Namo guru,
1.
Gurus and yidams, deities of the mandala,
Buddhas of the three times in the ten directions and your sons
and daughters,
Please consider us with kindness and understanding, and
Grant your blessing that these aspirations may be accomplished
exactly as we ask.
2.
Sprung from the snow mountain of pure intentions and actions
Of myself and all sentient beings without limit,
May the river of accumulated virtue of the threefold purity
Flow into the ocean of the four bodies of the Victorious Ones.
3.
So long as this is not accomplished,
Through all my lifetimes, birth upon birth,
May not even the words "evil deeds" and
"suffering" be heard
And may we enjoy the splendor and goodness of oceans of happiness
and virtue.
4.
Having obtained the supreme freedoms and conjunctions of the
precious human existence, endowed with faith, energy, and
intelligence,
Having attended on a worthy spiritual friend and received the
pith of the holy instructions,
May we practice these properly, just as we have received them,
without obstacle or interruption.
In all our lives, may we practice and enjoy the holy dharma.
5.
Hearing and studying the scriptures and reasonings free us from
the obscuration of not knowing.
Contemplating the oral instructions disperses the darkness of
doubt.
In the light born of meditation what is shines forth just as it
is.
May the brightness of the three prajnas grow in power.
6.
By understanding the meaning of the ground, which is the two
truths free from the extremes of eternalism and nihilism,
And by practicing the supreme path of the two accumulations, free
from the extremes of exaggeration and denial,
Is attained the fruit of well-being for oneself and others, free
from the extremes of samsara and nirvana.
May all beings meet the dharma which neither errs nor misleads.
7.
The ground of purification is the mind itself, indivisible
cognitive clarity and emptiness.
That which purifies is the great vajra yoga of mahamudra.
What is to be purified are the adventitious, temporary
contaminations of confusion.
May the fruit of purification, the stainless dharmakaya, be
manifest.
8.
Resolving doubts about the ground brings conviction in the view.
Then keeping one’s awareness unwavering, in accordance with
the view, is the subtle pith of meditation.
Putting all aspects of meditation into practice is the supreme
action.
The view, the meditation, the action -- may there be confidence
in these.
9.
All phenomena are illusory displays of mind.
Mind is no mind -- the mind’s nature is empty of any entity
that is mind.
Being empty, it is unceasing and unimpeded, manifesting as
everything whatsoever.
Examining well, may all doubts about the ground be discerned and
cut.
10.
Naturally manifesting appearances, that never truly exist, are
confused into objects.
Spontaneous intelligence, under the power of ignorance, is
confused into a self.
By the power of this dualistic fixation, beings wander in the
realms of samsaric existence.
May ignorance, the root of confusion, be discovered and cut.
11.
It is not existent -- even the Victorious Ones do not see it.
It is not nonexistent -- it is the basis of all samsara and
nirvana.
This is not a contradiction, but the middle path of unity.
May the ultimate nature of phenomena, limitless mind beyond
extremes, be realized.
12.
If one says, "This is it," there is nothing to show.
If one says, "This is not it," there is nothing to
deny.
The true nature of phenomena, which transcends conceptual
understanding, is unconditioned.
May conviction be gained in the ultimate, perfect truth.
13.
Not realizing it, one circles in the ocean of samsara.
If it is realized, buddha is not anything other.
It is completely devoid of any "This is it," or
"This is not it."
May this simple secret, this ultimate essence of phenomena, which
is the basis of everything, be realized.
14.
Appearance is mind and emptiness is mind.
Realization is mind and confusion is mind.
Arising is mind and cessation is mind.
May all doubts about mind be resolved.
15.
Not adulterating meditation with conceptual striving or mentally
created meditation,
Unmoved by the winds of everyday busyness,
Knowing how to rest in the uncontrived, natural spontaneous flow,
May the practice of resting in mind’s true nature be
skillfully sustained.
16.
The waves of subtle and coarse thoughts calm down by themselves
in their own place,
And the unmoving waters of mind rest naturally.
Free from dullness, torpor, and, murkiness,
May the ocean of shamatha be unmoving and stable.
17.
Looking again and again at the mind which cannot be looked at,
The meaning which cannot be seen is vividly seen, just as it is.
Thus cutting doubts about how it is or is not,
May the unconfused genuine self-nature be known by self-nature
itself.
18.
Looking at objects, the mind devoid of objects is seen;
Looking at mind, its empty nature devoid of mind is seen;
Looking at both of these, dualistic clinging is self-liberated.
May the nature of mind, the clear light nature of what is, be
realized.
19.
Free from mental fabrication, it is the great seal, mahamudra.
Free from extremes, it is the great middle way, madhyamika.
The consummation of everything, it is also called the great
perfection, dzogchen.
May there be confidence that by understanding one, the essential
meaning of all is realized.
20.
Great bliss free from attachment is unceasing.
Luminosity free from fixation on characteristics is unobscured.
Nonthought transcending conceptual mind is spontaneous presence.
May the effortless enjoyment of these experiences be continuous.
21.
Longing for good and clinging to experiences are self-liberated.
Negative thoughts and confusion purify naturally in ultimate
space.
In ordinary mind there is no rejecting and accepting, loss and
gain.
May simplicity, the truth of the ultimate essence of everything,
be realized.
22.
The true nature of beings is always buddha.
Not realizing that, they wander in endless samsara.
For the boundless suffering of sentient beings
May unbearable compassion be conceived in our being.
23.
When the energy of unbearable compassion is unceasing,
In expressions of loving kindness, the truth of its essential
emptiness is nakedly clear.
This unity is the supreme unerring path.
Inseparable from it, may we meditate day and night.
24.
By the power of meditation arise the eyes and supernormal
perceptions,
Sentient beings are ripened and buddha fields are perfectly
purified,
The aspirations that accomplish the qualities of a buddha are
fulfilled.
By bringing these three to utmost fruition -- fulfilling,
ripening, and purifying -- may utmost buddhahood be manifest.
25.
By the power of the compassion of the Victorious Ones of the ten
directions and their sons and daughters,
And by the power of all the pure virtue that exists,
May the pure aspirations of myself and all sentient beings
Be accomplished exactly as we wish.