The Guru Puja

Lama Chopa

Preliminaries

(1) Within a state of great bliss, I am a guru-yidam. From my body, arisen clearly in this state, a profusion of light-rays radiates to the ten directions, highlighting the glory of the environment and the beings therein. All become perfectly arrayed with only excellent qualities, infinitely pure.

(2) Out of a lustrously positive, vast state of mind, I and all beings, my mothers, throughout space, from now till enlightenment, take safe direction from the gurus and the Three Supreme Gems.

(3) Namo gurubhyah, namo buddhaya, namo dharmaya, namo sanghaya. [3x]

(4) For the sake of all beings, my mothers, I transform into a guru-yidam, and thus shall secure all limited beings in a guru-yidam's supreme state. [3x]

(5) For the sake of all beings, my mothers, I shall quickly, quickly, in this very life, manifest the high state of a primordial Buddha-guru-yidam.

(6) I shall liberate all beings, my mothers, from suffering and secure them in the stage of a Buddha's great bliss. To this end, I now shall practice the profound path of guru-yidam yoga. [Repeat verses 5 and 6 three times.]

(7) OM AH HUM. [3x]

(8) Clouds of outer, inner, and hidden offerings, fearsome items and objects to bond us closely spread out beyond the range of thought, pervading the reaches of space, the earth, and the sky. In essence, they are deep awareness, in aspect, inner offerings and offering items; the function of each, as objects enjoyed by the six sensors, is to enhance a special deep awareness of bliss and voidness.

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