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Yamantaka Long Sadhana
Yamantaka Long Sadhana
Version 2.1
July 2010
A Long Sadhana of the Transcendental Destroyer
Solitary-Hero Yamantaka
According to the pure and unbroken lineage of the
Gelug Tibetan Buddhist tradition
Composed by
Je Pabongka Rinpoche
(1878 - 1941 C.E.)
This sadhana practice is intended only for those people who have received this
Highest Yoga Tantra Initiation from a qualified Lama.
Gaden for the West
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Table of Contents
General Preliminaries ........................................................................................................................... 1
Specific Preliminaries ........................................................................................................................... 6
Actual Session ..................................................................................................................................... 11
Three Kaya Practice ............................................................................................................................ 12
Conclusion of the Session ................................................................................................................... 25
Appendix ............................................................................................................................................ 35
Long Sadhana of Solitary-Hero Yamantaka
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NAMO GURU VAJRABHAIRAVA
General Preliminaries
Taking Refuge And Generating Bodhichitta
SANG.GYEY CH DANG TSOG.KYI CHOG NAM.LA
JANG.CHUB BAR.DU DAG.NI KYAB.SU.CHI
DAG.GI JIN.SOG GYI.PEY SO.NAM KYI
DRO.LA PEN.CHIR SANG.GYEY DRUB.PAR.SHOG.
3x
I take refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the supreme Sangha,
Until I attain Enlightenment.
By the merit I accumulate from practicing generosity and the other perfections,
May I attain Enlightenment in order to benefit all living beings.
The Hundreds Of Deities Of The Joyful Land (Gaden Lha Gyai Ma)
Inviting the Merit Field (Lama TsongKhapa and His two Chief disciples)
From the heart of the Protector of the hundreds of deities of the the Joyful Land,
To the peak of a cloud which is like a cluster of fresh, white curd,
All-knowing Losang Dragpa, King of the Dharma,
Please come to this place together with your two chief disciples.
Seven Limbed Practice
In the space before me on a lion throne, lotus, and moon,
The Venerable Gurus smile with delight.
Supreme Field of Merit for my mind of faith,
Please remain for a hundred aeons to spread the teaching.
Your minds of wisdom realize the full extent of objects of knowledge,
Your eloquent speech is the ear-ornament of the fortunate,
Your beautiful bodies are ablaze with the glory of renown.
I prostrate to you, whom to see, to hear, and to remember is so meaningful.
Pleasing water offerings, various flowers,
Sweet-smelling incense, lights, scented water and so forth,
A vast cloud of offerings both set out and imagined,
I offer to you, Supreme Field of Merit.
Whatever non-virtues of body, speech and mind
I have accumulated since time without beginning,
Especially transgressions of my three levels of vows,
With great remorse I declare each one from the depths of my heart.
In this degenerate age you strove for much learning and accomplishment.
Abandoning the eight worldly concerns, you made your leisure and endowment meaningful.
Protector, from the very depths of my heart,
I rejoice in the great wave of your deeds.
From the billowing clouds of wisdom and compassion
In the space of your Enlightened minds, venerable and holy Gurus,
Please send down a rain of vast and profound Dharma
Appropriate to the disciples of this world.
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May your Vajra Body, created from the purity of clear light,
Free of the rising and setting of cyclic existence,
But visible to the ordinary viewer only in its unsubtle, physical form,
Stay on unchanging, without waning, until samsara ends.
Through the virtues I have accumulated here,
May the teachings and all living beings receive every benefit.
Especially may the essence of the teaching
Of Lama Je Tsong Khapa shine forever.
Short Outer Mandala Offering
SA.ZHI P.KYI JUG.SHING ME.TOG.TRAM
RI.RAB LING.ZHI NYI.D GYEN.PA.DI
SANG.GYE ZHING.DU MIG.TE BL.WA.YI
DRO.KN NAM.DAG ZHING.LA CH.PAR.SHOG.
This mandala is built on a base resplendent with flowers, saffron water and incense,
Adorned with Mount Meru, the four lands, the sun and full moon.
By offering this pure mandala to you assembly of Buddhas here before me,
May all living beings experience pure happiness and be reborn in pure lands.
