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Jang-chub bar-du dak ni kyab su chi
Oak gi jin-sok gyi-pay so-nam kyi
Oro Ia pen chir sang-gye drub-par sho
In all the Buddhas, Dharma and Noble Sangha,
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May I achieve buddhahood for the benefit
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Oak sok kha khyab sem-chen gyi

Chi tsuk pay kar da way teng
HRIH lay pak chok chenrezig
Kar sal o-zer nga den tro
On the crown of my head, and that of all beings,
On a moon-disk upon a white lotus, Is a HRIH

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Og nyi shel-freng pay kar nam
Dar dang rin-chen gyen gyi tray
Gazing with compassionate eyes and loving smile,
he has four hands.
The first two palms are joined in prayer.
The lower two hold a crystal rosary and white
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He is arrayed in silks and jewels.

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Kyab nay kOn-du ngo-wor gyor
He wears an upper mantle of antelope-skin
His head-ornament is Boundless Light Amitabha.
His two feet rest in the cross-legged vajra posture.
A stainless moon-disk is his backrest.
He is the quintessence of all those in whom we
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with you as if in a single voice.

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Lord, white in color and unblemished by any fault,

Whose head is adorned by a perfect Buddha,
Who gazes compassionately on all beings,
To you, Chenrezig, I bow down!

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Chok chu du-sum shuk-pa yi
Gyal-wa say chay tam-chay Ia
Kun-nay dang-way chak tsal to
To the Noble Lord, Chenrezig
And to all the Victorious Ones and their Sons
Throughout the three times and ten directions,
With joyous faith, I pay homage!
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Zhal zay rol-mo Ia sok pa
Ngo jar yi kyi trul nay bul
Pak-pay tsok kyi zhey su sol
Flowers, incense, butterlamps, and perfumes
Delicacies, music and so forth
Both real and imagined, I emanate and offer.
Assembly of Noble Ones, please accept them!

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Mi-gay chu dang tsam-mey nga
Sem ni nyon-mong wang gyur-pay
Dik-pa tam-chay shak-par gyi
From beginningless time until now,
Overpowered by the negative emotions,
I confess to having commited every transgression,
Such as the ten unvirtuous actions and the five
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Nyen to rang-gyal jang-chub sem

So so kye-wo Ia sok pay
Du-sum gay-wa chi sak-pay
So-nam Ia ni dak yi rang
I rejoice in the merit of whatever virtue
Has been accumulated throughout the Three
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By ordinary beings, bodhisattvas,
Pratyekabuddhas and sravakas.

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Sem-chen nam kyi sam-pa dang
Lo yi jey-drak ji ta war
Chey chung tun-mong tek-pa yi
Cho kyi khor lo khor du sol
For as many different aptitudes
And aspirations of sentient beings as exist,
I beseech you to Turn the Wheel of the Dharma
Of the lesser, greater and conventional vehicles.
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Khor-wa ji si rna tong par
Nya ngan mi daa tuk-je yi
Duk-ngal gyam-tsor jing-wa yi
Sem-chen nam Ia zig su sol
I beseech you, look upon all sentient beings
Drowning in this ocean of suffering!
And, through your compassion, do not pass into
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Until cyclic existence is emptied!

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Oak gi so-nam chi sak-pa

Tam-chay jang-chub gyur gyur nay
Ring-por mi-tok dro-wa yi
Oren-pay pal-du dak gyur chik
May whatever merit I have accumulated
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May I become, without delay,
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Sol-wa deb so lama chenrezig

Sol-wa deb so yidam chenrezig
Sol-wa deb so pak-chok chenrezig
Sol-wa deb so kyab-gon chenrezig
Guru Chenrezig, I beseech you!
Yidam Chenrezig, I beseech you!
Sublime Noble One, Chenrezig, I beseech you!
Lord Protector Chenrezig, I pray to you!

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Tuk-je zung shik gyal-wa tuk-je chen
Taa-mey khor-war drang mey khyam gyOr ching
Zo-mey duk-ngal nyong-way dro-wa Ia
Gon-po khye lay kyab s hen rna chi so
Nam khyen sang-gye tob-par jin gyi lob
Lord of Lov, Chenrezig, I implore you!
Compassionate Buddha, embrace with your
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All living beings who endure unbearable misery
While roaming endlessly throughout countless
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Protector, we have no other refuge but you!
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Bless us to attain omniscient buddhahood!

