THE DORJE CHANG TUNGMA (SHORT LINEAGE PRAYER)

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DORJE CHANG CHEN TELO NARO TANG
Great Vajradhara, Tilopa, Naropa,
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MARPA, MILA CHÖ JE GAMPOPA
Marpa, Mila, Lord of Dharma Gampopa,
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DÜSUM SHE JA KUN KHEN KARMAPA
knower of the Three Times, omniscient Karmapa,
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CHE ZHI CHUNG GYE GYU PA DZIN NAM DANG
holders of the four great and eight lesser lineages—
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DRI TAK TSAL SUM PALDEN DRUKPA SOK
Drikung, Taklung, Tsalpa, these three, glorious Drukpa and so on,
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ZAB LAM CHAK GYA CHE LA NGA NYE PAY
masters of the profound path of Mahamudra,
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NYAM MEY DRO GÖN DAKPO KAGYU LA
unequalled protectors of beings, the Dakpo Kagyü,
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SOL WA DEP SO KAGYU LAMA NAM
Kagyu lamas, I supplicate you
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GYU PA DZIN NO NAM TAR JIN GYI LŌP
Grant your blessing that I follow your example and hold your lineage.

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ZHEN LOK GOM GYI KANG PAR SUNG PA ZHIN
Detachment is the foot of meditation, as is taught.
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ZE NOR KUN LA CHAK ZHEN MEY PA DANG
To this meditator who is not attached to food and wealth,
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TSE DIR DÖ TAK CHÖ PAY GOM CHEN LA
who cuts the ties to this life,
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NYE KUR ZHEN PA MEY PAR JIN GYI LŌP
Grant your blessing that I have no attachment to honor or gain.
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MÖ GÜ GOM GYI GO WOR SUNG PA ZHIN
Devotion is the head of meditation, as is taught.
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MEN NGAK TER GO JAY PAY LAMA LA
The lama opens the gate to the treasury of oral instructions.
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GYÜN TU SÖL WA DEP PAY GOM CHEN LA
To the meditator who always supplicates you,
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CHÖ MIN MÖ GÜ KYE WAR JIN GYI LŌP
Grant your blessings that genuine devotion is born within.
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YENG MEY GOM GYI NGÖ ZHIR SUNG PA ZHIN
Non-distraction is the body of meditation, as is taught.
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KANG SHAR TOK PAY NGO WO SO MA DAY
Whatever arises is fresh, the nature of realization.

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MA CHÖ TE GAR JOK PAY GOM CHEN LA
To the meditator who rests simply in naturalness,
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GOM JA LO DANG DRAL WAR JIN GYI LŌP
grant your blessings that meditation is free from conceptualization.
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NAM TOK NGO WO CHÖ KÜR SUNG PA ZHIN
The nature of thought is dharmakaya, as is taught.
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CHI YANG MA YIN CHIR YANG CHAR WA LA
Nothing whatsoever, it arises as everything.
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MA GAK RÖL PAR CHAR WAY GOM CHEN LA
To the meditator for whom all arises in unceasing play,
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KHOR DE YER MEY TOK PAR JIN GYI LŌP
grant your blessings that I realize samsara and nirvana undivided.
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CHE WA KÜN TU YANG TAK LAMA DANG
Through all my births, may I not be separated from the perfect lama,
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TREL MEY CHÖ KYI PAL LA LONG CHÖ CHING
and always enjoy the splendor of Dharma.
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SA TANG LAM GYI YÖN TEN RAP DZOK NE
Perfecting the qualities of the paths and stages,
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DORJE CHANG KI GO PANG NYUR TOP SHOK
may I swiftly attain the state of Vajradhara.

Translated by the Nalanda Translation Committee with revisions by Michele Martin, 2002.

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