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The extensive fulfilling and restoring ritual of the Dharma
Protector, the great king Dorje Shugden, in conjunction with
Mahakala, Kalarupa, Kalindewi and other Dharma Protectors
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Contents
Introduction
Liberating Prayer
This practice consists of five parts: Praise to Manjushri, the Guru Yoga of
Je Tsongkhapa, Self-generation as Heruka, the Fulfilling and Restoring
Ritual of the General Protectors and the Fulfilling and Restoring Ritual of
the Great King Dorje Shugden. Of these, the last is the principal practice.
A Dharma Protector is an emanation of a Buddha or a Bodhisattva whose
main functions are to avert the inner and outer obstacles that prevent
practitioners from gaining spiritual realizations, and to arrange all the
necessary conditions for their practice. Beings in this present time have a
strong karmic link with Dorje Shugden, and so he is the Dharma Protector
who is most able to help them. Therefore it is said that, ‘Now is the time to
rely upon Dorje Shugden.’ Dorje Shugden always helps, guides and
protects pure and faithful practitioners by granting blessings, increasing
their wisdom, fulfilling their wishes and bestowing success on all their
virtuous activities.
There are many brief and middling-length sadhanas of Dorje Shugden,
such as Heart Jewel and Wishfulfilling Jewel. This extensive sadhana is
called ‘Kangso’ in Tibetan, which means ‘Fulfilling and Restoring Ritual’,
and it is usually performed once a month in Dharma Centres. During this
puja we make extensive offerings and perform other practices (1) to fulfil
our heart commitment to rely upon the Protector sincerely, regarding him as
inseparable from the Guru and Yidam, and to practise the pure Dharma of
Lamrim, Lojong and Mahamudra; and (2) to restore any degenerate or
broken commitments we may have incurred.
We begin the practice with Praise to Manjushri to remember that the
Guru and Protector are in reality emanations of the Wisdom Buddha. We
then perform the Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa and, after dissolving the
Guru into our heart, perform self-generation as Heruka. We then invite the
general Dharma Protectors such as Mahakala, Kalarupa and Kalindewi,
before beginning the actual sadhana of Dorje Shugden. The fulfilling and
restoring ritual of the general Protectors is interwoven with the sadhana of
Dorje Shugden.
Further information on the Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa and on the
Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden can be found in the book Heart Jewel,
and further information on self-generation as Heruka can be found in the
book Essence of Vajrayana.
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
1993
Buddha Shakyamuni
Liberating Prayer
Praise to Buddha Shakyamuni
PRAISE TO MANJUSHRI
At your heart you hold a Dharma text, showing that you see all ultimate and
conventional truths with a wisdom that has dispelled the clouds of the two
obstructions, and radiates like the sun.
With a melodious speech endowed with sixty qualities, you love like your
only child all migrators in the prison of samsara, who are confused by the
darkness of ignorance, and tormented by suffering.
The roar of your speech, like the sound of thunder, rouses us from the sleep
of the delusions, and frees us from the iron chains of karma.
Your sword held aloft dispels the darkness of ignorance, and cuts through
all roots of suffering.
Pure from the beginning, having accomplished the ten grounds, your
princely body in the aspect of a Bodhisattva is complete with all good
qualities.
OM AH RA PA TSA NA DHI
O Compassionate One, with the light of your wisdom,
Please dispel the darkness of confusion from my mind,
And illuminate my mind with the confidence and wisdom
To realize the teachings, commentaries and texts.
Generating bodhichitta
Inviting Je Tsongkhapa
From the heart of the Protector of the hundreds of Deities of 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 Sons.
In this degenerate age you strove for much learning and accomplishment.
Abandoning the eight worldly concerns, you made your freedom and
endowment meaningful.
O Protector, from the very depths of my heart,
I rejoice in the great wave of your deeds.
By pacifying my distractions
And analyzing perfect meanings,
Bless me to quickly gain the union
Of special insight and quiescence.
From the hearts of all the holy beings, streams of light and nectar flow
down, granting blessings and purifying.
Dedication
Through being cared for throughout all my lives
By Conqueror Tsongkhapa as my Mahayana Guru,
May I never turn away, even for an instant,
From this excellent path praised by the Conquerors.
