seven Chapters
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A Prayer to One’s Teacher Namo gurubhya Homage to the teacher Myriad forms appear continuously from relationships and coincidence:The teacher of appearances as symbol arises around me.Indescribable this dance of magical forms!In experiencing the natural freedom of appearance and emptiness, I pray to you.Grant me the energy to know directly the activity of perceptible […]
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[…] 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 you look at […]
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[…] should give rise to non-conceptual timeless awareness, if the timeless awareness of knowing itself does not arise, you are not doing the actual practice. In Ever-Present Good’s2 Prayer of Intention, it says: That vagueness, in which you do not attend to anything,Is the genesis of confusion and ignorance. Now, as you experience this vague […]
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Traditional prayers, refuge, bodhicitta, dedication, for opening and closing daily meditation sessions
