The following is a prayer from the Nam Chö Daily Practice Book from Palyul Ling International:

As the single source of benefit and bliss, May the doctrine remain in this world indefinitely and May those of supreme birth who uphold the precious doctrine, Live long firm lives like banners of victory! May the lives [...]]]>

The following is a prayer from the Nam Chö Daily Practice Book from Palyul Ling International:

As the single source of benefit and bliss,
May the doctrine remain in this world indefinitely and
May those of supreme birth who uphold the precious doctrine,
Live long firm lives like banners of victory!
May the lives of the glorious spiritual teachers be firm and
May all sentient beings, who are equal in number to space, be well and happy.
Through myself and all others, accumulating merit and cleansing obscurations,
May we quickly be placed on the stage of Buddhahood.
I pray that the spiritual teachers may enjoy excellent health.
I pray for their supreme long life as well.
I pray that their enlightened activities may spread forth and expand.
Grant blessings to never be separated from my spiritual teachers.
May myself and limitless beings without exception,
By the root of this very virtue,
Completely cleanse the karmic negativities and obscurations of all lifetimes,
And be liberated in the expanse of the profound Dharma treasury.

All beings suffer from the dis-ease of desire. The mind of Enlightenment appeared in the world as the Buddha who prescribed the medicine. If taken deeply and applied consistently, cure is guaranteed. And yet, constantly engaged [...]]]> The following is a full length video teaching by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo offered at Kunzang Palyul Choling:

All beings suffer from the dis-ease of desire. The mind of Enlightenment appeared in the world as the Buddha who prescribed the medicine. If taken deeply and applied consistently, cure is guaranteed. And yet, constantly engaged in an ongoing mantra of delusion and discursive thought, we think we know a better way. Jetsunma implores us, “Literally, there are beings right now who have no other connection to liberation than you. The more you dance around, the more they suffer, the longer they wait. These precious ones are the ones you should live and breathe for.” We have to take our medicine, for their sake.

Copyright © Jetsunma Ahkon Norbu Lhamo.  All rights reserved

The Nam Chö Dzogchen Lineage Prayer

OM AH HUNG  CHÖ  YING  NAM  PAR  DAG  PA’I  PHO  DRANG  NA

OM AH HUNG  In the perfectly pure palace of the Dharmadhatu (Sphere of Truth)

KÜN ZANG  YAB  YUM  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To Samantabhadra Yab-Yum, I pray.

TSHE  CHIG  SANGYE  DRUB  [...]]]>

Vidydhara Terton Migyur Dorje

The Nam Chö Dzogchen Lineage Prayer

OM AH HUNG  CHÖ  YING  NAM  PAR  DAG  PA’I  PHO  DRANG  NA

OM AH HUNG  In the perfectly pure palace of the Dharmadhatu (Sphere of Truth)

KÜN ZANG  YAB  YUM  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To Samantabhadra Yab-Yum, I pray.

TSHE  CHIG  SANGYE  DRUB  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to accomplish Buddhahood in this very lifetime.

OM AH HUNG OG  MIN  LHÜN  DRUB  DAM  PA’I  PHO  DRANG  NA

OM AH HUNG  In the sacred palace of the spontaneously accomplished Akanistha,

DORJE  CHANG  CHEN  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

I pray to the great Vajradhara.

NANG  SEM  DZIN  PA  TONG  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to empty this mind that grasps to appearances.

OM AH HUNG  SAL  DAG  RAB  JAM  GYAL  WA’I    ZHING  KHAM  NA

OM AH HUNG  From the Buddha’s Pure Realm of expansive pure luminosity,

DORJE  SEMPA  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

I pray to the great Vajrasattva.

NYÖN  MONG  DRI  MA  DAG PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to purify the stains of delusions.

OM AH HUNG   PO  TA  LA  YI  NE  CHOG  DAM  PA  NA

OM AH HUNG   In the supreme sacred place of Potala

THUG  JE  CHEN  PO  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

I pray to Avalokiteshvara.

TONG  NYID  NYING  JE  JONG WAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to train in the nature of Emptiness and Compassion.

OM AH HUNG THA DREL LO LE DE PA’I  PHO DRANG DU

OM AH HUNG  In the Palace that has transcended all limitations of the mind,

GARAB  DORJE  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To Garab Dorje, I pray.

CHÖ  KU  NGÖN  SUM  TOG  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to directly realize the Dharmakaya.

