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The Concise Essence Sutra Ritual of Bhagavan Medicine Buddha called The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel Composed by Panchen Losang Chökyi Gyältsen

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  • The Concise Essence Sutra Ritual ofBhagavan Medicine Buddha called

    The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel

    Composed by Panchen Losang Chökyi Gyältsen

  • 2 Medicine Buddha Sutra Ritual

  • Medicine Buddha Sutra Ritual 3

    Contents

    The Wish-Fulfi lling Jewel 5

    Notes Regarding This Prac ce 41

    Appendix 1: Extensive Bath Off ering 43

    Appendix 2: Extensive Off ering Prac ce 47

    Appendix 3: Medita on on Rejoicing 51

    Appendix 4: The Wish-Fulfi lling Jewel (Tibetan text) 53

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    This 2009 edi on may be easily used with the 2006 edi on, as the page numbers are the same.

  • Medicine Buddha Sutra Ritual 5

    The Concise Essence Sutra Ritual of BhagavanMedicine Buddha called

    The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel

    NAMO GURU MUNI INDRAYA

    GANG GI TSHÄN TSAM THÖ PÄI CHHU GYÜN GYIThe river of merely hearing your names

    NAR ME ME YANG RAB SIL PÄ TSHO TARMakes even Avici’s hell-fi res cool as a lotus pond.

    GYUR DZÄ NYIG MÄI GÖN PO DE SHEG DÜNProtectors in degenerate mes, seven sugatas

    SHA KYÄI TOG DANG CHÄ PÄI ZHAB TÜ NÄAnd head of the Shakyas, to your feet I bow.

    CHHOG MÄN JA WÄ YENG SHING NAM CHÖ KYIDistracted by ac vi es of varying importance,

    NYIG MÄI GYÄL WA DÜN GYI NAM THAR LATo benefi t myself and those with faith in the life stories

    MÖ PÄI LO DÄN DAG WANG PHÄN PÄI CHHIROf these seven buddhas for degenerate mes,

    DO CHHOG DÜ TSII YANG ZHÜN NYING PO DRII’ll condense the ambrosia sutra ritual to its molten essence.

    Because of the infallibility of Arya Buddha’s proclama on that the power and blessings of the Medicine Buddhas are greater and swi er in degenerate mes, we accept it. Having already made prepara ons as described in the sutra ritual, one who wishes to perform this quintessen al ritual for invoking the heart commit-ment of the protectors, the seven sugatas, during degenerate mes, should recite as follows, fully infusing the mind with refuge

    and bodhichi a:

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    Refuge and Bodhichitta

    CHHOG CHU DÜ SUM GYI DE ZHIN SHEG PA THAM CHÄ KYI KU SUNG THUG YÖN TÄN THRIN LÄ THAM CHÄ CHIG TU DÜ PÄI NGO WOR GYUR PA

    Nature incorpora ng the en re body, speech, mind, quali es, and ac vity of all the tathagatas of the three mes and ten di-rec ons,

    CHHÖ KYI PHUNG PO TONG THRAG GYÄ CHU TSA ZHII JUNG NÄSource of eighty-four thousand collec ons of Dharmas,

    PHAG PÄI GE DÜN THAM CHÄ KYILord of all arya Sangha

    NGA DAG DRIN CHÄN TSA WA DANG GYÜ PAR CHÄ PÄI PÄL DÄN LA MA DAM PA NAM LA KYAB SU CHHI WO

    I seek refuge in the kind and glorious holy root and lineage Gurus.DZOG PÄI SANG GYÄ NAM LA KYAB SU CHHI WO

    I seek refuge in the completely enlightened lord Buddhas.DAM PÄI CHHÖ NAM LA KYAB SU CHHI WO

    I seek refuge in the holy Dharma.PHAG PÄI GE DÜN NAM LA KYAB SU CHHI WO

    I seek refuge in the arya Sangha.CHOM DÄN DÄ MÄN GYI LA DE WAR SHEG PA CHHE

    I seek refuge in the eight brothers gone to bliss,GYÄ KYI LHA TSHOG KHOR DANG CHÄ PA NAM LA KYAB SU CHHI WO

    The lord Medicine Buddhas with their hosts of re nue dei es.PÄL GÖN DAM PA CHHÖ KYONG WÄI SUNG MA YE SHE KYI

    I seek refuge in the glorious holy protectors,CHÄN DANG DÄN PA NAM LA KYAB SU CHHI WO (3X)

    Dharma Protector Guardians endowed with the wisdom eye. (3X)

    SANG GYÄ CHHÖ DANG TSHOG KYI CHHOG NAM LAI go for refuge un l I am enlightened

    JANG CHHUB BAR DU DAG NI KYAB SU CHHITo the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Supreme Assembly.

    DAG GI JIN SOG GYI PÄI TSHOG NAM KYIBy my merit from giving and other perfec ons

    DRO LA PHÄN CHHIR SANG GYÄ DRUB PAR SHOG (3X)May I become a buddha to benefi t all sen ent beings. (3X)

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    The Four Immeasurables

    DAG DANG NANG WA THAM CHÄ CHHÖ KYI JING KYI RANG ZHIN YIN PA LA / DE TAR MA TOG PÄI SEM CHÄN THAM CHÄ DE WA DANG DE WÄI GYU DANG DÄN PAR JA

    All sen ent beings who, although self and all appearances are dharmadhatu by nature, have not realized it thus, I shall en-dow with happiness and the causes of happiness

    DUG NGÄL DANG DUG NGÄL GYI GYU DANG DRÄL WAR JAI shall separate from suff ering and the causes of suff ering,

    DUG NGÄL ME PÄI DE WA DANG MI DRÄL WAR JAI shall make inseparable from happiness without suff ering,

    DE DUG GI GYU CHHAG DANG NYE RING NYI DANG DRÄL WÄI TANG NYOM LA NÄ PAR JA WO (3X)

    And I shall set in equanimity, the cause of well-being, free from a achment, aversion, and par ality. (3X)

    Special Bodhichitta

    MA SEM CHÄN THAM CHÄ KYI DÖN DU DZOG PÄI SANG GYÄ KYI GO PHANG THOB PAR JA

    For the welfare of all mother sen ent beings, I need to a ain complete buddhahood;

    DEI CHHIR DU CHOM DÄN DÄ MÄN GYI LA DE WAR SHEG PA CHHE GYÄ KYI LHA TSHOG KHOR DANG CHÄ PA NAM LA

    Therefore, I am going to engage in the stages of the path such as prostra ng, making off erings, and hear elt requests (en-trea ng the holy minds to grant blessings)

    CHHAG CHHÖ THUG DAM KÜL WA LA SOG PÄI LAM GYI RIM PA LA JUG PAR GYI WO

    To the eight brothers gone to bliss the lord Medicine Buddhas, with their hosts of re nue dei es.

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    Purifying the Place

    CHHOG DEN GYÄL WA SÄ CHÄ JIN LAB DANGThrough the power of the supreme truth of the buddhas’ and bodhisa vas’ blessings,

    TSHOG NYI NGA THANG CHHÖ YING DAG PÄI THÜThe might of the two collec ons, and the purity of the dhar-madhatu,

    ZHING DIR DE WA CHÄN TAR NÖ CHÜ KYIMay this realm’s beings and environment be enriched like Sukhava

    SI ZHII PHÜN TSHOG DÖ GÜ JOR GYUR CHIGWith all the desirable perfec ons of both samsara and nirvana.

    Offerings

    RIN CHHEN SA ZHI JÖN SHING CHHU TSHÖ GYÄNJeweled ground adorned with trees and with ponds

    SER NGÜL MU TIG JE MA DRAM BUR DÄLWhose bo oms are covered with gold, silver, and pearl dust;

    ME TOG CHÄL TRAM TSÄN DÄN DRI SUNG DANGFlowers strewn and sandalwood fragrance rising;

    LHA MII LONG CHÖ KÜN ZANG CHHÖ PÄ KHYABHuman and divine enjoyments: Samantabhadra’s off erings ev-erywhere.

    DER NI YI ONG NOR BÜI PHO DRANG BÜThere, in the center of a charming jeweled palace

    PÄDMA SENG THRIR GYÄL WA SÄ CHÄ NAMOn lotuses and lion thrones, buddhas and bodhisa vas abide.

    ZHUG NÄ ZUNG RIG MÖ TOB KYI TRÜN PÄIMay [everywhere] be fi lled with oceans of clouds of off erings, which they enjoy,

    CHHÖ TRIN GYA TSHÖ GANG ZHING CHÖ GYUR CHIGBorn through the force of mantra, samadhi, and aspira on.

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    Offering Cloud Mantra (Optional)1

    This mantra mul plies the off erings so that they become numberless.

    OM NAMO BHAGAVATE VAJRA SARA PRAMARDANE /TATHAGATAYA / ARHATE SAMYAKSAM BUDDHAYA /TADYATHA / OM VAJRE VAJRE / MAHA VAJRE / MAHA TEJAVAJRE / MAHA VIDYA VAJRE / MAHA BODHICHITTA VAJRE /MAHA BODHI MÄNDO PASAM KRAMANA VAJRE / SARVA KARMA AVARANA VISHO DHANA VAJRE SVAHA (3X)

    The Power of Truth

    KÖN CHHOG SUM GYI DEN PA DANGBy the power of the truth of the Three Jewels,

    SANG GYÄ DANG JANG CHHUB SEM PA THAM CHÄ KYI JIN GYI LAB DANG

    Of the blessings of all the buddhas and bodhisa vas,TSHOG NYI YONG SU DZOG PÄI NGA THANG CHHEN PO DANG

    By the power of the great might of the completed two col-lec ons, and of the completely pure, inconceivable sphere of reality,

    CHHÖ KYI YING NAM PAR DAG CHING SAM GYI MI KHYAB PÄI TOB KYI DE ZHIN NYI DU GYUR CHIG

    May all these off erings become just so.

    Optional Extensive VersionBy the power of truth of the Three Rare Sublime Ones,The blessings of all the buddhas and bodhisa vas,The great wealth of the completed two collec ons,And the sphere of phenomena being pure and inconceivable;May these piles of clouds of off erings arising through transfor-ma on by the bodhisa vas Arya Samantabhadra, Manjushri, and so forth – unimaginable and inexhaus ble, equaling the sky – arise and, in the eyes of the buddhas and bodhisa vas of the ten direc ons, be received.

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    Invocation (with burning incense)

    NYIG MÄI GÖN PO TSE DÄN DE SHEG DÜNCompassionate protectors in degenerate mes, seven sugatas,

    THUB WANG DAM CHHÖ JANG SEM KA DÖ CHÄBuddha Shakyamuni, holy Dharma, bodhisa vas, and guardians,

    DAG SOG KYOB CHHIR GÖN KYAB PUNG NYEN DUInvited as the support and protector refuge to protect others and myself:

    CHÄN DREN DIR SHEG DÄN DZOM JIN LAB DZÖMay you come here, gather, and grant your blessings.

    If you wish, you may perform an extensive bath off ering here.

    The Seven-Limb Practice

    Prostrations

    KA DRIN NYAM ME TSA WÄI LA MA DANGRoot Guru whose kindness is without equal,

    SHAKYÄI GYÄL PO JAM YANG ZHI TSHO SOGKing of the Shakyas, Manjushri, Shantarakshita, and so on,

    ZAB MÖI DO DI CHHAG TSHÄN ZHE PA YIHolding in their hands this profound sutra:

    NGÖ GYÜ LA MA NAM LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOTo the direct and lineage gurus, I prostrate.

    NYAM THAG DRO NAM DRÖL WÄI THUG JE CHÄNTo the compassionate ones who liberate des tute beings –

    DE SHEG DÜN DANG THUB WANG DAM PÄI CHHÖSeven sugatas, Buddha Shakyamuni, and holy Dharma,

    JAM PÄL KYAB DRÖL SANG DAG TSHANG WANGManjushri, Kyab Dröl, Vajrapani, Brahma and Ishvara,

    GYÄL CHHEN NÖ JIN NAM LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOAnd the maharajas and yakshas – I prostrate.

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    NGÖ SHAM ZUNG RIG MÖ TOB KYI TRÜL PÄII make every collec on of off erings, actually arranged and em-anated

    CHHÖ TSHOG KÜN BÜL DIG TUNG THAM CHÄ SHAGThrough the force of mantra, samadhi, and aspira on.

