Heart Essence Prayer to Guru Rinpoche

Nying Zug Ma
A terma of Matrul Rinpoche
EMAHO / CHI NOD DAG PA GYAL WAY KYIL KHOR ZHING
External vessel of the pure realm of the Victorious Ones mandala

NYING WU ZANG DOG PAL GYI RI WO NAY

At its heart, within the Glorious Copper Colored Mountain

RIG PA GU RU PADMA JUNG NAY ZHUG

Resides the Guru of enlightened awareness, Padmasambhava

YE NAY DU DRAL MED PAR SOL WA DEB

Primordially there is no meeting and parting, I pray to you

RIG TONG ZANG THAL NGANG NAY JIN GYI LOB

Within unobstructed emptiness-awareness, please confer blessings

YER MED GONG LONG CHU WO CHIG TU DREY

Inseparable from ultimate wisdom, merged into one stream

THAR THUG NGA YAB PAL RII ZHING KHAM SU

In the ultimate realm of Chamara Auspicious Mountain

RIG DZIN DRUB THOB GYAL SEY DRANG MED KYI

Vidyadharas, accomplished beings and countless Bodhisattvas

DRAL DU KYE NAY TSHOM WU CHIG TU TSOG

Be born amongst this assembly and gather together as one

RIG DU PAD MAY KYIL KHOR ZHAL JAL NAY

Seeing the mandala of the embodiment of primordial wisdom, Padmasambhava

SUNG GI DUD TSII GA TON CHUD LA ROL

Celebrating the amrita of his speech and enjoying its essence

THEG CHOG YE SHE SA LA CHIN PAR SHOG

May we arrive at the state of the supreme vehicle of wisdom

This text arose naturally when the abbot of Siu-Gang monastery (one of the four great
monasteries in the Nyingma Pai-yul lineage in Xi-kang) Shri-gang Matrul Rinpoche
(Chokyi Nyima) saw the face of Padmasambhava in a Dzogchen state of primordial
wisdom. Rinpoche stated that if any devoted disciple of the Triple Gems who has pure
faith frequently prays with this text together with the recitation of 1 million Guru
Rinpoche mantra (OM AH HUNG BENZA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUNG), he/she will
received sublime blessings and increase his/her accumulations of merit and wisdom,
ultimately attaining to the level of the original protector Samantabhadra.

This sublime practice was revealed by the Great Terton Chokyi Nyima (Matrul
Rinpoche) in a profound pure state. This is an extremely concise and potent practice
from amongst Rinpoches termas on Padmasambhava which has the power to liberate on
hearing. Matrul Rinpoche has said personally that any sentient being who listens to this
prayer, no matter whom, as long as he hears this prayer, his worldly fortune and merits
will increase, he will receive inconceivable blessings, in the future he will definitely be
reborn in Sukhavati (Amitabhas pureland) or Guru Rinpoches pureland. This Guru
Rinpoche prayer which liberates by hearing is extremely important and has very vast
meaning. Therefore Rinpoche hopes that this prayer would be transmitted to the whole
world so that everyone can receive the blessings of Guru Rinpoche and be liberated by
hearing.

Matrul Rinpoche and his Dharma Heir Rigar Rinpoche has compassionately given
permission that anyone who has seen this Heart-Essence Prayer to Guru Rinpoche can
recite it according to its Tibetan transliteration even without having received
empowerment or oral transmission. Later, when it is possible, it would be perfect and
auspicious if they can receive empowerment or oral transmission from a teacher.