Short Inner Mandala Offering
DAG.GI CHAG.DANG MONG.SUM KYE.PAY.YUL
DRA.NYEN BAR.SUM LU.DANG LONG.CH.CHAY
PANG.PA ME.PAR BUL.GYE LEG.ZHE.NAY
DUG.SUM RANG.SAR DROL.WAR JIN.GYI.LOB
The objects of desire, aversion and ignorance,
Friend, enemy, and stranger, my body and all possessions,
These I offer without clinging for your enjoyment,
Please bless me and all living beings to be released
From the three poisonous minds
OM IDAM GURU RATNA MANDALA KAMNIR YATAYAMI
I send forth this jewelled mandala to you, precious gurus.
Mantras of Lama Je Tsong Khapa
MIG.ME TZE.WAI TER.CHEN CHEN.RE.ZIG
DRI.ME KYEN.PAI WANG.PO JAM.PEL.YANG
D.PUNG MA.L JOM.DZE SANG.WAI DAG
GANG.CHEN KAY.PAI TZUG.GYAN TSONG.KHAPA
LO.ZANG DRAG.PAI ZHAB.LA SOL.WA DEB.
(3x)
You are Avalokitesvara, great treasure of unimaginable compassion,
And Manjushri, master of flawless wisdom,
And Vajrapani, Lord of the Secret and destroyer of hordes of maras without exception.
Tsong Khapa, crown jewel of the sages of the land of snows,
Lozang Dragpa, I make requests at your lotus feet.
OM AH GURU VAJRADHARA SUMATI KIRTI SIDDHI HUM (7, 21 or 100xs)
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(Visualisation absorbing gurus into ones heart:)
Glorious, precious root Guru,
Please come to the lotus and moon seat at my crown,
And in your great kindness, please remain with me.
Please bestow upon me the blessings of your body, speech and mind.
Glorious, precious root Guru,
Please descend to the lotus and moon seat in my heart,
And in your great kindness, please remain with me.
Please grant me the common and supreme realizations.
Glorious, precious root Guru,
Please remain on the lotus and moon seat in my heart,
And in your great kindness, please remain with me.
Please remain until I achieve the essence of Enlightenment.
Prayer Of The Stages Of The Path
1. The path begins with strong reliance
On my kind Teacher, source of all good;
O bless me with this understanding
To follow him with great devotion.
2. This human life with all its freedoms,
Extremely rare, with so much meaning;
O bless me with this understanding
All day and night to seize its essence.
3. My body, like a water bubble,
Decays and dies so very quickly;
After death come results of karma,
Just like the shadow of a body.
4. With this firm knowledge and
remembrance
Bless me to be extremely cautious,
Always avoiding harmful actions
And gathering abundant virtue.
5. Samsara's pleasures are deceptive,
Give no contentment, only torment;
So please bless me to strive sincerely
To gain the bliss of perfect freedom.
6. bless me so that from this pure thought
Come mindfulness and greatest caution,
To keep as my essential practice
The doctrine's root, the Pratimoksha
7. Just like myself all my kind mothers
Are drowning in samsara's ocean;
O so that I may soon release them,
Bless me to train in Bodhichitta.
8. But I cannot become a Buddha
By this alone without three ethics;
So bless me with the strength to practice
The Bodhisattva's ordination.
9. By pacifying my distractions
And analyzing perfect meanings,
Bless me to quickly gain the union
Of special insight and quiescence.
10. When I become a pure container
Through common paths bless me to enter
The essence practice of good fortune,
The supreme vehicle Vajrayana.
11. The two attainments both depend on
My sacred vows and my commitments;
Bless me to understand this clearly
And keep them at the cost of my life.
12. By constant practice in four sessions,
The way explained by holy Teachers,
O bless me to gain both the stages
Which are the essence of the Tantras.
13. May those who guide me on the good path
And my companions all have long lives;
Bless me to pacify completely
All obstacles, outer and inner.
14. May I always find perfect Teachers
And take delight in holy Dharma,
Accomplish all grounds and paths swiftly,
And gain the state of Vajradhara.