    Meditate on extensive off ering; see p. 47.2

    GE LA YI RANG KÜL ZHING SÖL WA DEBI confess all downfalls and nega vi es, rejoice in virtues,

    Meditate on rejoicing; see p. 51.3

    DI TSHÖN GE WA JANG CHHUB CHHEN POR NGORequest and beseech, and dedicate such virtues as these to the great enlightenment.

    Beseeching

    CHOM DÄN DÄN DZOM CHHEN PO GONG SU SÖLGreat bhagavan assembly, pray listen!

    DE SHEG DÜN GYI NGÖN GYI MÖN LAM DAGSeven sugatas, just as you promised,

    SHAKYÄI TÄN PA NGA GYÄI THA MA LAYour previous prayers will be fulfi lled

    DRUB PAR GYUR WA ZHÄL GYI ZHE PA ZHINDuring the fi nal period of Shakyamuni’s teachings:

    DAG LA DEN PA NGÖN SUM TÄN DU SÖLPray, show me in actuality it is true!

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    Prayers to the Individual Medicine Buddhas

    CHOM DÄN DÄ DE ZHIN SHEG PA DRA CHOM PA YANG DAG PAR DZOG PÄI SANG GYÄ TSHÄN LEG PAR YONG DRAG PÄL GYI GYÄL PO LA CHHAG TSHÄL LO CHHÖ DO KYAB SU CHHI WO (7 )

    To the bhagavan, tathagata, arhat, fully enlightened Buddha Renowned Glorious King of Excellent Signs (Suparikir tana-masriraja) I prostrate, off er, and go for refuge. (7x)

    Please may the pledges you made ripen upon myself and all sen ent beings right now. May all my pure prayers succeed immediately.5

    SER GYI DOG CHÄN KYAB JIN CHHAG GYA CHÄNGolden in color with mudra of gran ng refuge;

    MÖN LAM GYÄ DRUB TSHOG NYI PÄL GYI JIWho accomplished eight prayers; majes c with the glory of two accumula ons;

    ZHÄN GYI MI THUB ZHING GI PÄL GYUR PÄIGlorious one of the buddha-fi eld Unconquered by Others:

    TSHÄN LEG YONG DRÄ PÄL LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOTo Renowned Glorious King of Excellent Signs, I prostrate.

    TSHÄN GYI ME TOG GYÄ SHING DAG PA LAIn fl owers of the major marks fl ourishing and pure,

    PE JÄ ZANG PÖI DRU CHHA DZE PÄI KUAnthers of minor signs, such a beau ful body:

    GANG GI THONG THÖ DRÄN PÄI PÄL GYUR PAOne who sees, hears, or thinks of you is glorifi ed.

    TSHÄN LEG YONG DRAG PÄL LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOTo Renowned Glorious King of Excellent Signs, I prostrate.

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    NGÖ SHAM ZUNG RIG MÖ TOB KYI TRÜL PÄII make every collec on of off erings, actually arranged and emanated

    CHHÖ TSHOG KÜN BÜL DIG TUNG THAM CHÄ SHAGThrough the force of mantra, samadhi, and aspira on.

    Meditate on extensive off ering; see p. 47.2

    GE LA YI RANG KÜL ZHING SÖL WA DEBI confess all downfalls and nega vi es, rejoice in virtues,

    Meditate on rejoicing; see p. 51.3

    DI TSHÖN GE WA JANG CHHUB CHHEN POR NGORequest and beseech, and dedicate such virtues as these to the great enlightenment.

    GYÄL WÄI TSHÄN THÖ DRÄN JÖ CHHAG CHHÖ THÜThrough the force of hearing the conqueror’s name,

    DAG CHAG LA SOG SEM CHÄN GANG DANG GANGExpressing it, remembering, prostra ng, and off ering,

    NÄ RIM SHE JE DIG CHÄN DÖN LÄ THARMay all sen ent beings such as ourselves

    WANG PO KÜN TSHANG DUG NGÄL DIG GYÜN CHHÄBe freed from epidemics, execu on, criminals, and spirits;

    NGÄN DROR MI TUNG LHA MII DE WA NYONGHave facul es fully complete; have the con nuum of suff ering and nega vi es cut;

    TRE KOM BÜL PHONG ZHI ZHING JOR GYUR CHIGNot fall to lower realms; and experience the happiness of hu-mans and gods.

    CHING DANG DEG SOG LÜ KYI DUNG WA MEWith hunger, thirst, and poverty pacifi ed, may there be wealth.

    TAG SENG THRÜL GYI TSHE DRÄL THAB TSÖ ZHIWithout torments of body such as bindings and bea ngs;

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    JAM PÄI SEM DÄN CHHU YI TRAG NAM KYANGWithout harm of gers, lions, and snakes; with confl ict pacifi ed;

    BUG CHHIN JIG ME DE WAR GÄL GYUR CHIGEndowed with loving minds and relieved from fear of fl ood as well, may we pass to fearless bliss.

    DI NÄ SHI PHÖ GYUR TSHE SANG GYÄ KYIAnd when we pass away from this life,

    ZHING DER PÄD MO LÄ KYE YÖN TÄN DZOGMay we be born from a lotus in that buddha-fi eld, quali es complete,

    TSHÄN LEG YONG DRAG LA SOG GYÄL NAM KYIBecome a vessel for transmi ng the teachings of conquerors such as Renowned Glorious King of Excellent Signs,

    KÄ LUNG NÖ CHING NYE PAR JE GYUR CHIGAnd cause them delight.

    CHOM DÄN DÄ DE ZHIN SHEG PA DRA CHOM PA YANG DAG PAR DZOG PÄI SANG GYÄ RIN PO CHHE DANG DA WA DANG PÄDMÄ RAB TU GYÄN PA KHÄ PA ZI JI DRA YANG KYI GYÄL PO LA CHHAG TSHÄL LO CHHÖ DO KYAB SU CHHI WO (7 )

    To the bhagavan, tathagata, arhat, fully enlightened Buddha King of Melodi-ous Sound, Brilliant Radiance of Skill, Adorned with Jewels, Moon, and Lotus (Svaragosaraja) I prostrate, off er, and go for refuge. (7x)

    Please may the pledges you made ripen upon myself and all sen ent beings right now. May all my pure prayers succeed immediately.5

    KU DOG SER PO CHHOG JIN CHHAG GYA CHÄNYellow in color with mudra of gran ng the supreme;

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    MÖN LAM GYÄ DRUB TSHOG NYI PÄL GYI JIWho accomplished eight prayers; majes c with the glory of two accumula ons;

    RIN CHHEN DÄN PÄI ZHING GI PÄL GYUR PÄIGlorious one of the buddha-fi eld Endowed With Jewels:

    RIN CHHEN DA WÄI ZHAB CHHAG TSHÄL LOI prostrate to King of Melodious Sound.

    RIN CHHEN DA DANG PÄDMÄ RAB GYÄN CHINGWell adorned with jewelled moon and lotus,

    SHE JA KÜN LA KHÄ SHING KHYEN PA GYÄWisdom expanded in mastery of all knowable objects,

    GYA TSHO TA BUR ZAB PÄI THUG NGA WAEndowed with a mind as deep as the ocean:

    DRA YANG GYÄL PÖI ZHAB LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOI prostrate at the feet of King of Melodious Sound.

    NGÖ SHAM ZUNG RIG MÖ TOB KYI TRÜL PÄII make every collec on of off erings, actually arranged and emanated

    CHHÖ TSHOG KÜN BÜL DIG TUNG THAM CHÄ SHAGThrough the force of mantra, samadhi, and aspira on.

    Meditate on extensive off ering; see p. 47.

    GE LA YI RANG KÜL ZHING SÖL WA DEBI confess all downfalls and nega vi es, rejoice in virtues,

    Meditate on rejoicing; see p. 51.

    DI TSHÖN GE WA JANG CHHUB CHHEN POR NGORequest and beseech, and dedicate such virtues as these to the great enlightenment.

    GYÄL WÄI TSHÄN THÖ DRÄN JÖ CHHAG CHHÖ THÜThrough the force of hearing the conqueror’s name,

    DAG CHAG LA SOG SEM CHÄN GANG DANG GANGExpressing it, remembering, prostra ng, and off ering,

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    YENG NAM CHHÖ PHEL LHA MII TSHOG CHHÄ JORFor all sen ent beings such as ourselves, may the distracted fl ourish in the Dharma;

    TSA WÄI DUNG DRÄL TAG TU KYE PAR GYURHave wealth and goods of humans and gods; without torment at concep on, be always born human;

    JANG CHHUB SEM DANG MI THRÄL GE CHHÖ GYÄNever be separated from bodhichi a; increase in virtuous Dharma

    DRIB JANG LHA MII DE WA THOB GYUR CHIGPurify obscura ons; and a ain the happiness of humans and gods.

    SHE DRÄL MÜN BAR DÖN TSE CHHI DANG DRAMay we be freed from being separated from the spiritual guide,

    GÖN PÄI NÖ ME CHHÖ DANG RIM DROR TSÖNFrom dark ages, spirit harm, death, and enemies, and from the dangers of isolated places.

    MÄN NAM TING DZIN DRÄN TOB ZUNG DÄN CHINGMay we have enthusiasm for making off erings and performing ritual services.

    SHE RAB CHHOG THOB ME NYEN SIL GYUR CHIGMay lesser beings have samadhi, mindfulness, strength, the dharani of non-forge ulness, and a ain supreme wisdom. May tormen ng fi res be cooled.

    DI NÄ SHI PHÖ GYUR TSHE SANG GYÄ KYIAnd when we pass away from this life,

    ZHING DER PÄ MO LÄ KYE YÖN TÄN DZOGMay we be born from a lotus in that buddha-fi eld, quali es complete,

    DRA YANG GYÄL PO LA SOG GYÄL NAM KYIBecome a vessel for transmi ng the teachings of conquerors such as King of Melodious Sound,

    KA LUNG NÖ CHING NYE PAR JE GYUR CHIGAnd cause them delight.

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    CHOM DÄN DÄ DE ZHIN SHEG PA DRA CHOM PA YANG DAG PAR DZOG PÄI SANG GYÄ SER ZANG DRI ME RIN CHHEN NANG TÜL ZHUG DRUB PA LA CHHAG TSHÄL LO CHHÖ DO KYAB SU CHHI WO (7 )

    To the bhagavan, tathagata, arhat, fully enlightened Buddha Stainless Excellent Gold, Great Jewel Who Accomplishes All Vows (Suvarnabhadravimala), I pros-trate, off er, and go for refuge. (7x)

    Please may the pledges you made ripen upon myself and all sen ent beings right now. May all my pure prayers succeed immediately.5

    DZAM BÜI SER DRA CHHÖ TÖN CHHAG GYA CHÄNGolden in color, like the River Tsambu, with Dharma teaching mudra;

    MÖN LAM ZHI DRUB TSHOG NYI PÄL GYI JIHaving accomplished four prayers; majes c with the glory of two accumula ons;

    PÖ KYI YONG GANG ZHING GI PÄL GYUR PÄIGlorious one of the buddha-fi eld Incense Filled:

    SER ZANG DRI ME NANG LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOI prostrate to Stainless Excellent Gold.

    DZAM BU CHHU PÖI SER TAR LHANG NGE WAParamount among golds like the gold of the River Tsambu,

    NYI MA TONG LÄ LHAG PÄI ZI JI BARBlazing with more radiance than a thousand suns,

    DRI ME SER GYI CHHÖ DONG TA BÜI KUBody like a stainless golden stupa:

    SER ZANG DRI ME NANG LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOI prostrate to Stainless Excellent Gold.

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    NGÖ SHAM ZUNG RIG MÖ TOB KYI TRÜL PÄII make every collec on of off erings, actually arranged and emanated

    CHHÖ TSHOG KÜN BÜL DIG TUNG THAM CHÄ SHAGThrough the force of mantra, samadhi, and aspira on.

    Meditate on extensive off ering; see p. 47.

    GE LA YI RANG KÜL ZHING SÖL WA DEBI confess all downfalls and nega vi es, rejoice in virtues,

    Meditate on rejoicing; see p. 51.

    DI TSHÖN GE WA JANG CHHUB CHHEN POR NGORequest and beseech, and dedicate such virtues as these to the great enlightenment.