SELF-GENERATION AS HERUKA
O Ghantapa, Rubelshab,
Dzalandara, Krishnapada,
And all the other lineage Gurus of this path,
I request you, please bestow Union in this life.
Light rays from the HUM at my heart melt all worlds and beings into light.
This dissolves into me, and I, in turn, gradually melt into light from below
and above and dissolve into the HUM at my heart. The letter HUM dissolves
in stages from the bottom up into the nada. The nada too becomes smaller
and smaller and dissolves into clear light emptiness.
Bringing the intermediate state into the path to the Enjoyment Body
Upon the four elements stands Mount Meru crowned by a lotus. In the
centre of this, from vowels and consonants,there arises a moon, which is
white with a shade of red. I, the nada, enter the centre of the moon and
gradually transform into a HUM.
Five-coloured lights radiate from the HUM and lead all migrators to the state
of Chakrasambara. At the same time, all the Heroes and Heroines are
invited from the Buddha Lands of the ten directions. They all melt into light
and dissolve into the HUM; and the letter HUM becomes the nature of
spontaneous joy. The moon, vowels, consonants and HUM completely
transform, and the supported Deities and supporting mandala arise fully and
all at once.
Now I am the Blessed One Heruka, with a blue-coloured body, one face and
two hands, holding vajra and bell and embracing Vajravarahi. I stand on a
lotus and sun and tread on Bhairawa and Kalarati.
On the petals of the four directions, counter-clockwise from the east, stand
Dakini, Lama, Khandarohi and Rupini. Together with the square celestial
mansion, protection circle and charnel grounds, everything is complete.
PHAIM
My three places are marked by the three letters. Light rays radiate from the
letter HUM and invite all at once all the Buddhas of the ten directions in the
aspect of the visualized mandala, together with the empowering Deities.
Offering and praising goddesses emanate from my heart and perform the
offerings and praises.
Outer offerings
Inner offering
Secret offering
Father and Mother engage in union and generate spontaneous bliss and
emptiness.
Praise
Mantra recitation
On a sun seat at the heart of Father and Mother is a letter HUM surrounded
by a mantra rosary. These radiate and gather light.
From the state of emptiness, from KAMs come broad and expansive
skullcups, inside which from HUMs there arise water for drinking, water for
the feet, water for the mouth, flowers, incense, lights, perfume, food and
music. By nature emptiness, they have the aspect of the individual offering
substances, and function as objects of enjoyment of the six senses to bestow
special, uncontaminated bliss.
OM AHRGHAM AH HUM
OM PADÄM AH HUM
OM ÄNTZAMANAM AH HUM
OM VAJRA PUPE AH HUM
From the state of emptiness, from YAM comes wind, from RAM comes fire,
from AH a grate of three human heads. Upon this from AH appears a broad
and expansive skullcup. Inside from OM, KHAM, AM, TRAM, HUM come the
five nectars; from LAM, MAM, PAM, TAM, BAM come the five meats, each
marked by these letters. The wind blows, the fire blazes, and the substances
inside the skullcup melt. Above them from HUM there arises a white, upside-
down khatanga, which falls into the skullcup and melts whereby the
substances take on the colour of mercury. Above them three rows of vowels
and consonants, standing one above the other, transform into OM AH HUM.
From these, light rays draw the nectar of exalted wisdom from the hearts of
all the Tathagatas, Heroes and Yoginis of the ten directions. When this is
added the contents increase and become vast.
OM AH HUM (3x)
PHAIM
Light rays from the letter HUM at my heart invite to the space before me the
mandala of Heruka five Deities together with their retinue of directional
guardians, regional guardians, nagas and so forth, who reside in the eight
great charnel grounds. From a white HUM in the tongue of each Deity there
arises a white, three-pronged vajra through which they partake of the
essence of the torma by drawing it through straws of light the thickness of
only a grain of barley.
