Seven Line Prayer to Padmasambhava
The Seven Line Prayer to Guru Rinpoche, our Precious One, is a daily joy for many of us who habitually and with great faith chant the sacred vowels. Padmasambhava, the second living Buddha in our age, is special to many of us. The Lotus Born revived the Dharma at a time it was under threat from persecuting invaders, bringing the precious teachings to the Land of Snows. Most lineages of authentic teachings in Tibet are from the Sage Guru.
Padmasambhava, the Lotus Born
According to tradition, Guru Rinpoche was born as an eight-year-old child in a lotus blossom in the kingdom of Oddiyanaโ now the Swat Valley in Pakistan. Many miraculous life events proclaimed the enlightened nature of Padmasambhava.
After being invited to Tibet by Emperor Tri Songdetsen, Guru Rinpoche journeyed to the country and drove out the demons from the land. Padmasambhava introduced Tibet to Tantric Buddhism and is the founder of the Nyingma tradition, the oldest of the four major schools.
Padmasambhava:
“My father is the intrinsic awareness,ย Samantabhadraย (Sanskrit; Tib. เฝเฝดเฝเผเฝเฝดเผเฝเฝเฝเผเฝเฝผ). My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality,ย Samantabhadriย (Sanskrit; Tib. เฝเฝดเฝเผเฝเฝดเผเฝเฝเฝเผเฝเฝผ). I belong to the caste of non-duality of the sphere of awareness. My name is the Glorious Lotus-Born. I am from the unborn sphere of all phenomena. I act in the way of the Buddhas of the three times.”
Lovely chanting of the Seven Line Prayer by Khen Rinpoche Sherab Yeshi:
Seven Line Prayer to Guru Rinpoche chanted by Khen Rinpoche Sherab Yeshi
เผเผ
เผ เผเฝเฝดเผเฝขเฝดเผเฝขเฝฒเฝเผเฝเฝผเผเฝเฝบเฝ เฝฒเผเฝเฝฒเฝเผเฝเฝเฝดเฝเผเฝเฝฆเฝผเฝฃเผเฝ เฝเฝบเฝเฝฆเผเฝเฝเฝดเฝเฝฆเผเฝฆเฝผเผ เผ
The Seven Line Prayer
เฝงเฝฑเฝดเพเผ เฝจเฝผเผเฝขเพเพฑเฝเผเฝกเฝดเฝฃเผเฝเพฑเฝฒเผเฝเฝดเฝเผเฝเพฑเฝเผเฝเฝเฝเฝฆเผ
hung orgyen yul gyi nubjang tsam
Hลซแน! In the north-west of the land of Oแธแธiyฤแนa,
เฝเฝเพจเผเฝเฝบเผเฝฆเฝขเผเฝฆเพกเฝผเฝเผเฝเฝผเผเฝฃเผ
pema gesar dongpo la
In the heart of a lotus flower,
เฝกเผเฝเฝเฝเผเฝเฝเฝผเฝเผเฝเฝฒเผเฝเฝเฝผเฝฆเผเฝเพฒเฝดเฝเผเฝเฝขเพเฝบเฝฆเผ
yatsen chok gi ngรถdrub nyรฉ
Endowed with the most marvellous attainments,
เฝเฝเพจเผเฝ เฝเพฑเฝดเฝเผเฝเฝเฝฆเผเฝเฝบเฝฆเผเฝฆเฝดเผเฝเพฒเฝเฝฆเผ
pema jungnรฉ shyรฉ su drak
You are renowned as the โLotus-bornโ,
เฝ เฝเฝผเฝขเผเฝเฝดเผเฝเฝเฝ เผเฝ เฝเพฒเฝผเผเฝเฝเผเฝเฝผเฝฆเผเฝเฝฆเพเฝผเฝขเผ
khor du khandro mangpรถ kor
Surrounded by many hosts of แธฤkinฤซs.
เฝเพฑเฝบเฝเผเฝเพฑเฝฒเผเฝขเพเฝบเฝฆเผเฝฆเฝดเผเฝเฝเฝเผเฝเฝฆเพเพฒเฝดเฝเผเฝเพฑเฝฒเผ
khyรฉ kyi jesu dak drub kyi
Following in your footsteps,
เฝเพฑเฝฒเฝเผเฝเพฑเฝฒเฝฆเผเฝเฝขเพณเฝเผเฝเพฑเฝฒเฝขเผเฝเฝคเฝบเฝเฝฆเผเฝฆเฝดเผเฝเฝฆเฝผเฝฃเผ
jingyi lab chir shek su sol
I pray to you: Come, inspire me with your blessing!
เฝเฝดเผเฝขเฝดเผเฝเฝเพจเผเฝฆเฝฒเฝเพกเพทเฝฒเผเฝงเฝฑเฝดเพเผ
guru pema siddhi hung
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lovely, thank you
For those who are interested here is Guru Padmasambhava 7 Line Prayer in Sanskrit translated by Narayana Prasad Rijal in Nepal.
hลซm oแธiyฤne vฤyavye | padmakesarakฤแนแธe siddhirlabdhฤtyadbhuta | khyฤta padmasambhava bahuแธฤkibhirฤvแนta I tavaivฤnusarฤmi
ฤyฤhyadhiแนฃแนญhฤnฤrtham I guru padma siddhi hลซm
Resetting the mind back to its glorious natural state of primordial intelligence.
I give thanks and praise, to the Three Jewels:
The Buddha, The Dharma and the Sangha.
Guru pema siddhi hung