By this virtue may I quickly
Become arya Tara,
and then lead every living being
Without exception to that ground.
Through the virtues I have collected
By worshipping the Blessed Mother,
May every living being without exception Be born in the Pure Land of Bliss.
Auspicious verse
You, who having abandoned all bodily faults, possess the signs and indications,
Who having abandoned all verbal faults, possess a heavenly voice,
Who having abandoned all mental faults, realize all objects of knowledge;
O Lady of blessed, glorious renown, may there be the auspiciousness of your presence.
Prayers for the Virtuous Tradition
So that the tradition of Je Tsongkhapa, The king of the Dharma, may flourish,
May all obstacles be pacified
and may all favourable conditions abound.
Through the two collections of myself and others Gathered throughout the three times,
May the doctrine of Conqueror Losang Dragpa Flourish for evermore.
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LIBERaTION FROM SORROW
The nine-line Migtsema prayer Tsongkhapa, crown ornament of the scholars of the Land of the Snows,
You are Buddha Shakyamuni and Vajradhara, the source of all attainments,
avalokiteshvara, the treasury of unobservable compassion,
Manjushri, the supreme stainless wisdom, and Vajrapani, the destroyer of the hosts of maras.
O Venerable Guru-Buddha, synthesis of all Three Jewels,
With my body, speech and mind, respectfully I make requests:
Please grant your blessings to ripen and liberate myself and others,
and bestow the common and supreme attainments.
(3x)
Colophon: This sadhana was compiled from traditional sources by Venerable Geshe kelsang Gyatso, and translated under his compassionate guidance.
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Avalokiteshvara Sadhana
PRaYERS aND REQUESTS TO THE BUDDHa OF
COMPaSSION