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A Long Sadhana Of The Transcendental Destroyer, Solitary Hero Vajra Bhairava
Request to the Root and Lineage Lamas
To the all-pervading Manjushri Vajra Lord Yamantaka;
To the foremost dakini enhancing the joy of the protector;
To Lalita, you manifest the enlightened state of unity;
I make requests.
Bestow on me please the pristine awareness of simultaneous Emptiness and Bliss.
To Amoghavajra, Jnanakaragupta, supreme realized ones;
To Padmavajra, who controls mind and energy-winds;
at your feet, Dipamkararakshita , Lord of sutra and tantra,
I make requests. Bestow on me please the two powerful attainments.
To Ra Lotzawa Dorje Drag, Lord of strength and power;
To your supreme son Ra Choerab, you are eyes for the world;
at your feet glorious Ra Yeshe Senge and Ra Bum Senge,
I make requests. Bestow on me please the two powerful attainments.
To Venerable Ga Lotzawa, you turned the tide in the battle with
the four types of demons; to the omniscient Rongpa Sherab Senge and Yeshe Palwa;
To precious Dondrub Rinpoche, you spontaneously fulfil the two aims,
I make requests. Bestow on me please the two powerful attainments.
To glorious Lozang Dragpa, second victorious Buddha;
To your feet Kedrub Geleg Palzangpo and Sherab Senge;
To glorious Palden Zangpo, you have found the supreme unity,
I make requests. Bestow on me please the two powerful attainments.
To Gedun Phelwa, Lord of the sutra and tantra teachings;
To Tashi Pagpa, you see the true meaning of tantra;
at your feet, Samdrub Gyatso, who spontaneously fulfils the two aims
I make requests. Bestow on me please the two powerful attainments.
To Tzondru Pagpa, Lord of the complete teachings;
To Dorje Zangpo, you hold a treasury of good explanations;
at your feet Sangye Gyatso, treasure house of oral instructions;
I make requests. Bestow on me please the two powerful attainments.
To Losang Choekyi Gyaltsan, Lord of the realized ones;
at your feet, Konchog Gyaltsan, Vajra-holder;
To Lozang Yeshe, dance of Amitabha, I make requests.
Bestow on me please the two powerful attainments.
To Kalsang Gyatso, Lord of all Buddhas;
Exalted Rolpai Dorje, realizing the meaning of tantra;
To Ngawang Tsultrim, Lord of the doctrine; I make requests.
Bestow on me please the two powerful attainments.
To Jangchub Choepel, perfected in the sutras and tantras;
To glorious and excellent Lozang Chojor Gyatso,
Called Dragri Dorje Chang, unequalled in kindness;
I make requests. Bestow on me please the two powerful attainments.
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At your feet, great tutor Lingtrul Dorje Chang,
Losang Lungtog Tenzin Trinley; to the glorious
and excellent great abbot Tenpa Choephel,
I make requests. Bestow on me please the two powerful attainments.
To Dechen Nyingpo, Pabongka Rinpoche, unequalled in kindness, the pristine
awareness of all infinite Victors, arising as a human in a wrathful, terrifying dance,
I make requests. Bestow on me please the two powerful attainments.
To you Kyabje Yongdzin Trijang Rinpoche, peerless upholder of the virtuous conduct of
furthering the methods of scriptural and insight teachings of the fully Enlightened Ones in
accordance with the pure Buddha's wishes; I make requests.
Bestow on me please the two powerful attainments.
To my root Guru, Zasep Rinpoche, Losang Tenzin Gyaltsen, your body incorporates all the
infinite Buddhas without exception; you are a Master in giving discourses on the extremely
certain path to Enlightenment to beings as extensive as space out of your great loving
compassion, I make requests. Bestow on me please the two powerful attainments.
Having praised you like this, may I in all lifetimes be cared for by Gurus of the supreme
vehicle, and may I live a festival of profound and extensive Dharma. May I triumph in the
battle with the four demons who make conditions adverse for my attaining perfection for the
sake of all mothers. May my wealth of all powerful attainments increase and may I become the
supreme upholder of the essence of the sage Buddha's teachings.
Instant Self-generation
Instantly I arise in the form of glorious Vajra Bhairava with one face and two arms, holding
curved knife and skull-cup.