    GYÄL WÄI TSHÄN THÖ DRÄN JÖ CHHAG CHHÖ THÜThrough the force of hearing the conqueror’s name,

    DAG CHAG LA SOG SEM CHÄN GANG DANG GANGExpressing it, remembering, prostra ng, and off ering,

    TSHE THUNG RING TSHO BÜL NAM WANG CHHUG TSHANGFor all sen ent beings such as ourselves, may the short-lived gain longevity, the poor, full wealth;

    THAB TSÖ GYE WANG JAM PÄI SEM DÄN ZHINGMay combatants come to have loving minds.

    LAB DRÄL NGÄN SONG MI LHUNG DOM PÄ DAMMay we not be without training and fall to the lower realms

    JANG CHHUB SEM DANG THRÄL WA ME GYUR CHIGBut be bound by our vows and never without bodhichi a.

    DI NÄ SHI PHÖ GYUR TSHE SANG GYÄ KYIAnd when we pass away from this life,

    ZHING DER PÄ MO LÄ KYE YÖN TÄN DZOGMay we be born from a lotus in that buddha-fi eld, quali es complete,

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    SER ZANG DRI ME LA SOG GYÄL NAM KYIBecome a vessel for transmi ng the teachings of conquerors such as Stainless Excellent Gold,

    KA LUNG NÖ CHING NYE PAR JE GYUR CHIGAnd cause them delight.

    CHOM DÄN DÄ DE ZHIN SHEG PA DRA CHOM PA YANG DAG PAR DZOG PÄI SANG GYÄ NYA NGÄN ME CHHOG PÄL LA CHHAG TSHÄL LO CHHÖ DO KYAB SU CHHI WO (7 )

    To the bhagavan, tathagata, arhat, ful-ly enlightened Buddha Supreme Glory Free from Sorrow (Asoko amasriraja) I prostrate, off er, and go for refuge. (7x)

    Please may the pledges you made ripen upon myself and all sen ent beings right now. May all my pure prayers succeed immediately.5

    KU DOG MAR KYA NYAM ZHAG CHHAG GYA CHÄNLight red in color with mudra of medita ve equipoise;

    MÖN LAM ZHI DRUB TSHOG NYI PÄL GYI JIWho accomplished four prayers; majes c with the glory of two accumula ons;

    NYA NGÄN ME PÄI ZHING GI PÄL GYUR PÄIGlorious one of the buddha-fi eld Without Sorrow:

    NYA NGÄN ME PÄI PÄL LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOI prostrate to Supreme Glory Free from Sorrow.

    NYA NGÄN DÄ ZHI DE WÄI CHHOG NYE PAPassed beyond sorrow, a ained to supreme bliss,

    DRO WÄI DUG SUM DUG NGÄL ZHI DZÄ CHINGPacifi er of sen ent beings’ three poisons and suff erings,

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    DRO DRUG GÖN DANG PÄL DU GYUR PA YIProtector of beings of the six realms,

    NYA NGÄN ME CHHOG PÄL LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOTo the glorifi ed one, Supreme Glory Free from Sorrow, I prostrate.

    NGÖ SHAM ZUNG RIG MÖ TOB KYI TRÜL PÄII make every collec on of off erings, actually arranged and emanated

    CHHÖ TSHOG KÜN BÜL DIG TUNG THAM CHÄ SHAGThrough the force of mantra, samadhi, and aspira on.

    Meditate on extensive off ering; see p. 47.

    GE LA YI RANG KÜL ZHING SÖL WA DEBI confess all downfalls and nega vi es, rejoice in virtues,

    Meditate on rejoicing; see p. 51.

    DI TSHÖN GE WA JANG CHHUB CHHEN POR NGORequest and beseech, and dedicate such virtues as these to the great enlightenment.

    GYÄL WÄI TSHÄN THÖ DRÄN JÖ CHHAG CHHÖ THÜThrough the force of hearing the conqueror’s name,

    DAG CHAG LA SOG SEM CHÄN GANG DANG GANGExpressing it, remembering, prostra ng, and off ering,

    NYA NGÄN SOG ZHI MI DRÄL TSHE RING DEFor all sen ent beings such as ourselves, may sorrow and the like always be pacifi ed, and life be long and happy.

    NYÄL WAR GYÄL WÄI Ö KYI DE DAG GYÄMay the conquerors’ light increase bliss and joy in the hells.

    DANG DÄN DZE JOR JUNG PÖ MI TSHE ZHINGMay we have brightness, beauty, and wealth, unharmed by spirits;

    PHÄN TSHÜN JAM DÄN NÄ NAM ME GYUR CHIGMay we have love for each other; and may there be no disease.

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    DI NÄ SHI PHÖ GYUR TSHE SANG GYÄ KYIAnd when we pass away from this life,

    ZHING DER PÄ MO LÄ KYE YÖN TÄN DZOGMay we be born from a lotus in that buddha-fi eld, quali es complete,

    NYA NGÄN ME CHHOG LA SOG GYÄL NAM KYIBecome a vessel for transmi ng the teachings of conquerors such as Supreme Glory Free from Sorrow,

    KA LUNG NÖ CHING NYE PAR JE GYUR CHIGAnd cause them delight.

    CHOM DÄN DÄ DE ZHIN SHEG PA DRA CHOM PA YANG DAG PAR DZOG PÄI SANG GYÄ CHHÖ DRAG GYA TSHÖI JANG LA CHHAG TSHÄL LO CHHÖ DO KYAB SU CHHI WO (7 )

    To the bhagavan, tathagata, arhat, fully enlightened Buddha Melodious Ocean of Proclaimed Dharma (Dhar-makir sagara) I prostrate, off er, and go for refuge. (7x)

    Please may the pledges you made ripen upon myself and all sen ent beings right now. May all my pure prayers succeed immediately.5

    KU DOG KAR MAR CHHÖ TÖN CHHAG GYA CHÄNPink in color with mudra of teaching the Dharma;

    MÖN LAM ZHI DRUB TSHOG NYI PÄL GYI JIWho accomplished four prayers; majes c with the glory of two accumula ons;

    CHHÖ KYI GYÄL TSHÄN ZHING GI PÄL GYUR PÄIGlorious one of the buddha-fi eld Victory Banner of Dharma:

    CHHÖ DRAG GYA TSHÖI YANG LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOI prostrate to Melodious Ocean of Proclaimed Dharma.

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    CHHÖ DRA CHHEN PÖ PHA RÖL GÖL WA JOMGreat sound of Dharma conquering adversaries,

    GYA TSHO TA BUR ZAB PÄI SUNG NGA ZHINGEndowed with speech as deep as the ocean,

    DRO WÄI DUG NGÄL MA LÜ ZHI DZÄ PAPacifi er of beings’ suff ering without excep on:

    CHHÖ DRAG GYA TSHÖI JANG LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOI prostrate to Melodious Ocean of Proclaimed Dharma.

    NGÖ SHAM ZUNG RIG MÖ TOB KYI TRÜL PÄII make every collec on of off erings, actually arranged and emanated

    CHHÖ TSHOG KÜN BÜL DIG TUNG THAM CHÄ SHAGThrough the force of mantra, samadhi, and aspira on.

    Meditate on extensive off ering; see p. 47.

    GE LA YI RANG KÜL ZHING SÖL WA DEBI confess all downfalls and nega vi es, rejoice in virtues,

    Meditate on rejoicing; see p. 51.

    DI TSHÖN GE WA JANG CHHUB CHHEN POR NGORequest and beseech, and dedicate such virtues as these to the great enlightenment.

    GYÄL WÄI TSHÄN THÖ DRÄN JÖ CHHAG CHHÖ THÜThrough the force of hearing the conqueror’s name,

    DAG CHAG LA SOG SEM CHÄN GANG DANG GANGExpressing it, remembering, prostra ng, and off ering,

    TAG TU YANG DAG TA DANG DÄ DÄN ZHINGFor all sen ent beings such as ourselves, may we always have perfect view and faith,

    CHHÖ KYI DRA THÖ JANG CHHUB SEM KYI CHHUGHear the sound of Dharma, and be enriched with bodhichi a.

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    LONG CHÖ LÄ DU DIG PANG JOR PA PHELFor the sake of resources may we give up nega vi es; may wealth increase.

    JAM NÄ TSHE RING CHHOG SHE NYI GYUR CHIGMay we abide in love, have long lives, and be content.

    DI NÄ SHI PHÖ GYUR TSHE SANG GYÄ KYIAnd when we pass away from this life,

    ZHING DER PÄ MO LÄI KYE YÖN TÄN DZOGMay we be born from a lotus in that buddha-fi eld, quali es complete,

    CHHÖ DRAG GYA TSHO LA SOG GYÄL NAM KYIBecome a vessel for transmi ng the teachings of conquerors such as Melodious Ocean of Proclaimed Dharma,

    KA LUNG NÖ CHING NYE PAR JE GYUR CHIGAnd cause them delight.

    CHOM DÄN DÄ DE ZHIN SHEG PA DRA CHOM PA YANG DAG PAR DZOG PÄI SANG GYÄ CHHÖ GYA TSHO CHHOG GI LÖ NAM PAR RÖL PA NGÖN PAR KHYEN PÄI GYÄL PO LA CHHAG TSHÄL LO CHHÖ DO KYAB SU CHHI WO (7 )

    To the bhagavan, tathagata, arhat, ful-ly enlightened Buddha Deligh ul King of Clear Knowing, Supreme Wisdom of an Ocean of Dharma (Abhijyaraja) I prostrate, off er, and go for refuge. (7x)

    Please may the pledges you made ripen upon myself and all sen ent beings right now. May all my pure prayers succeed immediately.5

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    JU RÜI DOG CHÄN CHHOG JIN CHHAG GYA CHÄNCoral colored with mudra of gran ng the supreme;

    MÖN LAM ZHI DRUB TSHOG NYI PÄL GYI JIWho accomplished four prayers; majes c with the glory of two accumula ons;

    RIN CHHEN GYA TSHÖI ZHING GI PÄL GYUR PÄIGlorious one of the buddha-fi eld Ocean of Jewels:

    NGÖN KHYEN GYÄL PA DE LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOI prostrate to King of Clear Knowing.

    CHHÖ KYI LO DRÖ TING PAG KA WÄI THUGMind of profound Dharma wisdom, diffi cult to fathom,

    NAM DAG CHHÖ KYI YING LA RÖL DZÄ CHINGSpor ng in the pure sphere of truth,

    SHE JA MA LÜ NGÖN SUM ZIG PA POOne who sees all knowable objects directly:

    NGÖN KHYEN GYÄL PO DE LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOI prostrate to King of Clear Knowing.

    NGÖ SHAM ZUNG RIG MÖ TOB KYI TRÜL PÄII make every collec on of off erings, actually arranged and emanated

    CHHÖ TSHOG KÜN BÜL DIG TUNG THAM CHÄ SHAGThrough the force of mantra, samadhi, and aspira on.

    Meditate on extensive off ering; see p. 47.

    GE LA YI RANG KÜL ZHING SÖL WA DEBI confess all downfalls and nega vi es, rejoice in virtues,

    Meditate on rejoicing; see p. 51.

    DI TSHÖN GE WA JANG CHHUB CHHEN POR NGORequest and beseech, and dedicate such virtues as these to the great enlightenment.

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    GYÄL WÄI TSHÄN THÖ DRÄN JÖ CHHAG CHHÖ THÜThrough the force of hearing the conqueror’s name,

    DAG CHAG LA SOG SEM CHÄN GANG DANG GANGExpressing it, remembering, prostra ng, and off ering,

    YENG NAM NÖ SEM ME CHING TSHOG CHHÄ JORFor all sen ent beings such as ourselves, may the distracted be free of malice and rich in goods.

    NGÄN SONG LAM NGÄN ZHUG NAM GE CHU THOBMay those on evil paths to lower realms a ain the ten virtues.

    ZHÄN WANG GYUR NAM RANG WANG PHÜN TSHOG SHINGMay those controlled by others gain perfect independence,

    KÜN KYANG TSHE RING TSHÄN THÖ GE GYUR CHIGAnd all have long life, hear the names, and be virtuous.

    DI NÄ SHI PHÖ GYUR TSHE SANG GYÄ KYIAnd when we pass away from this life,

    ZHING DER PÄ MO LÄ KYE YÖN TÄ DZOGMay we be born from a lotus in that buddha-fi eld, quali es complete,

    NGÖN KHYEN GYÄL PO LA SOG GYÄL NAM KYIBecome a vessel for transmi ng the teachings of conquerors such as King of Clear Knowing,

    KA LUNG NÖ CHING NYE PAR JE GYUR CHIGAnd cause them delight.

