LA MA KHYEN
Guru, think of me.
LA MA KHYEN
Guru, think of me.
LA MA KHYEN
Guru, think of me.
MA RIG MÜN SEL PÄL DÄN LA MA
Magnificently glorious guru, dispelling the darkness of ignorance;
THAR PÄI LAM TÖN PÄL DÄN LA MA
Magnificently glorious guru, revealing the path of liberation;
KOR WÄI CHU DRÖL PÄL DÄN LA MA
Magnificently glorious guru, liberating from the waters of samsara;
DUG NGÄL NÄ SEL PÄL DÄN LA MA
Magnificently glorious guru, eliminating the diseases of the five poisons;
YI ZHIN NOR BU PÄL DÄN LA MA
Magnificently glorious guru, the wish-granting jewel;
KYE LA SÖL DEB JIN GYI LOB SHIG
I beseech you, please bless me.
MI TAG CHI WA NYING NÄ DREN PA
Magnificently glorious guru, please bless me
PÄL DÄN LA MÄ JIN GYI LOB SHIG
To remember impermanence and death from my heart.
GÖ ME LO NA GYU LA KYE PA
Magnificently glorious guru, please bless me
PÄL DÄN LA MÄ JIN GYI LOB SHIG
To generate the thought of no-need in my mind.
EN PAR TSE CHIG DRUB LA NÄ PA
Magnificently glorious guru, please bless me
PÄL DÄN LA MÄ JIN GYI LOB SHIG
To abide one-pointedly in practice in isolated places.
DRUB LA BAR CHHÄ GANG YANG ME PA
Magnificently glorious Guru, please bless me
PÄL DÄN LA MÄ JIN GYI LOB SHIG
To not have any hindrances to my practice.
THRÜL ME NÄ LUG TA WA TOG PA
Magnificently glorious Guru, please bless me
PÄL DÄN LA MÄ JIN GYI LOB SHIG
To realize, without error, the view of the fundamental nature of reality.
KYEN NGÄN TAM CHÄ DROG SU CHAR WA
Magnificently glorious guru, please bless me
PÄL DÄN LA MÄ JIN GYI LOB SHIG
So that all bad conditions appear as a support.
DAG ZHÄN DÖN NYI LHÜN GYI DRUB PA
Magnificently glorious guru, please bless me
PÄL DÄN LA MÄ JIN GYI LOB SHIG
To accomplish effortlessly the two works of self and others.
DA TA NYUR DU JIN GYI LOB SHIG
Please bless me now, quickly.
NYUR WA NYUR DU JIN GYI LOB SHIG
Please bless me quickly, very quickly.
DÄN THOG DIR RU JIN GYI LOB SHIG
Please bless me on this very cushion.
THÜN THOG DIR RU JIN GYI LOB SHIG
Please bless me in this very session.
After reciting either the extensive or brief version of Calling the Guru from Afar, recite the following request:
PÄL DÄN LA MÄI NAM PAR THAR PA LA
May I not give rise to heresy for even a second
KÄ CHIG TSAM YANG LOG TA MI KYE SHING
In regard to the actions of the glorious guru.
CHI DZÄ LEG PAR THONG WÄI MÖ GÜ KYI
May I see whatever actions are done as pure.
LA MÄI JIN LAB SEM LA JUG PAR SHOG
With this devotion, may I receive the guru’s blessings in my heart.
Then recite the following verse and meditate on the guru entering your heart.
PÄL DÄN TSA WÄI LA MA RIN PO CHHE
Magnificent and precious root guru,
DAG GI NYING KHAR PÄ MÖI TENG ZHUG LA
Please abide on the lotus seat at my heart,
KA DRIN CHHEN PÖI GO NÄ JE ZUNG TE
Guide me with your great kindness,
KU SUNG THUG KYI NGÖ DRUB TSÄL DU SÖL
And grant me the realizations of your holy body, speech, and mind.
ColophonS:
Read colophons for both the extensive and brief versions here.