(Hold vajra and bell)
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Specific Preliminaries
Consecrating the Inner Offering
OM HRIH SHTRIH VIKRITA NANA HUM PHAT
(Open the lid of the inner offering cup halfway.
As this is the consecration, do not sprinkle.)
OM SVABHAVA SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA SVABHAVA SHUDDHO HAM
Everything becomes empty.
Within a state of emptiness, from a YAM ;( comes a blue bow-shaped wind mandala marked with
banners, on top of which from a RAM <( comes a red triangular fire mandala. On top of that, from
AHs
=
comes a grate of three human heads, on top of which from an AH
=
comes a white skull-
cup. Inside it, in the east from a BHRUM
W
comes the flesh of a bull marked with GO
$
. In the
south from an AM
A
comes the flesh of a dog marked with a KU
!
. In the west from a JRIM
e
comes the flesh of an elephant marked with a DA
.
. In the north from a KHAM #) comes the flesh
of a horse marked with a HA
@
, and in the center, from a HUM
and then a trident comes black Chamundi, with one face and two
arms holding a trident in her right and a skull-cup in her left.
They are surrounded by an entourage of male and female messengers of Yama, the lord of death,
such as Yapati and so on. Each of the main figures and their entourage is marked on the crown of
their head with a white OM <, at their throat with a red AH
=
and at their heart with a blue
HUM
>
.
Inviting the Wisdom Beings
From the HUM
>
at my own heart, light rays emanate, bringing forth from seven levels beneath the
earth in the south Karmayama, father and mother, together with their entourage.
OM KALARUPA SAPARIWARA EH YE HI
DZA HUM BAM HOH
They become nondual with the ones I have
visualized.
Initiating and Sealing Karmayama
Once again from the HUM
>
at my heart, light rays
are emitted, bringing forth the Yamantakas of the five
Buddha families.
I request you please to confer the empowerment
upon Karmayama.
Having thus been requested, they hold up vases filled
with wisdom nectar above the crown of his head.
OM VAJRI BHAVA ABHIKSHEKA HUM
They confer the empowerment upon the crown of
Karmayama's head, purifying his stains. From the
excess nectar that overflows, a black five-spoked vajra
comes to adorn his head.
Binding Karmayama to Samaya
OM KALARUPA SAPARIWARA SAMAYA STVAM.
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Offering Torma to Karmayama, Chamundi and Entourage
From the HUM
>
on the tongues of Dharmaraja, father and mother, and each of their entourage,
there comes a white single-spoked vajra through which each partakes of the offering, drawing up
the essence of the torma through a straw of light.
OM KALARUPA SARVA VIGHNAN SHATRUM MARAYA IDAM BALIMTA
KHA KHA KHAHI KHAHI HUM PHAT (3x)
OM CHAMUNDI SARVA VIGHNAN SHATRUM MARAYA IDAM BALIMTA
KHA KHA KHAHI KHAHI HUM PHAT (3x)
OM host of male and female messengers of Yama such as Yapati and so forth, together
with your entourage SARVA VIGHNAN SHATRUM MARAYA IDAM BALIMTA
KHA KHA KHAHI KHAHI HUM PHAT (3x)
Outer Offerings
OM KALARUPA SAPARIWARA PSHPE DHUPE ALOKE GANDHE
NAIVIDHYE SHABDA PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA
(Zasep Rinpoche's advice is not to make any water offerings here.)
Inner Offering to Karmayama, Chamundi and Entourage
OM KALARUPA HUM PHAT OM AH HUM (Sprinkle the inner offering)
OM CHAMUNDI HUM PHAT OM AH HUM (Sprinkle the inner offering)
OM Host of male and female messengers of Yama such as Yapati and
so forth, together with your entourage OM AH HUM (Sprinkle the inner offering)
Requesting Karmayama to Perform Activities
HUM
Yama, black lord of death, seven levels beneath the earth in the south, you have come here
transforming from a club marked with a skull that came from a YA ;.
You have the face of a buffalo, furious from your depths, with your ravenous jaws stretched
open, and fangs gnashing.
