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by the third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje [RY]
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Mahamudra Prayer, by the third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje [RY]
 
'''The Aspiration Prayer of Mahamudra'''
Composed by The Lord Protector Rangjung Dorje;
The Third Gyalwa Karmapa
 
Namoguru, <br>
Gurus and yidams, deities of the mandala,<br>
Buddhas of the three times in the ten directions and your sons and daughters,<br>
Please consider us with kindness and understanding, and<br>
Grant your blessing that these aspirations may be accomplished exactly as we ask.
 
Sprung from the snow mountain of pure intentions and actions<br>
Of myself and all sentient beings without limit,<br>
May the river of accumulated virtue of the threefold purity<br>
Flow into the ocean of the four bodies of the Victorious Ones.
 
So long as this is not accomplished,<br>
Through all my lifetimes, birth upon birth,<br>
May not even the words "evil deeds" and "suffering" be heard<br>
And may we enjoy the splendour<br>
and goodness of oceans of happiness and virtue.
 
Having obtained the supreme freedoms <br>
and conjunctions of the precious human existence,<br>
endowed with faith, energy, and intelligence,<br>
Having attended on a worthy spiritual friend<br>
and received the pith of the holy instructions,<br>
May we practice these properly, just as we have received them,<br>
without obstacle or interruption.<br>
In all our lives, may we practice and enjoy the holy dharma.
 
Hearing and studying the scriptures and<br>
reasonings free us from the obscuration of not knowing,<br>
Contemplating the oral instructions disperses the darkness of doubt.<br>
In the light born of meditation what is shines forth just as it is.<br>
May the brightness of the three prajnas grow in power.
 
By understanding the meaning of the ground,<br>
which is the two truths free from the extremes of eternalism and nihilism<br>
And by practising the supreme path of the two accumulations,<br>
free from the extremes of exaggeration and denial,<br>
Is attained the fruit of well-being for oneself and others,<br>
free from the extremes of samsara and nirvana.<br>
May all beings meet the dharma which neither errs nor misleads.
 
The ground of purification is the mind itself, <br>
indivisible cognitive clarity and emptiness.<br>
That which purifies is the great vajra yoga of mahamudra.<br>
What is to be purified are the adventitious,<br>
temporary contaminations of confusion,<br>
May the fruit of purification, the stainless dharmakaya, be manifest.
 
Resolving doubts about the ground brings conviction in the view.<br>
Then keeping one's awareness unwavering in accordance with the view,<br>
is the subtle pith of meditation.<br>
Putting all aspects of meditation into practice is the supreme action.<br>
The view, the meditation, the action--may there be confidence in these.
 
All phenomena are illusory displays of mind.<br>
Mind is no mind--the mind's nature is empty of any entity that is mind<br>
Being empty, it is unceasing and unimpeded,<br>
manifesting as everything whatsoever.<br>
Examining well, may all doubts about the ground be discerned and cut.
 
Naturally manifesting appearances, that never truly exist, are confused into objects.<br> Spontaneous intelligence, under the power of ignorance, is confused into a self.<br>
By the power of this dualistic fixation, beings wander in the realms of samsaric existence.<br>
May ignorance, the root of confusion, be discovered and cut.
 
It is not existent--even the Victorious Ones do not see it.<br>
It is not nonexistent--it is the basis of all samsara and nirvana.<br>
This is not a contradiction, but the middle path of unity.<br>
May the ultimate nature of phenomena, limitless mind beyond extremes, he realised.
 
If one says, "This is it," there is nothing to show.<br>
If one says, "This is not it," there is nothing to deny.<br>
The true nature of phenomena,<br>
which transcends conceptual understanding, is unconditioned.<br>
May conviction he gained in the ultimate, perfect truth.
 
Not realising it, one circles in the ocean of samsara.<br>
If it is realised, buddha is not anything other.<br>
It is completely devoid of any "This is it," or "This is not it."<br>
May this simple secret, this ultimate essence of phenomena,<br>
which is the basis of everything, be realised.
 
Appearance is mind and emptiness is mind.<br>
Realisation is mind and confusion is mind.<br>
Arising is mind and cessation is mind.<br>
May all doubts about mind be resolved.
 
Not adulterating meditation with conceptual striving or mentally created meditation,<br>
Unmoved by the winds of everyday busyness,<br>
Knowing how to rest in the uncontrived, natural spontaneous flow,<br>
May the practice of resting in mind's true nature be skilfully sustained.
 
The waves of subtle and coarse thoughts calm down by themselves in their own place,<br>
And the unmoving waters of mind rest naturally.<br>
Free from dullness, torpor, and, murkiness,<br>
May the ocean of shamatha be unmoving and stable.
 
Looking again and again at the mind which cannot be looked at,<br>
The meaning which cannot be seen is vividly seen, just as it is.<br>
Thus cutting doubts about how it is or is not,<br>
May the unconfused genuine self-nature he known by self-nature itself.
 
Looking at objects, the mind devoid of objects is seen;<br>
Looking at mind, its empty nature devoid of mind is seen;<br>
Looking at both of these, dualistic clinging is self-liberated.<br>
May the nature of mind, the clear light nature of what is, be realised.
 
Free from mental fabrication, it is the great seal, mahamudra.<br>
Free from extremes, it is the great middle way, madhyamika.<br>
The consummation of everything, it is also called the great perfection, dzogchen.<br>
May there be confidence that by understanding one,<br>
the essential meaning of all is realised.
 
Great bliss free from attachment is unceasing.<br>
Luminosity free from fixation on characteristics is unobscured.<br>
Nonthought transcending conceptual mind is spontaneous presence.<br>
May the effortless enjoyment of these experiences be continuous.
 
Longing for good and clinging to experiences are self-liberated.<br>
Negative thoughts and confusion purify naturally in ultimate space.<br>
In ordinary mind there is no rejecting and accepting, loss and gain.<br>
May simplicity, the truth of the ultimate essence of everything, be realised.
 
The true nature of beings is always buddha.<br>
Not realising that, they wander in endless samsara.<br>
For the boundless suffering of sentient beings <br>
May unbearable compassion be conceived in our being.
 
When the energy of unbearable compassion is unceasing,<br>
In expressions of loving kindness,<br>
the truth of its essential emptiness is nakedly clear.<br>
This unity is the supreme unerring path.<br>
Inseparable from it, may we meditate day and night.
 
By the power of meditation arise the eyes and supernormal perceptions,<br>
Sentient beings are ripened and buddha fields are perfectly purified,<br>
The aspirations that accomplish the qualities of a buddha are fulfilled.<br>
By bringing these three to utmost fruition-fulfilling,<br>
ripening and purifying-may utmost buddhahood be manifest.
 
By the power of the compassion of the Victorious Ones of the ten directions<br>
and their sons and daughters,<br>
And by the power of all the pure virtue that exists,<br>
May the pure aspirations of myself and all sentient beings<br>
Be accomplished exactly as we wish.
 
 
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