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THE SEVEN CHAPTERS of PRAYER Dear Reader, This Is a Free PDF of This Valuable Prayer Book Well Known in the Tibetan Tradition !"#$%&'()"%$(&*%)'*+%,- THE SEVEN CHAPTERS OF PRAYER Dear Reader, this is a free PDF of this valuable prayer book well known in the Tibetan tradition. We offer this book for free to make these prayers available for praxis. Before printing this PDF please consider to buy the book. The book is well suited for repeated praxis. It consist of sewn pages made from 100% chlorine & acid free and long lasting paper in hard cover. You can buy it on several online stores or directly by the publisher: http://www.wandel-verlag.de/en/ With your direct orders you support our small publication house. Other order possibilities include: Amazon, DE: http://www.amazon.de/shops/editionkhordong Wisdom Books, UK: http://www.wisdom-books.com/ Snow Lion, USA: http://www.snowlionpub.com/ Namse Bangdzo Bookstore, USA: http://www.namsebangdzo.com/ Thank you. May peace prevail on earth. Yours, edition khordong WANDEL VERLAG berlin 2010 www.khordong.net www.wandel-verlag.de THE SEVEN CHAPTERS OF PRAYER as taught by PADMA SAMBHAVA of Urgyen known in Tibetan as Le‘u bDun Ma arranged according to the system of Khordong Gompa by Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche translated by Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche & James Low WANDEL VERLAG berlin 2010 edition khordong Front cover: Thangka mural of Padmasambhava at Tashiding Gompa, Sikkim, India photo by Alex “Kunga” Boncourt, Hamburg Back cover photo of Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche by Hans-Maria Darnov, Munich, July 1995 © 2008 Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche and James Low Published by WANDEL VERLAG berlin 2010 First published 1981 by The ‘Chhi-Med Rig-‘Dzin Society, Kalimpong & Rewalsar, India This revised edition was first published by Khordong e.V., Berlin, 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without prior written permission of the publisher. edition khordong is the publication series of the non-profit Khordong e.V. in Germany, published by WANDEL VERLAG berlin. Please visit our websites: www.khordong.net www.simplybeing.co.uk www.wandel-verlag.de Contact: [email protected] & [email protected] Cover & general design by Andreas Ruft, Berlin Tibetan unicode font: XenoType Tibetan New.ttf Tibetan typed by Ruth Rickard Printed at EU on 100% acid and chlorine free paper ISBN 978-3-942380-02-7 WANDEL VERLAG berlin 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Prayer for the Swift Rebirth of Khordong Terchen Tulku Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche!6 New Preface! 7 Invocation of Padma Sambhava! 8 Introduction! 9 Original Preface! 20 Original Foreword! 22 THE SEVEN CHAPTERS OF PRAYER BY PADMA SAMBHAVA OF URGYEN! 25 Preliminaries: General Refuge and Bodhicitta! 30 Developing Bodhicitta! 32 Gathering the Accumulations (sMin-Grol-Gling System)! 33 Developing the Visualisation (Byang-gTer System)! 34 Seven Line Prayer! 38 Making Offerings! 39 Developing the Visualisation (sMin-Grol-Gling System)! 41 Prayer to the Three Kaya Guru! 44 The Prayer to the Lineage Gurus (Byang-gTer System)! 47 The Six Special Features of the Dharma of the Early Translation School! 84 Padma Sambhava’s Brief Lineage Practice (Byang-gTer)! 87 The Brief Guru Lineage (Byang-gTer)! 98 Guru Lineage Prayer (sMin-Grol-Gling System)! 101 The Seven Prayers: The Prayer Requested by King Trisong Deutsen! 108 The Prayer Requested by Khandro Yeshe Tshogyal! 134 The Prayer Requested by Namkhai Nyingpo! 157 The Prayer Requested by Nanam Dorje Dudjom! 177 The Prayer Requested by Lhasae Mutri Tsanpo! 197 Requesting Meditation Instructions! 206 Prince Mutri Tsanpo’s Lament and the Guru’s Reply: Sampa Lhundrub Ma! 209 Additional Prayers: Seven Line Prayer! 238 The Barched Lamsel Prayer:!! The Prayer Which Immediately Removes All Obstacles! 240 Additional Prayers! 272 The Prayer Which Quickly Fulfils Our Wishes! 286 Additional Prayers! 290 The Prayer of the Stainless Biography! 292 Dedication of merit! 315 5 PRAYER FOR THE SWIFT REBIRTH OF KHORDONG TERCHEN TULKU CHHIMED RIGDZIN RINPOCHE . /0-. -1%234-. 5%,('%,67%8("%9$%)&4%:4;%$<!"%,=#!- . )>&%!?(:%@4+%A#$%,+%;!%)",%,4%B)- . C($%,D'%&=4%)%,('%E&4%:4!%&DF+%G(- . H;%IJ$%KL:%&MN+%,D'%O4+%PJ+%A*)%QN!-.. -- OM SOTI LA MED TSO KYE GYAL WAI RING LUG CHOG KA TER MIN DROL MEN NGAG SAM MI KHYAB PEL DZE CHI WA MED PAI RIG DZIN JE YANG TRUL NYUR JON DZAD THRIN LHUN DRUB SHOG Wonderful! Chhimed Rigdzin, you spread the inconceivable in- structions of initiation and teachings of the Buddha’s oral lineage and the hidden treasures, belonging to the ancient tradition of the unsurpassed lake-born Buddha. May your Tulku incarnation come quickly and may all activities be spontaneously accomplished! 