OM AH HUNG  DUR  TRÖD SO SA  LING GI NE CHOG TU

OM AH HUNG  In the supreme sacred place, the charnel ground of Sosa Ling,

SHIRI  SINGHA  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To Shri Singha, I pray.

JA  LÜ  ÖD  KUR  DRÖL  WAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to be liberated in the Rainbow Light Body.

OM AH HUNG  ZANG DOG PAL GYI RIWO’I  ZHAL YE NA

OM AH HUNG  In the celestial palace of the Copper-colored Mountain,

PED  JUNG  YAB  YUM  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To Padmasambhava Yab-Yum, I pray.

RANG  ZHEN  DÖN  NYI  DRUB  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to accomplish the two purposes, that of self and others.

OM AH HUNG  TEN  PA  DZIN  KYONG  PEL  WA’I  PHO  DRANG  NE

OM AH HUNG  In the Palace that upholds, protects and increases the Buddha’s Doctrine,

DORJE  DRAG  PO  TSAL  LA SÖL WA  DEB

To Dorje Dragpo Tsal (the Wrathful Vajra Manifestation),

I pray.

ATI’I  TEN  PA  DAR  WAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to propagate the Doctrine of Ati Yoga.

OM AH HUNG  RIG  TSAL  CHED  TSÖD  TSOM  PA’I  PHO  DRANG  NE

OM AH HUNG  In the pure-awareness Palace of discourse, logic and composition,

RA  GA  AH  SYA  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To Raga Ah Sya, I pray.

NYÖN  MONG  KYÖN  DANG DREL WAR CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to be separate from the faults of delusion.

OM AH HUNG  TSÖL  DREL  TOG  PA  THAR  CHIN  PHO  DRANG  NE

OM AH HUNG  In the Palace of completely perfected realization, free from activity,

KÜNZANG  SHERAB  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To Kunzang Sherab, I pray.

RANG  RIG  CHÖ  KUR  TOG  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to realize self-awareness as the Dharmakaya.

OM AH HUNG   KHOR  DE  DE  CHEN  NYAM   NYID  PHO  DRANG  NE

OM AH HUNG    In the Palace of the equal nature of the Great Bliss of Samsara and Nirvana,

LHÜNDRUB  GYATSHO  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To Lhundrub Gyatsho, I pray.

KHYEN  NYI  YESHE  GYE  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to increase the two Omniscient states of Primordial Wisdom.

OM AH HUNG  KU  SUM  LONG  YANG  DE  CHEN  PO   DRANG   NE

OM AH HUNG  In the Palace of the great blissful expanse of the Three Kayas,

PEMA  NORBU  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To Pema Norbu, I pray.

LUNG  SEM  NANG  WA  DAG  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to purify the appearances of vital air and mind.

OM AH HUNG  RANG  NANG  TRUL  PA  KA  DAG  ÖD  SAL  LONG

OM AH HUNG  In the expanse of one’s own phenomenal projections, the originally pure Clear Light,

KARMA  TASHI  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To Karma Tashi, I pray.

MA  RIG  TRUL  NANG  DRÖL  WAR  CHIN  GYI   LOB

Grant blessings to be liberated from the ignorance of illusory appearances.

OM AH HUNG  KA  DAG  CHÖ  KU  DAG  PA’I  LONG  YANG  NE

OM AH HUNG   From the expanse of the originally pure Dharmakaya,

KARMA  DÖN  DAM  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To Karma Don Dam, I pray.

CHIR  NANG  SEM  SU  DRÖL  WAR  CHIN  GYI   LOB

Grant blessings to liberate what arises in my mind.

OM AH HUNG  RANG  RIG  DAG  PA  CHEN PO’I  TSAL  DZOG  PA

OM AH HUNG  In the perfection of the great display of pure primordial awareness,

KARMA  GYUR MED  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To Karma Gyurme, I pray.

NANG YING  JI  ZHIN  TOG  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to realize the innermost Buddha nature, just as it is.

OM AH HUNG  TEN  DREL ZAB MO’I  NE  LUG  NGÖN  GYUR  PA

OM AH HUNG  In the profound, interdependent nature of reality actualized,

DO  NGAG  TEN  DZIN  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To Do Ngag Tendzin, I pray.

ZUNG DZIN  TRÜL  PA  DAG  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to purify the confusion of duality.

OM AH HUNG  ÖD SAL  DE  WA  CHEN  PO’I   PHO  DRANG  NE

OM AH HUNG  From the Palace of the Clear Light of Great Bliss

CHÖKYI  NYIMA  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To Chokyi Nyima, I pray.

