A Heartfelt Invocation of Manjushri
Manjushri, you are the treasure who, with the light-rays of wisdom’s naturally present luminosity, / causes the ignorance of samsara and nirvana to vanish.
Manjushri, you are the treasure who, with the light-rays of wisdom’s naturally present luminosity, / causes the ignorance of samsara and nirvana to vanish.
Equal to the ‘Six Ornaments and Two Supreme Ones’ of our age
In the depth of your compassion, learning, and realization,
Longchenpa, through hidden practice as a yogin, in forest hermitages
You perfected saṃsāra and nirvāṇa into dharmakāya reality,
OPENING THE DOOR TO NATURALLY PRESENT INNER CLARITY: A Very Brief Longchen Nyingthig Ngondro
OM AH HUNG! Fire arises from the letter RAM and consumes the tongue,
which transforms into a three-spoked Vajra of red light in whose hollow center
OM AH HUNG! Fire arises from the letter RAM and consumes the tongue,/
which transforms into a three-spoked Vajra of red light in whose hollow center…
Homage to the guru and the protector venerable Mañjughoṣa!…
Namo Lokeśvarāya!
You see that all things are beyond coming and going,
Yet still you strive solely for the sake of living beings—
To you, my precious guru inseparable from Lord Avalokita,
I offer perpetual homage, respectfully, with body, speech and mind.
Since you have attained excellent realization by properly studying, reflecting and/ meditating upon the profound, vast and utterly perfect doctrine of the Buddha…
Oṃ āḥ hūṃ! Dharmakāya Amitābha, saṃbhogakāya Avalokiteśvara,
Nirmāṇakāya Padmasambhava—the wrathful Drakpo Tsal,
We pray to you; with the force of your compassion
Dissolve all obstacles, outer, inner and secret, into space!
E ma Ho! From here, in the direction of the setting sun, beyond a multitude of innumerable worlds, slightly elevated, is the land of the noble beings, the perfectly pure realm of Dewachen…