Taking Safe Direction
I take safe direction always from the Blissfully Gone Buddhas, in whose minds have come to be present (the ultimate realization of voidness – everything being) the play of the mind, actualized like the (waxing) moon, and the boundless methods of pure compassion.
I take safe direction always from the hallowed Dharma – (the true pathway minds) that are definitely freed from (dualistic) concepts, without an exception, and which are the bases for the splendid (attainments) of the holy (realized) beings, and (the true stoppings, voidness,) the essential nature in which all phenomena are of one taste.
I take safe direction from (the Sangha), the community of those with command over tamed behavior, who have gained the successive bhumi-minds, “extremely joyous” and so on, with which they’ve become totally freed from (corresponding) levels of bondage and have the glories of (realizations due to their bodhichitta) produced by their supreme compassion.
Enhancing Our Bodhichitta Aim
I enhance (my bodhichitta), my mind’s aim to enlightenment, which, by making it pure through the (exceptional) resolve and ripening (stages) will (reach the endpoint) of totally extracting the roots of the habits of my obscurations, through its having been adorned (beforehand with the stage of) special admiration.
Instantaneous Self-Generation
I now arise as Dvesha-vajra, with a black-colored body, three faces – black, white and red – and six arms. In my right hands, I hold a vajra, wheel and a lotus, and in my left, a bell, jewel and sword. I am embraced by Sparsha-vajra, resembling me.
We are both adorned with the eight jewel ornaments; the upper parts of our bodies are draped with heavenly scarves; and our lower parts girded by heavenly silks.
Arrangement of the Body Mandala
- At the crown of my head is Vairochana;
- At my throat, Amithaba;
- At my navel Ratnasambhava;
- And at the energy-channel where my thighs join, Amoghasiddhi.
- At my navel is Lochana;
- At my heart, Mamaki;
- At my throat, Pandaravasin,
- And at the crown of my head, Tara.
- At my eyes are Kshitigarbhas;
- At my ears, Vajrapanis;
- At my nose, Khagarbha;
- At my tongue, Lokeshvara;
- At my heart, Manjushri;
- At my private place, Sarva-nivarana-viskambhini;
- At my joints, Samantabhadras,
- And at the crown of my head, Maitreya.
- At the gateway to my eyes are Rupa-vajras;
- At the gateway to my ears, Shabda-vajras;
- At the gateway to my nose, Gandha-vajra;
- At the gateway to my tongue, Rasa-vajras;
- And at the gateway to my vajra-organ, Sparsha-vajra.
- At my right hand is Yamantakrit;
- At my left hand, Aparajita;
- At my mouth, Hayagriva;
- At my vajra-organ, Vighnantakrit;
- At the energy-channel at my right shoulder, Achala;
- At the energy-channel at my left shoulder, Takkiraja;
- At my right knee, Niladana;
- At my left knee, Mahabala;
- At the crown of my head, Ushnisha-chakravartin;
- And at the soles of my two feet, Sumbharaja.
Merging of the Deep Awareness Beings
From the HUM at my heart, light rays go forth and bring back before me the Triumphant Ones from Akanishta, The Realm Beneath None.
DZAH HUNG BAM HOH
They become nondual with each of their close-bonding beings.
Receiving Empowerment
Each of the deities has (on his or her head) the lords of his or her Buddha-family, each with one face and two arms.
With a stream of the nectars of these fathers’ and mothers’ bodhichittas, each of the deities receives empowerment.
Making Outer Offerings
- OM SARVA TATHAGATA ARGHAM PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA [water to drink]
- OM SARVA TATHAGATA PADYAM PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA [water for washing the feet]
- OM SARVA TATHAGATA PUSHPE PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA [flowers]
- OM SARVA TATHAGATA DHUPE PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA [incense]
- OM SARVA TATHAGATA ALOKE PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA [butter lamp]
- OM SARVA TATHAGATA GANDHE PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA [cologne water]
- OM SARVA TATHAGATA NAIVIDYA PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA [food]
- OM SARVA TATHAGATA SHABDA PRATICCHA HUM SVAHA [music].
Offering Praises
O Akshobhya-vajra, great deep awareness, your vajra-sphere mind is extremely wise, your supreme three vajras are the three mandalas, I prostrate to you, O Melody of the Hidden Factors.
O Vairochana, greatest purity, your vajra-peace is the greatest joy, your nature is the most supreme clear light, I prostrate to you, O Vajra-revealer.
O Kingly Ratnasambhava, most profound, you are as stainless as is vajra-space, your nature is pure and without any flaw, I prostrate to you, O Vajra-body.
O Vajra Amitabha, greatest king, nonconceptual like space, a Vajra-holder, you have reached the far shore of longing desire, I prostrate to you, O Vajra-speech.
