Chanced upon this Guru Rinpoche picture at Venerable HaiTao's centre after life liberation event. Attracted by the Aspiration prayers...
录自:《柔和声》
原文作者: 冈波巴
改写: 蒋扬钦哲旺波
<<莲花生大士祈祷文>>
一切佛的化身，莲花生大士
我祈请您加持一切众生的身口意
虽然我的心受各种各样的打扰
但一天终了，我的心终归回到正法上
请加持我，我的修持能够成功
请加持我，让我一切修道上的染污都能终止
请加持我，让这一切染污都能转成智能
请加持我，让一切不合佛法的念头会逐渐减少，最后完全终止
请加持我，让我的慈悲心能增长
请加持我，使我的相对和究竟菩提心能增长
请加持我，能证得心的本来面目
请加持我，能迅速成佛
请加持我，让我能救渡一切众生
以上是宗萨蒋扬钦哲仁波切每日就寝前所念颂的祈祷文，原文为冈波巴所撰，后经蒋扬钦哲旺波改写。经仁波切慈悲俞允，未受口传者亦可读颂。 --------录自《柔和声 》
(Ref: http://wapbaike.baidu.com/view/13717610.htm?adapt=1&)
It is an interesting affinity with Guru Rinpoche.
Before I went to Monlam in India in 2014, I recall a Dharma friend wanting to introduce Him, bubbling about her trip to Bhutan or Nepal? but with little understanding about Vajra then and do not want to engage into any unknown practice, I did not pay much attention...
Then, at Monlam, Karmapa requested Monlam participants to engage in chant of the 7 Lines Prayers... It is from there I know about Him from the English translation of the prayers seen below provided by my Dharma friend then.
Interestingly after returning, I managed to memorise the prayers in Tibetan but stop short of the mantra since that is not required then and I am somehow confused with combination sequence of the terms: Om Ah Hum, Benza, Guru which is commonly used in other mantras (though it is a short mantra). My friends are amused I can memorise the long prayers but not the short mantra.
My affinity with it continued when I was given this CD on Guru Rinpoche mantra (distributed by Pureland marketing) and it has clear pronunciation of the 7 Lines Prayers and mantra compared to others searched on You-tube with much strong accent that I could not made up the right pronunciation.
As a gratitude to the giver, I decided to include 21 chants of the mantra : Om Ah Hung Benza Guru Pema Siddhi Hung in my daily homework after the 7 Lines Prayers.
In a recent meditation retreat, due to the uncomfortable cushion and body not in top form that day, I was suffering from immerse numbness and pain in the meditation posture.
It is quite common for me to suffer tolerable numbness and I will just watch and aware of it but I was in such a bad numbness and pain that day that I start to think whether I should ask Amitabha Buddha or Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva for help to relieve my pain. The thought was like appearing on left centre of my brain and suddenly Pop, a sound arises from the right side of my brain : Om Ah Hung Benza Guru Pema Siddhi Hung.
I was surprised with the thought and reacted , "Huh ? Why you?" With this thought,, it disappeared and I am back to my suffering...:P
Hmm... thinking back, I really wondered why the thought on the chant would appear at all, as it only formed a small part of my daily practice or now thinking back, is it the presider of the retreat is a strong advocater of Guru Rinpoche, hence He came as protector for the participants?
Repent,
It was later reminded that Guru Rinpoche is the embodiment of body of Amitabha Buddha, speech of Avalokiteshvara and mind of Shakyamuni Buddha.
Then I am like the story on Manjushri Bodhisattva in not embracing Guru Rinpoche delightfully :P
文殊菩萨说法偈:
苦瓜连根苦...
甜瓜连根甜
我本超三界
却被阿僧嫌
In this incident, it is
忆莲师佑偈:
阳日阳气聚
阴日阴气聚
我本三佛集
却被阿胡嫌
and so after event, I think I need to read up more about Guru Rinpoche and share here as reminder...
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"From the heart of Buddha Amitabha, light rays radiated into the bud of a lotus on Danakosha lake.Upon its ripening, appeared an amazing child, adorned with the major and minor marks sitting atop a thousand petalled lotus.
Glorious Guru Padmasambhava, please protect and guide me until I attain complete enlightenment.
Inseparable from the Primordial Buddha Samantabhadra, the all-pervading Lord of the three jewels of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, and master of the three roots of lama, yidam, and dakini, the glorious Guru Padmasambhava should be definitively understood as being the essence of Buddha Amitabha."
(~ http://www.muktinath.org/buddhism/padmasambhava1.htm)
[Perhaps there do arise some affinity since associated with Amitabha Buddha.
It is also recently heard again that He is the embodiment of Amitabha Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha and Avalokitshvara Bodhisattva, so that may suggest why He appeared as embodiment of Amitabha Buddha and Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva but I can't find the right article that states that in English at this moment...]
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OM AH HUNG defeats the army of the five mental poisons
VAJRA defeats anger
GURU defeats pride
PEMA defeats desire/attachment
SIDDHI defeats envy and jealousy
HUNG defeats the armies of gods, demons and humans
"If this mantra is recited a hundred times a day, merely a hundred times a day without interruption, one will become attractive to others and will effortlessly come by food and wealth and the necessities of life.
If one recites it a thousand or ten thousand times on a daily basis, one is able to literally overwhelm others with one's brilliance, in the sense of becoming very charismatic and influential in exerting a positive influence over others, and one will gain unhindered force of blessings and spiritual power.
If one repeats it a hundred thousand or a million times on a regular basis one will become capable of effecting an immeasurably great benefit for beings, exactly as one would wish to.
If one recites the mantra three or seven million times, one is never separate from the buddhas of the three times and one becomes inseparable from me. All the gods and demons of existence will attend to one and offer their praises.
In the most excellent cases, individuals will attain the rainbow body, and the final level of attainment in this lifetime."
More... please read http://www.rinpoche.com/gurumantra.html
http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA3ODc5OTQyNA%3D%3D&mid=401676381&idx=1&sn=622ef7be6437721552cd94cf69b55bcc&scene=1&srcid=02070ofraxqOyMSOT7vpTFOp&from=singlemessage&isappinstalled=0#wechat_redirect
http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA3ODc5OTQyNA%3D%3D&mid=401676381&idx=1&sn=622ef7be6437721552cd94cf69b55bcc&scene=1&srcid=02070ofraxqOyMSOT7vpTFOp&from=singlemessage&isappinstalled=0#wechat_redirect
The symbolisation of accessories of Guru Rinpoche
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