Your wrathful eyes are bloodshot from their base, your orange hair and moustache bristle
upward. With the lasso in your left hand, you bind enemies and interferers; and with the club
in your right, you pound them to dust.
Dharmaraja, hosts of Yamas, Chamundi the great ogress holding a trident and skull-cup of
blood, as well as your servants, the time has come:
Accept this ocean-like torma made of human flesh, blood and grease.
Out of compassion and your commitments prescribed by the Victorious Buddhas, free me
quickly from enemies and interferers.
With all hateful enemies, harmful interferers, demons and interruption-makers;
Seize them, bind them, tie them up.
Summon them, drag them and make them your slaves.
Slay them, expel them, render them dumb.
Dismember them, trample them, make them bewildered.
Subdue them, destroy them, demolish them fully
So that not even an atom of them might remain.
OM KALARUPA HUM PHAT
(Clap hands)
BHYOH CHAMUNDI HUM PHAT
(Clap hands)
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Thanksgiving Offering and Praise
OM HRIH SHTRIH VIKRITA NANA HUM PHAT
(Sprinkle nectar from the inner offering cup.)
OM SVABHAVA SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA SVABHAVA SHUDDHO HAM
Everything becomes empty. Within a state of emptiness, from AHs = come vast and expansive
skull-cups, inside of which are HUMs
>
. The HUMs
>
melt and become water for drinking,
cooling water for the feet, perfume, flowers, incense, a butter lamp, food and music. By nature they
are bliss and emptiness; in aspect they are the offering substances. Their function is to confer
distinguished, uncontaminated bliss as objects to be enjoyed by the six cognitive powers.
OM ARGHAM AH HUM (Take hold of the vajra and bell in order to recollect bliss and emptiness.)
OM PADYAM AH HUM
OM GANDHE AH HUM
OM PSHPE AH HUM
OM DHUPE AH HUM
OM ALOKE AH HUM
OM NAIVIDHYE AH HUM
OM SHABDA AH HUM
(Do the mudras while reciting the offering mantras,
and while saying SHABDA, ring the bell and damaru.)
OM YAMANTAKA ARGHAM PADYAM GANDHE PSHPE DHUPE ALOKE
NAIVIDHYE SHABDA PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA
OM YAMANTAKA HUM PHAT OM AH HUM
(Make the inner offering)
Supreme form, extremely great fury,
Intrepid one, enjoyer of supreme objects,
Who acts to tame those hard to tame,
To Vajrabhairava I bow down. (Ring the bell and damaru.)
Extensive Prayer
(If abbreviated go to Short Prayer page 30)
By the force of such things as my mantra recitation and single-minded concentration like this
on the circle of the wrathful Lord Yamantakas mandala - which is the play of emptiness and
bliss appearing clearly like a rainbow on the face of a stainless mirror - a Ganges-like river of
virtue has been gathered.
By this, combined with a host of streams of all beings' good deeds, and by my having trained
in the common paths to liberation as well as in the conduct of the Bodhisattva vows, may my
mind become filled with a treasury of nectar of having traveled the common paths to their end.
By the divine waters of the vase empowerment, may all ordinary appearance and attitude be
purified. And by the higher, supreme empowerments, may the speech of the Conquerors, the
sphere of the clear light, and the state of union be actualized.
May I protect, even at the cost of my life, all the pure vows and commitments, without
exception, that I have promised to keep at that time before the eyes of the Gurus and deities.
They are the supreme root of all attainments.
By devoting myself to striving in four daily sessions, like the flow of a river, on the coarse and
subtle yogas of the generation stage of practice which is the ripening path that produces
success on the completion stage, may I completely cut off ordinary appearance and attitudes.
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By pleasing - with offerings, praises and my supreme practice - the field of merit pervading all
space which I have invoked with an orb of light from my heart as the Supreme Vira-Hero, may
I complete the great collection of merit.
Having established the pride of the Dharmakaya through the discriminating wisdom that has
ascertained the profound emptiness which is the meaning of mantra, through having analyzed
with stainless reasoning, may I acquaint myself fully with peerless wisdom.
By single-minded concentration on the ten furiously Wrathful Ones who abide in the fiercely
blazing command wheel, may I gain the power to pull out from their root the black forces of
harm, as well as all demons.
