Prayer Book. Essential Instructions, Prayers and Practices of the Three Perfections

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Prayer Book Essential Instructions, Prayers and Practices of the Three Perfections

Very important, essential prayers, instructions and practices for the three perfections of beginning, main part and conclusion of listening to Dharma teachings, as well as for meditation and practice.

2014 Do Ngak Chöling Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center St. Louis MO USA

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Proper Preparation of the Teaching Place, Reception of the Teacher, and Way of Listening

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Prayers Before Teaching Sessions ..................................................................... 11 Prayer to the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones .........................................................................................................12 Going for Refuge..................................................................................................................................................18 Generating Bodhicitta .........................................................................................................................................21 Praise to Manjushri..............................................................................................................................................23 Seven Branch Prayer............................................................................................................................................28 Thirty-Seven Heap Mandala Offering ..................................................................................................................34 Seven Heaps Mandala Offering ...........................................................................................................................37 Request for Teachings .........................................................................................................................................38 Requirement Prayers for Receiving Vajrayana Teachings ................................. 41 Vajrasattva Meditation and Recitation ...............................................................................................................42 Eight Branch Accumulations Gathering ...............................................................................................................44 Proper Way of the Moral Conduct and Attitude for Listening to Dharma Teachings

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Proper Moral Conduct of body, speech, and mind for Listening to Dharma Teachings .............................47

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Right Attitude for Listening to Dharma Teachings ......................................................................................53 A) The Vast Intention of the Bodhichita Attitude ..........................................................................................53 B) Vast Methods: the Attitude of the Secret Mantrayana ............................................................................54

Prayers of Dedication ........................................................................................ 59 Dedication of Merit Prayers ................................................................................................................................60 Prayers for the Longevity of the Dharma and its Holders ...................................................................................67 Prayer for World Peace .......................................................................................................................................68 Prayers for the Preservation of the Nyingma Lineage ........................................................................................69 Prayer for the Preservation of the Dudjom Tersar Lineage ................................................................................70 Prayers for the Preservation of the Sutra Teachings...........................................................................................71

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Long Life Prayer for Tibetan Buddhism ...............................................................................................................73 The Instructor’s Activity..................................................................................... 74 Daily Practice ..................................................................................................... 81 Water Offering.....................................................................................................................................................82 Purifying the Speech ............................................................................................................................................83 Prayers to the Lineage Lamas ..............................................................................................................................88 Prayer to the Lamas of the Lineage of Kama and Terma ................................................................................88 Prayer to the Khenpo, Lopon and Dharma King ..............................................................................................88 Prayer to Rongzompa ......................................................................................................................................90 Prayer to Longchenpa......................................................................................................................................91 Prayer to Mipham Rinpoche............................................................................................................................92 Prayer to Dudjom Lingpa ................................................................................................................................. 92 Prayer to Dudjom Rinpoche ............................................................................................................................93 Prayer to the Root Guru ..................................................................................................................................93 Seven Line Prayer ............................................................................................................................................94 The Prayer of Diamond Verses ........................................................................................................................98 Prayer to Guru Rinpoche for Removing Obstacles and Accomplishing Wishes ..............................................99 The Prayer that Swiftly Accomplishes All Wishes..........................................................................................100 Supplication to Guru Rinpoche to Remove Obstacles ...................................................................................103 Supplication to Orgyen Rinpoche for the Spontaneous Fulfillment of Wishes .............................................129 Life-story prayers to the Lineage Lamas............................................................................................................144 Tenth Day Life-Story Prayer to Guru Rinpoche .............................................................................................144 Life-Story Prayer to Dudjom Lingpa...............................................................................................................159 Life-Story Prayer to Dudjom Rinpoche ..........................................................................................................181 Calling the Lama from Afar ................................................................................................................................184 Dudjom Tersar Ngondo ..................................................................................................................................... 202 Three Roots .......................................................................................................................................................212 Gathered Heart Essence of the Guru.............................................................................................................212 Vajra Kilaya Sadhana .....................................................................................................................................220 Yeshe Tsogyal Sadhana ..................................................................................................................................226 Other Sadhanas .................................................................................................................................................228 Avalokiteshvara .............................................................................................................................................228 Manjushree....................................................................................................................................................240 Tara ................................................................................................................................................................243 Medicine Buddha...........................................................................................................................................266

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Prayer to the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones

Avalokiteshvara’s King of Sight Restorers .....................................................................................................271 Vajrasattva .....................................................................................................................................................275 Vajravarahi.....................................................................................................................................................280 Maritseyai ......................................................................................................................................................283 Throma ..........................................................................................................................................................295 Dorje Drolo ....................................................................................................................................................336 Offering Practices ............................................................................................ 339 Offering Prayer ..................................................................................................................................................340 Tea Offering Prayer ...........................................................................................................................................341 Food Offering Prayer .........................................................................................................................................344 Food Offering according to the Vinaya..............................................................................................................345 Food Offering according to the Vajrayana ........................................................................................................353 Tsok Offerings and Vajra Song ...........................................................................................................................356 Tsok Offering .................................................................................................................................................356 Concise Tsok Offering .................................................................................................................................... 358 Jigme Lingpa’s Concise Tsok ..........................................................................................................................359 Additional Tsok Offering ................................................................................................................................ 361 Vajra Song ......................................................................................................................................................364 Butter Lamp Offering.........................................................................................................................................366 All-pervading Nectar of Water Offering ............................................................................................................368 Riwo Sangcho – Mountain of Burnt Offerings ...................................................................................................381 Brief Sang Offerings ...........................................................................................................................................396 Sur Giving...........................................................................................................................................................399 Brief Sur Giving ..................................................................................................................................................412 White Torma ......................................................................................................................................................417 Naga Torma .......................................................................................................................................................422 Prostration and Confession Practices .............................................................. 431 Common Confession..........................................................................................................................................432 Confession of the Bodhisattva to the Thrity-Five Buddhas ...............................................................................436 Accumulations Gathering Eight Branch Daily Confession .................................................................................448 Confession Prayer ..............................................................................................................................................450 The Lament of Rudra .........................................................................................................................................454 Inexpressable Absolute Confession ...................................................................................................................466 Confession Prayer ..............................................................................................................................................475 Essence of Confession ....................................................................................................................................... 482