RANG  SEM  TRÜL  PA  DAG  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to purify the confusion of my own mind.

OM AH HUNG  KA  TER  MIN  DRÖL  CHÖ  KYI  PHO  DRANG  NE

OM AH HUNG  In the ripening and liberating Dharma Palace of Kama and Terma,

PALCHEN  DÜPA  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To Palchen Dupa, I pray.

RIM  NYI  TEN  PA  THOB  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to achieve stability in the Two Stages.

OM AH HUNG  GANG  SHAR  ZHEN  MED  CHÖ  KU’I PHO  DRANG  NA

OM AH HUNG  From the Dharmakaya Palace of nonattachment to whatever  arises,

GARWANG  TENDZIN  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To Garwang Tendzin, I pray.

RIG  TSAL  SHAR  DRÖL  TOG  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessing to realize liberation upon the arising of the display of pure awareness.

OM AH HUNG   CHI  TSUG NYI DA PEMA’I  DEN TENG NA

OM AH HUNG   Upon the lotus, sun and moon seat above the crown of my head.

TSA  WA’I  LAMA  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To the Root Guru, I pray.

NANG  ZHI  THA  RU  CHIN  PAR  CHIN  GYI   LOB

Grant blessing to completely perfect the Four Visions.

OM AH HUNG THEG  PA  RIM  GU’I  YANG  TSE  DAM  PA  NA

OM AH HUNG  From the sacred pinnacle of the Nine Vehicles,

DZOG  PA  CHEN  PO  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To the Great Perfection, Ati Yoga, I pray.

ZAG  MED  JA  LÜ  DRUB  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to accomplish the inexhaustible rainbow body.

OM AH HUNG  RANG  LÜ  TSA  KHAM  DAG  PA’I  ZHAL  YE  NA

OM AH HUNG  In the celestial palace of the pure nature of the channels and elements of one’s body,

YIDAM  KHANDRO  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To the meditational deities and Dakinis, I pray.

PHUNG  PO  LHAG  MED  DRUB  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to accomplish the dissolution of the aggregates without remains.

OM AH HUNG  HE CHEN DHA NA’I  DUR TRÖD CHEN  PO NE

OM AH HUNG  From the great charnel ground of Hechen Dana,

SHENPA  MAR  NAG  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To Red-black Shenpa, I pray.

DZOG  CHEN  TEN  PA  DAR  WAR  CHIN  GYI  LO

Grant blessings to propagate the Doctrine of the Great Perfection, Ati Yoga.

OM AH HUNG TOG TSOG NANG WA DAG PA’I ZHING  KHAM NE

OM AH HUNG   From the pure land of the purified perception of discursive thoughts,

DAM  CHEN  GYATSHO  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To the Ocean of Dharma Protectors, I pray.

GAL  KYEN  BAR  CHED  ZHI  WAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to pacify nonconducive circumstances and obstacles.

OM AH HUNG  KHOR  WA’I  THRENG  THAG  CHÖD  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

OM AH HUNG  Grant blessings to sever this chain of Samsara.

WEN  NE  RI  TRÖD  DRIM  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to remain only in an isolated place in retreat.

ZE  GÖ  ZHEN  PA  DREL  WA  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to be free from attachment to food and clothing.

OM AH HUNG CHÖ LA NYING RÜ NÜ PAR CHING GYI  LOB

OM AH HUNG  Grant blessings to have strength and courage in my Dharma practice.

NYAM  NANG  SAL  DRIB  MED  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings that my experiences (visions) may be lucid without obscuration.

TRI  WA TING LHONG  NÜ  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings for the strength to abandon attachment from the base.

OM AH HUNG SEM  NYID  RANG  ZHAL  THONG  WAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

OM AH HUNG  Grant blessings to see my true face, the mind’s actual nature.

NAM  TOG  DRI  MA  DREL  WAR CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to be free from the stain of discursive thoughts.

DRI  MED  KA  DAG  TOG  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to realize the stainless originally pure Nature.

OM AH HUNG  DAG  ZHEN  NYI  DZIN  DREL  WAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

OM AH HUNG  Grant blessings to be free from the duality of self and others.

NANG  SID  CHÖ  KUR  TOG  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to realize phenomenal existence to be the Dharmakaya.

TEN  DREL  THAB  LA  KHE  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to be knowledgeable in the methods of interdependent origination.

OM AH HUNG  NYI  NANG  TSED  NE  CHÖD  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

OM AH HUNG  Grant blessings to cut dual appearances from the root.

