Prayer

Vajrakilaya Gutor-Losar Retreat 2021 in Progress

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

For the next week until February 12th Losar Day the Year of the Iron Ox,, we are committed in practice, meditation, and teachings with Tulku Jamyang Rinpoche and Lama Sonam Tsering Rinpoche streaming live daily from the Pema Osel Ling Shrine Room.
For more information and to register for the live stream Vajrakilaya Gutor~Losar Retreat 2021, click this link which will take you to Vajrayana.org

The practice, a terma revealed by the great Terton Garwang Drodul Lingpa Tsal Dujuom Rinpiche II Jigdral Yeshe Dorje is a practice of Vajrakilaya, that like a sword, destroys at a touch. A short name it is known as is Putri Rekphung.

Why Vajrakilaya practice?

“Vajrakilaya cuts through the solidity of hardened minds and afflictive emotions with the weapon of sharp, clear awareness.” 
~ Lama Tharchin Rinpoche 

“ One need not look far to see how much all of us in this world
need practices like these to pacify the boiling passions of
our degenerate age.”   ~ Lama Sonam Rinpoche   

“H.H. Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje Rinpoche gave us this concise Putri Rekphung Vajrakilaya practice especially for these degenerate times –
  • to bring balance to outer and inner elements,
  • to foster kindness and compassion in the minds of world leaders,
  • to pray for the long lives of those with these precious qualities, 
  • to pray that all who practice may swiftly attain enlightenment for the benefit of sentient beings.
“Vajrakilaya’s power to annihilate negativity manifests according to each practitioner’s faith, diligence and confidence. With faith,even a connection through offerings or a Vajrakilaya statue, text, or picture in your home, will help you to overcome obstacles.
 
“In addition to Vajrakilaya practice, we will also begin to accumulate 100,000 Shenpa Protector prayers. Shenpa is the special protector for the Dudjom Tersar lineage – practiced to remove Dudjom practitioners’ obstacles.
 
“We do not have clairvoyance, but the protectors do and they will protect us according to the strength of our practice – from fears, disease, conflicts, and obstacles to our Dharma practice.
 
Below is H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche III Sangye Pema Shepa 2017 letter
to the Pema Osel Ling about Gutor practice. 

“When Shenpa prayers are accumulated together with other practitioners, they are even more powerful. We invite you to accumulate these protector prayers with us during retreat – it is a special opportunity!

Dear Vajrakilaya participants,

We have included a .PDF of the Shenpa Prayer we are accumulating, you are welcome to download it and print it at home to help during sessions, I will include the link here as well as attach it in the email.
 
You can also find this prayer and other helpful resources on the Vajrakilaya Gutor-Losar streaming link page here.
 
Lama Sonam Rinpoche welcomes everyone attending this retreat to participate in the accumulation of 100,000 Shenpa prayers.
 
You may chant the Shenpa prayer anytime, according to your schedule, but to count towards the accumulations, we ask you to follow these two guidelines:
 
(1) Take part in the complete morning Vajrakilaya puja on the same day as doing the Shenpa accumulations. This can be done by watching a recording from a previous day or by live streaming.
 
(2) Do your accumulation of Shenpa prayers in real time with the live stream. These will mostly be done in the afternoon sessions on February 4-6.
 
To clarify, please email your accumulations to office@vajrayana.org every day or only on February 9. We will be accumulating Shenpa primarily on February 4, 5 and 6, but they will continue in smaller numbers through February 9th.
 
Thanks again for participating,
Sandy

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I go for refuge and take delight

~ DudjomTersarNgondro
Dudjom Lingpa thangka from
Sonam Famarin collection

“I go for refuge and take delight in the consummate expanse of your wisdom mind,
All sacred, supreme objects of refuge, please pay heed!
Through cultivating and training in the awakened mind,
May the glorious potential to empty the depths of samsara be achieved!

I completely confess all accumulated faults and obscurations of the body, speech and mind
And pray that all victorious ones do not enter nirvana but remain.
The root of all virtue is dedicated to all beings.
Together may we attain fully enlightened Buddhahood.”

~ Dudjom Lingpa / H.H. Kabjey Dudjom Rinpoche

Prayers and Mantras for this Difficult and Frightening Time

~ DudjomTersarNgondro
Thangtong Gyalpo

Dear Heart Sangha and Friends,

I want to share these prayers and mantras for this difficult and frightening time that the whole world is experiencing.

According to the truth of karma, Coronavirus is a reflection of our group karma and interdependence. The virus is also a symptom of the degenerate times that Padmasambhava predicted. He said that during our present time, all five elements will be out of balance and new diseases will appear. This has obviously come to pass.

To heal and protect, we must practice and say prayers and mantras with faith that comes from the marrow of our bones.This is not only for ourselves, but to help heal and protect our loved ones.

These mantras and prayers work on many levels. In addition to their intrinsic power to protect and heal, having faith in them will decrease our fear and anxiety. Decreasing our fear and anxiety also keeps us healthier, and we can then share our lighter energy with all beings – during and after our practice.

Of course, we must also take external precautions and follow official health guidelines. Until we are fully enlightened beings we are influenced by the relative, material world. However, it is not all or nothing – and as Buddhists we must also believe and have faith in the power of enlightened energy and our own innate Buddha nature, which always has the power to heal and protect.

Here are four simple but powerful prayers and mantras for protection and healing. Download link : ~ https://bit.ly/2J1Tupg

The first is the Vajra Armor mantra. This mantra, with or without visualization, is so powerful that simply saying it out loud with deep faith can help protect and heal ourselves and loved ones we focus on.

The second is a powerful protection mantra from Dudjom Lingpa, which is especially meant for preventing contagious diseases.

The third is a two-line Tara Prayer, that encompasses all Tara Practices and is extremely helpful for everyone, especially in quelling all kinds of fear.

The fourth is a beautiful prayer that HH Dudjom Rinpoche wrote while in America. This Prayer for the People of the Earth truly has great power to protect, and reminds us that we are all connected. These holy words can awaken our profound compassion for all suffering people, which we often bury deep within ourselves, keeping us from our own enlightened, healing nature. 

We can also share this sublime prayer with our loved ones, who may feel moved to recite it themselves. As practitioners, we can visualize Guru Rinpoche, remember our kind lamas and pray from our hearts.

With much love,
Lama Sonam
For the Vajrayana Foundation 

PLUS A BOUNUS: We recited this powerful prayer on Dakini Day:
The Prayer that Freed Sakya from Disease
The Sacred Vajra Speech of Mahasiddha Thangtong Gyalpo
This version was published by Lama Sonam Rinpoche ~ Download link: https://bit.ly/2wwSZRP