Lama Tharchin Rinpoche teaches on the practice of Guru Yoga and the Seven Line Prayer in the Vajrayana. Open Secret Bookstore, San Rafael, California, January 26, 2009. 

Rinpoche says, "The point of guru yoga is to train in merging our mind with our lama's wisdom mind and to have those qualities of wisdom and compassion that we glimpse within our lama's mind inhabit our own mind." In these Open Secret teachings, Rinpoche guides us in using guru yoga meditation on Guru Rinpoche to awaken the uncontrived, uncontaminated, primordial state of enlightenment that is our own natural, indwelling, primordial state of being.

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Photo of Dungse Thinley Norbu Rinpoche with Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, Pema Osel Ling, March 1994. 

Thank you to Sheppard Powell for requesting and recording the teaching.

© 2009 Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, 2017 Lama Tharchin Rinpoche Heritage Foundation & Heart Teachings by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche

Guru Yoga OS 2009-01-26

Guru Yoga Open Secret 2009 - 01 - 26

The Dedication “Fulfilling All Aspirations” (Toh 285) is a prayer of dedication, and is meant to be recited. Its structure partly reflects the liturgy of “seven branches” or “seven limbs,” a set of practices that serves as the basic structure of many Mahāyāna Buddhist prayers and rituals. In this instance, however, the text consists of two sections: the first is a detailed prayer of confession, and the second a prayer of rejoicing, requesting that the wheel of the Dharma be turned, beseeching the buddhas not to pass into nirvāṇa, and extensively dedicating the merit.

https://read.84000-translate.org/translation/toh285.html

This second episode in our Sūtras for Well-Being series focuses on two closely related, and recently published texts:
- The Dedication “Fulfilling All Aspirations” (https://read.84000.co/translation/toh285.html) and 
- The Dedication “Protecting All Beings.” (https://read.84000.co/translation/toh286.html)

And today, we are thrilled to share with you both Tibetan and English readings of these texts by two widely respected teachers of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition: Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche (English) and Pema Wangyal Rinpoche (Tibetan).

Open the texts in our online Reading Room (https://84000.co/translations/reading-room/), and follow along with the audio in the station above!

Ep. 2.1 | Tibetan | "The Dedication: Fulfilling All Aspirations" recited by Pema Wangyal Rinpoche

At the encouragement of our friends near and far, and with the intention to celebrate not only our own tenth anniversary, but also the birthday of our Founding Chair, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, and of course the precious month of Saga Dawa, 84000 was thrilled to be able to work with composer Harry Einhorn who conceptualized and created a truly inspirational "virtual choir" giving us the basis for a beautiful 24hrs of global group recitation. 

We used a recently published text, The Dedication: Fulfilling All Aspirations (https://read.84000.co/translation/toh285.html) that we felt really encapsulated everything we needed for this tumultuous 2020. Harry composed separate tracks which were sung by over 50 participants around the world, and skillfully edited them together to create a hypnotizing choral arrangement for this sūtra that we hope will continue to be sung far into the future. 

A big, big thank you to all those who participated (list below) despite hectic schedules, and to Sophie Perks who shot and gathered footage to create a beautiful visual story around all the clips she received, and creating - in record time - what we see here today! 

To borrow an excerpt from 84000's new aspiration prayer (https://84000.co/aspiration-prayer): 

"May the endeavors of the translators and editors plant the seed of the Dharma in all directions.

May the efforts of the patrons and administrators nurture and strengthen the shoot of the Dharma at all times.

May the noble aspirations of this endeavor maintain and propagate the precious Dharma far and wide."

With special thanks to: 

Harry Einhorn, Sophie Perks, Alice Lake, Claire Farman, John Canti, Wang Lang, Cabie Sim, Andrea Bringmann, Sioksian Pek, Jube Zhong, Rinchen Dema, Pilayo, Zangmo McDermott, Amy Ang, Maya, Chukie-Om Dorji, Molly DeShong, Erin McGuire, Julie Adler, ari summa, michael macioce, Richard Dixey, Phiona, Alicja Żmigrodzka, Yezi, Tashi Dos Santos, Michael Northam, Daniel Altschuler, Kathleen Pratt, Jing Rui Huang, Lynn Friedman, Paloma Fataar, Tong Zhong, Luis Santiago, Annabell von Armin, Nick Demeris, Ushnisha Ng, Diana Lim-Ong, Kellyanna Dalton, Louis Franck, Simon Thomas, Alison Wells, Chloe Campero, Lindy Pulsford, Lan Ma, Leander, Liana, Inna German, Zhang Zhenglin, Amay Balsara, Simmy Makhijani, Lauren Sanford, Fernanda Guimaraes, Yeshey Tsogyal

24-Hour Sutra Resounding June 2020

Shakyamuni Mantra by Shobha Rijal
Composed and recorded by Shobha Rijal from Byoma Kusuma Buddha Dharma Sangha in Kathmandu

Shakyamuni Mantra by Shobha Rijal, Track 3

Shakyamuni Mantra by Shobha Rijal, Track 1

Shakyamuni Mantra in Hamsadhvani style by Dhruv Sangari also known as Bilal Chishty Sangar a Sufi and Classical Indian vocalist, composer, lyricist, savant and teacher

Shakyamuni Mantra in Hamsadhvani style by Dhruv Sangari also known as Bilal Chishty Sangar

Shakyamuni Mantra in Badri Bairagi style by Dr Badrinarayan Srinivasan - Track 1

Shakyamuni Mantra in Raga Miya Ki Todi style by Dhruv Sangari 
Dhruv Sangari also known as Bilal Chishty Sangari is a Sufi and classical Indian vocalist, composer, lyricist, savant and teacher.

Shakyamuni Mantra in Raga Miya Ki Todi style by Dhruv Sangari also known as Bilal Chishty Sangari

Shakyamuni Mantra by Karma Phuntsho

This tranquil track is by Tiina Wilkström from Finland.

Uusi Äänitys by Tiina Wilkström

Lan Ma is a Chinese Buddhist. This is her original performance of “Praise for the Buddha."

Lyrics:

From the sky through the earth there are none who surpass the Buddha
In the worlds of the ten directions there are none who can compare 
Among all that I have seen in this world
There are none who surpass the Buddha

Namo Śakyamuni Buddha Guruve 
Namo Śakyamuni Buddha Guruve 
Namo Śakyamuni Buddha Guruve 
From the sky through the earth there are none who surpass the Buddha

From the sky through the earth there are none who surpass the Buddha
In the worlds of the ten directions there are none who can compare 
Among all that I have seen in this world
There are none who surpass the Buddha

Namo Śakyamuni Buddha Guruve 
Namo Śakyamuni Buddha Guruve 
Oṃ Muni Muni Mahāmuni Śakyamuni Svāhā 

Namo Śakyamuni Buddha Guruve 
Namo Śakyamuni Buddha Guruve 
Oṃ Muni Muni Mahāmuni Śakyamuni Svāhā

Ma Lan- Praise for the Buddha

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Shakyamuni Mantra in Hamsadhvani style by Dhruv Sangari also known as Bilal Chishty Sangar

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