KYHEN  NYI  YESHE  GYE  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to increase the two Omniscient states of primordial wisdom.

TSHE  CHIG  SANGYE  THOB  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to achieve Buddhahood in this very lifetime.

OM AH HUNG CHÖ  NYID  NGÖN SUM  TOG  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

OM AH HUNG  Grant blessings to directly realize the Dharmata (Nature of Truth).

NYAM  NANG  GONG  DU  PHEL  WAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings that the experience of direct realization may be ever increasing.

RIG  PA  TSHED  LA  PHEB  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings that pure awareness may reach its fullest magnitude.

OM AH HUNG CHÖ  NYID  ZED  SAR  KHYÖL  WAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

OM AH HUNG  Grant blessings to actualize the exhaustion of all Dharmas into the  Dharmata (Nature of Truth).

DENG  CHEN  ZHI  DANG  DEN  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to firmly accomplish the four profound Realizations.

KUN  ZANG  GONG  PA  TOG PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to realize the Enlightened Mind of Samantabhadra.

JE     LAMA  SANGYE  CHÖ  KYI  KU  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

Lord Guru, Dharmakaya Buddha, to you I pray.

MA  RIG  MÜN  PA SANG  WAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to cleanse the darkness of ignorance.

LAMA  LONG  CHÖD  DZOG  PA’I  KU  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To the Sambhogakaya Guru, I pray.

TING  DZIN  GYÜD  LA  KYE  WAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings that meditative absorption will develop in my mind.

LAMA  THUG  JE  TRÜL  PA’I  KU  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To the compassionate Manifestation Body of the Guru, I pray.

NYAM  DANG  TOG  PA  CHAR  WAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings that experience and realization may arise in my mind.

LAMA  GYAL  WA  GYA  TSHO’I  KU  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

To the Body of the Guru, Gyalwa Gyatsho, I pray.

DAG  ZHEN  DÖN  NYI  DRUB  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to accomplish the two purposes of benefiting self and others.

LAMA’I  KU  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

I pray to the Lama’s Body.

LÜ  LA  DE  DRÖD  BAR  WAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings that bliss and heat may blaze in my body.

CHI  MED  TSHE  YI NGÖ  DRUB  TSÖL

Bestow the Siddhi of Immortal Life.

LAMA’I  SUNG  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

I pray to the Lama’s Speech.

NGAG  LA  NÜ  PA  JUNG  WAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings that the power of my speech may increase.

TSHANG  PA  SUNG  GI  NGÖ  DRUB  TSÖL

Bestow the Siddhi of Purity of Speech.

LAMA’I  THUG  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

I pray to the Lama’s Mind.

SEM  LA  TOG  PA  CHAR  WAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings that realization may arise in my mind.

CHAG  GYA  CHEN  PO’I  NGÖ  DRUB  TSÖL

Bestow the Siddhi of the Great Mahamudra.

YÖN  TEN  TRIN  LE  TSHOG  LA  SÖL  WA  DEB

Bestow upon me all pure qualities and miraculous activities.

WANG  ZHI  YONG  DZOG  THOB  PAR  CHIN  GYI  LOB

Grant blessings to fully realize the Four Empowerments.

TRIN  LE  NAM  ZHI  DRUB  PAI  NGÖ  DRUB  TSÖL

Bestow the Siddhi of accomplishment of the Four Concerned Activities.

The following is from the Nam Cho Daily Practice Book from Palyul Ling

Seven-Line Prayer to Guru Rinpoche

HUNG In the northwest country of Uddiyana,

Born in the pollen heart of a lotus,

Endowed with the most marvelous spiritual attainments,

You are renowned as the “Lotus Born.”

Surrounded by a retinue of many Dakinis

The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso given at Kunzang Palyul Choling on Ngondro:

The Four Thoughts that turn the mind from samsara are very important.  Our minds are distracted by this world.  We practice a little bit, and then get distracted, thinking life is good — eating pizza [...]]]>

The following is an excerpt from a teaching by Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso given at Kunzang Palyul Choling on Ngondro:

The Four Thoughts that turn the mind from samsara are very important.  Our minds are distracted by this world.  We practice a little bit, and then get distracted, thinking life is good — eating pizza in the restaurant, going to the beach on weekends, and enjoying ourselves.  It is really nice.  One could have a very happy life with one’s family, and eating, and experiencing all those happy experiences.  At the end of life, if one could not have the continuation of that kind of happiness in the next lifetime and many future lifetimes, one may get a little upset and think, “I should have done something.  I have just been going to the beach, the mountains, camping, bungee jumping, and all that.  I’ve spent my time doing all that, but I really didn’t do anything.”  Then all one’s karma ripens.  Whether you believe in karma or not, understand it or not, it doesn’t matter.  Whether you are a Christian or a Buddhist or a Hindu or a Jew or a Muslim, in cyclic existence, karma is the life process.  It is the nature of cyclic existence itself.  So that nature ripens to everybody.  Everyone experiences that.  After death, if one has to bear all different kinds of suffering, then one may experience some regret.