    CHOM DÄN DÄ DE ZHIN SHEG PA DRA CHOM PA YANG DAG PAR DZOG PÄI SANG GYÄ MÄN GYI LA BAIDURYAI Ö KYI GYÄL PO LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOCHHÖ DO KYAB SU CHHI WO (7 )

    To the bhagavan, tathagata, arhat, ful-ly enlightened BuddhaMedicine Guru, King of Lapis Light (Bhaisajyaguru) I prostrate, off er, and go for refuge. (7x)

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    Please may the pledges you made ripen upon myself and all sen ent beings right now. May all my pure prayers succeed immediately.5

    KU DOG NGÖN PO CHHOG JIN CHHAG GYA CHÄNBlue in color with mudra of gran ng the supreme;

    CHU NYI MÖN DRUB TSHOG NYI PÄL GYI JIWho accomplished twelve prayers; majes c with the glory of two accumula ons;

    BAIDURYA NANG ZHING GI PÄL GYUR PÄIGlorious one of the buddha-fi eld Lapis Light:

    MÄN PÄI GYÄL PO DE LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOI prostrate to Medicine Guru, King of Doctors.

    THUG JE KÜN KÜN LA NYOM PÄI CHOM DÄN DÄBhagavan with equal compassion for all,

    TSHÄN TSAM THÖ PÄ NGÄN DRÖI DUG NGÄL SELWhose name, when merely heard, dispels the suff ering of lower realms,

    DUG SUM NÄ SEL SANG GYÄ MÄN GYI LADispeller of disease and the three poisons:

    BAIDURYA YI Ö LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOI prostrate to Medicine Buddha Lapis Light.

    NGÖ SHAM ZUNG RIG MÖ TOB KYI TRÜL PÄII make every collec on of off erings, actually arranged and emanated

    CHHÖ TSHOG KÜN BÜL DIG TUNG THAM CHÄ SHAGThrough the force of mantra, samadhi, and aspira on.

    Meditate on extensive off ering; see p. 47.

    GE LA YI RANG KÜL ZHING SÖL WA DEBI confess all downfalls and nega vi es, rejoice in virtues,

    Meditate on rejoicing; see p. 51.

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    DI TSHÖN GE WA JANG CHHUB CHHEN POR NGORequest and beseech, and dedicate such virtues as these to the great enlightenment.

    GYÄL WÄI TSHÄN THÖ DRÄN JÖ CHHAG CHHÖ THÜThrough the force of hearing the conqueror’s name,

    DAG CHAG LA SOG SEM CHÄN GANG DANG GANGExpressing it, remembering, prostra ng, and off ering,

    TSHÄN PE DZE SHING DRO KÜN DAG DRAR GYURMay each and every sen ent being such as ourselves all be-come, like you, graced with marks and signs.

    Ö KYI MÜN SEL SHE RAB THAB KHÄ KYIMay the light dispelling darkness, the enjoyment of wisdom, and skillful means be inexhaus ble.

    LONG CHÖ MI ZÄ LAM LOG MÄN MÖ NAMMay those a racted to mistaken and lesser paths enter Mahayana paths,

    THEG CHHEN LAM ZHUG DOM PÄ DZE GYUR CHIGAnd all be beau fi ed by their vows.

    TSHÜL CHHÄL DUNG DRÄL WANG PA KÜN TSHANG ZHINGMay we be free from pain caused by immorality,

    NÄ ME YO JÄ PHEL ZHING BÜ ME KYIBe complete in facul es and without disease, and have abun-dant goods.

    NGÖ PÖ KYO NAM TAG TU KYE WANG DÄNMay those disillusioned with the weakest condi ons always have powerful facul es,

    DÜ ZHAG TA WA NGÄN LÄ DRÖL GYUR CHIGAnd may we be freed from Mara’s noose and perverse viewpoints.

    GYÄL PÖ NAR NAM DE ZHING TRE PÄI GYÜMay those tormented by kings gain bliss, and those who, out of hunger, support themselves through nega vity

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    DIG PÄ TSHO NAM CHHÖ JOR ZÄ KYI TSHIMBe sa sfi ed with food received in accordance with the Dharma.

    TSHA DRANG NGÄL ZHI SAM PA YONG DZOG SHINGMay hardships of heat and cold be pacifi ed and all good wishes be fulfi lled.

    PHAG PA GYE PÄI TSHÜL DÄN DRÖL GYUR CHIGEndowed with morality that pleases the aryas, may we be liberated.

    DI NÄ SHI PHÖ GYUR TSHE SANG GYÄ KYIAnd when we pass away from this life,

    ZHING DER PÄ MO LÄ KYE YÖN TÄN DZOGMay we be born from a lotus in that buddha-fi eld, quali es complete,

    MÄN PÄI GYÄL PO LA SOG GYÄL NAM KYIBecome a vessel for transmi ng the teachings of conquerors such as Medicine Guru, King of Doctors,

    KA LUNG NÖ CHING NYE PAR JE GYUR CHIGAnd cause them delight.

    CHOM DÄN DÄ DE ZHIN SHEG PA DRA CHOM PA YANG DAG PAR DZOG PÄI SANG GYÄ PÄL GYÄL WA SHAKYA THUB PA LA CHHAG TSHÄL LO CHHÖ DO KYAB SU CHHI WO (7 )

    To the bhagavan, tathagata, arhat, fully enlightened Buddha Glorious Conqueror Shakyamuni, I prostrate, off er, and go for refuge. (7x)

    Please may the pledges you made ripen upon myself and all sen ent beings right now. May all my pure prayers succeed immediately.5

    SER GYI DOG CHÄN SA NÖN CHHAG GYA CHÄNGolden in color with earth-pressing mudra,

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    MÄ JUNG THUG JE TSÖN DRÜ CHHEN PÖI THÜWho through the force of unique great compassion and enthu-siasm

    MI JE JIG TEN KHAM KYI PÄL GYUR PÄIBecame the glorious one of this, the fearless world system:

    DREN CHHOG SHAKYÄI TOG LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOI prostrate to the supreme leader, head of the Shakyas.

    THAB KHÄ THUG JE SHAKYÄI RIG THRUNG SHINGBorn in the Shakya lineage out of skillful means and compassion,

    ZHÄN GYI MI THUB DÜ KYI PUNG JOM PAUnchallenged by others, conqueror of Mara’s forces,

    SER GYI LHÜN PO TA BUR JI PÄI KUBody majes c as a golden Mount Meru:

    SHAKYÄI GYÄL PO DE LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOI prostrate to the king of the Shakyas.

    NGÖ SHAM ZUNG RIG MÖ TOB KYI TRÜL PÄII make every collec on of off erings, actually arranged and emanated

    CHHÖ TSHOG KÜN BÜL DIG TUNG THAM CHÄ SHAGThrough the force of mantra, samadhi, and aspira on.

    Meditate on extensive off ering; see p. 47.

    GE LA YI RANG KÜL ZHING SÖL WA DEBI confess all downfalls and nega vi es, rejoice in virtues,

    Meditate on rejoicing; see p. 51.

    DI TSHÖN GE WA JANG CHHUB CHHEN POR NGORequest and beseech, and dedicate such virtues as these to the great enlightenment.

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    TÖN PA CHHOG DE DO DEI CHHO GA LÄPray, bless us and all beings who lack a protector

    JI TAR SUNG PÄI PHÄN YÖN MA LÜ PATo receive here immediately, without excep on,

    DAG CHAG GÖN ME DRO WA THA DAG GIThe benefi ts as taught by the supreme teacher

    DENG DIR THRÄL DU THOB PAR JIN GYI LOBIn the extensive sutra ritual of Medicine Buddha.

    Prostration and Prayer to the Holy Dharma

    MA RIG MÜN SEL DRÖN ME CHOGSupreme lamp dispelling the darkness of ignorance,

    DUG NGÄL NÄ SEL MÄN GYI PHÜLForemost of medicines allevia ng suff ering and disease,

    DAM CHHÖ KÖN CHHOG THAM CHÄ LATo the en re sublime jewel of Dharma,

    CHHAG TSHÄL CHHÖ CHING KYAB SU CHHI (3 )I prostrate, off er, and go for refuge. (3x)

    KÜN JUNG MÜN PÄI SA BÖN THAR DZÄ CHINGHomage to the mother of the victorious ones,

    DUG NGÄL ZUG NGÜI TSA WA DRUNG NÄ JINPerfec on of wisdom and holy Dharma of the three vehicles,

    GYÄL YUM SHE RAB PHA RÖL CHHIN LA SOGWho totally destroys the dark seed of suff ering’s cause

    THEG SUM DAM PÄI CHHÖ LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOAnd uproots the pain of suff ering completely.4

    NGÖ SHAM ZUNG RIG MÖ TOB KYI TRÜL PÄII make every collec on of off erings, actually arranged and emanated

    CHHÖ TSHOG KÜN BÜL DIG TUNG THAM CHÄ SHAGThrough the force of mantra, samadhi, and aspira on.

    Meditate on extensive off ering; see p. 47.

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    GE LA YI RANG KÜL ZHING SÖL WA DEBI confess all downfalls and nega vi es, rejoice in virtues,

    Meditate on rejoicing; see p. 51.

    DI TSHÖN GE WA JANG CHHUB CHHEN POR NGORequest and beseech, and dedicate such virtues as these to the great enlightenment.

    DAM CHHÖ KÖN CHHOG DEN PÄI JIN LAB KYIThrough the blessings of the truth of the holy Dharma jewel

    DAG SOG DENG NÄ TSHE RAB THAM CHÄ DUMay I and all others, henceforth in all our lives,

    GYÄL WA KÜN GYI DAM CHHÖ MA LÜ PAPrac ce the Buddha’s teachings in their en rety

    GYÄL WÄI GONG PA JI ZHIN DRUB GYUR CHIGExactly as the buddhas intended.

    Requesting the Benefits of the Practice

    JAM PÄL KYAB DRÖL CHHAG NA DOR JE SOGThe conquerors’ heart commitments were invoked

    DE SHEG SÄ PO SUM DRI DRUG TONG GIBy thirty-six thousand sons of sugatas,

    GYÄL WÄI THUG DAM KÜL ZHING LENG LANG NÄIncluding Manjushri, Kyab Dröl, and Vajrapani.

    DO DEI PHÄN YÖN JI KÄ SUNG PA NAMThus requested, they proclaimed this sutra’s benefi ts.

    DENG DIR DAG LA NGÖN DU GYUR BAR DZÖPray, manifest all of them for me here and now.

    JIG TEN KYONG WA DE PÖN CHÄ PÄ KYANGAnd to the worldly protector yaksha leaders as well,

    NGÖN TSHE TÖN PÄI CHÄN NGAR ZHÄL ZHE ZHINAs you promised to do before previous teachers –

    DRA DANG NÖ PA NÄ RIM DOG PA DANGTo stop enemies, harmers, and epidemics,

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    THAB TSÖ KÜN ZHI LÜ SEM DE WA GYÄPacify all confl ict, and increase physical and mental bliss,

    LONG CHÖ WANG CHUG NOR DRU TSHE PEL ZHINGIncrease wealth, power, property, crops, and life span –

    SAM PÄI DÖN NAM YI ZHIN DRUB PA DANGAccomplish these desired goals as we wish

    TAG TU SUNG KYONG YEL WA ME PAR DZÖAnd always protect us without break.

    Mantra Recitation

    OM NAMO BHAGAVATE BHAISHAJYE / GURU BAIDURYA /PRABHA RAJAYA / TATHAGATAYA / ARHATE SAMYAKSAMBUDDHAYA / TADYATHA / OM BHAISHAJYE BHAISHAJYE MAHA BHAISHAJYE [BHAISHAJYE ]** / RAJA SAMUDGATE SVAHA

    Common pronuncia on: OM NAMO BAGAWATAY BEKANZAY GURU BAIDURYA / PRABA RADZA YA / TATAGATAYA / ARHATAY SAMYAKSAM BUDDHAYA / TA YA TA / OM BEKANZAY BEKANZAY MAHA BEKANZAY [BEKANZAY]* / RADZA SAMUDGATAY SOHA

    Thus, recite the long mantra, or the short mantra as follows:

    TADYATHA / OM BHAISHAJYE BHAISHAJYE MAHA BHAISHAJYE [BHAISHAJYE]** / RAJA SAMUDGATE SVAHA

    Common pronuncia on: TA YA TA / OM BEKANZAY BEKANZAYMAHA BEKANZAY [BEKANZAY]* / RADZA SAMUDGATAY SOHA

    *Syllables in brackets [ ] are op onal.