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Tok-mey du ney lay ngen sak-pay to

Shay dang wang gi nyal-war kye gyur te
Tsa drang duk-ngal nyong-way sem-chen nam
Lha chok khye kyi drung du kye-war sho
Om mani padme hung
Through the power of evil actions, accumulated
since beginningless time,
Sentient beings, overcome by hatred, are reborn
as hell-beings.
May all those, undergoing the tortures of heat and
cold,
Take birth in your presence, Supreme Deity.
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Tok-mey du ney lay ngen sak-pay to

Ser nay wang gi yi dak nay su kye
Tray kom duk-ngal nyong-way sem-chen nam
Shing chok Potala ru kye-war sho
Om mani padme hung
Through the power of evil actions , accumulated
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Sentient beings, overcome by greed, are reborn in
the realm of hun gry ghosts.
May all those, undergoing the agony of hunger
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Take birth in your perfect buddhafield, Potala!
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Om mani padme hung
Through the power of evil actions, accumulated
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Take birth in your presence, Protector!
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Tok-mey du ney lay ngen sak-pay to

Do chak wang gi mi yi ne su kye
Dre l phong duk-ngal nyong-way sem-chen nam
Shing chok Dewachen du kye-war sho
Through the power of evil actions, accumulated
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Sentient beings, overcome by desire , are reborn
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May all those, undergoing the suffering of ex cessive
activity and constant frustration,
Take birth in your pureland, Dewachen!
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Trak dok wang gi lha min nay su kye
Tab tso duk-ngal nyong-way sem-chen nam
Potala yi shing du kye-war sho
Om mani padme hung
Through the power of evil actions, accumulated
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Sentient beings, overcome by jealousy, are reborn
in the realm of demi-gods.
May all those, undergoing the misery of fighting
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Take birth in your pureland, Potala!
OM MANI PADME HUNG

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Tok-mey du ney lay ngen sak-pay to

Nga-gyal wang gi lha yi nay su kye
Po tung duk-ngal nyong-way sem-chen nam
Potala yi shing du kye war sho

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Through the power of evil actions, accumulated

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May all those, undergoing the misery of
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Take birth in your pureland, Potala!
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Through actions comparable to Chenrezig's,

M ay I, myself, in all my existences,
Spread the sublime resonance of the six-syllable
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And thus free all beings from the impure realms!
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Oak gi dul j ar gyOr-pay dro-wa nam
Lay drey lhur len ge-way lay Ia tson
Oro-way don du cho dang den-par sho
By the strength of this prayer to you, M ost Noble
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M ay all those beings to be tamed by me exert
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And earnestly take into account karma and its
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M ay they possess qualities that benefit all beings.
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Pak-pay ku lay o-zer tro
Ma-dak lay nang trul shey jang
Chi no Dewachen gyi shing
Thus, due to my one-pointed supplication,
Light shines from the exalted form
And, purifying all confused perceptions and
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The outer vessel becomes the blissful buddhafield,
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Chenrezig wang ku sung tuk
Nang drak rik-tong yer-mey gyur
The inner contents, the body speech and mind of
living beings,
Become the Body, Speech and Mind of Chenrezig.
All knowledge, sounds and appearances are
inseparable from emptiness.
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Finally, let the mind rest evenly in its own essence, without
conceptualizing the three spheres of subject, object and action.
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Everyone appears in the resplendent form [ of
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All sounds resound as the melody of his six
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All thoughts and recollections are the great
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Chenrezig wang drub gyOr ney
Dro-wa chik kyang ma-IO pa
Dey yi sa Ia go-par sho
Through the goodness of having swiftly mastered
The practice of the All-seeing One,
May I establish every single being,
Without exception, in this very state.

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Through the merit of engaging like this, in
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May I, and all beings with whom I have a
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So-nam ye-shey tsok dzok tey
So-nam ye-shey ley jung-way
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Through this virtue, may all living beings
Perfect the accumulations of wisdom and merit
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As bodhichitta is so precious,
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May those who have engendered it, not defile it
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