OM VAJRA AH RA LI HO: DZA HUM BAM HO: VAJRA DAKINI SAMAYA TÖN TRISHAYA
HO
Outer offerings
Inner offering
OM SHRI VAJRA HE HE RU RU KAM HUM HUM PHAT DAKINI DZALA SHAMBARAM
SOHA OM AH HUM
OM I prostrate to the Blessed One, Lord of the Heroes HUM HUM PHAT
OM To you with a brilliance equal to the fire of the great aeon HUM HUM PHAT
OM To you with an inexhaustible topknot HUM HUM PHAT
OM To you with a fearsome face and bared fangs HUM HUM PHAT
OM To you whose thousand arms blaze with light HUM HUM PHAT
OM To you who hold an axe, an uplifted noose, a spear and a khatanga HUM
HUM PHAT
OM To you who wear a tiger-skin garment HUM HUM PHAT
OM I bow to you whose great smoke-coloured body dispels obstructions
HUM HUM PHAT
OM To you with controlling eyes who remain as the vajra seat unconquered
by others HUM HUM PHAT
OM To you whose wrathful fierce form desiccates Brahma HUM HUM PHAT
OM To you who terrify and dry up demons, conquering those in other
OM I bow to Vajravarahi, the Great Mother, the Dakini consort who fulfils
all desires HUM HUM PHAT
You who have destroyed equally attachment to samsara and solitary peace,
as well as all conceptualizations,
Who see all things that exist throughout space;
O Protector endowed with strong compassion, may I be blessed by the
waters of your compassion,
And may the Dakinis take me into their loving care.
OM KHA KHA, KHAHI KHAHI, SARWA YAKYA RAKYASA, BHUTA, TRETA, PISHATSA,
UNATA, APAMARA, VAJRA DAKA, DAKI NÄDAYA, IMAM BALING GRIHANTU, SAMAYA
Outer offerings
Inner offering
Requests
HUM
Principal Lady of the desire realm, foremost Dakini of the three places,
O Palden Lhamo, Kalindewi, who delight in incisive and powerful actions,
The five long-life goddesses, and the hosts of Denmas,
Please come here with your retinue of female Protectors.
KAMALAYA TAM
Outer offerings
Inner offering
OM SARWA BI PURA PURA SURA SURA AHWATAYA AHWATAYA HO: VAJRA PARANA
KHAM (3x)
OM VAJRA DHARMA RANITA, PARANITA, SAMPARANITA, SARWA BUDDHA KHYETRA
PATZALANI PÄNJA PARAMITA NADA SOBHAWA WI, VAJRA SATTVA HRIDAYA, SANTO
HUM
From the state of emptiness, from KAMs come broad and expansive
skullcups, inside which from HUMs there arise water for drinking, water for
the feet, flowers, incense, lights, perfume, food and music. By nature
emptiness, they have the aspect of the individual offering substances, and
function as objects of enjoyment of the six senses to bestow special,
uncontaminated bliss.
OM AHRGHAM AH HUM
OM PADÄM AH HUM
OM RUWA AH HUM
OM SHAPTA AH HUM
OM GÄNDHE AH HUM
OM RASE AH HUM
OM PARSHE AH HUM
Dorje Shugden
Visualizing the five lineages of Dorje Shugden together with their
retinues and mandala palaces
From the state of clear light emptiness that is the non-true existence of all
phenomena of the worlds of samsara and nirvana, established from the
appearance of the exalted wisdom that is the non-duality of the object-
possessor, my mind of resultant-time great bliss, and its object, the
Dharmadhatu, the realization that all Buddha’s teachings are free from
contradiction appears as a ground of lapis lazuli, upon which all Buddha’s
teachings taken as personal advice arise as a pleasure garden.
Inside this is a wish-granting tree laden with the fruit of the Conqueror’s
ultimate intention, that has seven branches marked by the seven precious
possessions of a king, which symbolize the seven limbs of enlightenment.
The eight worldly Dharmas purified in emptiness are a lake possessing
eight good qualities. Resembling dream-like manifestations of a sixth-
ground Bodhisattva, birds and deer symbolizing the four classes of
Superiors roam around a languid pool. The four wheels of the Mahayana
and the seven special attributes of high status appear as mansions and
verdant pastures of soft, springy turf, with flowers blooming in various
colours, and the seven wealths of Superiors appearing as an infinite and
exquisite array of the treasures of gods and men.
He has a dark red body, one face, and two hands. He smiles with delight,
with his mouth slightly open and his tongue curled. He has three darting
eyes, bulging through the force of his compassion, and a beard and
eyebrows blazing like fire. His right hand holds a golden wisdom sword up
to the sky, and his left hand holds a heart of compassion at the level of his
heart, showing that he eradicates all problems and obstacles at their root.
