SAMPA LHUNDRUP. The Prayer to Guru Rinpoche that Spontaneously Fulfills All Wishes

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1 Emaho! SAMPA LHUNDRUP The Prayer to Guru Rinpoche that Spontaneously Fulfills All Wishes In Dewachen, Blissful pure realm of the west Dwells Amitabha, whose Great Compassion was aroused: His blessing took form as Padmasambhava, Coming to this world to bring benefit to beings. Your compassion is unceasing in helping beings. All the Dharma kings, from Trisong Detsen Down to the very end of the royal line, Throughout past, present and future - know your constant blessing. You are the only protection for rulers who follow the Dharma, as in Tibet, Your compassion safeguards the lands that practice Dharma. Your wisdom body is now in the southwest, subjugating the rakshasa demons, Yet your compassion embraces sentient beings everywhere, like Tibet Magnificent guide for all sentient beings led astray by their ignorance; Skillfully you tame them with their turbulent emotions and stubborn resistance. Your compassion is unbroken in its kindness and its love. Sampa Lhundrup 1

2 Now, at the close of this degenerate dark age Every morning and every evening, to those who have devotion, You come riding on the rays of the rising and the setting sun. And on the tenth day of the waxing moon you come in person. Your compassion commands such great power to help beings! Now in this dark age, the age of conflict, last of the five-hundred year eras, Negative emotions and the five poisons grow more violent in all sentient beings Emotions boil in rampant chaos, and the poisons dominate our minds. At a time like this, let your compassion be our refuge and protection! Your compassion leads those with devotion to the higher realms. When terrifying armies of oppression encircle us, When the great centers of the Dharma lie in ruins, O Guru Rinpoche, surrounded by your retinue Sampa Lhundrup 2

3 of eight classes of gods and demons, You will repel aggressors and their armiesof this we have no doubt. When sickness strikes to destroy the fragile bodies of sentient beings, When diseases plunge us into unbearable suffering and agony, O Guru Rinpoche, embodiment of the Buddha of Medicine, You will remove the obstacles that bring untimely death. When nature turns against us and earth s resources fail; When sentient beings are tormented by the plague of famine, O Guru Rinpoche with all your dakinis and deities of prosperity, You will dispel all deprivation, all hunger and thirst of this we have no doubt. When hidden treasures are revealed to benefit those fortunate beings with a karmic link, Like warriors, certain of the pure authenticity of our samaya, O Guru Rinpoche, inseparable from our yidam deity, You will ensure the true heirs receive their father s treasure Sampa Lhundrup 3

4 of this we have no doubt.. When traveling through hidden lands, forests and deserted places; When our way is blocked and we are cut off by storms, by rain and snow, O Guru Rinpoche, surrounded by mighty local spirits, You will lead us practitioners to the right path of this we have no doubt. When vicious wild animals menace us: tigers, leopards, bears and poisonous serpents On our way through terrifying passes, wild and desolate places, O Guru Rinpoche, along with pawos, gings and protectors, You will drive off these ferocious creatures of this we have no doubt. When obstacles arise in earth, water, fire and air To threaten these illusory bodies of ours with destruction, O Guru Rinpoche, with the goddesses of the four elements, You will harmonize the elements into their natural state Sampa Lhundrup 4

5 of this we have no doubt. When traveling on dangerous routes We are attacked by murderous bandits and robbers, O Guru Rinpoche, through your realization of the four mudras, You will dispel the terror of all brutality and greed. When faced by killers on all sides, Who threatened us with lethal weapons, O Guru Rinpoche, the protection of your Vajra-tent, Will cause killers to panic and weapons to be scattered. When this life span is exhausted and we come to die, Faced with the fearful pain of illness and the moment before death, O Guru Rinpoche, as you are the emanation of Amitabha, It is certain we will be born in Dewachen s pure realm. Once this borrowed and illusory body is destroyed, Sampa Lhundrup 5

6 and in the bardo realm, When our deluded experiences and our delusions about them arise to make us suffer O Guru Rinpoche, you who know the past, present and future, through your compassion You will let all delusion be self-liberated of this we have no doubt! When we are overwhelmed by karma and circumstance And suffer through grasping at delusion as real, With no trace of doubt or hesitation we pray O Guru Rinpoche, King of Great Bliss (Dewachen), You will utterly destroy the delusions that bring suffering! When beings of all six realms are tormented by immense pain And especially when our leaders and people are engulfed in suffering, With intense longing and devotion, from the depths of our hearts, O Guru Rinpoche, with your unchanging, unwavering compassion care for us! Sampa Lhundrup 6