A Mahamudra Morming.egw.2

8/6/2019 A Mahamudra Morming.egw.2

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Seven Branch Prayer & Guru Yoga Practice

Compiled by Eric Weinberg; all errors and omissions are my own. May beings benefit in spite of them.

Based on the teachings of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche & Lama Kathy Wesley

From Heart Spoon Pabonka RinpocheNow! Dont be distracted! [With the sounds of hurrying] laurlaur,

Right this moment is the time to steel your will.

Its not only timeits almost too late.Right now! Right now! Laurlaur, [apply yourself with] great force!

Whos the faster:Yama, the Lord of Death,

Or you in your practice of realizing the essence of your eternal dreamThe welfare of both yourself and others as much as you can each day?

Unifying the three doors [of your body, speech, and mind],Put the whole of your effort into your practice.


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DORJE CHANG THUNGMA Benkar Jampal Zangpo

OM DOR J CHANG CHEN TLO NARO DANGGreat Vajradhara, Tilopa, Naropa

MARPA MILA CHJE GAMPOPAMarpa, Milarepa, and Lord of the Dharma, Gampopa

DSUM SH JA KN KHYEN KARMAPAKnower of the three times, omniscient Karmapa

CH ZHI CHUNG GYE GY PA DZIN NAM DANGLineage holders of the four great and eight lesser schools

DRI TAK TSAL SUM PALDEN DRUKPA SOKDrikung, Taklung, Tsalpa, glorious Drukpa and others,

ZAB LAM CHAK GYA CH LA NGA NY PYou who have thoroughly mastered the profound path of Mahamudra

NYAM M DRO GN DAKPO KAGYLAUnrivaled protectors of beings, the Dakpo Kagy

SOLWA DEBSO KAGY LAMA NAMI pray to you, the Kagy lamas

GY PA DZIN NO NAM TAR JIN GYI LOBGrant your blessing that we may follow your tradition and example.

ZHEN LOK GOM GYI KANGPAR SUNGPA ZHINDetachment is the foot of meditation, it is taught.

Z NOR KN LA CHAK ZHEN M PA DANGAttachment to food and wealth disappears

TSEN DIR D TAK CH PAY GOM CHEN LA

To the meditator who gives up ties to this life,NYE KUR ZHEN PA ME PAR JIN GYI LOBGrant your blessing that attachment to ownership and honor cease.

M G GOM GYI GO WOR SUNG PA ZHINDevotion is the head of meditation, it is taught.


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MEN NGAK TERGO J PAY LAMA LAThe lama opens the door to the profound oral teachings

GYN DU SOLWA DEB PAY GOM CHEN LATo the meditator who always turns to him,

CH MIN M G KY WAR JIN GYI LOBGrant your blessing that uncontrived devotion be born within.

YENG M GOM GYI NG ZHIR SUNG PA ZHINUnwavering attention is the body of meditation, it is taught.

GANG SHAR TOK PAY NGO WO SO MA DWhatever arises, is the fresh nature of thought.

MA CH D KAR JOK PAY GOM CHEN LA

To the meditator who rests there in naturalness,

GOM JA LO DANG DRAL WAR JIN GYI LOBGrant your blessings that meditation is free from intellectualization.

NAM TOK NGOWO CH KUR SUNG PA ZHINThe essence of thought is dharmakaya, it is taught.

CHI YANG MA YIN CHIR YANG CHAR WA LAThey are nothing whatsoever, and yet they arise.

MA NGAK ROLPAR CHAR WAY GOM CHEN LATo the meditator who reflects upon the unobstructed play of the mind,

KHOR D JER M TOK PAR JIN GYI LOBGrant your blessing that the inseparability of samsara and nirvana be realized.

KY WA KN TU YANG DAK LAMA DANGThrough all my births, may I not be separated

DRAL M CH KYI PAL LA LONG CH CHING

From the perfect Lama and so enjoy the glory of the dharma.

SA DANG LA GYI YNTEN RAP DZOK NMay I completely accomplish the qualities of the path and stages

DOR J CHANG GI GO PHANG NYUR TOP SHOKAnd quickly attain the state of Vajradhara (awakened mind).


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Refuge & Bodhicitta Tangtong Gyalpo & Metta Sutta

All mother sentient beings as infinite as spacetake refuge in the Master, the precious Buddha.

We take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, the Sangha.

We take refuge in the assembly of masters, chosen deities, and dakinis.We take refuge in our own minds, empty of limits, labels and concepts ~ yet lucid,the dharmakaya reality body. (3X)

May all beings be happy! Weak or strong, without exception, small or great, seen orunseen, nearby or far away, alive or still to be born - May all beings be entirely happy!May nobody despise anyone anywhere, may no one wish harm to any single creature outof anger or hatred or jealousy!May we cherish all creatures as a mother would her only child! May our loving thoughtsfill the entire world, above, below, and all around, without limit!

May we have a boundless goodwill to the whole world, unrestricted, without hatred orhostility! (3X)

PALDEN TSA WAY LAMA RINPOCHE DAK GI WOR PAY DEN ZHUK LAGlorious precious root Lama who dwells on a lotus-moon seat on the crown of my head

KA DRIN CHEN PO GO NAY JAY ZUNG TAY KU SUNG TUK CHI NGODRUP TSAL DU SOL

Through your great kindness, accept me as your disciple and grant me the siddhi ofenlightened body, speech & mind. 9th Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje

The *Seven Branch Offerig

*1. Please approach now, gurus, devas, and dakinis:

Take your seats on these cushions of lotus, sun and moon.

*2. We make offerings, outer, inner and secret.

