The Very Concise Method of Accomplishment of

Shri Chakrasamvara
“A Singular Recollection”
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

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 THE VERY CONCISE METHOD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
OF SHRI CAKRASAMVARA
“A SINGULAR RECOLLECTION”
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

The very concise method of accomplishment of the Shri Cakrasamvara of Krisna, “A Singu-
lar Recollection”.

‘The method of accomplishment of Cakrasamvara, this Single Recollection was composed

by a follower of Krisnacarya; may the merit accomplish the two purposes.’ Written by Guru
Manjughosha according to the intent of the holy words of Tsechen [Sachen Kunga] Nyingpo
(1092-1158) together with the Lineage Holders.
May it be virtuous and good, mangalam.
[Written by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820-1892). The Collected Works of the Great
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, vol.7, fol.215-226. Gyud de Kun Tus, vol.25, folios 11-19.
Abbreviated prayers and mantras have been extended. Translated by Jeff Watt, October 14,
1989, Vancouver, B.C. Canada, Rev: June 18, 1999.
Edited by Lama Kunga Tharts Rinpoche
and arranged for printing by Wolfgang Saumweber, May 2003 (rev. 2/2004).
This sadhana was ditributed to the paricipants of the Chakrasamvara Empowerment His
Holiness Sakya Trizin gave during his visit to the United States and Canada
in summer 2003.

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Cakrasamvara Mantras
Cakrasamvara Father and Mother Essence Mantra
OM SHRI VAJRA HE HE RU RU KAM HUM HUM PHAT, OM SARVA BUD-
DHA DAKINIYE VAJRA VARNNANIYE HUM HUM PHAT SVAHA.
Father and Mother Near-Essence Mantra
OM HRIH HA HA HUM HUM PHAT, OM VAJRA VAIROCANIYE HUM
HUM PHAT.
Father Essence Mantra
OM SHRI VAJRA HE HE RU RU KAM HUM HUM PHAT, DAKINI JALA
SAMVARA SVAHA.
Father Near-Essence Mantra
OM HRIH HA HA HUM HUM PHAT.
Mother Essence Mantra
OM SARVA BUDDHA DAKINIYE VAJRA VARNANNIYE HUM HUM
PHAT SVAHA.
Mother Near-Essence Mantra
OM VAJRA VAIROCANIYE HUM HUM PHAT SVAHA.
Mother Near-Essence-Essence Mantra
OM CAURI HUM HUM PHAT.
The Four Dakinis Mantras
OM DAKINIYE HUM HUM PHAT. OM LAMAYE HUM HUM PHAT. OM
KHANDAROHE HUM HUM PHAT. OM RUPINIYE HUM HUM PHAT.
Blessing and Activity Mantras - The Mantra of the Four Faces
OM SUMBHA NISUMBHA HUM HUM PHAT,
OM GRIHNA GRIHNA HUM HUM PHAT,
OM GRIHNAPAYA GRIHNAPAYA HUM HUM PHAT,
OM ANAYA HOH BHAGAVAN VIDYARAJA HUM HUM PHAT.
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Preliminaries
OM SVASTI SIDDHAM!
In the completely firm fabric of the innate,
Homage to the Guru Heruka - performing the vow.
The method of accomplishment of the yoga of the Singular Recollection is explained. A prac-
titioner having obtained the empowerment in the mandala of Shri Cakrasamvara and with
pure pledges and vows, at the occasion of a beginner, learning the levels of the Generation
Stage, unable to meditate on the complete circle of the mandala but wishing to meditate in a
manner gathering the continuity of the yoga, should practice the yoga of the Single Recollec-
tion in the manner of the three: preliminary, main section, conclusion.
The first has two parts: common and uncommon.
Common Preliminaries
Refuge and Enlightenment Thought
In pleasant surroundings imagine in the sky in front of you the objects of refuge — with
Guru Cakrasamvara as the central figure — and invite them. Imagine yuorself and others
having gone for refuge through the three doors. Perform both the Refuge and Enlightenment
Thought, whatever is suitable, the extensive or concise.
I and others, all beings equal to space,
From this time forth until the heart of enlightenment is reached;
To the holy Root Guru and Lineage,
Essence of all body, speech, mind, qualities and activities
Of all tathagatas of the ten directions and three times;
Source of the eighty-four thousand articles of Dharma
And master of all the noble Sangha;
To the glorious holy Guru I go for refuge.
To the complete bhagavan Buddhas I go for refuge.
To the holy Dharma I go for refuge.
To the noble Sangha I go for refuge.
Recite as much as possible with folded hands.
To the Guru and Three Precious Jewels,
I bow and go for refuge;
I pray, may you bless my continuum.
Think: the source of refuge melts into light and dissolves into yourself.
For the benefit of all beings I must obtain the state of complete buddhahood; for
that purpose I practice the method of the profound path.
Recite three times the Enlightenment Thought. [To elaborate, perform the meditation-recita-
tion of Heruka Vajrasattva].
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Uncommon Preliminaries OM SHRI VAJRA HE HE RU RU KAM HUM HUM PHAT,
DAKINI JALA SAMVARA VAJRA VAIROCANIYE HUM HUM PHAT
The Uncommon Preliminaries have two parts, [the accumulation of merit and the accumula-
SVAHA.
tion of wisdom]:

The Collection of the Accumulations of Merit

OM AH HUM, HA HO HRIH
Bless the ‘inner offering’ - imagine tasting with the left ring finger.
SHRI HERUKA AHAM
Recite the main non-dual essence of the Father-Mother. If desired recite the root and near
SHRI is non-dual wisdom. HE is the emptiness of causality. RU is free of accumulation. KA is essence mantras as known from the long sadhana.
indeterminability - say and remember.
To finish, pray with folded hands:
In my heart from AH arises a moon disc, in the middle is the mind — the essence
May all beings and I be blessed with the body, speech, mind, qualities and activi-
of the five wisdoms — as a blue HUM. From that, rays of light shine forth filling
ties of all the sugatas. May we be blessed to quickly obtain the accomplishment of
the inside of the body purifying all sins and obscurations. The body becomes a
supreme mahamudra, the stage of Shri Cakrasamvara.
mass of light.
Perform the Hundred Syllable Mantra of Heruka to make firm the blessing. For the medita-
From a transformation of that, instantly I become Cakrasamvara together with
tion of the Perfection Stage refer to the commentaries.
the Mother. In the heart, from HUM rays of light shine forth to the Guru and host
of Cakrasamvara deities, all gathered in the sky in front.
OM VAJRA SAMAJAH III. Conclusion
Invite the assembly,
At the places of myself, above moon discs are:

NAMO GURUBHYAH. OM OM HA, OM NAMA HI, OM SVAHA HU, OM BOSHATA HE, OM HUM
NAMAH SHRI CAKRASAMVARA MANDALABHYAH HUM HO, OM PHAT HAM, OM OM VAM, OM HAM YAM, OM HRIM
MAM, OM HREM HRIM, OM HUM HUM, OM PHAT PHAT,
with mudra.
That is the armor of the Father-Mother. Together with mudras recite twice the Mantra of
OM SARVA TATHAGATA SHRI CAKRASAMVARA MANDALA Four Faces to protect the environment, above and below, with mantra:
SAPARIWARA ARGHAM, PADYAM, PUSHPE, DHUPE,
OM SUMBHA NISUMBHA HUM HUM PHAT,
ALOKE, GHANDHE, NAIVIDYE, SHAPDA AH HUM
OM GRIHNA GRIHNA HUM HUM PHAT,
Offer thus. OM GRIHNAPAYA GRIHNAPAYA HUM HUM PHAT,
In the Three Jewels I go for refuge, OM ANAYA HOH BHAGAVAN VIDYARAJA HUM HUM PHAT.
Confessing individually all sins; Know the three - appearance, renown and conceptuality as the state of the deity, mantra and
Rejoicing in the virtue of beings; pristine awareness.
Holding in mind the enlightenment of buddha. Through this merit quickly may I attain the stage of Cakrasamvara and place
In the Buddha, Dharma and Excellent Community, upon that stage all beings without exception. At the time of death, with a host
Until enlightenment, I go for refuge. of lords and viras, flowers, parasols and banners held aloft, with the offerings of
In order to accomplish the benefit of myself and others, pleasant music, cymbals, and the like; may I be led to the Realm of Khecara. By
I give rise to the enlightenment thought; the real goddess, real commitments and also the real words of Dharma, by that
Giving rise to this thought of supreme enlightenment, I invite all beings. excellent truth; may those goddesses take care of me.
Performing the pleasing practice of the supreme conduct of enlightenment, Between sessions enter into the path of daily activities.
May I obtain buddhahood for the benefit of beings.
Recite three times. Think that the collection dissolves into oneself.