In the hub of this wrathful and mighty wheel, the celestial mansion of jewel-like light with a
nature of pristine awareness is everything beautiful condensed into one. By meditating on this
nectar for the eyes, may I establish a supreme Buddha-field.
By constantly meditating upon Manjushri whose radiant feet are on a full moon disc on a
mandala of wind in the center of the mansion, may I attain the Sambhogakaya free from the
stains of the intermediate state.
Through the rough and fine yogas done with a complete, full body of Vajrabhairava which I
have attained from a wrathful vajra and a seed syllable coming from a sun that burns away
masses of conceptions, may I sport the dance of a Supreme Nirmanakaya that has abandoned
all the stains of ordinary rebirth.
May I develop the supreme insights of the completion stage in conjunction with the thirty-
seven limbs of Enlightenment, which are the main points of the nine categories that condense
all the Buddha's scriptural texts without exception.
May I completely master single-minded concentration on the sixteen types of emptiness in
union with the simultaneously-born great bliss that comes from the emanating and collecting
of the white and red bodhicitta from penetrating the vital point of the vajra body.
The supreme method for this is the glorious illusory body which is attained from dissolving
the energy winds into the central energy-channel induced by the three aspects of emptiness.
May faultless signs of this appear, such as the mirage and so forth.
By meditating in accordance with the yoga of pure wisdom, may I then, in accordance with the
yoga of shape, arise in the bodily form of a deity, beautifully adorned with the major marks
and minor signs of a Buddha, arising like a bubble in an ocean of water.
From entering with a beautiful illusory body over and over again into the clear light and thus
manifesting the meaning clear light of simultaneous emptiness and bliss, may I attain a state of
union on the pure paths of learning in which I have abandoned the obstacles of delusions
preventing liberation.
By totally familiarizing myself with this supreme simultaneously-born bliss, I shall abandon
without exception all instincts of delusions through vajra-like single-minded concentration. In
this way may I attain in this very lifetime the state of Vajradhara.
May I myself, even alone, cause this wondrous path to flourish and never to set in any
direction or at any time. And may I lead all beings without exception quickly and easily along
this path to the Enlightened state of Vajradhara.
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Short Prayer
By the virtues arising from my effort in this method and by my pure selfless wish, may all
limitless sentient beings never be parted from but always be cared for, in birth after birth, by
the peaceful and wrathful Manjushris.
Having actualized the Enlightened state with the seven features of union and the nature of the
five Buddhakayas, which lasts as long as space endures, may I instantly lead all infinite beings
quickly and easily to this very state.
Requesting Forbearance
OM YAMANTAKA SAMAYA MANU PALAYA
YAMANTAKA TENO PATISHTA DRIDHO ME BHAVA
SUTO KAYO ME BHAVA SUPO KAYO ME BHAVA ANURAKTO ME
BHAVA SARVA SIDDHI ME PRAYACCHA SARVA KARMA SUCHA ME
CHITTAM SHRIYAM KURU HUM HA HA HA HA HO
BHAGAVAN YAMANTAKA MA ME MUNCHA
YAMANTAKA BHAVA MAHA SAMAYA SATTVA AH HUM PHAT
(3x Ringing bell)
Whatever I have done incorrectly because of not finding the proper materials, or not fully
knowing or lack of ability, please be patient with all of these.
Requesting the Guests for the Torma Offering to Depart
OM AH VAJRA MUH (Snap fingers with left hand.)
The wisdom beings, who are the transcendental guests, depart. The commitment beings-dissolve
into myself and all the other guests return to their own abodes.
Dissolution
The charnel grounds along with the protection wheels dissolve into the celestial mansion.
1
The
celestial mansion dissolves into myself. As the commitment being, I Yamantaka dissolve into the
Manjusri. The wisdom being dissolves into the concentration being, the letter HUM
>
. The U of the
HUM
>
dissolves into the HA
@
; the HA
@
dissolves into its head; this into the crescent moon; this
into the drop; and this dissolves into the nanda. This too dissolves into inconceivable clear light
emptiness.
