Vajrapani Mahachakra Daily Practice

The Sadhana ofShri Vajrapani Maha Chakra for Daily Practice org © 2010 FPMT Inc. Set in Calibri 12. or by any information storage and retrieval system or technologies now known or developed.fpmt. .FPMT Inc. without permission in writing from the publisher. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means. electronic or mechanical. Printed in the USA. including photocopying. OR 97214 USA www. recording. 1632 SE 11th Avenue Portland. and Tibetan Machine Unicode. All rights reserved. Lydian BT.5. Century Gothic./15. free from hatred and attachment. and the Supreme Assembly. May I attain enlightenment to benefit all beings. (3x) The four immeasurable thoughts How wonderful it would be if all sentient beings were to abide in equanimity. Taking refuge and generating bodhichitta I go for refuge until I am enlightened. the Dharma. generating bodhichitta. By practicing giving and other perfections. To the Buddha. One should proceed by taking refuge. as aspired to. .Vajrapani Mahachakra 3 The Exclusive Sadhana of the Principal Deity Shri Vajrapani Maha Chakra. May they abide in equanimity. By the merit that I create. cultivate Guhyapatti Maha Chakra (The Secret Lord of the Great Wheel). Magnificent Vajra-inHand Great Wheel NAMO GURU VAJRAPANIYE Here. and meditating on the four immeasurable thoughts. How wonderful it would be if all sentient beings were free from suffering and its cause. Please. Resting on their arms are sun and moon cushions on which appears a syllable HUM. marked with HUM. guru-deity. Please. (3x) Self-generation of the deity Purify in emptiness. I myself will cause them never to be separated from these. How wonderful it would be if all sentient beings had happiness and the cause of happiness. grant me blessings to be able to do this. Please. How wonderful it would be if all sentient beings were never separated from the happiness of higher rebirth and liberation.4 Vajrapani Mahachakra I myself will cause them to abide in equanimity. I myself will cause them have happiness and its cause. OM SVABHAVA SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA SVABHAVA SHUDDHO HAM From within the state of emptiness [appears the syllable] PAM from which arises a variegated lotus with eight petals. May they never be separated from these. guru-deity. The HUM transforms into a wrathful five-pronged vajra. . grant me blessings to be able to do this. From the vajra light radiates [in all directions] and fulfills the two purposes [of self and others]. grant me blessings to be able to do this. I myself will cause them to be free from suffering and its cause. grant me blessings to be able to do this. guru-deity. At the center of the lotus are Brahma and Indra. lying on their left sides. Please. May they be free from suffering and its cause. guru-deity. May they have happiness and its cause. the upper teeth biting my lower lip. At his heart on a sun disk is the concentration being. and become the embodiment of the three beings: a white OM at the crown. Each face has three red round blazing eyes. [I am standing with my] right leg bent and my left leg extended. I appear with a fiercely wrathful demeanor: tongues rolling. Vajrapani Maha Chakra. with three faces and six arms. My stomach is broad and hangs loosely above my legs.Vajrapani Mahachakra 5 The light reabsorbs into the vajra. Seated with his left leg extended. am] seated amidst a huge body of wisdom flames. The two last hands grasp the outcastes thob gyu and rig den nag po by their waists. while biting on their heads and trodding on their tails underfoot. The left face is brilliantly ruby red. blue in color with one face and two arms. My voice announces thunderous sounds of HUM HUM and AH LA LA to all the ten directions. My fiery breath exudes burning flames. upon a sun mandala is the wisdom being (ye she sem pa) Vajrapani. and wrathful wrinkles between my brows. right hand holding a vajra and left hand in the threatening mudra. who holds in her hands a curved knife and skullcup. fangs gnashing. a radiant dark blue HUM emanating five-colored lights. and I am completely transformed into Buddha Maha Chakra. he wears a blue upper garment and a tiger skin skirt. the first left hand is in the gesture of threatening (dik zup). . and my red-yellow hair streams upward. The right face is conch white. The hair topknot on my crown is adorned by Akshobhya. The two middle hands clap together loudly and embrace the beautiful goddess mother. and a blue HUM at the heart. The first right hand raises a five-pronged wrathful vajra. a red AH at the throat. draped with blue garments. At the heart of the father. All three faces are round like a full moon mandala. [I. The central face is dark blue in color like a storm cloud. from AH. and in function. OM VAJRA AMRITA KUNDALI HANA HANA HUM PHAT OM SVABHAVA SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA SVABHAVA SHUDDHO HAM All becomes empty. The empowering deities perform the initiation. granting uncontaminated bliss. inside of which appear HUMs. the various offering substances. bliss and voidness. Offerings and praise Bless the offerings in accordance with highest yoga tantra. skullcups. From the sphere of emptiness arises. OM AH HUM (3x) Having thus blessed. in aspect. then offer with: OM VAJRAPANI SAPARIVARA ARGHAM to SHABDA PRATICCHA SVAHA . lights radiate in all directions. inviting