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From my heart rays of light shine forth to the Five Families of Consecration Dei- The Collection of the Accumulations of Wisdom
ties and the Sixty-two Deity Cakrasamvara having arrived in the sky in front.
OM SVABHAVA SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA SVABHAVA
OM SARVA TATHAGATA SHRI CAKRASAMVARA MANDALA SAPARI- SHUDDHO ‘HAM.
WARA ARGHAM PRATICCHA SVAHA, PADYAM PRATICCHA SVAHA,
OM SHUNYATA JNANA VAJRA SVABHAVA ATMAKO ‘HAM.
VAJRA PUSHPE AH HUM, VAJRA DHUPE AH HUM, VAJRA ALOKE AH
HUM, VAJRA GHANDHE AH HUM, VAJRA NAIVIDYE AH HUM, VAJRA Meditate on all dharmas included in subject-object as the nature of emptiness and clear light.
SHAPDA AH HUM,
Offer as from before. Main Practice
I request you bestow consecration upon me.
The Main Section has two parts, I. Deity Meditation and II. Mantra Recitation. The first has
[The tathagatas say:] four parts: 1. Approximation, 2. Near Attainment, 3. Attainment and 4. Great Attainment.
‘Just as [Buddha] was bathed by gods when he was born, likewise, with pure water
of gods we will consecrate you.’ I. Deity Meditation
Say: 1. Approximation
OM SARVA TATHAGATA ABHISHEKATA SAMAYA SHRIYE HUM. From the state of emptiness, in the sky in front, is the essence of mind as
Water from the consecration vases fills the entire body purifying obscurations. a nada, from that a bindu, from that a moon, from that the head of HA,
The excess water overflows and Akshobhya adorns the heads of both the Father- the trunk and U, the syllable HUM is established. From underneath
Mother. arises a lotus, in the middle, from RAM, comes a sun, in the middle of
that are Yama and Kalaratri together as a seat.
Meditate upon that. Then perform the ancillary offerings.
In the middle, circling to the left, is the essence of the thirty-two major marks of
OM SARVA TATHAGATA SHRI CAKRASAMVARA MANDALA SAPARI-
the Buddha:
WARA ARGHAM, PADYAM, PUSHPE, DHUPE, ALOKE, GHANDHE,
NAIVIDYE, SHAPDA AH HUM. A A, I II, U UH, RI RIH, LI LIH, E AI, O AU, AM AH,
Consecrate the Inner Offering:
OM SHRI VAJRA HE HE RU RU KAM HUM HUM PHAT, DAKINI JALA
SAMVARA SVAHA,
Repeated twice.
OM VAJRA VAIROCANIYE HUM HUM PHAT SVAHA.
From the dissolution arises a moon as the mirror-like wisdom. In the middle,
Think of the Father-Mother in a blissfully ecstatic meditative state and say:
circling to the right, is the essence of the eighty minor examples of perfection:
OM SARVA TATHAGATA ANURAGATA VAJRA SVABHAVA ATMAKO
KA KHA GA GHA NGA, CA CHA JA JHA NYA, TA THA DA DHA NA, TA
‘HAM.
THA DA DHA NA, PA PHA BA BHA MA, YA RA LA VA SHA SHA SA HA
Say thus - the secret offering. The view of the divine pride of the deity’s body is to apprehend
with the mind, single pointedly, the nature of clear appearance.

II. Mantra Recitation

From the heart of the Father the mantra garland arises. It passes from the mouth
into the mouth of the Mother, and descending through the body it exits through
the lotus and enters the vajra of the Father. Passing through the body it dissolves
in the HUM - ceaselessly circling. Rays of light shine forth inducing and stabiliz-
ing the pristine awareness of great bliss.
KSHAH, YA RA LA VA DA DHA,
Repeated twice.
From the dissolution arises a sun disc as the wisdom of equality.
Between the two, from HUM and AM arise a vajra and curved knife,
as the wisdom of discrimination, marked with a HUM and AM. Gathered in