(Meditate)
Instant Self-Generation as Yamantaka for Daily Activities
From within the state of emptiness, I instantly arise in the aspect of glorious Vajrabhairava with
one face and two arms, marked at the crown of my head with an OM AT-, at my throat with an AH
=
and at my heart with a HUM
>
.
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During a retreat the protection wheels are not dissolved until the completion of the retreat.
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Extensive Verses of Auspiciousness
(If abbreviated go to page 32
Ring bell at the end of each verse)
The expanse of space and the surface of the earth become completely filled, without any
obstruction or space in between, with all the hosts of deities related to Yamantaka without an
exception. Even merely remembering them destroys all demons and interferers and effortlessly
fulfills all hopes.
They say to me, "With a deep voice and the auspicious melodies of Brahma, we shall proclaim
these songs and verses to you so that all may be auspicious and your joy may be enhanced.
Knowing this, may you always bring favorable conditions by letting a rain of flower-like
teachings fall concealing the sky.
We prostrate to you, Vajrabhairava, King of Fury who, out of great compassion, plays a
wrathful role in order to tame those not fit to be tamed by Manjushri who is the wisdom of the
Buddhas of the three times all condensed into one.
By the auspiciousness of whatever signs of virtue exist in the Dakini who fully enhances the
joy of this Protector, and in the supreme root and lineage Gurus such as Lalita, who has found
supreme realization, may everything be auspicious for the supreme and glorious Vajrayana
teachings to spread without exception in all directions through the virtuous conduct of these
Vajradhara-Gurus entering your heart.
By the auspiciousness of whatever mass of goodness exists in the Father and Mother, all-
pervading lords of the mandala who, with bodies terrifying infinite fearsome ones, remain
absorbed in single-minded concentration on the simultaneously-born great bliss of the
supreme mahamudra, may everything be auspicious for not even the word "interferers" to
exist for you, and for you to master the single-minded concentration called Treasury of Space,
which is the Dharma treasure of uncontaminated bliss.
By the auspiciousness of whatever mass of goodness exists in the Kingly Tantra of Glorious
Vajrabhairava, the singular jewel for the world containing the essence of all Buddha-fields,
may everything be auspicious for the vase of your heart to be filled with the supreme nectar of
the profound meaning of the two stages, for you to enjoy this undiminishing glory and for you
to spread it throughout the world.
By the auspiciousness of whatever mass of goodness exists in the assembly of hosts of vira-
heroes and yoginis in realms throughout the ten directions who have grasped and found
supreme realization of even one part of this Tantra, may everything be auspicious for you to
ignite the festive feast of bliss from having assembled and kept the company of messenger
dakinis of body, speech and mind, born from fields, born from mantras and simultaneously
born, who provide the favorable conditions for accomplishing this supreme path.
By the auspiciousness of whatever signs of virtue exist in the supreme celestial mansion vast as
the expanse of the sky, beautiful with countless jewelled ornaments and emanating light equal
to the brilliance of the sun and the moon, may everything be auspicious for there never to be
any inauspicious signs wherever you may live and for there to be the unbroken goodness, bliss
and bountiful riches there of a Buddha-field."
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Brief Verse of Auspiciousness
(Ring bell at the end of each line)
May there be the auspiciousness of the root and lineage Gurus.
May there be the auspiciousness of the yidams and hosts of deities.
May there be the auspiciousness of the mothers and dakinis,
May there be the auspiciousness of the Dharma Protectors and guardians of the teachings.
(Bell, damaru, dhunchen, gyaling, cymbals, conch and so forth.)
Long Sadhana of Solitary-Hero Yamantaka
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Translator's Colophon
Originally translated by Sharpa Tulku with Richard Guard, 1990. ISBN 81-85102-75-9
Gaden For The West Colophon
Under the kind supervision of the Venerable 13th Zasep Tulku Rinpoche, this Gaden for the West
version has been lightly edited by Chuck Damov and formatted by Peter Lewis.
Updated versions will be available on the Web.
We dedicate any and all merit of this effort to the study and pure practice of the precious
Vajrayana teachings.
