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(503) 808-1588 educati [email protected] www.fpmt.org Foundation for the Preservation Lama Tsongkhapa of the Mahayana Tradition Daily Guru Yoga Meditation Visualize the merit fi eld, either the elaborate visualizati on of “the one into many,” as in Jor Chö; or the simple visualizati on of “the many into one”: all Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha in the one as- pect of Buddha Shakyamuni. Set up as many off erings of the best The Foundati on for the Preservati on of the Mahayana Traditi on (FPMT) is a possible quality as you can. As you set up, bless each off ering you dynamic worldwide organizati on devoted to educati on and public service. put on the altar by reciti ng OM AH HUM. Established by Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, FPMT touches the lives of beings all over the world. In the early 1970s, young Westerners inspired by the intelligence and practi cality of the Buddhist approach made Refuge and Bodhichitta contact with these lamas in Nepal and the organizati on was born. 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DE TAR JE NÜ PAR LA MA LHÄ JIN GYI LAB TU SÖL Please, Guru-Deity, bless me to be able to do this. Colophon: Original text by Dülnagpa Päldän. Translated with additi onal prayers and com- mentary by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Transcribed by Venerable Lhundup Nyingje Immeasurable Thought of Loving Kindness: (Paula Chichester) in Madison, Wisconsin and Aptos, California in October 1998. Lightly edited and polished by Venerable Constance Miller, FPMT Educati on De- SEM CHÄN THAM CHÄ DE WA DANG DE WÄI GYU DANG DÄN NA CHI partment, August 1999. Revised editi on, July 2001. Updated December 2003, MA RUNG August 2006. How wonderful it would be if all senti ent beings had happiness and the cause of happiness. Extensive Meditati ons for Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga taken from the Lama DÄN PAR GYUR CHIG Tsongkhapa retreat at Isti tuto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia, Italy, September, 2004 May they have happiness and its cause. and provided in this form by Venerable Sarah Thresher. Lightly edited by Vener- able Gyalten Mindrol, FPMT Educati on Department, August 2006. DÄN PAR DAG GI JA O I myself will cause them to have happiness and its cause. DE TAR JE NÜ PAR LA MA LHÄ JIN GYI LAB TU SÖL Please, Guru-Deity, bless me to be able to do this. Immeasurable Thought of Compassion: SEM CHÄN THAM CHÄ DUG NGÄL DANG DUG NGÄL GYI GYU DANG DRÄL NA CHI MA RUNG How wonderful it would be if all senti ent beings were free of suff ering and its cause. DRÄL WAR GYUR CHIG May they be free of suff ering and its cause. DRÄL WAR DAG GI JA O I myself will cause them to be free from suff ering and its cause. DE TAR JE NÜ PAR LA MA LHÄ JIN GYI LAB TU SÖL Please, Guru-Deity, bless me to be able to do this. Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga 5 Notes Regarding This Practice Immeasurable Thought of Joyfulness: Altar and Gompa Set-up Place one complete set of off ering bowls on the altar, from left to right when SEM CHÄN THAM CHÄ THO RI DANG THAR PÄI DE WA DAM PA DANG facing the altar. MA DRÄL NA CHI MA RUNG How wonderful it would be if all senti ent beings were never NOTE: When seati ng monks and nuns in the front, it is customary to seat monks separated from the happiness of higher rebirth and liberati on. on the left side of the throne (when facing the throne) and nuns on the right. MI DRÄL WAR GYUR CHIG During “big pujas” (these are defi ned as self-initi ati ons or long pujas and pujas May they never be separated from these. with extensive off erings, etc.) one can off er a sti ck of incense for the lama or MI DRÄL WAR DAG GI JA O geshe to hold during the verses of invocati on. I myself will cause them never to be separated from these. DE TAR JE NÜ PAR LA MA LHÄ JIN GYI LAB TU SÖL Ritual Implements Please, Guru-Deity, bless me to be able to do this. One should have dorje and bell, and a mandala set for the mandala off ering. NOTE: Throughout the preceding text, small symbols such as bells or hands in various mudras, such as prostrati on mudra or showing the dorje appear in the Generating Special Bodhichitta margins to help the practi ti oner know when to play ritual instruments, for ex- ample, or when to do certain mudras. It is hoped that these small indicati ons will MA SEM CHÄN THAM CHÄ KYI DÖN DU DAG GI TSHE DI NYI LA NYUR WA be helpful to those not yet familiar with these aspects of tantric practi ce. NYUR WAR DÖ MÄI SANG GYÄ LA MA LHÄI GO PHANG NGÖN DU JÄ MA SEM CHÄN THAM CHÄ DUG NGÄL LÄ DRÄL / DE CHHEN SANG GYÄ Endnotes: KYI SA LA GÖ PAR JA / DEI CHHIR DU LAM ZAB MO LA MA LHÄI NÄL 1. The fi rst ‘quickly’ refers to practi cing lower (kriya) tantra, which brings en- lightenment more quickly than Mahayana Paramitayana practi ce. The sec- JOR NYAM SU LANG WAR GYI O (both verses 3x) ond ‘quickly’ refers to yoga tantra, which is quicker than lower tantra, thus making it possible to achieve enlightenment in one brief lifeti me.