*3. We confess all impairments and breakages of vows, all our harmful actions andobscurations.

*4. We rejoice in all goodness, in particular that the secret mantrayana is being

accomplished in practice.*5. We request you to turn the wheel of Dharma, especially the secret mantra teachings,which ripen and liberate.

*6. Remain with us without passing into nirvana, we pray.

*7. We dedicate all merit so that sentient beings attain the essence of enlightenment. Maywe all realize our true vajra nature!


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Guru Yoga Prayer 9th Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje

Kind Root Lama who is in truth all Buddhas, you reveal the true nature of the basis, pathand fruition as the innate state, Mahamudra, pray bestow co-emergent wisdom. Yidamdeities who bestow the two siddhis, assembly of Dharma Protectors and Guardians,

masters of enlightened activity, vast assembly of oath-bound samaya deities, pray bestowco-emergent wisdom.

By the blessings of this prayer, may I realize all the reality of samsara and nirvana, whichis beyond dispersing and accumulating, accepting and abandoning, existence and non-existence, free from all, the fundamental ground of all, Mahamudra things as they are.

Not dwelling upon the act of realizing, the one who realizes, or the realization itself,without abandoning that which is obscured, the one who obscures, or the obscurationitself, completely transcending the traveling, the traveler, and the path traveled, may the

path of Mahamudra manifest.

Without dwelling on the act of attainment, the one who attains, or what is attained, maythe duality of abandoning and obtaining, and the inseparability of ground and fruition,the nature of everything manifest and unmanifest, the result of Mahamudra, insubstantialand yet the essence of all things become apparent.


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From the three syllables OM AH HUNG at the three centers of the master,

Rays of light burst out, one after another, and then all together.

Streaming into our three centers, where they dissolve,

White light radiates from the OM through the point between his eyebrows and dissolves into

yours, purifying the obscurations of body, it purifies your perception of self and others. Your

body is purified and is blessed. Red light radiates from the AH at his throat center and

dissolves into yours, purifying the obscurations of speech. All sounds are heard as echoes or

mantras. All sounds are transformed into Vajra speech. Your speech and expression are

blessed. Blue light radiates from HUNG at his heart center and dissolves into yours;

purifying the obscurations of mind. Your mind is blessed.

White, Red & Blue light radiates from the three places of the Guru all at once and dissolves

into your three places purifying even the most subtle obscurations of perception.

These four empowerments (vase, secret, wisdom and precious word) purify you of the four

obscurations (cognitive, emotional, habit and karmic). The four empowerments ripen you

and you obtain all the siddhis and virtuous qualities of body, speech and mind of the Guru.

You accomplish the four inseparable kayas (nirmanakaya, sambhogakaya, dharmakaya and

svabhavikakaya).Finally, the master melts into light and dissolves into you, merging inseparably,

In that state, meditate on the nature of mind. Rest in inconceivable, primordially pure, fresh

space...

As the first thought appears (e.g. who is resting?) consider that the absolute bodhichitta

present within the minds of the objects of refuge is arising clearly in your own mind.


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Stages of the Four Yogas of Mahamudra

the yogin Gyare who still has self described this way of the four yogas developing as they appeared to my mind in the

center of Namtso, the lake of riches

When mind is loose and released, it does not wander with the wind of thoughts.

Like an ocean without waves, mind dwells in qualities; without excitement or fogginess.

That is theYoga of One-Pointedness.

When your mind is being looked at, it appears not as two; meditation and meditator.

As in meeting a long-acquainted friend, mind simply recognizes itself.

That is theYoga of non-projection.

When that becomes familiarized through habituation, all possible appearances;

-samsara and nirvana- will be understood as your own mind.

Mind is primordially pure in and of itself.

That is theYoga of One Taste.

Like Space, Alaya, the mind basis of all, neither comes nor goes. Space dissolves within space.

Thoughts are exhausted, dharma is exhausted, and timeless awareness is exhausted.

That is theYoga of Non-meditation.

Garab Dorje has said:From within the nature of originally pure stainless space,

Awareness suddenly manifests. That moment of mindfulness

Is like finding a jewel at the bottom of the ocean.

This is dharmakaya, not fabricated nor created by anyone.

Persevere in this way.

You must meditate without distraction day and night-do not leave emptiness in the domain of mere

understanding. Bring everything back to awareness itself.


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General Prayer for the Lamas Long LifeLA MA KU KHAM ZANG WAR SL WA DEPCHOK TU KU TSHE RING LA SL WA DEPTHRIN LE DAR ZHING GYE LA SL WA DEPLA MA DANG DREL WA ME PAR JIN GYI LOP

I pray that the lamas health be excellent,that their supreme lives be long,and that their activities increase and spread.Bless us that we remain inseparable from the lamas.

A Daily Aspiration Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso RinpocheMay all of our circumstances good & bad arise as friends on the path.May all circumstances good & bad actually bring us benefit.May we realize limitlessness, the complete freedom from all elaborations.

And as a result of fulfilling these aspirations may we bring great benefit to allsentient beings.

Dedication of MeritDue to all the merit ever accumulated, which is limitless from its own side; may the I,which is limitless from its own side; achieve enlightenment, the realization oflimitlessness from its own side ~ and lead all beings, without exception,each limitless from their own side; to enlightenment by myself alone. May they thenemanate as Buddhas in all places and all times and benefit beings endlessly.

Just as the brave Manjushri and Samantrabhadra, too, realized things as they are, I, too,dedicate all these merits in the best way, so that I may follow their perfect example.Whatever dedication the victorious ones gone to bliss of the three times have admired asbest, I shall also perfectly dedicate in the same way all these roots of virtue so that I mayperform good works.

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