O Amoghasiddhi-vajra, Fully Enlightened Buddha, fulfiller of each and every wish, you’ve arisen from an essential nature of purity, I prostrate to you, O Vajra-minded One.
Mantra Recitation
The seed syllables in the hearts of the deities of my body mandala are encircled by each of their mantras:
OM AH HUM (3x)
- OM AH VAJRADHIRK HUM HUM
- OM AH SPARSHA-VAJRA KHAM HUM
- OM AH JINAJIK OM HUM
- OM AH RATNADHIRK SVA HUM
- OM AH AROLIK AH HUM
- OM AH PRAJNADHIRK HA HUM
- OM AH MOHARATI LAM HUM
- OM AH DVESHARATI MAM HUM
- OM AH RAGARATI BAM HUM
- OM AH VAJRARATI TAM HUM
- OM AH RUPA-VAJRA JAH HUM
- OM AH SHABDA-VAJRA HUM HUM
- OM AH GANDHA-VAJRA BAM HUM
- OM AH RASA-VAJRA HOH HUM
- OM AH MAITRI MAIM HUM
- OM AH KSHITIGARBHA THLIM HUM
- OM AH VAJRAPANI OM HUM
- OM AH KHAGARBHA OM HUM
- OM AH LOKESHVARA OM HUM
- OM AH MANJUSHRI HUM HUM
- OM AH SARVA-NIVARANA-VISKAMBHINI OM HUM
- OM AH SAMANTABHADRA SAM HUM
- OM AH YAMANTAKRIT HUM HUM
- OM AH PRAJNANTAKRIT HUM HUM
- OM AH PADMANTAKRIT HUM HUM
- OM AH VIGHNANTAKRIT HUM HUM
- OM AH ACHALA HUM HUM
- OM AH TAKKIRAJA HUM HUM
- OM AH NILADANDA HUM HUM
- OM AH MAHABALA HUM HUM
- OM AH USHNISHA-CHAKRAVARTI HUM HUM
- OM AH SUMBHARAJA HUM HUM
OM VAJRA-SATTVA SAMAYA MANU-PALAYA, VAJRA-SATTVA TVENO-PATISHTA, DRIDHO ME BHAVA, SUTOSHYO ME BHAVA, SUPOSHYO ME BHAVA, ANURAKTO ME BHAVA, SARVA SIDDHIM ME PRAYACCHA, SARVA KARMA SUCHA ME, CHITTAM SHRIYAM KURU HUM, HA HA HA HA HOH BHAGAVAN, SARVA TATHAGATA VAJRA, MA ME MUNCHA, VAJRI BHAVA, MAHA-SAMAYA-SATTVA, AH HUM PHAT (1x)
Purification and Transformation of the Environment and the Beings Therein
From our place of union, joined as father and mother, light rays of bodhichitta go forth, conferring empowerment to all limited beings, cleansing them of obstacles, and transforming them into HUMs.
These completely fill the expanse of space and transform to become Vajradharas. Drawn back by the rays of my light, they dissolve into me.
OM YOGA SHUDDHAH, SARVA DHARMAH YOGA SHUDDHO ‘HAM
Dedication
By the constructive (force) of this, may I quickly attain a Vajradhara state, the state of an all-encompassing lord of all the Buddhas; and may wandering beings attain it as well.
May I practice both sorts of activity: those actions that are for becoming enlightened, as well as those spoken of by Bodhi-vajra as being those of a Fully Enlightened Buddha.
May there never be hindrance to the proper practice of this ultimate wondrous path like that, and from its spreading and flourishing everywhere, at all times, may all wandering beings be freed through mastery of its methods.
Dissolution When Going to Sleep
The deities of my body: Vairochana, Lochana, Kshitigarbha, Rupa-vajra, Maitreya, Yamantakrit and Achala Dissolve in turn into clear light.
Then Ratnasambhava, Mamaki, Vajrapani, Shabda-vajra, Aparajita and Takkiraja dissolve in turn into clear light.
Next Amithaba, Pandaravasin, Khagarbha, Gandha-vajra, Hayagriva and Niladanda dissolve in turn into clear light.
Then Amoghasiddhi, Tara, Lokeshvara, Rasa-vajra, Sarva-nivarana-viskambhini, Sparshavajra, Samantabhadra, Vighnantakrit and Mahabala dissolve in turn into clear light.
Then Ushnisha-chakravartin, then Sumbharaja and then Manjushri dissolve in turn into clear light.
Then I myself, the main figure, as well dissolve into clear light.
[Before dawn, imagine that you are awoken by the songs of the four goddesses and arise instantaneously as a Form Body, Akshobhya.]