6 Session Guru Yoga — Six Session Guru Yoga (body)

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Six-Session Guru Yoga: actual prayer to be recited

For Refuge until Enlightenment I go

To Supreme Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.

Through the merit accrued by charity and so forth,

May I become a Buddha for the weal of migrators !

May all sentient beings upon being bereft of the closeness and distance of attachment and anger attain the particularly exalted bliss.

And having been freed from the ocean of unbearable suffering

**May they not be separated from the bliss of Holy Liberation

**I will not give up, even at the cost of my life, the mind wishing to attain Full Enlightenment

For the sake of liberating all migrators from the fear of existence and peace,

From now on until Buddhahood,

But will sustain it !

Gurus, Conquerors, their Scions and so forth

Pay heed to me !

Just as the former Ones Gone Thus

Gave birth to the Bodhicitta and

Dwelt by stages in the precepts of Bodhisattvas,

Likewise, I also, will give birth to Bodhicitta

Having trained by stages in the precepts of the Bodhisattvas

For the welfare of migrators.

At present my life has born fruit,

Having obtained an excellent human existence

Today I am born in the Lineage of the Buddhas:

Now I have become a scion of the Buddha !

At this juncture I must definitely

Begin to behave in keeping with my lineage.

I will not sully this noble, flawless lineage

Thus will I act !

In the space in front, on a ravishing bejewelled throne

Atop a lotus, vast sun and moon mandalas

The Root Guru, the omnipresent Lord, Vajradhara

ཿHaving taken Vajra and Bell, embraces a consort in his likeness.

Ablaze with the glory of the major and minor marks

And adorned with numerous precious ornaments,

Garbed with raiments of ravishing silk brocade

His mere recollection dispels all anguish.

Of the nature of the synthesis of all Supreme Refuges without exception,

Seated in cross-legged fashion, his three places are marked by the three letters.

Light rays from the HUM invite from his natural abode, Guru Vajradhara.

JAH HUM BAM HOH They have become non-dual.

I bow to the Vajra-bearing feet of the jewel-like Guru

By whose benevolence Great Bliss dawns in one very instant !1

I offer oceans of various clouds of

Outer, inner and secret offerings:

Which are owned and the ownerless,

Actually set out and the mentally emanated.

**** Having taken to mind the collection of physical, verbal and mental virtue of self and others as well as the riches of all three times and so forth, a fine precious mandala, a miscellanea of offerings of Samantabhadra and so forth, I offer them to the Guru, the Tutelary Deity and the Triple Gem. Having accepted them under the sway of compassion, I beseech them to bestow their blessing on me.

IDAM GURU RATNA MANDALAKAM NIRYATAYAMI.

I beseech the precious Guru endowed with the deeds of

The Conquerors in countless fields

Just as Those Gone to Bliss of the three times and the ten directions

Tamed whomsoever by the play of saffron.

I beseech the precious Guru praised by Vajradhara,

Thinking of those of dull acumen,

As excellent among the holy superior fields,

From within all the circles of the myriad of Conquerors.

Upon seeing that all common and uncommon attainments

without exception,

Follow correct reliance on Thee, Lord,

Bless me to delight Thee alone,

Even at the cost of body and life.

Upon beseeching in this fashion,

The Supreme Guru settles

**On one’s crown SA MĀ JAM

Delighted, yet again,

He becomes of one taste with oneself.

**** With the pride of being oneself Vasjrasattva,

Having taken the symbol of innate great bliss, the secret Vajra and

The symbol of the absence of the elaborations of nature, the secret Ghaņda,

I embrace the Conqueress.

My body and, likewise, my wealth as well as

Whatever collection of virtue I may have assembled in the three times,

I will donate from now on, without compunction,

For the benefit of mother sentient beings2.

Praising oneself and debasing others, not giving Dharma or wealth

Not heeding despite confession, abandoning the Great Vehicle

Robbing donations to the Triple Gem, abandoning Dharma, robbing the saffron robes **

** Engaging in the five uninterrupted crimes , wrong views and destroying cities

Teaching emptiness to the untrained and turning away from Perfect Enlightenment

**Abandoning Individual Liberation, deprecating Hearers, lying about the Profound

Taking donations from the Three Supreme formulating bad ethics and relinquishing Bodhicitta.