the wisdom beings and the empowering deities who resemble the visualization. JAH HUM BAM HOH [The wisdom beings are absorbed and] become indivisibly one. From the melting of the HUMs arise the substances endowed with three characteristics: in nature.6 Vajrapani Mahachakra Invoking the wisdom beings and empowering deities From the HUM at my heart. Akshobhya adorns Vajrapani Maha Chakra’s crown. Reformer of the most difficult to reform: To the Vajra Holder. Without any distraction from your concentration (samadhi) recite the mantras: Heart mantra OM NILAM BARA DHARA VAJRAPANI HRIDAYA MAHA KRODHA SATTVA HUM PHAT . OM VAJRAPANI SAPARIVARA OM AH HUM Make the praise: Powerful and fierce. It becomes a broad and expansive skullcup containing the five meats and the five wisdom nectars. OM AH HUM HA HO HRIH (3x) Then make the inner offering. Mantra recitation Follow the instructions. Immaculate monarch of the knowledge (vidya) mantra.Vajrapani Mahachakra 7 Bless the inner offerings with: OM VAJRA AMRITA KUNDALI HANA HANA HUM PHAT OM SVABHAVA SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA SVABHAVA SHUDDHO HAM All becomes empty. From emptiness appears AH. The contents melt and transform into a great ocean of nectar of pristine awareness. I prostrate. arise and grow. Long life prayer for H. Tenzin Gyatso. I also dedicate all these merits in the best way. . At the conclusion. Please remain until samsara ends. I dedicate all these roots of virtue With the dedication praised as the best By the victorious ones of the three times.8 Vajrapani Mahachakra Near-heart mantra (nye nying) OM NILAM BARA DHARA VAJRAPANI RAJNYA PAYATI SVAHA Recite as much as you are able. But increase more and more. So that I may follow their perfect example. the Dalai Lama In the land encircled by snow mountains You are the source of all happiness and good. dedicate the merits for the attainment of enlightenment. Dedication Prayers Through the merits of these virtuous actions. May the supreme jewel bodhichitta That has not yet arisen. too. All-powerful Chenrezig. without exception. May I quickly attain the state of Vajrapani Maha Chakra. Into that enlightened state. H. And may that arisen not diminish. and Samantabhadra. And lead all living beings. So that I might perform the noble bodhisattva’s deeds. Realized things as they are. Just as the brave Manjushri. the Magnificent Vajra Holder Great Wheel: TADYATHA (it is like this) BHO BHO (sire.Vajrapani Mahachakra 9 Long Mantra of Vajrapani Maha Chakra Provider of all the siddhis. also known as the rosary mantra of Shri Vajrapani Maha Chakra. cut) NAGA HRIDAYANI (nagas’ hearts) BHINDHA BHINDHA (pierce. pierce) NAGA MARMANI (nagas’ abodes) VISHARYANTU NAGA SHARIRANI (destroy nagas’ bodies) VISPOTAYA NAGA NAYANANI (pull out nagas’ eyes) TADYATHA (like this) HUM PHAT NAGA VIDARANAYA (destroy the nagas) HUM PHAT . the root mantra. sire) BHAN NAGA ADHIPATAYE IDAM (lord of crawling nagas) NILAM VARA DHARA SHARIRAM (wearing a blue garment) VAJRAPANI HRIDAYAM (the essence of Vajrapani) YA SAMATI KRAMATHA (never cross beyond) UCHADANAM BHAVISHYATI TADYATHA (it is like this) BUDDHA BUDDHA VIBUDDHA VIBUDDHA MATI KRAMATHA (do not cross it) HARA HARA (snatch. snatch well) SARVA NAGANAM (all the nagas) CHINDA CHINDA (cut. snatch) NAGANAM (the nagas) PRAHARA PRAHARA (snatch well. kill) NASHAYA NASHAYA (pacify. laugh) DHARA DHARA (hold. pacify) SARVA VIGHNANA VINA SHAKARAYA (please pacify all obstacles) HUM PHAT SARVA SHATRUM SAMGHA VINA SHAKARAYA (please pacify all the hosts of enemies) HUM PHAT NILAM BARADHARA VAJRAPANI RAJNYA PAYATI SVAHA (on this basis the blue-robed Vajra Holder demands that these orders be followed). “Calming the Three Wrathfuls.10 Vajrapani Mahachakra NAGA UCHA DANAYA (expel the nagas) HUM PHAT NILAM VASA NAYA (one with lower blue garment) HUM PHAT APRATIHA TABALA (with unconquerable strength) HUM PHAT PARA KRAMAYA (subduing other side) HUM PHAT KRITANTAYA (completion) HUM PHAT KRITANTA RUPAYA (in completing form) HUM PHAT ROKHA NAYA (ferocious) HUM PHAT TRASANAYA (terrifying) HUM PHAT KUMBHANA UCHADANAYA HUM PHAT PRETA (hungry ghosts) PISHACHA (flesh eaters) VINA SHAKRAYA (please pacify) HUM PHAT YAKSHA APASMARA VINA SHAKARAYA (please pacify the yakshas and agents of forgetfulness) HUM PHAT HASA HASA (laugh.” . hold) MARAYA MARAYA (kill. Originating from the tantra of blue-robed Arya Vajrapani called. FPMT Education Department. it has been compiled by Losang Chokyi Gyältsen a Buddhist monk. . and the text was edited by Ven. Constance Miller. It was translated into English by Lobsang Gyältsen for the teachings of the great teacher Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche at Vajrapani Institute in May 1999.Vajrapani Mahachakra 11 Colophon: With the hope that this text will prove useful to some. It was transcribed by Zhaluwa Tsering Chöphel. All errors are the sole responsibility of the editor. May all beings benefit. The mantras were checked with Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche at Vajrapani Institute. Established by Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. and peace to the world. projects. and online teachings. FPMT touches the lives of beings all over the world. We offer a membership program with benefits such as Mandala magazine and discounts at the online Foundation Store. 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