The crook of his left arm holds a treasure mongoose that abundantly fulfils
all needs and wishes, and grips a golden taming hook showing that he can
subdue all three realms. On his head he wears a domed hat, radiant with
gold from the Dzambu river and adorned with silken bands. He wears three
flowing robes, the garments of an ordained person, and on his feet he wears
tiger boots. The emanations of his body pervade the whole world, the pure
deeds of his speech protect the doctrine, and the thoughts of his mind
possess the ten powers. From his body, which has no definite form but can
display any aspect whatsoever, there arises a turbulent fire and wind of
exalted wisdom, in the centre of which he abides.
From the aggregates, elements, sources and limbs of the Principal Deity,
some light radiates and becomes Vairochana Shugden in front of him. He
has a white-coloured body and a slightly wrathful smile. In his right hand
he holds a lance tied with silks and adorned by a mirror, and in his left hand
he holds a noose. He wears a flowing white silk robe and a golden turban,
and rides an elephant with a long trunk.
To the right of the Principal Deity is Ratna Shugden, who has a yellow-
coloured body. With his right hand he holds up to the sky a golden life-vase
filled with the nectar of immortality and adorned at its mouth by a wish-
granting tree, and in his left hand he holds a precious bowl filled with
jewels. He wears a magnificent yellow robe and is adorned with jewelled
ornaments. He rides a heavenly palomino horse equipped with a beautiful
bridle and saddle.
To the left of the Principal Deity is Karma Shugden, who has a very dark
red body and displays a wrathful manner. His right hand brandishes a
sword, and his left hand holds a heart to his mouth, symbolizing that he has
great power to overcome obstacles. He wears black silk garments and rides
a wrathful garuda.
Surrounding these is the assembled oathbound retinue – outer, inner and
secret. First in the sequence are the nine Mothers who attend the Principal
Deity, displaying control over the four elements and holding offering
substances of the five objects of desire. They are adorned with the eight
jewelled ornaments and wear garments of various silks. These nine
attractive Goddesses assist practitioners with their Tantric practice.
Next are the eight fully ordained Monks who guide the activity of
propagating the precise tradition of the Vinaya, such as training in the pure
discipline of the Pratimoksha, the root of Buddha’s doctrine. They all wear
saffron robes. Some wear the domed hat, some the Pandit’s hat, some the
yellow hat, and some the split meditation hat. Some hold a staff, some a
bowl, some a Dharma text, and some a vajra and bell. They all proclaim
eloquent explanations of Dharma.
Then there are the ten youthful and wrathful Deities who provide powerful
and swift protection from obstacles caused by misguided beings who,
misled by mistaken tenets, despise and criticize the study and practice of the
pure teachings of Sutra and Tantra and deceive ordinary beings through
inappropriate behaviour; and especially by those malevolent humans and
non-humans who would despise or harm pure practitioners who with faith
and respect rely upon the upholders of the tradition of Protector Manjushri
Je Tsongkhapa. They appear in terrifying forms in various aspects, some
with cheerful expressions and some with fierce expressions, wearing
Chinese, Mongolian, Nepali, Tibetan, Kashmiri, and Bengali garments, and
holding various sharp weapons in their hands.
In the space above this assembled retinue, amidst an expanse of clouds and
rainbows, is the Pure Land of Tushita. Within this is Protector Manjushri Je
Tsongkhapa and his retinue, all appearing clearly, surrounded by heavenly
youths and maidens playing celestial music and showering them with
flowers.
Above the highest part of the palace is Amitabha, the Buddha of Infinite
Light; and in the intermediate space there is the great Protector, the
powerful Pure One, together with his retinue.
The whole of space and all the ground are filled with all the desired
substances and articles; and peaceful and wrathful attractive offerings
generated through the power of concentration appear everywhere.
From the heart of the Principal Deity, and from the seed-letter at the heart of
myself appearing clearly as the Yidam, light rays radiate and invite in an
instant the emanations of the five lineages of the great king Dorje Shugden
together with their retinues to come from all the palaces where they abide,
such as Tushita, Keajra, Five-peaked Mountain and Shambala, to this great
place emanated by concentration.