    Recite the mantra as many mes as possible.

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    KA DRIN NYAM ME TSA WÄI LA MA DANGRoot Guru whose kindness is without equal,

    SHAKYÄI GYÄL PO JAM YANG ZHI TSHO SOGKing of the Shakyas, Manjushri, Shantarakshita, and so on,

    DZAM MÖI DO DI CHHAG TSHÄN ZHE PA YIHolding in their hands this profound sutra:

    NGÖ GYÜ LA MA NAM LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOTo the direct and lineage gurus, I prostrate.

    NYAM THAG DRO NAM DRÖL WÄI THUG JE CHÄNTo the compassionate ones who liberate des tute beings,

    DE SHEG DÜN DANG THUB WANG DAM PÄI CHHÖTo the seven sugatas, Buddha Shakyamuni, and the holy Dharma,

    JAM PÄL KYAB DRÖL SANG DAG TSHANG WANG DANGTo Manjushri, Kyab Dröl, Vajrapani, Brahma and Ishvara,

    GYÄL CHHEN NÖ JIN NAM LA CHHAG TSHÄL LOAnd the maharajas and yakshas, I prostrate.

    NGÖ SHAM ZUNG RIG MÖ TOB KYI TRÜL PÄII make every collec on of off erings, actually arranged and emanated

    CHHÖ TSHOG KÜN BÜL DIG TUNG THAM CHÄ SHAGThrough the force of mantra, samadhi, and aspira on.

    Meditate on extensive off ering; see p. 47.

    GE LA YI RANG KÜL ZHING SÖL WA DEBI confess all downfalls and nega vi es, rejoice in virtues,

    Meditate on rejoicing; see p. 51.

    DI TSHÖN GE WA JANG CHHUB CHHEN POR NGORequest and beseech, and dedicate such virtues as these to the great enlightenment.

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    Request for Forgiveness

    MA JOR PA DANG NYAM PA DANGWhatever I have done or caused to be done

    GANG YANG DAG MONG LO YI NIThat was unprepared or degenerated

    GYI PA DANG NI GYI TSÄL GANGOr done with my deluded mind,

    DE YANG ZÖ PAR DZÄ PAR DZÄL DU SÖLPlease be pa ent with all of these.

    DU DEN SEM CHÄN SÖ NAM MÄNWhatever the beings of this degenerate age have done

    RIG NYÖN MONG DANG DRE MA RINGOf lesser merit mixed with ignorant delusions

    PHAG PÄI THUG GONG MA DZOG PAThat did not fulfi ll the aryas’ wishes,

    DE YANG ZÖ PAR DZÄL DU SÖLPlease be pa ent with these as well.

    SER NÄ WANG GYUR MI KHÄ PÄUnder the infl uence of miserliness, lacking in skill,

    CHHÖ PA NGÄN ZHING SHAM NYE PAHaving made bad off erings or faulty arrangements,

    GÖN PO THUG JE CHHE DÄN PAO protector endowed with great compassion,

    DE YANG ZÖ PAR DZÄL DU SÖLPlease be pa ent with these as well.

    LHAG PA DANG NI CHHÄ PA DANGWhatever was superfl uous or le undone,

    CHHO GÄI YÄN LAG NYAM PA DANGDegenera on in parts of the ritual,

    DAG GI JE NGÄ CHI CHHI PAOr whatever was forgo en,

    DE YANG ZÖ PAR DZÄL DU SÖL4Please be pa ent with these as well.4

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    Request to Remain

    DIR NI TEN DANG LHÄN CHIG TUBy remaining here together with this image

    DRO WÄI DÖN DU ZHUG NÄ KYANGFor the sake of all migrators,

    NÄ ME TSE DANG WANG CHUG DANGMay you grant us long life without illness,

    CHHOG NAM LEG PAR TSÄL DU SÖLPower, and supreme a ainment.

    OM SUPRATISHTA VAJRA YE SVAHA

    Auspicious Verses

    PHÜN TSHOG CHHOG KYI KHOR LO CHHI ME LAMThe hosts of Medicine Buddha dei es

    LEG PAR GANG WÄI MÄN LÄI LHA YI TSHOGPervading all direc ons of the round of space with perfec on –

    GA ZHIG CHHU KYE NA TSHOG CHAR BEB SHINGSome raining down mul colored lotuses,

    LA LA GE LEG TSÖL WÄI LU YANG LENSome singing songs reques ng goodness,

    ZHÄN DAG DÜ GEG JOM PÄI THRIN LÄ DZÄSome ac ng to conquer maras and obstructors,

    KÜN KYANG KHYE LA KÄL ZANG CHHOG TER BARAnd all bestowing on you supreme good fortune:

    YONG SHE GYI LA RAB DAG KYE CHIG DANGKnow this full well and be very joyful

    SHI JÖ DANG NYÄN DAG GI DRAG PAR JAAnd I shall voice sweet melody expressing auspiciousness.

    GANG GI ZHAB SEN NOR BÜI Ö KAR CHÄNSupreme teacher of humans and gods,

    CHI WOR REG PÄ KÄL ZANG KU MU DETouching my crown to your feet of jeweled moonlight

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    ZHÄ PÄI PÄL TER LHA MII TÖN PA CHHOGGrants the glory of good fortune of kumuda fl owers’ blossoming;

    THUB WANG MAR WÄI DA WA LA CHHAG TSHÄLTo Munindra, moon of expounders, I prostrate.

    JAM PÄI YANG DANG KHAN CHHEN ZHI WA TSHOManjushri and great abbot Shantarakshita,

    THRI SONG DE Ü TSÄN JO WO YAB SÄ DANGTrisong Detsen, A sha father and sons,

    GYÄL WA NYI PA LO ZANG DRAG PA SÖSecond conqueror Losang Dragpa, and so on:

    TSA WA GYÜ PÄI LA MA CHHOG NAM LAThrough the auspiciousness of all collected good quali es

    LEG TSHOG JI NYE CHHI PÄI TRA SHI DEOf the supreme root and lineage gurus,

    KHYE KYI MI THÜN GÜ PA KÜN ZÄ CHINGMay all nega vity and degenera on be ended,

    DE LEG YAR NGÖI DA TAR PHEL GYUR NÄAnd, bliss and goodness increasing like the waxing moon,

    PHÜN TSHOG PÄL LA RÖL PÄI TRA SHI SHOGMay it be auspicious to enjoy the glory of perfec on.

    GYÄL WÄI NYI MA ZHÄN GYI MI THÜL WAAccomplishing a supreme ocean of prayers invoking truth

    GÖN ME NGA GYA THA MÄI DRO WA LADuring the teachings’ decline for protectorless beings

    DEN TSHIG MÖN LAM GYA TSHÖI CHHOG DRUB PAWho were untamed by other sun-like conquerors,

    NYIG MÄI GÖN PO DE SHEG DÜN NAM LAThrough the auspiciousness of all collected good quali es

    LEG TSHOG JI NYE CHHI PÄI TRA SHI DEOf those seven sugatas, protectors during degenerate mes,

    KHYE KYI MI THÜN GÜ PA KÜN ZÄ CHINGMay all nega vity and degenera on be ended,

    DE LEG YAR NGÖI DA TAR PHEL GYUR NÄAnd, bliss and goodness increasing like the waxing moon,

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    PHÜN TSHOG PÄL LA RÖL PÄI TRA SHI SHOGMay it be auspicious to enjoy the glory of perfec on.

    THUB PÄI WANG PÖI JAG YANG PÄ MO LÄArising well from the broad lotus-like tongue of the lord of the able ones,

    LEG ONG SHAKYÄI TÄN TÄN PÄI THA MAR YANGEspecially exalted even in the later days of the Shakya’s teachings

    MÄ JUNG DRUB NA DRUB PÄI DÜ TSII CHÜSuch that, if performed, one gains the essence of immortality’s ambrosia:

    ZAB DANG GYA CHHE DO DEI GYÄL PO LAThrough the auspiciousness of all collected good quali es

    LEG TSHOG JI NYE CHHI PÄI TRA SHI DEOf that king of the vast and profound sutra pitaka,

    KHYE KYI MI THÜN GÜ PA KÜN ZÄ CHINGMay all nega vity and degenera on be ended,

    DE LEG YAR NGÖI DA TAR PHEL GYUR NÄAnd, bliss and goodness increasing like the waxing moon,

    PHÜN TSHOG PÄL LA RÖL PÄI TRA SHI SHOGMay it be auspicious to enjoy the glory of perfec on.

    CHHOG CHÜI ZHING NA MÄN PÄI GYÄL PO YIThrough the auspiciousness of all collected good quali es

    TSHÄN TSAM DZIN DANG TÖN PA DE SHEG KYIOf those children of the lineage performing the sutra ritual

    MÖN LAM KHYÄ PAR GYÄ PÄI DO CHHOG LABy simply reci ng the names of the kings of doctors

    THUG DAM DZÄ PÄI RIG KYI BU NAM LAOf all realms’ ten direc ons

    LEG TSHOG JI NYE CHHI PÄI TRA SHI DEAnd through the especially extensive prayers of the teacher Buddha and the sugatas:

    KHYE KYI MI THÜN GÜ PA KÜN ZÄ CHINGMay all nega vity and degenera on be ended,

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    DE LEG YAR NGÖI DA TAR PHEL GYUR NÄAnd, bliss and goodness increasing like the waxing moon,

    PHÜN TSHOG PÄL LA RÖL PÄI TRA SHI SHOGMay it be auspicious to enjoy the glory of perfec on.

    DE SHEG THUG JE ZUNG MÖ TING DZIN DANGAccomplished through the compassion mantra of the sugatas,

    DEN TSHIG GI DRUB RIN CHHEN LÄ DRUB PAThrough faith, samadhi, and words of truth, construc on of jewels,

    KHAM SUM LÄ DÄ KÖN CHHOG SUM GYI NÄAbode of the Three Jewels beyond the three realms,

    DE WA CHÄN DANG TSHUNG PÄI ZHING CHHOG LAThrough the auspiciousness of all collected good quali es

    LEG TSHOG JI NYE CHHI PÄI TRA SHI DEOf that supreme buddha-fi eld equal to Sukhava :

    KHYE KYI MI THÜN GÜ PA KÜN ZÄ CHINGMay all nega vity and degenera on be ended,

    DE LEG YAR NGÖI DA TAR PHEL GYUR NÄAnd, bliss and goodness increasing like the waxing moon,

    PHÜN TSHOG PÄL LA RÖL PÄI TRA SHI SHOGMay it be auspicious to enjoy the glory of perfec on.

    Dedication Prayers

    GE WA DI YI NYUR DU DAGDue to the merits of these virtuous ac ons

    LA MA SANG GYÄ DRUB GYUR NÄMay I quickly a ain the state of a Guru-Buddha

    DRO WA CHIG KYANG MA LÜ PAAnd lead all living beings, without excep on,

    DE YI SA LA GÖ PAR SHOGInto that enlightened state.

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    JANG CHHUB SEM CHHOG RIN PO CHHEMay the supreme jewel bodhichi a

    MA KYE PA NAM KYE GYUR CHIGThat has not arisen, arise and grow;

    KYE WA NYAM PA ME PA YANGAnd may that which has arisen not diminish

    GONG NÄ GONG DU PHEL WAR SHOGBut increase more and more.

    JAM PÄL PA WÖ JI TAR KHYEN PA DANGJust as the brave Manjushri and Samantabhadra, too,

    KÜN TU ZANG PO DE YANG DE ZHIN TERealized things as they are,

    DE DAG KÜN GYI JE SU DAG LOB CHHIRI too dedicate all these merits in the best way,

    GE WA DI DAG THAM CHÄ RAB TU NGOThat I may follow their perfect example.

    DÜ SUM SHEG PÄI GYÄL WA THAM CHÄ KYII dedicate all these roots of virtue

    NGO WA GANG LA CHHOG TU NGAG PA DEWith the dedica on praised as the best

    DAG GI GE WÄI TSA WA DI KÜN KYANGBy the victorious ones thus gone of the three mes,

    ZANG PO CHÖ CHHIR RAB TU NGO WAR GYISo I might perform good works.

    Due to the merits accumulated over the three mes by myself and all the buddhas and bodhisa vas, which are empty from their own side, may the I, who is empty from its own side, achieve the state of enlightenment, which is empty from its own side, and lead all sen ent beings, who are empty from their own side, to that state as quickly as possible by myself alone.

