Jigdral Yeshe Dorje

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

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Lama, think of me!

My kind, precious root Lama, essence of all Buddhas in one, to you I pray.

Bless my mind stream, I beseech you!

Grant your blessings that the essence of leisures and opportunities remain.

Grant your blessings that I remember death and impermanence.

Grant your blessings that trust in karma arises.

Grant your blessings that my attachment to samsara collapses.

Grant your blessings that I see my Lama as Buddha.

Grant your blessings that my mind blends with the Dharma.

Grant your blessings that I become free from attachment to this life.

Grant your blessings that I have no unfinished business in my mind at death.

Grant your blessings that I have no extreme pain at death.

Grant your blessings that I be adept in the profound path of transference.

Grant your blessings that I be liberated in the intermediate state’s clear light.

Grant your blessings that I recognize the nature of phenomena (chos nyid).

Grant your blessings that delusion be liberated within itself.

Grant your blessings that I receive supreme assurance of rebirth in the pure lands.

Grant your blessings that I awaken to my true nature, awareness itself.

Grant your blessings that I accomplish the immortal vase body.

Grant your blessings for the spontaneous completion of the two goals!

I, Jigdral Yeshe Dorje, wrote this in response
to a request by the faithful lady Dechen Tso.
May this prove virtuous!

.. at all times

~ DudjomTersarNgondro
Dudjom Rinpoche
Dudjom Rinpoche

“At all times, do not lose courage in your inner awareness; uplift yourself, while assuming a humble position in your outer demeanor. Follow the example of the life and complete liberation of previous accomplished masters (siddha). Do not blame your past karma; instead, be someone who purely and flawlessly practices the dharma. Do not blame temporary negative circumstances; instead, be someone who remains steadfast in the face of whatever circumstances may arise.”

Wisdom Nectar: Dudjom Rinpoche’s Heart Advice, p. 58
The Tsadra Foundation Series published by Snow Lion Publications

The Benefits of Cultivating Faith

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

 

Seat of Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje ~ Pema Osel Ling Shrine Room ~ Santa Cruz Mts CA

There are boundless virtues in cultivating and increasing one’s faith. It is the foundation for all virtuous practice.

It clears away all the sufferings of cyclic existence and is the first step on the path to liberation. As a result of your faith, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will constantly keep you in mind. You will have a sense of shame, a sense of decency, and wisdom. In all your lives, as soon as you are born, you will meet a sublime teacher, the sacred teachings, and spiritual companions, and you will thus be able to practice the Dharma. You will be protected by those gods who delight in virtue. Falling asleep peacefully, in your dreams too you will have pleasant visions of encountering your teacher and the Three Jewels and practicing the Dharma, and you will wake in a happy frame of mind.

You will accomplish all your wishes and die peacefully, guided by the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. You will have none of the terrifying experiences of the intermediate state. You will be reborn wherever your aspirations lead you, and uphold the lineage of the Three Jewels. Swiftly, you will attain Buddhahood. Such are the infinite benefits of having faith, as we read in the Sutra of the Precious Lamp:

Though for kalpas one might venerate beings
Numerous as the atoms of the universes in the ten directions,
Bringing them every kind of happiness, In comparison, nothing is more sublime Than the merit of faith in this Dharma.


A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom
Complete Instructions on the Preliminary Practice of the Profound and Secret Heart Essence of the Dakini
Dudjom Rinpoche, Jigdral Yeshe Dorje
Translated by the Padmakara Translation Group
Published by Shambhala Publication