HUM
Though you never move from the peaceful sphere of the Dharmakaya,
Please arise in an infinite dance of various emanations
And display whatever forms are appropriate
To protect the precious and unequalled doctrine of Buddha.
Outer offerings
HUM
Inner offering
This ocean of nectar that has been purified, transformed, and increased,
In a vast skullcup of bliss and emptiness,
I offer so that we may enjoy the nectar of supreme bliss and emptiness;
Please increase the enjoyment of stainless bliss.
OM DHARMAPALA MAHA RADZA VAJRA BEGAWÄN RUDRA PÄNTSA KULA
Merely through my remembering you, you perform the four types of action
To dispel all outer, inner and secret obstacles;
O Dharma Protector, great king Dorje Shugden five lineages,
I prostrate to you and your retinues.
Special confession
Light rays radiate from the HUM at my heart and invite the assembly of
Deities of the three vajras to the space before me. From their three places
there arise countless white, red, and blue hundred-letter mantras. These
dissolve into the three places of myself and the five lineages of the great
king together with their retinues. All faults and transgressions against the
body, speech, and mind of the five lineages and their retinues of myself and
others, our benefactors, and followers, are cleansed and purified.
SARWA SIDDHI ME PRAYATZA, SARWA KARMA SUTZA ME, TZITAM SHRIYAM KURU
BHAWA, MAHA SAMAYA SATTVA AH HUM PHAT (3x, 7x, 21x, etc.)
HUM
O Great Deity, even though you have cared for me like your only child,
I have made neither regular nor occasional offerings to you.
In short, I confess from my heart all these faults and mistakes;
Please look after me and grant me your care and protection.
From the state of emptiness appear the first letters of the names of the
fulfilling substances marked by a drop. These all melt, and there arise
inconceivable commitment substances, pleasing offerings, and a great
variety of offerings to delight the Gurus, Yidams, and emanations of the
wrathful five lineages of the great king Dorje Shugden together with their
retinues. They arise and increase in their presence.
OM SARWA BI PURA PURA SURA SURA AHWATAYA AHWATAYA HO: VAJRA PARANA
KHAM (3x)
OM RURU PURU SOLA DIKTA SIDDHI LOTSANI SARWA AHTA SADHANI SOHA
HUM
HUM
HUM
Removing obstacles
HUM
HUM
I have the clarity of the Yidam. Before me are the five lineages of Dorje
Shugden, the great king of Dharma Protectors. At their hearts are sun
cushions, upon each of which there is a HUM surrounded by the mantra
rosary in its appropriate colour. Light rays radiate from the seed-letter at my
heart and touch these. As a result their minds automatically engage in the
pacifying, increasing, controlling and wrathful actions that I desire,
accomplishing them without obstruction.
SARWA SIDDHI ME PRAYATZA, SARWA KARMA SUTZA ME, TZITAM SHRIYAM KURU
From the state of emptiness, from YAM comes wind, from RAM comes fire,
from AH a grate of three human heads. Upon this from AH appears a broad
and expansive skullcup. Inside from OM, KHAM, AM, TRAM, HUM come the five
nectars; from LAM, MAM, PAM, TAM, BAM come the five meats, each marked
by these letters. The wind blows, the fire blazes, and the substances inside
the skullcup melt. Above them from HUM there arises a white, upside-down
khatanga, which falls into the skullcup and melts whereby the substances
take on the colour of mercury. Above them three rows of vowels and
consonants, standing one above the other, transform into OM AH HUM. From
these, light rays draw the nectar of exalted wisdom from the hearts of all the
Tathagatas, Heroes and Yoginis of the ten directions. When this is added the
contents increase and become vast.
OM AH HUM (3x)
Before me are the five lineages of Dorje Shugden, the great king of Dharma
Protectors, together with their retinues. From HUMs in their tongues come
red, single-pronged vajras. These have straws of light through which they
partake of all the essence of the tormas.