    Because of all the merits of the three mes created by me and all the buddhas, bodhisa vas, and other sen ent beings, may

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    there be no wars, famines, disease, quarreling, fi gh ng, or un-happy minds; may there be great prosperity, and may everything needed be easily obtained. May all the human beings in the world be guided by spritual leaders teaching only Dharma, and may ev-eryone enjoy the happiness of Dharma.

    Long Life Prayer for His Holiness the Dalai Lama

    GANG RI RA WÄI KHOR WÄ ZHING KHAM DIRIn the land encircled by snow mountains

    PHÄN DANG DE WA MA LÜ JUNG WÄI NÄYou are the source of all happiness and good;

    CHÄN RÄ ZIG WANG TÄN DZIN GYA TSHO YIAll-powerful Chenrezig, Tenzin Gyatso,

    ZHAB PÄ SI THÄI BAR DU TÄN GYUR CHIGPlease remain un l samsara ends.

    Long Life Prayer for Lama Zopa Rinpoche

    THUB TSHÜL CHHANG ZHING JAM GÖN GYÄL WÄI TÄNYou who uphold the Subduer’s moral way, who serve as the boun ful bearer-of-all,

    DZIN KYONG PEL WÄ KÜN ZÖ DOG POR DZÄSustaining, preserving, and spreading Manjunath’s victorious doctrine;

    CHHOG SUM KUR WÄI LEG MÖN THU DRUB PAWho masterfully accomplish magnifi cent prayers honoring the Three Jewels:

    DAG SOG DÜL JÄI GÖN DU ZHAB TÄN SHOGSavior of myself and others, your disciples, please, please live long!

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    Notes Regarding This Practice

    Altar and Gompa Set-upWhen performing this puja extensively, it is best to set out 108 sets of off ering bowls. If this is not possible, then 8 sets will suffi ce. The off erings for this puja are set out in a unique fashion: Star ng toward the back of the altar and working forward, one places a row of 8 argham, followed by a row of 8 padhyam, then 8 pushpe, and so on, rather than consecu ve rows of all 8 off erings.

    One should also prepare and off er 8 tormas made from the 3 whites and the 3 sweets (milk, bu er, yoghurt, sugar, molasses, and honey) in the shape of tear drops. Other off erings of food, fl owers, etc. are op onal.

    It is recommended by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to also have on the altar, if possible, a representa on of the Medicine Buddha mandala (obtainable from FPMT Edu-ca on Department) in a mandala house and above that, a copy of the Medicine Buddha Sutra wrapped in fi ve-colored cloth.

    NOTE: When sea ng monks and nuns in the front, it is customary to seat monks on the le side of the throne (when facing the throne) and nuns on the right. During “big pujas” (these are defi ned as self-ini a ons or long pujas and pu-jas with extensive off erings, etc.) one can off er a s ck of incense for the lama or geshe to hold during the verses of invoca on.

    Ritual ImplementsOne should have both dorje and bell, but no damaru or inner off ering.

    NOTE: Throughout the preceding text, small symbols of bells or other instru-ments and hand mudras appear in the margins to help the prac oner know when one should play these instruments or when to do certain mudras. It is hoped that these small indica ons will be helpful to those not yet familiar with these aspects of tantric prac ce. Other symbols and their meanings are: lotus mudra prostra on mudra show the dorje

    Practice TipsBecause this is a prac ce belonging to Ac on Tantra, it is best not to eat black foods the day one performs the puja. A er the puja, one can eat whatever one wishes, but before doing the puja, avoid black foods.

    According to the instruc ons of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, before commencing the ac-tual prac ce, begin with preliminary prayers (found in the “Preliminary Prayers” sec on of Essen al Buddhist Prayers, Vol. 1), including prostra ons with Confes-sion of Downfalls to the Thirty-Five Buddhas and the General Confession prayer.

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    Endnotes:1. Addi ons to the original text from the instruc ons of Lama Zopa Rinpoche.2. Lama Zopa Rinpoche advises to meditate on extensive off ering in this and similar plac-

    es in the puja. One can do the extensive off ering prac ce found on p.45, or once one is familiar with the prac ce, one may just meditate on extensive off ering oneself.

    3. Lama Zopa Rinpoche also advises that it is extremely benefi cial to rejoice. During the puja, rotate your rejoicing medita on in the following way: During the fi rst seven-limb verse, rejoice in your own merit – all the merit you have accumulated in the past (resul ng in this precious human rebirth), present (following your teacher’s advice, serving others, etc.), and that you will accumulate in the future, all the way un l en-lightenment. Think, “How wonderful, how precious.” In the next sevenlimb verse, re-joice in the merit of others – all the wonderful things they have done, their quali es, etc., thinking, “”How wonderful, how precious.” In the next sevenlimb verse, rejoice in the deeds of the buddhas and bodhisa vas, including your own teachers and the lineage lamas. Remember the hardships they endured to prac ce and preseve the Dharma, and how many countless beings they have benefi ed, thinking, “How won-derful, how precious.” In the next seven-limb verse, return to rejoicing in one’s own merit and quali es, then that of others, and so on.

    4. These verses are an addi on to the original text from Kopan Monastery, Nepal.5. Extracted from a Compila on of the Rituals of Off erings to the Seven Tathagatas called

    “Yeshe ön gyäl,” by Losang Chökyi Gyältsän.

    Colophon:Composed by the Omniscient Panchen Lama Losang Chökyi Gyältsen. The original exten-sive Medicine Buddha Sutra came from Shakyamuni Buddha himself.

    English transla on by David Molk in March 1993, 2537 years since Buddha Shakyamuni’s parinirvana, in accordance with an explana on by Venerable Geshe Tsülga of Sera Mon-astery, now resident at Kurukulla Center of Boston, Massachuse s.

    Lightly edited for distribu on to FPMT centers and students in May 1998. Further edi ng completed by Venerable Constance Miller, FPMT Educa on Department in September 2000. Revised edi on, August 2001. Addi onal revisions to the transla on and the trans-litera on of the mantras, October 2002. FPMT phone cs by Rachel Ryer. Lightly edited with addi ons made to include Tibetan, prac ce instruc ons, and appendices by Kend-all Magnussen, FPMT Educa on Department, March 2003. Revised edi on with minor correc ons by Venerable Constance Miller, September 2003. Lightly revised by Kendall Magnussen, March 2005. Corrected and reforma ed according to Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s advice by Venerable Gyalten Mindrol, FPMT Educa on Department, June 2006.

    The dedica on prayers here have been extracted from Essen al Buddhist Prayers, Vol-ume One, Dedica on Prayers, FPMT Educa on Department, revised edi on 2006.

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    Appendix 1

    Extensive Bath Offering

    Invocation

    SHEG JÖN KYE DRI ME PÄ KUMay the holy body which is absent (of inherent existence)

    JI TAR MÖN ZHING YÖ PA TAROf arising, coming and going, and being painted,

    KAR PO CHHAR WÄI TSHÜL ZHIN DUWhich exists just as it has been prayed for, please come to this place to protect the transmigrators,

    JIG TEN KYAB SU SHEG SU SÖLAs an appearance of white (virtues).

    Offering a Bath

    DE WAR SHEG SO CHOM DÄN DÄTathagata bhagavans, for me to have the fortune to create merit,

    DAG CHAG SÖ NAM KÄL WAR DÄNPlease accept this gree ng water off ered by me and be pleased with me.

    DAG GI PHÜL WÄI CHHÖ YÖN DIOff ered by me and be pleased with me.

    ZHE NÄ DAG LA GYE PAR DZÖAnd be pleased with me.

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    KHYE KYI RANG ZHIN YONG DAG PÄBecause your nature is completely pure,

    SE SOG CHHING WA ME MANG YANGYou are without the bonds of a achment, and so forth;

    DEG CHAG DRIB BA JANG LÄ DUBut in order to purify my obscura ons,

    TSANG MA CHHAB KYI KU KHÜ SÖL (pour water)I off er this bath of clean water. (pour water)

    OM SARVA TATHAGATA ABHISHEKATA SAMAYA SHRIYE AH HUM

    To the buddhas and bodhisattvas

    DE ZHIN SHEG DANG DE’I SÄ NAM LATo all the tathagatas and their princes

    RIN CHHEN BUM PA MANG PO PÖ KYI CHHUWith many jeweled vases of scented water

    YI ONG LEG PAR KANG WÄI LU DANG NIBeau fully fi lled up, with excellent songs

    RÖL MO CHÄ PA DU MÄ KU THRÜ SÖ (pour water)And with a variety of music, I off er this bath (pour water)

    OM SARVA TATHAGATA ABHISHEKATA SAMAYA SHRIYE AH HUM

    Drying their holy bodies

    DE DAG KU LA TSHUNG PA ME PÄI GÖI now dry their holy bodies

    TSANG LA DRI RAB GÖ PÄI KU CHHI WOWith incomparably clean, sweet-smelling cloth.

    OM HUM TRAM HRIH AH

    OM SARVA TATHAGATA SAPARIVARA KAYA VISHVADHANA YESVAHA

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    Offering robes

    DE NÄ DE LA KHA DOG LAG BYUR PÄII off er holy cloth which is extremely fragrant,

    NA ZÄ SHIN TU DRI ZHIM DAM PA BÜLThe color of which has been excellently transformed.

    SAB JAM YANG PA LHA YI GÖBy off ering these so , light divine clothes

    MI CHHE DOR JEI KU NYE LAWith indestruc ble faith in those

    MI CHHE DÄ PÄ DAG BUÜL NAWho have a ained the indestruc ble holy body,

    DAG KYANG DOR JEI KU THOB SHOGMay I also achieve the vajra holy body.

    Offering a vase

    DRO WA NYÖN MONG KOM GYI DUNG PA LAIn order to sa sfy the transmigrators

    KHYÖ KYI CHHU YI TSHEM PAR JA WÄI CHHIRWho are suff ering with the thirst of delusions,

    NYI DRÄL DRUB PÄ DÖN LA MIG NÄ KYANGI off er this vase of water to you

    DAG GI JE LA BÜL CHHU BÜL WAR GYIWith the wish to become free from faults.

    Offering a cushion

    CHHÖ TÖN DAG PÄI KYIL KHOR DIRHaving arranged this pure, great, and glorious cushion

    PÄL CHHEN DAG PÄI DÄN SHAM TEIn this pure mandala of the dharma teaching place;

    TING DZIN MI YO NYAM ZHAG PÄPlease be seated with great joyful inten on,

    GYE PAR GONG TE DÄN LA ZHUGAnd immovable concentra on.

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    Offering a throne

    TSANG DANG DÄN THRI YANG PA LAMay the holy body, which is free of all obstruc ons and limits,

    THOG DANG DOG PA ME PÄI KUBe seated on top of this light and clean throne,

    NYI NYING TSHÜL GYI DIR ZHUG LAIn the mode of medita ve equipose on suchness imbued with bliss.

    DE WAR JAR BAB ZHE SUG SÖLI request you to please accept this.

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    Appendix 2

    Extensive Offering Practice

    Think that you have received these off erings through the kindness of all sen ent beings. Make charity of the off erings to all the hell beings, pretas, animals, humans, asuras, and suras. Think that you and all other beings are going to make off erings to the Buddhas together. Generate great happiness that you are accumula ng in-fi nite merit by thinking in this way.

    Make off erings to all holy objects, visualizing them as manifesta- ons of your own root guru, who is one with all other virtuous

    friends. Since the virtuous friend is the most powerful object in the merit fi eld, by off ering like this, you accumulate the most ex-tensive merit. In his text, THE FIVE STAGES, the savior Nagarjuna said, “Abandon making other off erings; try purely to make off er-ings only to your guru. By pleasing your guru, you will achieve the sublime wisdom of the omniscient mind.”

    Place your hands in prostra on mudra at your heart. Each me you make off erings, think that you are prostra ng, making off er-ings, and that the guru’s holy mind experiences great bliss.

    Actual Practice

    First, we make off erings to all the holy objects here in this place, every single thangka, statue, stupa, scripture, picture, tsa tsa, rel-ic, and prayer wheel, by seeing them as inseparable from our own virtuous friend, who is one with all other virtuous friends. (Pros-trate, off er, and generate great bliss.)

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    Then, we make all these off erings both real and visualized to ev-ery single holy object in this country – all the statues, stupas, scriptures, pictures, all the centers’ altars, every single altar in peoples’ homes, the prayer wheels, tsa tsas, and any virtuous friend in this country, by seeing them as inseparable from ones own virtuous friend. We present these off erings many mes and in this way generate great bliss in all the holy minds. (Prostrate, off er, and generate great bliss.)