**The four binding factors are: ** **not viewing as a fault, not turning away from the desire to behave like that ,

**** Delight and the absence of shame and embarrassment.

For sixteen they must be complete, this is unnecessary for both wrong views and,

Relinquishing Bodhicitta. From these eighten root downfalls, I will protect myself.

Reviling the Guru, debasing the advice

Criticizing brethren, abandoning love for migrators

Relinquishing aspiring and engaging Bodhicitta, deprecating the Dharma of Sutra or Mantra,

Revealing the secrets to the unripe, abusing ones aggregates,

Abandoning emptiness, relying on evil friends,

Not recollecting the view, obstructing the mind of the faithful,

Not relying on the pledges and debasing women.

I will protect myself from the fourteen root downfalls at the risk of my life.

**I will abandon the four root branches, beer and misbehavior,

Rely on the holy Protector, venerate the Friends,

Protect the ten virtuous deeds and not reverting from the Great Vehicle,

Abandon walking and reviling: the pledges without exception I shall protect.

**** Relying on a Mudra lacking the characteristics, entering in union without the three perceptions,

Showing the secret substances to inappropriate recipients, fighting during the Ghanachakra,

Giving wrong answers to the queries of the faithful, dwelling seven days and nights among the Hearers

Although imperfect, pretending to be a yogi, teaching the holy Dharma to sceptics,

Engaging in activities related to the Mandala, without have perfected the retreats and so forth, unnecessarily going beyond the training of Individual Liberation and a Bodhisattva,

I will also protect myself correctly against the major downfalls which are contradictory to the context of the ÒFifty Verses of Guru DevotionÓ.3

By the power of the pure virtue accrued thereby,

May I, in all lives, never transgress the boundaries

Established by the might of Vajradhara,

And may I complete the stages of the two-fold path.

In brief, through however much of the collection of pure virtue

Thereby exemplified,

May I swiftly, upon being reborn in the treasury of gems, Shambala,

Complete the stages of the Path of Anutarra Yoga Tantra .

In all lives, never bereft of a pure Guru,

And wealthy in the glory of Dharma,

Upon perfecting the qualities of grounds and paths,

May I swiftly attain the state of Vajradhara !

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  1. . If one has received Mother Tantra initiation, at this point one recites:

    OM I prostrate to the Conqueror, Lord of Heroes HUM HUM PHAT

    OM Light akin to the fire of the great Eon HUM HUM PHAT

    OM You with the terrifying crown of locks HUM HUM PHAT

    OM Fearsome face with gnashing fangs HUM HUM PHAT

    OM Thousand arms ablaze with light HUM HUM PHAT

    OM Bearing battle-axe and noose, grasping lance and Khatvānga HUM HUM PHAT

    OM Wearing vestments of tiger skin HUM HUM PHAT

    OM I bow to the Great Smoky Body which puts an end to interferences HUM HUM PHAT

    OM I prostrate to the Conqueress Vajra-Sow HUM HUM PHAT

    OM to the Lady of the Knowledge Women and Noble Ones which cannot be overcome by the Three Realms HUM HUM PHAT

    OM Overcomer of all fear of elementals by the Great Vajra HUM HUM PHAT

    OM Eyes empowering those dwelling on the Vajra-seat to be invicible HUM HUM PHAT

    OM You who wither Brahmā with the Tummo of your wrathful Body HUM HUM PHAT

    OM You are victorious over the other side through withering and terrifying demons HUM HUM PHAT

    OM Completely victorious over all the Hebetators, the Petrifiers and the Stupefiers HUM HUM PHAT

    OM I bow to the Vajra-Sow in whose great embrace desire is overcome HUM HUM PHAT↩︎

  2. . If one is ordained one recites at this point:

    From among the five categories of downfalls of the vows of Individual Liberation,

    Four defeats and thirteen with remainder,

    Thirty downfalls to be abandoned and ninety simple,

    Four to be individually confessed and one hundred and twelve misdeeds,

    Moreover I will abandon downfalls and so forth by the bases and assembly.↩︎

  3. . If one has received Mother Tantra initiation (such as Heruka) one recites also:

    Deprecate not the behavior of the left and offer,

    Abandon engaging in union with those bereft of the characteristics

    Be not separated from the view at the time of union

    Aspire continually to the path of desire,

    Abandon not the two aspects of Mudra

    Strive mainly at outer and inner means

    Rely on pure behavior: do not emit Kunda

    Abandon vomiting when taking Bodhicitta.↩︎

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