SAPARIWARA SARWA BIGNÄN SHA TRUM IDAM BALINGTA KHA KHA KHAHI KHAHI
(3x)
Outer offerings
Inner offering
OM DHARMAPALA MAHA RADZA VAJRA BEGAWÄN RUDRA: PÄNTSA KULA
SAPARIWARA OM AH HUM
From HUMs in the tongues of the Gurus, Yidams, Dakas, Dakinis, Dharma
Protectors and Guardians come straws of red light in the aspect of single-
pronged vajras, through which they partake of all the essence of the tormas.
Outer offerings
Inner offering
From the state of emptiness, from YAM comes wind, from RAM comes fire,
from AH a grate of three human heads. Upon this from AH appears a broad
and expansive skullcup. Inside from OM, KHAM, AM, TRAM, HUM come the
five nectars; from LAM, MAM, PAM, TAM, BAM come the five meats, each
marked by these letters. The wind blows, the fire blazes, and the substances
inside the skullcup melt. Above them from HUM there arises a white, upside-
down khatanga, which falls into the skullcup and melts whereby the
substances take on the colour of mercury. Above them three rows of vowels
and consonants, standing one above the other, transform into OM AH HUM.
From these, light rays draw the nectar of exalted wisdom from the hearts of
all the Tathagatas, Heroes and Yoginis of the ten directions. When this is
added the contents increase and become vast.
OM AH HUM (3x)
Invocation
HUM
From the palace of great bliss of Keajra,
The monastery of Nalanda, and so forth,
O Glorious Wisdom Protector, Father and Mother,
Please come here together with your oath-bound retinues.
Actual offering
Outer offerings covering all the ground and filling the whole of space,
Inner commitment substances and tormas piled as high as a mountain,
And secret commitment nectars swirling like an ocean,
I offer to you Mahakala, together with your retinues.
(3x)
Praise
HUM
Invocation
HUM
From Potala and all the other places where you abide,
O Supreme Deity Mahakala and the four great Mothers,
Together with the eight classes of oath-bound Protectors,
Please come here to perform enlightened deeds for practitioners.
In the space before me, in the centre of a blazing fire of exalted wisdom,
Within a phenomena source and a swirling blood-red ocean,
On a lotus and sun, trampling demons and obstructors,
Please remain with delight, inseparable from your deeds.
Making offerings
HUM
Outer offerings
Inner offering
Praise
HUM
HUM
HUM
HUM
Light rays from the letter HUM on the moon seat at my heart invite the
directional guardians, regional guardians, nagas, and so forth who reside in
the eight great charnel grounds. They come to the boundaries in the eight
directions, instantly enter into the clear light, and arise in the form of the
Deities of Heruka in the aspect of Father and Mother. They partake of the
torma through their tongues, which are straws of vajra light.
Recite twice:
OM KHA KHA, KHAHI KHAHI, SARWA YAKYA RAKYASA, BHUTA, TRETA, PISHATSA,
UNATA, APAMARA, VAJRA DAKA, DAKI NÄDAYA, IMAM BALING GRIHANTU, SAMAYA
Outer offerings
Inner offering
Requests
I request all of you together with your consorts, children, and servants
To grant me the fortune of all the attainments.
May I and other practitioners
Have good health, long life, power,
Glory, fame, fortune,
And extensive enjoyments.
Please grant me the attainments
Of pacifying, increasing, controlling and wrathful actions.
O Guardians, always assist me.
Eradicate all untimely death, sicknesses,
Harm from spirits and hindrances.
Eliminate bad dreams,
Ill omens and bad actions.
From the state of emptiness, from a DHRUM before me comes a broad and
expansive jewelled vessel. Inside from OM comes a torma, a vast ocean of
uncontaminated nectar of exalted wisdom.
OM AH HUM (3x)
Praise
To the Tathagata Rinchen Mang I prostrate.
To the Tathagata Sug Dze Dampa I prostrate.
To the Tathagata Ku Jam Le I prostrate.
To the Tathagata Jigpa Tamche Dang Drelwa I prostrate.
Request
From the state of emptiness, from YAM comes wind, from RAM comes fire,
from AH a grate of three human heads. Upon this from AH appears a broad
and expansive skullcup. Inside from OM, KHAM, AM, TRAM, HUM come the
five nectars; from LAM, MAM, PAM, TAM, BAM come the five meats, each
marked by these letters. The wind blows, the fire blazes, and the substances
inside the skullcup melt. Above them from HUM there arises a white, upside-
down khatanga, which falls into the skullcup and melts whereby the
substances take on the colour of mercury. Above them three rows of vowels
and consonants, standing one above the other, transform into OM AH HUM.