This is how one has a very happy life.  You can have entertainment, but at the same time have a kind of entertainment which really makes sense, which you can carry with you.  On weekends, you could come here and participate in a tsog offering or a puja or some kind of a practice.  While you are doing the practice, you may experience some minor problems with your knees or sitting or doing prostrations, but still you are bearing some karma and having some purification.  After all, you could have something you can really carry with you after death.  It is as the Buddha, who is fully enlightened, has explained.  Jetsunma has also explained all this a number of times.  The important thing to realize here is that this precious human birth is one in which one could really become involved in practice, in which one could become involved with the Dharma teachings, in which one could really become involved in Dharma activities.  If one could really have some time to apply to practice, then this becomes a precious human birth.

The following is the Bodhisattva Vow Ceremony as recited daily at Palyul Ling in New York, from the Nam Cho Daily Practice:

Gaining the Attention of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas Prior to Taking the Bodhisattva Vow

All buddhas who reside in the ten directions, transcendent accomplished conquerors,

All great bodhisattvas who dwell on the [...]]]>

The following is the Bodhisattva Vow Ceremony as recited daily at Palyul Ling in New York, from the Nam Cho Daily Practice:

Gaining the Attention of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas Prior to Taking the Bodhisattva Vow

All buddhas who reside in the ten directions, transcendent accomplished conquerors,

All great bodhisattvas who dwell on the tenth bhumi, and

All gurus, great vajra holders–

Please turn your attention towards me!

Taking Refuge Prior to Taking the Bodhisattva Vow

Until the heart of enlightenment is realized,

I take refuge in all the buddhas.

In the dharma and the and the assembly

Of bodhisattvas, similarly I go for refuge!

Recite three times

Taking the Actual Bodhisattva Vow

Just as the sugatas of the past

Have aroused the awakened mind of bodhicitta,

And trained in the way of the bodhisattvas

To gradually accomplish the stages of development,

Similarly, for the benefit and purpose of beings,

By awakening the bodhicitta

And training in the conduct of the bodhisattvas,

I shall gradually practice the levels of training.

Rejoicing in Having Taken the Bodhisattva Vow for the Sake of All Sentient Beings

Today my life has become meaningful;

The meaning of this human existence is now realized.

Today I am reborn in the family of the buddhas

And have become an heir of the enlightened ones!

Now, no matter what occurs hereafter,

My activities will be in conscientious accordance with my family,

And I shall never engage in conduct that could

Possibly sully this faultless noble family!

Like a blind man finding a precious jewel

From amidst a heap of refuse,

Similarly, this occasion is such

That today I have given rise to the awakened mind.

Today, before all of my objects of refuge,

All beings and all those who have gone beyond,

I call to bear witness as guests of this occasion,

Where all devas, titans, and other join together to rejoice!

The precious, supreme bodhicitta:

If unborn, may it arise;

If generated, may it never diminish;

And may it remain ever-increasing!

Never without bodhicitta,

Absorbed in the conduct of the awakened ones,

And being held fast by all of the buddhas,

May all demonic activities be fully abandoned!

May all the bodhisattvas

Accomplish their altruistic intention to fulfill the needs of beings!

Whatever intention these protectors may have,

May it be realized for the purpose of those beings!

May all sentient beings be endowed with bliss!

May all the lower realms be permanently empty!

May all the bodhisattvas, on whatever stage they abide,

Fully accomplish all their aspirations!

The Great Terton (Treasure Revealer), Migyur Dorje was born in Nhom Tod Rola in the province of Kham in Eastern Tibet on the seventh day of the ninth month of the Wood Bird Year (1645). Just as Lord Buddha Shakyamuni, he was born without harming his [...]]]> Vidhyadhara Migyur Dorje
(1645 – 1667)

The Great Terton (Treasure Revealer), Migyur Dorje was born in Nhom Tod Rola in the province of Kham in Eastern Tibet on the seventh day of the ninth month of the Wood Bird Year (1645). Just as Lord Buddha Shakyamuni, he was born without harming his mother or causing her even the slightest bit of pain. His right hand was marked by an extraordinary blue mole, symbolizing the single-essential nature of the Dharmakaya (The Body of the Ultimate Truth).

