Source of Siddhis

The Essential Method of

Accomplishing the Guru
Transcendental Wisdom
Multi-colored Garuda
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The Essential Method of
Accomplishing the Guru
Transcendental Wisdom
Multi-colored Garuda
Prostratons to the holy feet of the supreme deity Transcendental
Wisdom Mult-colored Garuda!
Taking Refuge and Generating Bodhicitta
I go for refuge untl I am enlightened
To the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Supreme Assembly.
By my practce of giving and other perfectons,
May I become a buddha to benet all sentent beings. (3x)
Meditation on the Four Immeasurable Thoughts
Immeasurable Thought of Equanimity:
How wonderful it would be if all sentent beings were to abide in
equanimity, free of
hatred and atachment.
May they abide in equanimity.
I myself will cause them to abide in equanimity.
Please, Guru-deity, bless me to be able to do this.
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Immeasurable Thought of Loving Kindness:
How wonderful it would be if all sentent beings had happiness
and the cause of happiness.
May they have happiness and its cause.
I myself will cause them to have happiness and its cause.
Please, Guru-deity, bless me to be able to do this.
Immeasurable Thought of Compassion:
How wonderful it would be if all sentent beings were free from
suering and its cause.
May they be free of suering and its cause.
I myself will cause them to be free of suering and its cause.
Please, Guru-deity, bless me to be able to do this.
Immeasurable Thought of Joyfulness:
How wonderful it would be if all sentent beings were never sepa-
rated from the happiness of higher rebirth and liberaton.
May they never be separated from these.
I myself will cause them never to be separated from these.
Please, Guru-deity, bless me to be able to do this.
Generating Special Bodhichitta
For the sake of all sentent beings, I must atain the state of bud-
dhahood. For that purpose, I am going to practce the meditaton
on the Mult-colored Transcendental Wisdom Garuda.
Multicolored Garuda Sadhana 5
The Actual Practice of Transcendental Wisdom
Multi-colored Garuda
OM SVABHAVA SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA SVABHAVA
SHUDDHO HAM
I and all appearances are puried into emptness.
From the state of emptness, a golden syllable PHUM completely
transforms into a Naga King, appearing in the physical form of a
golden snake. Above that, my own mind appears as a mult-col-
ored syllable KHROM. Light rays radiate from the KHROM, pacify-
ing all sicknesses, spirit harm, negatvites, and obscuratons of all
sentent beings.
The light rays collect back into the KHROM, and from their transfor-
maton, I become Transcendental Wisdom Mult-colored Garuda,
with one face, two arms, and three eyes. My legs are golden, in
the nature of earth. My belly is white, in the nature of water. My
torso is red, in the nature of re. My head is blue, in the nature of
air. My shoulders and crown are mult-colored, in the nature of
space. My wings and back are adorned by mult-colored clouds.
My right hand is in the mudra of grantng refuge, caring for the
nagas. My lef hand is in the threatening mudra, threatening the
nagas. The space between the two sharp horns on my head is
adorned by a wish-fullling jewel seized from the crowns of na-
gas. I am in the manner of devouring the King of Nagas, who is in
the form of snakes.
At my throat is a lotus and moon seat, on which is white Buddha
Garuda, holding a wheel in his right hand. In the south is golden
Jewel Garuda, holding a jewel in his right hand. In the west is red
Lotus Garuda, holding a lotus in his right hand. In the north is
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green Karma Garuda holding a sword in his right hand. In the east
is blue Vajra Garuda holding a vajra in his right hand. In their lef
hands, they each hold a eaten naga in the form of a snake, its col-
or corresponding to their own. Their beaks are extremely sharp
and blazing with light rays.
I am the size of Mount Sumeru. My body emits variegated light
rays and a conagraton of re, annihilatng all harmers. My holy
body is endowed with overwhelming splendor, and I have an ex-
tremely sharp beak and horns. At my heart is a moon disc. On top
of that is a white OM, in the east a blue PA, in the south a golden
KSHI, in the west a red SVA, and in the north a green HA. At my
crown is a white OM, at my throat a red AH; at my heart, in front
of the OM is a blue HUM. Light rays radiate from the syllables,
invoking from his natural abode Transcendental Wisdom Mult-
colored Garuda. He merges into me and we become one.
Once again, light rays radiate from my holy body and the seed syl-
lables, invoking from his natural abode Guru Vajrapani surround-
ed by hosts of Furies. A mass of overwhelming splendor, his holy
body is dark blue in color; his right hand wields a vajra, and his
lef is in the threatening gesture. He has three eyes, snarling fangs
and his face is knoted with wrinkles of wrath. His beard, mous-
tache, eyebrows, head hair, and pore hairs blaze like the re at
the end of tme. He is adorned with jewels and serpents, his lef
leg outstretched and his right drawn in. Guru Vajrapani comes to
the crown of my head. Light rays radiate from his body, invok-
ing all the buddhas and bodhisatvas from the ten directons to
merge into him and become one.
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Then make oerings:
OM ARGHAM PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA
OM PADYAM PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA
OM PUSHPE PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA
OM DHUPE PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA
OM ALOKE PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA
OM GANDHE PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA
OM NAIVIDYA PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA
OM SHAPTA PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA
Request
Guru in the nature embodying the three refuges,
Guru Vajrapani, please bless me. (3x)
Guru Vajrapani merges into me.
Conclusion
Holding the clear appearance of the deity, I abide within the di-
vine pride of being Transcendental Wisdom Mult-colored Garuda
Vajrapani, in the nature of the ve Buddha races, which embody
all the buddhas and bodhisatvas.
Mantra Recitation
Then, with the syllables clearly appearing at your heart, recite the
mantra as many tmes as possible.
OM PA-KSHI SVAHA
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Dedication
Due to these merits, may I quickly
Become Transcendental Wisdom Mult-colored Garuda
And place all migratng beings, without excepton,
In that very state.
May the supreme jewel bodhichita
That has not arisen, arise and grow;
And may that which has arisen never decline
But increase more and more.
Colophon:
Translated at the injuncton of Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche, by Venerable Yeshe Gyatso,
November 2005, Palo Alto, California. Checked by Venerable.Thubten Dekyong.
Edited and formated by Gyalten Mindrol, FPMT Educaton Services, November
2005.
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