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King of Confessions............................................................................................................................................486 Fourteen Root Downfalls and Eight Heavy Downfalls of the Vajrayana ...........................................................512 Restoration of the Three Vows..........................................................................................................................522 A Prayer by Which we Recognize Our own Faults and Remember the Object of Refuge.................................538 Hundredfold Homage to the Peaceful and Wrathful Deities ............................................................................554 Additional Practices ......................................................................................... 601 Sutra of the Recollection of the Three Jewels ...................................................................................................602 Nyenne Ceremony .............................................................................................................................................608 Renewal of Bodhisattva Vow.............................................................................................................................627 Buddha Shakyamuni Sadhana ...........................................................................................................................633 Twelve Deeds Praise ..........................................................................................................................................645 Heart Sutra ........................................................................................................................................................653 The Mahayana Sutra concerning the Noble Arya Amitayus, Limitless Life and Wisdom..................................664 Daily Sadhana for Accomplishing Longevity ......................................................................................................685 Pith Instructions Prayers.................................................................................. 689 Prayer by Dudjom Rinpoche .............................................................................................................................. 690 Aspiration Prayer to take the Bardo along the Path .........................................................................................697 The Heart Nectar of the Saints .......................................................................................................................... 707 Aspiration Prayers ........................................................................................... 729 Aspiration Prayer for Excellent Conduct ...........................................................................................................730 The Prayer of Arya Maitreya ............................................................................................................................. 759 The Prayer of Kuntuzangpo ............................................................................................................................... 771 Prayer to be Reborn in Dewachen.....................................................................................................................789 Amitabha Aspiration Prayer .............................................................................................................................. 791 Yeshe Tsogyal’s Prayer to Guru Rinpoche as he left Tibet ................................................................................793 The Aspiration Prayer to Journey to the Realm of the Copper-Colored Mountain ..........................................801 Vajra Knot Aspiration Prayer ............................................................................................................................. 807 The Aspiration of the Vajradhatu Mandala .......................................................................................................812 Aspiration Prayer for the Increase of the Teachings of the Early Translation School .......................................818 Additional Teachings ....................................................................................... 831 Life and Liberation of Guru Rinpoche................................................................................................................832 Dudjom Rinpoche biography .............................................................................................................................875 Benefits of the Vajra Guru mantra ....................................................................................................................876 Benefits of the Observance of the Buddhist calendar.......................................................................................881 The defects of tobacco ......................................................................................................................................898

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Prayer to the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones

Thirty Pieces of Advice from the Heart .............................................................................................................909

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Proper Preparation of the Teaching Place, Reception of the Teacher, and Way of Listening

OM SVASTI – Auspiciousness, hapinness and well being! Fortunate beings—you who seek the instructions of the profound and vast nectar of sacred Dharma— come to the place in which the teaching is to be given. On arriving there, you should clean the room and erect a proper seat for the teacher, such as a lion- or jewelthrone. Put up an awning and curtained canopy, and arrange offerings such as incense, flowers, rows of lamps, and a gold or silver mandala, all beautifully set out and in the proper order. Welcome and receive the teacher in procession with incense and musical instruments, and show every courtesy and respect. Everyone listening to the teaching should refrain from covering their heads, carrying weapons, wearing shoes, and any other such faults in physical conduct. Verbally, you should avoid chatting and laughing. And mentally, you should give up all attitudes that are influenced by the eight worldly concerns and the afflictive emotions—finding fault in or looking down on the teacher, and so on. Instead, sit up straight with hands folded together, and cultivate great devotion and respect, keeping your mind concentrated and undistracted, for you should realize that to encounter a teacher and a sacred teaching like this is very difficult, and that to do so is extremely beneficial. Conducting yourself respectfully, with care and cleanliness, present whatever material offerings you can. For the sake of all sentient beings, and in order to request the teachings, fill space with all kinds of offerings— both those that are owned by someone and those that have no owner—and offer too your own body, possessions, and all the merit gathered in past, present, and future. With regard to everyone in the assembly, you must not feel attachment, aversion, or jealousy toward them, indulge in idle chatter, or say unpleasant things about them. Train yourself, rather, in having only pure perception. In short, adopt the right qualities described in the precious sutras and tantras, and without separating from the precious bodhichitta, sit in the teacher’s presence listening to the teaching in the proper manner.

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Prayer to the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones

Prayers Before Teaching Sessions

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Prayers Before Teaching Sessions

Prayer to the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones

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