    Then, we make all these off erings, both real and visualized, to every single holy object in India, including the Bodhgaya stupa where 1,000 buddhas descended, also we make off erings to all the holy beings in India, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other virtuous friends that you have there. By seeing them as in-separable from one’s own virtuous friend, we make the off erings many mes and in this way generate great bliss in all the holy minds. (Prostrate, off er, and generate great bliss.)

    We make all these off erings, both real and visualized, to every single holy object in Tibet, including the Jowo Rinpoche in Lhasa that was blessed by Guru Shakyamuni Buddha Himself, by seeing them as inseparable from ones own virtuous friend. We present these off erings many mes and in this way generate great bliss in all the holy minds. (Prostrate, off er, and generate great bliss.)

    We make all these off erings, both real and visualized, to every single holy object in Nepal, including Bouddhanath Stupa and Swayambhunath Stupa and any virtuous friends in Nepal. By see-ing them as inseparable from ones own virtuous friend, we make the off erings many mes and in this way generate great bliss in all the holy minds. (Prostrate, off er, and generate great bliss.)

    We make all these off erings, both real and visualized, to every single holy object in the other Buddhist countries such as main-land China, Thailand, Taiwan, Burma, etc., by seeing all the holy

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    objects as inseparable from one’s own virtuous friend. We make the off erings many mes and in this way generate great bliss in all the holy minds. (Prostrate, off er, and generate great bliss.)

    We now make all these off erings, both real and visualized, to ev-ery single holy object in the rest of the world, by seeing all the holy objects as inseparable from ones own virtuous friend. We make the off erings many mes and in this way generate great bliss in all the holy minds. (Prostrate, off er, and generate great bliss.)

    We make all these off erings both real and visualized to all the ten direc on Buddha, Dharma, Sangha by seeing all of them as inseparable from ones own virtuous friend. We make the off er-ings many mes and in this way generate great bliss in all the holy minds. (Prostrate, off er, and generate great bliss.)

    We make all these off erings, both real and visualized, to all the ten direc on statues, stupas, and scriptures by seeing them as inseparable from ones own virtuous friend. We make the off er-ings many mes and in this way generate great bliss in all the holy minds. (Prostrate, off er, and generate great bliss.)

    We make all these off erings, both real and visualized, to Buddha Chenrezig, by seeing Chenrezig as inseparable from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and ones own virtuous friend. We make the off er-ings many mes and in this way generate great bliss in all the holy minds. (Prostrate, off er, and generate great bliss.)

    We make all these off erings, both real and visualized, to the seven Medicine Buddhas (which is the same as making off erings to all the buddhas) by seeing them as inseparable from ones own vir-tuous friend. We make the off erings many mes and in this way generate great bliss in all the holy minds. (Prostrate, off er, and generate great bliss.)

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    Then, we make all these off erings, both real and visualized, to the bodhisa va Kshi garbha by seeing him as inseparable from ones own virtuous friend. We make the off erings many mes and in this way generate great bliss in all the holy minds. (Prostrate, of-fer, and generate great bliss.)

    Colophon:From the instruc ons of Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

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    Appendix 3

    Meditation on Rejoicing

    You can rotate your medita on on rejoicing during the puja in the following way: At the appropriate me during the fi rst seven-limb verse, rejoice in the goodness of yourself. The next me the sev-en-limb prayer is recited, pause and focus your rejoicing on the goodness of others. The next me, rejoice in the goodness of all gurus, buddhas, and bodhisa vas. Then start again with yourself, etc. For the fi nal seven-limb verse, rejoice in the goodness of all.

    Actual Practice

    Self: First, rejoice in all of the good things you yourself have done in the past. Think of what you must have done in past lives to re-sult in this precious human life today: prac cing generosity, mo-rality, pa ence, and making stainless pure prayers. Every good thing you experience now is the result of past posi ve ac ons you have done. As you are refl ec ng on the good things you must have done in the past, rejoice by reci ng to yourself like a mantra “How wonderful it is, how wonderful it is.” (Pause)

    Rejoice in all the good things, sincere prayers, prac ces, helping others, following your teacher’s advice, etc. that you are doing in this present life thinking, “How wonderful it is, how wonderful it is.” (Pause)

    Then, rejoice in all the virtuous ac vi es you will do in the future, all the realiza ons on the path you will develop and all the ways you will help others, teach the Dharma, etc. thinking, “How won-derful it is, how wonderful it is.” (Pause)

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    Others: Now, think of all the wonderful things others have done, all their virtuous quali es and the ways people have helped one another in the past, are helping each other now, and will do so in the future, especially all of your companions in the spiritual life, thinking “how wonderful it is, how wonderful it is.” Think also of par cular quali es that others have such as generosity, intel-ligence, beauty, fame, wealth, devo on, etc., thinking “How won-derful it is, how wonderful it is.” (Pause)

    Think about the life stories of the various saints of all the diff erent religious tradi ons and how they benefi ted others through de-vo ng their lives to spiritual prac ce and service. Rejoice in their quali es and deeds thinking, “How wonderful it is, how wonder-ful it is.” (Pause)

    Buddhas and bodhisa vas: Con nue by thinking specifi cally of all the incredible things that have been done in the past, are be-ing done now, and will be done in the future by all the buddhas and bodhisa vas, including your own teachers and the lineage lamas. Remember their quali es, their life stories, the hardships they bore to generate realiza ons in their minds and preserve the dharma, and how they have helped countless living beings think-ing, “How wonderful it is, how wonderful it is.” (Pause)

    All: Now, allow your mind to be completely aware of, and rejoice in, all the wonderful things that yourself, others, and all buddhas and bodhisa vas have done, are doing, and will do from now un- l all beings reach enlightenment. Feel expansive and happy for

    yourself and others thinking, “How wonderful it is, how wonder-ful it is.” (Pause)

    Colophon:Compiled from the instruc ons of Lama Zopa Rinpoche by Kendall Magnussen, FPMT Educa on Department, March 2003.

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    Appendix 4

    Tibetan Text

    ༅༅། །བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་སྨན་བླའི་མདོ་ཆོག་སྙིང་པོ་བསྡོས་པ་ཡིད་བཞིན་ནོར་བུ་ཞེས་ ་བ་བཞུགས་སོ།།

    ༈ ན་མོ་གུ་རུ་མུ་ནི་ཨི་ ཱ་ཡ། གང་གི་མཚན་ཙམ་ཐོས་པའི་ཆུ་ ུན་གྱ ིས། །མནར་མེད་མེ་ཡང་རབ་བསིལ་པད་མཚོ་ལྟར། ། ུར་མཛད་སྙིགས་མའི་མགོན་པོ་བདེ་གཤེགས་བདུན། །ཤཱཀྱ འི་ཏོག་དང་བཅས་པའི་ཞབས་བཏུད་ནས། །མཆོག་དམན་ ་བས་གཡེངས་ཤིང་ མ་ད ོད་ཀྱ ིས། །སྙིགས་མའི་ ལ་བ་བདུན་གྱ ི་ མ་ཐར་ལ། །མོས་པའི་བློ་ལྡན་དག་ལའང་ཕན་པའི་ ིར། །མདོ་ཆོག་བདུད་ ིའི་ཡང་ཞུན་སྙིང་པོ་ ི།འདིར་སྙིགས་མའི་དུས་སུ་མཐུ་དང་ ིན་རླབས་ཆེས་ཆེར་ ུར་བར་འཕགས་པའི་བཀའ་མི་འགྱ ུར་བས་ཞལ་གྱ ིས་བཞེས་པ། སྙིགས་མའི་མགོན་པོ་བདེ་གཤེགས་བདུན་གྱ ི་ཐུགས་དམ་བསྐུལ་བའི་སྙིང་པོའི་ཡང་སྙིང་པོ་ཉམས་སོ་ལེན་པར་འདོད་པས། མདོ་ཆོག་ནས་འ ུང་བའི་ ོར་བ་ མས་སྔོན་དུ་བཏང། བས་འགྲ ོ་སེམས་བ ེད་ ུད་དང་འ ིས་ངེས་པ་འདི་ལྟར ་ ེ།

  • 54 Medicine Buddha Sutra Ritual

    ༈ ། ོགས་བཅུ་དུས་གསུམ་གྱ ི་དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱ ི་སྐུ་གསུང་ཐུགས་ཡོན་ཏན་འ ིན་ལས་ཐམས་ཅད་གཅིག་ཏུ་བསྡུས་པའི་ངོ་བོར་གྱ ུར་པ་ཆོས་ཀྱ ི་ཕུང་པོ་ ོང་ ག་བ ད་ཅི་ ་བཞིའི་འ ུང་གནས་འཕགས་པའི་དགེ་འདུན་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱ ི་མངའ་བདག་ ིན་ཅན་ ་བ་དང་བ ུད་པར་བཅས་པའི

    དཔལ་ལྡན་བླ་མ་དམ་པ་ མས་ལ་ བས་སུ་མཆིའོ། ། ོགས་པའི་སངས་ ས་ མས་ལ་ བས་སུ་མཆིའོ། །དམ་པའི་ཆོས་ མས་ལ་ བས་སུ་མཆིའོ། །འཕགས་པའི་དགེ་འདུན་ མས་ལ་ བས་སུ་མཆིའོ། །བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་སྨན་གྱ ི་བླ་བདེ་བར་གཤེགས་པ་མཆེད་བ ད་ཀྱ ི་ལྷ་ཚོགས་འཁོར་དང་བཅས་པ་ མས་ལ་ བས་སུ་མཆིའོ། །དཔལ་མགོན་དམ་པ་ཆོས་ ོང་བའི་ ུང་མ་ཡེ་ཤེས་ཀྱ ི་ ན་དང་ལྡན་པ་ མས་ལ་ བས་སུ་མཆིའོ། ལན་གསུམ། །སངས་ ས་ཆོས་དང་ཚོགས་ཀྱ ི་མཆོག་ མས་ལ། ། ང་ཆུབ་བར་དུ་བདག་ནི་ བས་སུ་མཆི། །བདག་གིས་ ིན་སོགས་བགྱ ིས་པའི་ཚོགས་ མས་ཀྱ ིས། འགྲ ོ་ལ་ཕན་ ིར་སངས་ ས་འགྲ ུབ་པར་ཤོག །ལན་གསུམ། །བདག་དང་ ང་བ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཆོས་ཀྱ ི་ད ིངས་ཀྱ ི་རང་བཞིན་ཡིན་པ་ལ་དེ་ལྟར་མ་ ོགས་པའི་སེམས་ཅན་ཐམས་ཅད་བདེ་བ་དང་བདེ་བའི་ ུ་དང་ལྡན་པར་ ། །སྡུག་བསྔལ་དང་སུྡག་བསྔལ་གྱ ི་ ུ་དང་ ལ་བར་ ། །སྡུག་བསྔལ་མེད་པའི་་བདེ་བ་དང་མི་འ ལ་བར་ ། །བདེ་སྡུག་གི་ ུ་

  • Medicine Buddha Sutra Ritual 55

    ཆགས་སྡང་ཉེ་རིང་གཉིས་དང་ ལ་བའི་བཏང་སོྙམས་ལ་གནས་པར་ འོ། ལན་གསུམ། །མ་སེམས་ཅན་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱ ི་དོན་དུ་ཛོགས་པའི་

    སངས་ ས་ཀྱ ི་གོ་འཕང་ཐོབ་པར་ ། །དེའི་ ིར་དུ་བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་སྨན་གྱ ི་བླ་བདེ་བར་གཤེགས་པ་མཆེད་བ ད་ཀྱ ི་ལྷ་ཚོགས་འཁོར་དང་བཅས་པ་ མས་ལ་ ག་མཆོད་ཐུགས་དམ་བསྐུལ་བ་ལ་སོགས་པའི་ལམ་གྱ ི་རིམ་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པར་བགྱ ིའོ། །ལན་གསུམ། །མཆོག་བདེན་ ལ་བ་ ས་བཅས་ ིན་རླབས་དང། །ཚོགས་གཉིས་མངའ་ཐང་ཆོས་ད ིངས་དག་པའིམཐུས། །ཞིང་འདིར་བདེ་བ་ཅེན་ལྟར་ ོད་བཅུད་ཀྱ ི། ། ིད་ཞིའི་ཕུན་ཚོགས་འདོད་དགུས་འ ོར་གྱ ུར་ཅིག། །རིན་ཆེན་ས་གཞི་ལོྗན་ཤིང་ཆུ་མཚོས་བ ན། །གསེར་དངུལ་མུ་ཏིག་ ེ་མ་གྲ མ་བུར་བ ལ། །མེ་ཏོག་གཅལ་བཀྲ མ་ཙན་དན་ ི་བསུང་ལྡན། །ལྷ་མིའི་ལོངས་ ོད་ཀུན་བཟང་མཆོད་པས་ཁྱ བ། །དེར་ནི་ཡིད་འོང་ནོར་བུའི་ཕོ་ ང་དབུས། །པ