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 From a complete transformation of that form, the essence of
the wisdom of the dharmadhatu, I arise as Shri Cakrasamvara
with a body blue in color, four faces and twelve hands. The
main face is blue, left face red, back face yellow and right face
white. Each face has three eyes and four bared fangs. The first
two hands hold a vajra and bell embracing the mother. The
lower two hold an elephant skin out-stretched; third right a
damaru, fourth an axe, fifth a trident, sixth a curved knife. The third left holds a
katvanga marked with a vajra; fourth a vajra lasso, fifth a blood filled skullcup,
sixth carries the four-faced head of Brahma. The right leg is straight and presses
on the breast of red Kalaratri; left bent and pressing on the head of black Yama.
The hair is tied in a topknot on the crown of the head; on the crest a wish-fulfill-
ing jewel ornament and crescent moon. The soft spot at the top of the head is
marked with a visvavajra. Each head has a crown of five dry human skulls; a neck-
lace of fifty fresh heads and six bone ornaments; wearing a lower garment of tiger
skin; possessed of the nine emotions of dancing; grace, fearlessness and ugliness;
laughter, ferocity and frightfulness; compassion, fury and peacefulness.
In the lap is the Mother Vajra Varahi, with a body red in color, one face, two hands
and three eyes. The left holds a blood filled skullcup embracing the Father and
the right a curved knife in a threatening gesture pointed in all directions. The
hair is worn piled on the head; a crown of five dry human skulls and fifty dry as a
necklace. The left leg is straight and right bent, embracing the Father. Both Father-
Mother stand in the middle of a blazing fire of pristine awareness.
Then, concentrate on the four faces, circling from the left.
OM SUMBHA NISUMBHA HUM HUM PHAT,
OM GRIHNA GRIHNA HUM HUM PHAT,
OM GRIHNAPAYA GRIHNAPAYA HUM HUM PHAT,
OM ANAYA HOH BHAGAVAN VIDYARAJA HUM HUM PHAT.
The mantras proceed from the four faces and then concentrate on the entire body.
OM DHARMADHATU SVABHAVA ATMAKO ‘HAM.
Recite.
2. Near Attainment
Place each upon moon discs.
In the Father’s heart is OM OM HA white Vajrasattva;
on his head OM NAMA HI yellow Vairocana;
on his crown of the head OM SVAHA HU red Padmanartesvara;
on his two shoulders OM BOSHATA HE black Heruka;
on his two eyes OM HUM HUM HO red Vajra Surya;
on the eight main joints OM PHAT HAM green Asvaparam.
At the Mothers navel is OM OM VAM red Vajra Varahi;
on her heart OM HAM YAM blue Yama;
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on her mouth OM HRIM MOM white Mohani;
on her crown of the head OM HREM HRIM yellow Kshobani;
on her top of the head OM HUM HUM green Bhairavi;
on her eight main joints OM PHAT PHAT green Candika.
Say:
Non-dually at the Father’s place is the Mother and at the Mother’s place the Father.
3. Attainment
At the Father’s heart above a moon disc from a blue HUM is Cittavajra;
at his throat OM HRIH HA HA HUM HUM PHAT red Vagvajra;
at his forehead OM SHRI VAJRA HE HE RU RU KAM HUM HUM PHAT DA-
KINI JALA SAMVARA SVAHA white Kayavajra.
At the Mother’s heart is OM SARVA BUDDHA DAKINIYE VAJRA VARNANIYE
HUM HUM PHAT PHAT SVAHA blue Cittavajra;
at her throat OM CAURI HUM HUM PHAT red Vagvajra;
at her forehead OM VAJRA VAIROCANIYE HUM HUM SVAHA white Kay-
avajra.
Both the Father-Mother have at the top of the head as OM white Vairocana; throat
red AH Amitabha; heart blue HUM Akshobhya; navel yellow SVA Ratnasamb-
hava; secret mark green HA Amoghasiddhi.
4. The Great Attainment
Say while doing the flaming mudra:
PHAIM!
From my heart rays of light shine forth to the natural abode of all buddhas, bod-
hisattvas, viras and dakas in the aspect of Cakrasamvara Father-Mother.
PHAIM!
VAJRA SAMAJAH.
OM SARVA TATHAGATA SHRI CAKRASAMVARA MANDALA SAPARI-
WARA ARGHAM PRATICCHA SVAHA, PADYAM PRATICCHA SVAHA,
VAJRA PUSHPE AH HUM, VAJRA DHUPE AH HUM, VAJRA ALOKE AH
HUM, VAJRA GHANDHE AH HUM, VAJRA NAIVIDYE AH HUM, VAJRA
SHAPDA AH HUM.
Offer thus.
JAH HUM BAM HOH.
Dissolve. Perform the lotus circling [mudra] and embrace.
OM YOGA SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA YOGA SHUDDHO ‘HAM.
PHAIM!