From these, light rays draw the nectar of exalted wisdom from the hearts of
all the Tathagatas, Heroes and Yoginis of the ten directions. When this is
added the contents increase and become vast.
OM AH HUM (3x)
OM SARWA BI PURA PURA SURA SURA AHWATAYA AHWATAYA HO: VAJRA PARANA
KHAM (3x)
OM RURU PURU SOLA DIKTA SIDDHI LOTSANI SARWA AHTA SADHANI SOHA
HUM
From the sphere of all the Conquerors of one taste in the wisdom drop,
In a graceful dance of hosts of illusory emanations to tame disciples,
O Root and lineage Gurus, Yidams and Three Precious Jewels,
Please come here as guests to enjoy this tsog offering.
You who alone have the strength to bear with great courage
The responsibility of maintaining the life of Losang’s doctrine,
O Venerable Duldzin, unrivalled by the countless powerful ones,
Great King of the Dharma, please come here with your retinues.
HUM
HUM
HUM
HUM
HUM
HUM
HUM
HUM
HUM
HUM
HO
AH HO MAHA SUKHA
The five lineages of Dorje Shugden
Praise to the five lineages of Dorje Shugden
HUM
You hold a wisdom sword that cuts asunder the foe of samsara,
And a heart of great bliss that overcomes the extreme of peace.
You display skilful means beyond the extremes of samsara and peace,
O Glory of countless living beings, to you we offer praise.
The pure natures of the four elements and five objects of desire
Are the nine great attractive Mothers of the lineages,
Delightful maidens skilled in the arts of love;
O Liberators from the bonds of samsara, to you we offer praise.
The pure natures of the sources, veins and joints
Are the eight fully ordained Monks who guide virtuous deeds.
As if in a drama you manifest whatever is needed to tame disciples,
And protect those with commitments like your only child, to you we offer
praise.
HUM
O Powerful Vajradhara whose nature pervades all lineages,
Inseparable from the supreme state of the Guru’s four bodies,
The Yidams, the source of all attainments,
And the assembly of Heroes and Dakinis, to you we offer praise.
As the power and strength of all the Conquerors gathered into one,
You subdue obstacles to the teachings and protect practitioners like your
only child;
O Wisdom Protector, Mahakala with six arms,
And your vast assembled retinue, to you we offer praise.
O Mahakala with four faces and four arms, destroyer of all obstacles,
Who arose from the play of the exalted wisdom of great bliss,
The four Mothers, the twenty-one wrathful beings,
And the eight types of attendant, to you we offer praise.
O Glorious Heruka in a wrathful dance,
Glorious Wisdom Protector with four arms,
Chamdrel Legden, Seng Dong, Ja Dong,
The eight types of female attendant and your retinues, to you we offer
praise.
O Protector of gods and men, from the light that you radiate
Various emanations appear throughout the ten directions,
Showing all beings how to abide in acceptance and abandonment;
To you with unobstructed magical emanations we offer praise.
HUM
O Powerful Dharma Protectors and Guardians
Upon whom I have relied and made offerings for a long time,
From now until I attain the essence of enlightenment,
Please be my refuge and Protector, without my ever being parted from you.
HUM
Through the hooking light rays from my heart,
The guests of the remainder, the directional and regional guardians,
The eight classes of wrathful being, and others with vajra commitments,
Hasten here to enjoy the remainder torma.
HUM
HO
HUM
To the Gurus who perform the two purposes and send down a rain of
excellent blessings,
And to the Yidams who bestow all common and uncommon attainments,
I offer this drink of nectar that bestows bliss;
Please partake, and swiftly and spontaneously fulfil all my wishes.
And to all your emanations and their emanations in turn who are beyond
thought,
The Attendants, gods, and others filling the three thousand worlds,
I offer this drink of nectar that bestows bliss;
Please partake, and swiftly and spontaneously fulfil all my wishes.
Thus, through the power of my making offerings and requesting your help,
Please perform the four types of action during the six times;
And always care for me and protect me like a father with his child,
Without wavering even for a moment.