    ]་སེང་ཁྲ ིར་ ལ་བ་ ས་བཅས་ མས། །བཞུགས་

    ནས་གཟུངས་རིག་མོས་ ོབས་ཀྱ ིས་བ ུན་པའི། །མཆོད་ ིན་ ་མཚོས་གང་ཞིང་ ོད་གྱ ུར་ཅིག །སྙིགས་མའི་མགོན་པོ་བ ེ་ལྡན་བདེ་གཤེགས་བདུན། །ཐུབ་དབང་དམ་ཆོས་ ང་སེམས་བཀའ་སྡོད་བཅས། །བདག་སོགས་ ོབ་ ིར་མགོན་ བས་དཔུང་གཉེན་དུ། ། ན་འ ེན་འདིར་གཤེགས་གདན་འཛོམས་ ིན་རླབས་མཛོད། ༈ ི་ན། ཁྲ ིམ་གསུམ། ཤོག་གྲ ངས་ ༧༦ ལ་གཟིགས།། །བཀ་ ིན་མཉམ་མེད་ ་བའི་བླ་མ་དང།

  • 56 Medicine Buddha Sutra Ritual

    །ཤཱཀྱ འི་ ལ་པོ་འཇམ་ད ངས་ཞི་འཚོ་སོགས། །ཟབ་མོའི་མདོ་འདི་ ག་མཚན་བཞེས་པ་ཡི། །དངོས་བ ུད་བླ་མ་ མས་ལ་ ག་འཚལ་

    ལོ། །ཉམ་ཐག་འགྲ ོ་ མས་ ོལ་བའི་ཐུགས་ ེ་ཅན། །བདེ་གཤེགས་བདུན་དང་ཐུབ་དབང་དམ་པའི་ཆོས། །འཇམ་དཔལ་ བས་གྲ ོལ་གསང་བདག་ཚངས་དབང་དང་། ། ལ་ཆེན་གནོད་ ིན་ མས་ལ་ ག་འཚལ་ལོ། །དངོས་བཤམས་གཟུངས་རིག་མོས་ ོབས་ཀྱ ིས་ ུལ་

    པའི། །མཆོད་ཚོགས་ཀུན་འབུལ་སིྡག་ལུྷང་ཐམས་ཅད་བཤགས། །དགེ་ལ་ཡི་རང་བསྐུལ་ཞིང་གསོལ་བ་འདེབས། །འདིས་མཚོན་དགེ་བ་ ང་ཆུབ་ཆཨེན་པོར་བསྔོ། །བཅོམ་ལྡན་གདན་འཛོམས་ཆེན་པོ་

    དགོངས་སུ་གསོལ། །བདེ་གཤེགས་བདུན་གྱ ི་སྔོན་གྱ ི་སྨོན་ལམ་དག །ཤཱཀྱ འི་བ ན་པ་ལྔ་བ འི་ཐ་མ་ལ། །འགྲ ུབ་པར་འགྱ ུར་བ་ཞལ་གྱ ིས་བཞེས་པ་བཞིན། །བདག་ལ་བདེན་པ་མངོན་སུམ་བ ན་དི་གསོལ། ༈ བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ་དགྲ ་བཅོམ་པ་ཡང་དག་པར་ཛོགས་པའི་སངས་ ས་མཚན་ལེགས་པར་ཡོངས་བ གས་དཔལ་གྱ ི་ ལ་པོ་ལ་ ག་འཚལ་ལོ། །མཆོད་དོ་ བས་སུ་མཆིའོ། ཞེས་ལན་བདུན་

    བ ོད། །གསེར་གྱ ི་མདོག་ཅན་ བས་ ིན་ ག་ ་ཅན། །སྨོན་ལམ་བ ད་གྲ ུབ་ཚོགས་གཉིས་དཔལ་གྱ ིས་བ ིད། །གཞན་གྱ ིས་མི་ཐུབ་ཞིང་གི་དཔལ་གྱ ུར་པའི། །མཚན་ལེགས་ཡོངས་བ གས་དཔལ་ལ་ ག་འཚལ་ལོ། །མཚན་གྱ ི་མེ་ཏོག་ ས་ཤིང་དག་པ་ལ། །དཔེ་ ད་

  • Medicine Buddha Sutra Ritual 57

    བཟང་པོའི་འ ུ་ཆགས་མཛེས་པའི་སྐུ། །གང་གིས་མཐོང་ཐོས་ ན་པའི་དཔལ་གྱ ུར་པ། །མཚན་ལེགས་ཡོངས་བ གས་དཔལ་ལ་ ག་འཚལ་ལོ། །དངོས་བཤམས་གཟུངས་རིག་མོས་ ོབས་ཀྱ ིས་ ུལ་པའི། །མཆོད་ཚོགས་ཀུན་འབུལ་སིྡག་ལུྟང་ཐམས་ཅད་བཤགས། །དགེ་ལ་ཡི་རང་བསྐུལ་ཞིང་གསོལ་བ་འདེབས། །འདིས་མཚོན་དགེ་བ་ ང་ཆུབ་ཆེན་པོར་བསྔོ། ། ལ་བའི་མཚན་ཐོས་ ན་བ ོད་ ག་མཆོད་མཐུས། །བདག་ཅག་ལ་སོགས་སེམས་ཅན་གང་དང་གང། །ནད་རིམས་གཤེད་ ེད་སྡིག་ཅན་གདོན་ལས་ཐར། །དབང་པ་ོཀུན་ཚང་སུྡག་བསྔལ་སིྡག་ ུན་ཆད། །ངན་འགྲ ོར་མི་ལུྟང་ལྷ་མིའི་བདེ་བ་ ོང། །བཀྲ ེས་སྐོམ་དབུལ་འཕོངས་ཞི་ཞིང་འ ོར་གྱ ུར་ཅིག །བཅིང་དང་བ ོག་སོགས་ལུས་ཀྱ ི་གདུང་བ་མེད། ། ག་སེང་ ུལ་གྱ ིས་འཚེ་ ལ་འཐབ་ ོད་ཞི། ། མས་པའི་སེམས་ལྡན་ཆུ་ཡིས་ ད་ མས་ཀྱ ང། །དབུགས་ཕིན་འཇིགས་མེད་བདེ་བར་བ ལ་གྱ ུར་ཅིག །འདི་ནས་ཤི་འཕོས་གྱ ུར་ཚེ་སངས་ ས་ཀྱ ི། །ཞིང་དེར་པ

    ]}་ལས་ ེས་ཡོན་ཏན་ ོགས། །མཚན་

    ལེགས་ཡོངས་བགྲ གས་ལ་སོགས་ ལ་ མས་ཀྱ ི། །བཀའ་ལུང་ནོད་ཅིང་མཉེས་པར་ ེད་གྱ ུར་ཅིག ། ༈ བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ་དགྲ ་བཅོམ་པ་ཡང་དག་པར་ ོགས་པའི་སངས་ ས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་དང་ ་བ་དང་པ

    ]ས་རབ་ཏུབ ན་པ་མཁས་པ་གཟི་

    བ ིད་ ་ད ངས་ཀྱ ི་ ལ་པོ་ལ་ ག་འཚལ་ལོ། །མཆོད་དོ་ བས་སུ་

  • 58 Medicine Buddha Sutra Ritual

    མཆིའོ། ཞེས་ལན་བདུན་བ ོད། སྐུ་མདོག་སེར་པོ་མཆོག་ ིན་ ག་ ་ཅན། །སྨོན་ལམ་བ ད་གྲ ུབ་ཚོགས་གཉིས་དཔལ་གྱ ིས་བ ིད། །རིན་ཆེན་ལྡན་པའི་ཞིང་གི་དཔལ་གྱ ུར་པའི། །རིན་ཆེན་ ་བའི་ཞབས་ལ་ ག་འཚལ་ལོ། །རིན་ཆེན་ ་དང་པ

    ]ས་རབ་བ ན་ཅིང། །ཤེ་ ་

    ཀུན་ལ་མཁས་ཤིང་མཁྱ ེན་པ་ ས། ། ་མཚོ་ལྟ་བུར་ཟབ་པའི་ཐུགས་མངའ་བ། ། ་ད ངས་ ལ་པོའི་ཞབས་ལ་ ག་འཚལ་ལོ། །དངོས་བཤམས་གཟུངས་རིག་མོས་ ོབས་ཀྱ ིས་ ུལ་པའི། །མཆོད་ཚོགས་ཀུན་འབུལ་སིྡག་ལུྟང་ཐམས་ཅད་བཤགས། །དགེ་ལ་ཡི་རང་བསྐུལ་ཞིང་གསོལ་བ་འདེབས། །འདིས་མཚོན་དགེ་བ་ ང་ཆུབ་ཆེན་པོར་བསྔོ། ། ལ་བའི་མཚན་ཐོས་ ན་བ ོད་ ག་མཆོད་མཐུས། །བདག་ཅག་ལ་སོགས་སེམས་ཅན་གང་དང་གང། །གཡེངས་ མས་ཆོས་འཕེལ་ལྷ་མིའི་འཚོག་ཆས་འ ོར། །བཙའ་བའི་གདུང་ ལ་ ག་ཏུ་ ེས་པར་གྱ ུར། ། ང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དང་མི་འ ལ་དགེ་ཆོས་ ས། ིབ་ ང་ལྷ་མོའི་བདེ་བ་ཐོབ་གྱ ུར་ཅིག །བཤེས་ ལ་མུན་པར་གདོན་གཙེས་འཆི་དང་དགྲ །དགོན་པའི་གནོད་མེད་མཆོད་དང་རིམ་གྲ ོར་བ ོན། །དམན་ མས་ཏིང་འཛིན་ ན་ ོབས་གཟུངས་ལྡན་ཞིང་། །ཤེས་རབ་མཆོག་ཐོབ་མེད་ཉེན་བསལི་གྱ ུར་ཅིག །འདི་ནས་ཤི་འཕོས་གྱ ུར་ཚེ་སངས་ ས་ཀྱ ི། །ཞིང་དེར་པ

    ]}་ལས་ ེས་ཡོན་ཏན་ ོགས།

    ། ་ད ངས་ ལ་པོ་ལ་སོགས་ ལ་ མས་ཀྱ ི། །བཀའ་ལུང་ནོད་ཅིང་

  • Medicine Buddha Sutra Ritual 59

    མཉེས་པར་ ེད་གྱ ུར་ཅིག ། ༈ བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ་དགྲ ་བཅོམ་པ་ཡང་དག་པར་ ོགས་པའི་སངས་ ས་གསེར་བཟང་ ི་མེད་རིན་ཆེན་ ང་བ ུལ་ཞུགས་གྲ ུབ་པ་ལ་ ག་འཚལ་ལོ། །མཆོད་དོ་ བས་སུ་མཆིའོ། ཞེས་ལན་བདུན་བ ོད། ‘འཛམ་བུའི་གསེར་འ ་ཆོས་ ོན་ ག་ ་ཅན། །སྨོན་ལམ་བཞི་གྲ ུབ་ཚོགས་གཉིས་དཔལ་གྱ ིས་བ ིད། །སྤོས་ཀྱ ིས་ཡོངས་གང་ཞིང་གི་དཔལ་གྱ ུར་པའི། །གསེར་བཟང་ ི་མེད་ ང་ལ་ ག་འཚལ་ལོ། །འཛམ་བུ་ཆུ་བོའི་གསེར་ལྟར་ལྷང་ངེ་བ། །ཉི་མ་ ོང་ལས་ལྷག་པའི་གཟི་བ ིད་འབར། ། ི་མེད་གསེར་གྱ ི་མཆོད་སྡོང་ལྟ་བུའི་སྐུ། །གསེར་བཟང་ ི་མེད་ ང་ལ་ ག་འཚལ་ལོ། །དངོས་བཤམས་གཟུངས་རིག་མོས་ ོབ