As a small child, he enjoyed using his hands to perform mudras (Dharma hand gestures) and carried out secret yogic exercises by himself. As soon as he could speak, he told others that he was a lama of the Kathog tradition and was able to give detailed description of his previous life at the Kathog Monastery.

During his childhood, he had many visions of Great Masters. One day he had a vision of Guru Loden Chogsed, one of the eight manifestations of Padmasambhava, and through gesture transmission, he understood how to read and write. When he was seven years old, in a state of pure vision, many Primordial Wisdom Dakinis told him of the importance of relying upon a guru. Instantly, without any obscuration he had a vision of the great scholar and siddha, Raga Ah Syei (Chagmed Rinpoche), who was in solitary retreat, and an intense desire arose to be in his presence.

When he was ten years old, he met Karma Chagmed Rinpoche in person and received the purification blessing of Nam Jom and Dor Sem, and the transmission of Thug Drub Yang Nying Dupa (Innermost Essence of the Mind Accomplishment). The following year, Migyur Dorje entered into retreat with the Great Mahasiddha, Karma Chagmed Rinpoche. At the retreat, Migyur Dorje received continual visions of Buddha Amitayus, Guru Padmasambhava, Buddha Amitabha, Avalokiteshvara and many other Yidams (Meditational Deities). From each of the Yidams, Migyur Dorje received many specific empowerments and transmissions. These he compiled into thirteen volumes called Nam Chö (Space Treasures) and practiced with single-pointed focus until he attained the full accomplishment of each of these treasures.

Although Terton Migyur Dorje was destined to reveal earth termas, the merit of sentient beings was deficient and it was due to this that his presence in this world was cut short. In 1667, the year of the Fire Sheep, he was in his twenty-third year and while staying in a sacred place in Mugsang, he began to show signs of illness. As the third month approached, his illness grew worse and he was forced to stop giving all dharma transmissions. On the eleventh day, he prayed to the meditational deities and offered many dedication prayers. On the fourteenth day, he had a vision of all eight Herukas and their accomplishment mandalas. On the morning of the fifteenth day, he beheld the three root-peaceful and wrathful assemblies of deities and assuming the vajra posture he entered into meditative equipoise. On the evening of the sixteenth day, while counting mantras on his prayers beads, he passed into the empty sphere of truth and remained sitting upright in meditative equipoise for three days.

At the cremation, rainbows in the shape of pitched tents appeared in the sky. The heart and tongue of Migyur Dorje were undamaged by the fire. These, together with the bone relics embossed with vowels and consonants of the Tibetan language were placed inside golden Stupas, which served as objects of refuge revered by devotees to this day.

Reference:  Pathgate Institute of Buddhist Studies

Palyul Nyingma Institute, Singapore

The following prayer is from the Nam Cho Ngondro, The Great Perfection Buddha in the Palm of Hand

MA NAM KHA DANG NYAM PA’I SEM CHEN THAM CHED

I pray that all motherly sentient beings, countless as space,

LAMA SANGYE CHÖ KYI KU LA SÖL WA DEB SO

May realize the Guru’s [...]]]>

The following prayer is from the Nam Cho Ngondro, The Great Perfection Buddha in the Palm of Hand

MA NAM KHA DANG NYAM PA’I SEM CHEN THAM CHED

I pray that all motherly sentient beings, countless as space,

LAMA SANGYE CHÖ KYI KU LA SÖL WA DEB SO

May realize the Guru’s Dharmakaya Buddha Body.

MA NAM KHA DANG NYAM PA’I SEM CHEN THAM CHED

I pray that all motherly sentient beings, countless as space,

LAMA DE CHEN LONG CHÖD DZOG PA’I KU LA SÖL

WA DEB SO

May realize the Guru’s Great Bliss Sambhogakaya Body.

MA NAM KHA DANG NYAM PA’I SEM CHEN THAM CHED

I pray that all motherly sentient beings, countless as space,

LAMA THUG JE TRUL PA’I KU LA SÖL WA DEB SO

May realize the Guru’s Great Bliss Nirmanakaya Body

MA NAM KHA DANG NYAM PA’I SEM CHEN THAM CHED

I pray that all motherly sentient beings, countless as space,