A Great Treasure of Blessings
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Cover of the first edition of A Great Treasure of Blessings
A Great Treasure of Blessings — a collection of prayers to Guru Rinpoche translated and edited by Rigpa Translations, and published by Rigpa.
This book was first published by Dharmakosha for Rigpa, to celebrate the Wood-Monkey Year 2004-5 and was then revised and updated to celebrate the Fire Monkey Year 2016-7. The first edition was translated into French and German.
- I am present in front of anyone who has faith in me,
- Just as the moon casts its reflection, effortlessly,
- In any vessel filled with water.
Table of Contents of the Second Edition
Preface
Dedication
Foreword: Guru Padmasambhava by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Guru Padmasambhava: His Life
Accomplishing the Lama through the Seven Line Prayer—A Special Teaching from the Lama Sangdü[1]
Le'u Dünma
Barché Lamsel
The Heart of Blessings—A brief anthology of prayers to Guru Rinpoche and the twenty-five disciples, the king and subjects
- Prayer to Guru Rinpoche, his Manifestations and the Twenty-five Disciples
- Recollecting the Deeds of the Tenth Days, by Mipham Rinpoche
- The Abbreviated ‘Prayer in Seven Chapters’, a terma revealed by Nyangrel Nyima Özer
- ‘The Lightning Bolt of Compassion’, a Short Sampa Lhundrupma —‘Prayer that Spontaneously Fulfils All Wishes’, by Do Khyentsé Yeshé Dorjé
- A Brief Prayer for the Spontaneous Fulfilment of Aspirations, by Mipham Rinpoche
- A Very Brief Barché Lamsel—The Prayer for Clearing Obstacles from the Path, by Do Khyentsé Yeshé Dorjé
- A Brief Prayer to the Precious Master Padmakara for Swiftly Fulfilling Wishes and Dispelling Obstacles, by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
- ‘Turning Back Obstacles and Adverse Circumstances’: A Prayer to Orgyen Rinpoche, Embodiment of All Sources of Refuge, by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
- The Prayer to Orgyen Rinpoche, that ‘Invokes the Heart of his Wisdom Mind’, by Pawo Lérab Tsal
- Sampa Nyur Drupma, by Omniscient Longchenpa and Rigdzin Jikmé Lingpa
- Prayer to Guru Rinpoche, by Sogyal Rinpoche
- The Prayer to Guru Rinpoche for Removing Obstacles and Fulfilling Wishes, a revelation of Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
- The Prayer to Guru Rinpoche for Attainments, by the First Dodrupchen Rinpoche
- The Falling Elixir Of Blessing—A Prayer to the Great Guru and his Consorts, by Jamyang Khyentsé Chökyi Lodrö
- Spontaneous Fulfilment of Wishes
- A Heart Prayer
- A Yearning Plea to the Precious Guru
- The Prayer to Guru Rinpoche that Swiftly Removes Obstacles and Fulfills All Wishes, by Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoche
- The Prayer which is the Source of All True Realization, by Mipham Rinpoche
- The Heart of Blessings, conclusion
Aspiration Prayers
Training in the Pure Realms of the Three Kayas: an Aspiration and Prayer by Rigdzin Jikmé Lingpa- Secret Path to the Mountain of Glory by Rigdzin Jikmé Lingpa
- Wish-Fulfilling Feast of Siddhis by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Long Life Prayers
Prayers for the Long Life of Sogyal Rinpoche
Concluding Prayers
Notes
- ↑ All prayers are presented with line-by-line Tibetan script, Tibetan phonetics and English (or French and German) translation.