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Konchok Ösel Dorje
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 Posted - Nov 16 2009 : 12:47:34 PM
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By His Holiness the Third Gyalwa Karmapa Rangjung Dorje
1. Homage to the guru! Lamas and yidam mandala deities,
Victors of the three times and ten directions, and your offspring,
lovingly consider me and bless my aspiration prayers
that they may turn out exactly as intended.
2. May the streams of accumulated virtue, uncontaminated
by the three concerns,
that spring from the snow mountain of my own
and countless other sentient beings' totally pure
intentions and actions
flow into the ocean of the four kayas of the Victors.
3. For however long that may take to accomplish,
in all lifetimes through my succession of lives,
may even the sounds "nonvirtue" and "suffering" be unknown,
and may I enjoy the wealth of oceanic virtue and happiness.
4. Possessing the greatest leisure and endowments,
with faith, industry and prajna,
serving an excellent spiritual advisor, may I obtain
quintessential instructions,
and with no hindrance to their proper implementation,
may I practice superb dharma in all my lifetimes
5. Study of scripture and reasoning delivers one from the
pall of nescience.
Reflection on the oral instructions vanquishes the
darkness of uncertainty.
The light cast by meditation vividly illuminates the
enduring condition.
May the radiance of the three prajnas intensify.
6. The meaning of "ground" is the two truths, beyond the
polarity of existence and nonexistence.
Through the supreme path of two accumulations, beyond
the extremes of embellishment and discredit,
the fruition of the two purposes, beyond the limits of
conditioned existence and serenity, is attained.
May I encounter the dharma that neither errs nor
misleads.
7. The ground of purification is mind nature, unified
cognizance and emptiness.
Through the purifying agency of the great vajra yoga of
mahamudra,
may delusory incidental stains be purified
and the result of purification, stainless dharmakaya,
become manifest.
8. Cutting off embellishments of the ground, the view
is assured.
Sustaining that without distraction is the point of
meditation.
Gaining full proficiency in meditation is the finest
activity.
May I have confident view, meditation and activity.
9. All phenomena are apparitions of the mind.
Yet mind is not there, for mind is essentially empty,
and while empty, unimpeded, displayed any way at all--
examining well, may I sever the underlying root.
10. Self-display with no existence is mistaken for an object.
Out of ignorance, self-awareness is mistaken for one's self.
Driven by dualistic clinging, one wanders the vastness
of creation.
May I strip away ignorance, the source of confusion.
11. It is not existent, for even Buddhas have never seen it.
It is not nonexistent, for it is the basis for all samsara and
nirvana.
This is the unified central course, not a paradox.
May I realize the unlimited dharmata of mind.
12. There is nothing to indicate that "it is this."
There is no refutation to show "it is not this."
Unfabricated dharmata that defies the intellect
is the perfect, ultimate limit--may I be certain of it.
13. Simply not realizing this stirs the ocean of conditioned
existence;
just realizing this, there is no enlightenment elsewhere.
Being all, it is never "this but not that."
May I discover the hidden dimensions of the universal
ground, dharmata.
14. Since appearance is mind, and emptiness also is mind,
realization is mind, and confusion also is my own mind,
arising is mind and cessation, too, is just mind,
may I sever all embellished claims within my mind.
15. Without being corrupted by deliberate, fabricated
meditation,
and without being disturbed by the commotion of
common affairs,
knowing how to settle into what is natural and
uncontrived,
may I expertly sustain practice of the vital point of mind.
16. May the waves of coarse and subtle thoughts subside on
their own
and the placid river of mind gently come to rest.
May the ocean of serene abiding, without silt and mire
of torpor and dullness, remain steady and unperturbed.
17. When invisible mind is looked at again and again,
the unglimpsed meaning is beheld distinctly, just as it is.
With the severing of all doubts about what is and is not,
may the non-mistaken inner essence reveal itself.
18. Looking at an object, there is none; I see it is my mind.
Looking for mind, mind is not there; it lacks any essence.
Looking at both, dualistic clinging is freed on its own.
May I realize luminosity, the enduring condition of mind.
19. Free from being mind-made, this is mahamudra;
free of extremes, it is mahamadhyamaka;
this contains all, and is mahasandhi too.
Through knowing one, may I gain firm realization of the
meaning of all.
20. Great bliss with no attachment is continuous.
Luminosity without grasping at characteristics is
unobscured.
Nonconceptuality that goes beyond the intellect is
spontaneous.
May unsought experiences occur without interruption.
21. Preferential grasping at experiences is liberated on the
spot.
The confusion of negative thoughts is purified in the
natural expance.
Natural cognizance adopts and discards nothing, has
nothing added or removed.
May I realize what is beyond limiting constructs, the truth
of dharmata.
22. The nature of beings is ever enlightened,
yet not realizing this, they wander endlessly in samsara.
May intense compassion arise within me
for sentient beings, whose suffering knows no bounds.
23. In the moment of love, when the vibrant power of
intense compassion
is uncontained, the empty essence shines forth nakedly.
May I never step off this supreme path of unity that never
goes awry,
and practice it at all times, day and night.
24. With eyes and paranormal powers that arise from potent
meditation,
sentient beings are matured and buddha fields well
cleansed.
Aspirations to accomplish buddha dharmas are fulfilled.
May I complete fulfillment, maturation and cleansing,
and attain enlightenment.
25. Through the compassion of Victors and their offspring
everywhere
and the power of all immaculate virtue there is,
may my own and all countless sentient beings'
totally pure aspirations be accomplished exactly as we
intend.
See this commentary by the Eight Tai Situpa: http://www.amazon.com/Eighth-Situpa...sr=8-1-fkmr0 |
Edited by - Konchok Ösel Dorje on Nov 16 2009 12:49:02 PM |
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