A Shower of Blessings: A Guru Yoga Practice to Accompany the Seven Line

Prayer

Taking Refuge

namo lama deshek dp ku

Homage! Lama, you embody all the sugatas,

knchok sum gyi rangshyin la

Your very nature the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.

dak dang dro druk semchen nam

Together with all sentient beings in the six realms,

changchup bar du kyap su chi

Till enlightenment is attained, I take refuge in you.
Repeat three times.

Arousing Bodhichitta, the Heart of the Awakened Mind

sem ky drowa kn dn tu
Now I arouse bodhichitta, and to benefit all living beings

lama sanggy drupn ni

Through realizing the awakened state of the master,

gang la gang dul trinl kyi

And with enlightened action, training every one according to their needs,


drowa drolwar dam cha o
I vow to liberate them all.
Repeat three times.

The Ten Branches for Accumulating Merit

lama yidam khandro shek

Approach now, gurus, devas and kins:

nyi da peme den la shyuk

Take your seats on cushions of lotus, sun and moon.

l ngak yi sum g chak tsal

I offer homage, while devotion fills my body, speech and mind.

chi nang sangw ch pa bul

I make offerings, outer, inner and secret.

nyamchak dik drip tol shying shak

I confess all impairments and breakages of vows, all my harmful actions and obscurations.

sang ngak drup la j yi rang

I rejoice, because the secret mantrayna is being accomplished.

mindrol sang ngak ch khor kor

I request you: Turn the wheel of the secret mantra teachings, which bring ripening and
liberation.

nya ngen mi da shyuk sol dep

Remain with us without passing into nirvana, I pray.

nyingpo semchen dn du ngo

All merit I dedicate so that sentient beings attain the essence of enlightenment:
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yang dak dorj dn tok shok

May we realize the true meaning of indestructible reality.

The Visualization

ah rang l tamal nep dn kha ru

Ah! I am in my ordinary form; before me, in the sky

orgyen drim dhanakosh tso

Appears Oiyna, and the immaculate Dhanakosha lake,

ting zap yenlak gy den ch gangw

Deep and full of water with eight kinds of purity.

w su rin en p dongdap gy teng

In its centre you dwell, on a jewelled lotus blossom, its petals open wide:

kyapn kund orgyen dorj chang

All sources of refuge combined, Orgyen Dorje Chang,

tsenp palbar tsogyal yum dang tril

Ablaze in splendour with the major and minor marks of perfection, and embracing the
consort Yeshe Tsogyal.

chak y dorj ynp t bum nam

You hold a vajra in your right hand, a skull cup containing a vase in your left,

dar dang rinchen rp gyen gyi dz

Beautiful in all your silk, jewel and bone ornaments.

ng longn dechen zi jin bar

In an expanse of blue, white, yellow, red and green light, you preside resplendent,
radiating great bliss.

khor du tsa sum gyatso trin tar tip

All around you, gurus, devas and kins gather like clouds.

jinlap tukj char bep dak la zik

Pour down your blessings in a rain of compassion: watch over and care for me!

gyal kn ngowo chim yesh kur

Essence of all buddhas, in your immortal wisdom body,

dung shuk drakp d chak tak tu tsal

Now and always, I bow to you with passionate longing and devotion.

l dang long ch d sum gew tsok

My bodies, possessions and all my merit, past, present and future

kunzang chp trin du mikn bul

I visualize as Samantabhadras offering clouds, and present them to you.

tokm n sak dik tung ma l shak

My harmful actions and downfalls, committed through beginningless time, I confess
without exception.

s ch gyalwa kn gyi ynten gyi

You alone have completely mastered the precious qualities of all the buddhas and
bodhisattvas,

khyap dak chik pu gnp nam tar la

And with all my heart I rejoice at your liberating life story.

nying n yi rang dep sol dep shing
With total trust I pray to you,

zap gy ch kyi char chen beppar kul

And implore you: shower down a great rain of Dharma, profound and vast.

rang shyen gew ngpo kun dom n

Gathering all the actual merit of myself and others,

dro kham gyatso ji si n kyi bar

For as long as these infinite realms of living beings remain

gnpo khy kyi namtar j nyek t
I shall follow your example, Lord,

kha khyap drowa drenp dn du ngo

And dedicate it all to guiding beings as limitless as space.

kyapn kund khyents terchen po

You are all my sources of refuge in one, a great treasure of wisdom and love,

d ngen nyik m kyap chok rinpoch

Our precious, our greatest, protection in this dark age, the dregs of time.

nga d gp nar shing dung shuk kyi

Tormented and drained by the the five kinds of degeneration, when I call on you

sol dep bu la tsew tuk kyi zik

In desperate yearning, look upon your child with all the love of your wisdom mind.

gong p long n tukj tsal chung la

Let the power of your compassion burst out from your vast expanse of realization,

m den dak gi nying la jin gyi lop

And flood my devoted heart with your blessing.

tak dang tsenma nyur du tnpa dang

Quickly show me the signs and marks of attainment,

chok dang tnmong ngdrup tsal du sol

And grant me siddhis, ordinary and supreme.

Recite The Seven Line Prayer as many times as you can.

hung, orgyen yul gyi nup jang tsam

H. In the north-west of the land of Oiyna,

pema gsar dong po la

In the heart of a lotus flower,

yatsen chok gi ng drup ny

Endowed with the most marvellous attainments,

pema jungn shy su drak

You are renowned as the Lotus-born,

khor du khandro mangp kor

Surrounded by many hosts of kins.

khy kyi jesu dak drup kyi

Following in your footsteps

jin gyi lop chir shek su sol

I pray to you: come and bless me with your grace!

guru pema siddhi hung

Imagine that, because you are praying with sincere devotion, from the place of union and the heart of the lama
and the consort fine shafts of wisdom lightblue, white, yellow, red and greenshoot out and dissolve into your
heart, blessing and transforming your very being.
Recite the Vajra Guru Mantra as much as you wish.

om ah hung vajra guru pema siddhi hung

At the end of the session:

lam n sum yi g dru sum l

From the three syllables o h at the three centres of the lama,

zer kar mar ting sum jung n su

White, red and blue rays of light strike out

rang gi n sum timp go sum gyi

And dissolve into my own three centres, purifying the obscurations

drip jang ku sung tuk kyi dorjr gyur

Of my body, speech and mind, and transforming them into vajra body, speech and mind.

tar ni lama khor ch du shyu

Finally, the lama and his retinue melt into light

kar mar tigl hum gi tsen pa ru

And into a red and white tikl marked with h,

rang gi nying gar timp lam tuk

That dissolves into my heart, through which the lamas wisdom mind

rang sem yerm lhen ky ch kur n

And my own mind merge inseparably, and so I abide in the ever present dharmakya.

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As you utter a ah, look into the actual face of the great primordial dharmakayathe very nature of your own
mind that from the very beginning is utterly beyond alteration or change, beyond rejecting or accepting anything
at all. Once again, consider all illusion-like appearances as the nature of the lama. Dedicate the merit and make
prayers for auspiciousness, so that peace and wellbeing prevail.
End the practice well by recognizing all illusory appearance as the nature of the lama, dedicating the merit and
making a prayer of prosperity.

On the eighth day of the waxing moon in the seventh month called Taming All Beings, this arose from the
oceanic mind of Mipham Nampar Gyalwa, one who prays and aspires to serve Guru Padmasambhava in all his
lives. May virtue ensue!

Sarva Magala.
Translated by Patrick Gaffney, Rigpa Translations, 2015.

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