HUM
Light rays from my heart instantly invite the wisdom beings from the
sphere of nature, and from all the different palaces where they abide. They
become inseparable from the commitment beings.
HUM
Respectfully I prostrate with body, speech and mind.
I offer a mass of inner and outer offerings, blissful tormas,
Alcohol, tea, cakes, milk and curd,
Both actually set out and mentally imagined, filling the whole of space.
Now is the time to distinguish the truth and falsity of actions and effects;
Now is the time to dispel false accusations against the innocent;
Now is the time to protect the pitiful and protectorless;
Now is the time to protect Dharma practitioners as your children.
HUM
HUM
Please always spread throughout the world the explanation and practice
Of Losang’s sublime Whispered Lineage, the heart of the doctrine.
O Completely pure happiness with a supremely radiant form,
Please perform your activities throughout the whole world.
HUM
HUM
From the state of emptiness, from YAM comes wind, from RAM comes fire,
from AH a grate of three human heads. Upon this from AH appears a broad
and expansive skullcup. Inside from OM, KHAM, AM, TRAM, HUM come the
five nectars; from LAM, MAM, PAM, TAM, BAM come the five meats, each
marked by these letters. The wind blows, the fire blazes, and the substances
inside the skullcup melt. Above them from HUM there arises a white, upside-
down khatanga, which falls into the skullcup and melts whereby the
substances take on the colour of mercury. Above them three rows of vowels
and consonants, standing one above the other, transform into OM AH HUM.
From these, light rays draw the nectar of exalted wisdom from the hearts of
all the Tathagatas, Heroes and Yoginis of the ten directions. When this is
added the contents increase and become vast.
OM AH HUM (3x)
Then, when as Ngatrul Dragpa Gyaltsen, you were honoured and praised
As the Protector of the Ensa Whispered Lineage,
And you arose in this supreme form as Dorje Shugden,
You promised to dispel demons and obstructors in the ten directions,
You promised to protect the turning of the Wheel of Dharma,
You promised to perform enlightened deeds for practitioners;
O Please accept these tormas and offerings,
And perform your deeds just as you promised.
HUM
HUM
Realizing that all appearances, sounds and minds
Arise as the Deity, mantra and Truth Body,
O Supreme Deity, we practitioners and our followers
Honour you as the interpretative and definitive Vajradhara.
You are the Guru who teaches the excellent path of abandonment and
practice,
The Yidam who bestows the common and supreme attainments,
The Dharma Protector who assists us with the four actions;
We honour you as the embodiment of the Guru, Yidam and Protector.
The Spiritual Guides maintaining Buddha’s teachings who rely upon you
Honour you as the supreme accomplishing Deity
Who increases their life span, resources and power,
And grants success in their extensive deeds for Losang’s doctrine.
For any community upholding the Ganden tradition that relies upon you,
Makes offerings to you, and abides in pure moral discipline,
Their extensive study, explanation, and practice of teachings taken as
personal advice increase;
We honour you as the Protector of the lineage of pure view and pure deeds.
If we perform the ritual that delights Gyalchen’s mind and fulfils the heart
commitments,
With all the necessary commitment substances and articles,
Our family, influence, resources and acquaintances will flourish;
We honour you as a wealth Deity who is a wishfulfilling jewel.
From the state of emptiness, from KAMs come broad and expansive
skullcups, inside which from HUMs there arise water for drinking, water for
the feet, flowers, incense, lights, perfume, food and music. By nature
emptiness, they have the aspect of the individual offering substances, and
function as objects of enjoyment of the six senses to bestow special,
uncontaminated bliss.
OM AHRGHAM AH HUM
OM PADÄM AH HUM
Outer offering
Inner offering
SAPARIWARA OM AH HUM
Requesting forbearance
SARWA SIDDHI ME PRAYATZA, SARWA KARMA SUTZA ME, TZITAM SHRIYAM KURU
Dissolution
OM VAJRA MU
Colophon: At the requests of his faithful disciples, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
compiled this sadhana, or ritual prayer for spiritual attainments, from traditional sources for use by
sincere practitioners, 1993.
Liberating Prayer was composed by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche and is recited at the
beginning of teachings, meditations and prayers in Kadampa Buddhist Centres throughout the world.
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