6 Le’u Dun Ma NEW PREFACE The intention to reprint this translation of the Seven Chapters of Prayers arose from a dream I had about Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche some two years after his death. In this dream Rinpoche was very well and happy, living close to Guru Rinpoche in Zangdopalri. When I awoke I had the sense that he was so happy there that he might never return and I felt desolate. Later in the day, some gesture Rinpoche had made in the dream revealed itself as indicating that reprinting this prayer is important to bring about his longed-for return. There are several translations available in English of the gSol-’Debs Le’u-bDun- Ma (Le’u Dunma), the Seven Chapters of Prayers. This volume follows the instruc- tions of Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche and he included several alternative readings for Western people, whereas the original focuses on the people of Tibet. Because this is a practice text, I offer a brief introduction setting out the view that Rinpoche encouraged us to adopt when engaging in devotional practice. If you wish more historical information about Padma Sambhava there are many books available including: The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: Its Fundamentals and History by Dudjom Rinpoche. Translated by Gyurme Dorje and Matthew Kapstein. (Wisdom Publica- tions, 2002) The Life and Liberation of Padmasambhava translated by Kenneth Douglas and Gwendolyn Bays. (Dharma Pub, 1978) Guru Rinpoche: His Life and Times by Ngawang Zangpo (Snow Lion Publications, 2002) Several people have contributed to the work, notably Ruth Rickard who retyped it, Barbara Terris who maintained the lines of communication and Andreas Ruft who prepared the final layout for printing. I revised the translation and did the proof- reading. All the faults in that area rest with me. May any merit arising from this work lead all beings to Zangdopalri !!!!!!!!!!!!!! James Low, Sagadawa 2008 New Preface 7 INVOCATION OF PADMA SAMBHAVA 8)"%!+"%)R*%,('%'>#+%,=#!%:4+%E#%=(- KYAB NAE LU ME KON CHOG RIN PO CHE refuge place, protector unfailing, never cheating jewel precious To the precious jewel who is my unfailing refuge S<!"%G(%,;&%)&4%T<%9+%EU%$- THUG JE NGA WAI U GYEN PAD MA LA compassion possessor Urgyen Padma to Urgyen Padma who has compassion )'!%!4%V4%W:%!"#$%)%)?)"%E%)Q4+- DAG GI JI TAR SOL WA TAB PA ZHIN my like what, how it is prayer, request made like that, accordingly I pray for the blessing that whatever I request KL:%'*%&A*)%E:%M4+%X4"%)Y)"%'*%!"#$- NYUR DU DRUB PAR JIN GYI LAB DU SOL quickly accomplish, fulfill bless as pray May be quickly accomplished. To the precious jewel who is my unfailing refuge, Urgyen Padma who has compassion, I pray for the blessing that whatever I request may be quickly accomplished. 8 Le’u Dun Ma INTRODUCTION Why is Padma Sambhava reliable? Because he has the nature of the three kayas. We often feel uncertain inside. We want something to rely on. If we rely on the three jewels and the teachings of the lineage, we have something stable. Padmasambhava is the essence of all the refuges; by relying on his nature, we awaken to our own. He has no hidden agenda for his presence is the transparency of the three kayas, the three aspects of the Buddha. Dharmakaya is emptiness, openness, the ungraspability of the presence of the natural state. This never changes, is never an object that can be seen and grasped. At all times, and in all places it is the same, and so it is completely reliable. Sambhogakaya is the quality of the immediacy of all manifestation. It is de- scribed as lhun drub, as the way in which all the richness, all the potential, all the pos- sibilities are there without being artificially constructed. This has the quality of clarity. It is not something you have to work at making sense of, it is immediate. This is like the quality of the reflection in the mirror. As soon as something is in front of the mir- ror, the reflection is there. Nirmanakaya is the effortless display of energy participating in the world for the benefit of others. This energy is not located in limited ego-function but flows directly from the dharmakaya and the sambhogakaya. It has the same nature of openness and emptiness. Although the form of the nirmanakaya changes according to circum- stances, it is unchanging in that its ground is ceaseless connection and integration with openness. Thus, Padma Sambhava is reliable, but we ourselves and all other beings are un- reliable, no matter how good-hearted we try to be. The basis of our ordinary, human identity is self-concern, me-first. We are caught up in the complexities of our lives; we have family responsibilities, work responsibilities. We may fall in love with someone and feel our heart is very open to them but actually our lives are not very available. Our time is already dedicated to many different activities. The heart may feel com- pletely open but our being in the world is already tied in knots and given over to oth- ers. Conflicted loyalties are inescapable in samsara and so we get used to either hedg- ing our bets or blindly throwing ourselves into projects only to be hurt and confused when their complexity is revealed.
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