Appendix
Details of Inner Offering to the Lamas of the Lineage page
Hold up the skull-cup in your right hand with its front facing away from you. Stir or make the
gesture of stirring the inner offering with the left ring finger three times clockwise. Then sprinkle
the offering to the root guru from the level of the crown, to the lineage lamas from the level of the
eyebrows, to the deities of the mandala and of the four classes of tantra from the level of the heart,
to Dharmaraja, the oath bound protectors and to the dakas, dakinis and so forth from the level of
the navel, and for the lords of the sites and the sentient beings of the six realms, it is sprinkled with
the mudra of supreme bestowal at the level of the knee. While making the inner offering, strongly
visualize that the wisdom of bliss and emptiness is generated in the guests of the offering.
Mantra Recitation
As stated in the Tantra Requested by Subahu recite the mantras, devoid of the eight faults of mantra
recitation:
1. Reciting too quickly,
2. Reciting too slowly
3. Over-enunciating each syllable
4. Reciting too loudly so that others hear
5. Reciting too softly so that even oneself does not hear
6. Interrupting the mantra with conversation
7. Being distracted
8. Reciting the short syllables as long and the long as short;
One should avoid the above.
During the mantra recitation, initially one should do AH RA PA TZA a few hundred times. The
visualization of this is as follows. The concentration being letter HUM at the heart of oneself
visualized as a deity becomes a yellow letter DHIH.
Outside of that is a six-spoked yellow sword. On each of the spokes respectively are the six letters
OM AH RA PA TZA NA. In the six intermediate directions visualize six letter DHIHs. While
reciting AH RA PA TZA, an infinite amount of yellow light, in nature the wisdom of Lord
Manjushri and in aspect forms of Manjushri, seed syllables, implements sword and text and
mantras, is emanated from the sword and the syllables and fills the inside of one's body.
Then think that all the faults of sentient beings, and particularly all faults of ignorance are
eliminated like the sun shining into a dark corner.
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Think that one achieves a special light of wisdom like that of Manjushri. This light is emanated
outward, purifying the vessel and essence and placing sentient beings in the state of Manjushri.
Then all the Buddhas and their offspring are pleased with offerings, and all their wisdoms are
invited in the aspect of an infinite number of forms of lord Manjushri.
These dissolve into the letter DHIH at my heart. Think that one achieves the special
wisdoms of hearing, contemplation, meditation, rhetoric, debate and composition.
Then visualize a brilliant orange DHIH on the base of the tongue with its head facing one's throat.
In one breath, recite DHIH one hundred times. Much light is emanated from this letter DHIH,
filling one's own body entirely, and think that one has achieved a special power of memory not to
forget the words and meanings of the teachings.
(According to the oral traditions, the easy way of saying one hundred of these in one breath is to set aside twenty-five beads of
the mala, and say DHIH four times quickly for each bead. Swallow the saliva quietly, and visualize that the DHIH at the base
of the tongue descends and dissolves into the seed syllable DHIH at the heart, whereby this DHIH becomes energized and
extremely brilliant.)
Then, on the occasion of reciting the root mantra, the sword and wheel together with the DHIH
dissolve into the letter DHIH in the center. DHIH becomes a blue letter HUM. Around this is
YAMANTAKA, around this is HRIH SHTRIH, and around this is the mantra garland of OM
YAMARAJA. The color of the letters is blue and they stand upright, appearing like scintillating
orange flames. Think that this has the power to eliminate the entire three thousand worlds.
When reciting each mantra, think that an infinite number of forms and infinite light come from the
central seed syllable and the mantra garland, filling the entire inside of one's body, eliminating the
downfalls and obstacles accumulated from beginningless lives, as well as pacifying all sickness
and harmful spirits.
Life, merit, and the qualities of knowledge of scripture and insight are developed. The light
emanated from the right nostril of the root face eliminates all the impurities of the vessel and
essence and places all sentient beings in the state of Vajrabhairava. All the Victorious Ones and
their offspring are pleased with an inconceivable variety of offerings. The blessings of their body,
speech and mind and all the attainments are invited in the form of Vajrabhairava, etc. They enter
through the left nostril of the root face and dissolve into the seed syllable at the heart. Then think
that because of this one has received the blessings of the Victorious Ones together with their
offspring, and all attainments.