Jewel Garland of Chod Liturgy

510 Pages·2009·1.668 MB·Zulu

by  Rangjung Dorje, Translated by Tashi T. Jamyaling

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Jewel Garland of Chöd Liturgy
by
Je Rangjung Dorje

Translated by
Tashi T. Jamyangling

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Homage to Dharmakaya Prajnaparamita
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Homage to Nirmanakaya Machig Labdron

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Contents

Acknowledgements 010
Note on translation 011

Devotional song to Machig Labdron 012
Lineage supplication 025

The Jewel Garland of Chöd Liturgy
Seeking for permission and blessing 028
Blessing of the nectar and offerings 030
Subjugation
Peaceful Subjugation 037
Wrathful Subjugation 039
Display of awe 048
Refuge
Outer Refuge 050
Inner Refuge 052
Secret Refuge 053
Tathata or Suchness Refuge 054
The Ultimate Refuge 054
The Seven Branch Prayer 057
Bodhicitta Mind Generation 058
Four Immeasurables 059
Invocation of Prajnaparanita 060
Outer Offering 076
Inner Offering 077
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Secret Offering 078
Mandala Offering 081
The Ultimate Offering 082
Praise and Dedication 083
Befriending the Deity: Mantra Recitation 091
Collecting Blessings 092
Purification of Sins and Obscurations 094
Payment of Karmic Debts 095
Transference of consciousness (Phowa) 097
Offering Body as Mandala 100
White Distribution 102
Red Distribution 113
Supplication to Chöd Lineage Masters 127
Praise to Pha Dhampa Sangye (written by Machig) 156
Visualization of Feasting the Guests 162
Supplication to Pha Dhampa Sangye 163
Visualization of Skylight 171
Visualization of Discarding the Corpse 175
Requesting for Machig's Blessing 175
Machig's Accomplishments and request for her blessing 177
Throwing body parts called the Four Continents 181
Requesting for Machig's blessing 182
The Feasting the Beggars 191
The Visualization called the Banner 195
Praising from the Eastern Door 196
The Visualization called Shaking the Bones 199
The Praise for the eight qualities from the Southern Door 200
The Visualization called Distribution of Corpse 204
The Praise of the 4 great Qualities from the Western Gate 204

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The Praise for the enlightened activities for protection
from fears, made from the Northern Gate 207
Torma Offering to Local Guardian Deities 209
Praise to Machig by son Gyalwa Thondup 210
Offerings to the Nagas 214
Praise for Gyalwa Thondup composed by
Nyenchung Lotsawa 215
Requesting the 5 Varahi Deities for blessing 219
Requesting the Five Wisdom Dakinis for blessing 220
Supplication to one million dakinis written by Machig 223
Purification and transformation of the environment 228
Kagyüpa Tshog Liturgy 230
Invocation of Tshog Deities 241
Showering down of blessings written by Machig 245
Visualization for the Four Blendings 254
Blessing the Tshog 255
Summoning Wisdom Nectar 256
The Tshog offering 258
For healing the sick, composed by Atisha
(ends at page 285) 277
Nectar Torma offering to Divine and enlightened Beings 299
Offerings to Local Guardians and Dharmapalas, etc. 312
Torma offering composed by Rigong Tsondrü Senge 316
Dedication and call for enlightened activities 322
Praise 327
Replenishment of depleted samaya 330
Purification of the beings of Six Realms 350
Confession composed by Pandit Thonyö Dorje of Tibet 354

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Tshog distribution
Words spoken by the Tshog server 362
Response given by the Tshog receiver 363
Offering of Tshog Leftover:
Of the general assembly 364
Of the practitioner (with samaya intact), etc. 366
Invocation of the Truth 371
From Heart Essence of Dakinis
(Terma revealed by Padma Lédrel Tsel)
Invocation of 100,000 dakinis 374
Invocation of the Space Dakinis 383
Invocation of the Dakinis of the 24 sacred places 387
Invocation of Worldly Dakinis 398
Offering to the protectors of Chöd teachings:
To Six-armed Mahakala and Consort Remati 400
To Mahakala Aghora and Consort Dogjéma 403
To the Lord of the Charnel Grounds 407
To the three Goddess-sisters riding wolves 409
To Rahula 414
To Seven brethren of Blazing Copper Mountain 417
To the four Lokapala Dakinis 419
To Yaksha Dorje Düdul, etc. 422
To the Four Guardian Deities 427
To Nyanchhen Thanglha 429
To Yarlha Sahmpo the original spirit of Tibet 431
To Kulha Khari 433
To Wöde Gungyal 435
To King Dakyong of the Nagas 437
To all put under oath by Machig and others 440
To the Dakinis of all directions 443
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Summoning and entrapment of malevolent spirits 446
The Dakini Dance 447
Avalokitesvara visualization and recitation 452
Purification of negative karma 454
Dharma teachings 458
Sending away the karmic creditors and other spirits 461
Concluding ritual 462
Inner Offering and asking for forgiveness 462
Dedication and Aspirational Prayer 465
Auspicious Prayer 471
Sending away Action and Samsaric Dakinis and
Dharmapalas 473
Retracting the ejected consciousness 474
Receiving Blessing from Machig 475
Receiving Empowerments 477
Chhagmé Rinpoche's Comments 489

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(cid:74) Acknowledgements (cid:72)(cid:3)

I am deeply thankful to Tara Foundation of Germany for financing the
translation of this wonderful work of Karma Chhagmé Rinpoche based on
the teachings of Je Rangjung Dorje, the third Karmapa.

I thank Drigung Lamkhyen Gyalpo Rinpoche for helping me with words
and phrases that I was not familiar with.

I thank my wife, Genyen-la, for proofreading the Tibetan text with me.

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