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Meditation on 1000-Armed Chenresig

Visualization

In the space in front of me is the divine form of 1000-Armed Chenresig, who is the embodiment of all the

infinite Buddhas compassionate wisdom. e stands on a lotus and moon seat. is bod! is in the nature ofwhite light, !outhful, and decorated with magnificent "ewel ornaments.

e has eleven faces. #f the three on his shoulders, his center face is white, the right green and theleft red. Above those, his center face is green, right red and left white. Above those, his center face is red,right white and left green. Above those is a wrathful dar$ blue face with !ellow hair standing erect. #n thetop of that is the red head of Amitabha Buddha, peaceful and smiling.

Chenresigs first two hands are at his heart, palms together, holding a wish-fulfilling gem. #n hisright, the second hand holds a cr!stal rosar!, reminding me to recite the mantra. %he third hand is in thegesture of giving reali&ations and from it a rain of nectar falls, curing the hunger and thirst of the hungr!ghosts. %he fourth hand holds a 'harma wheel.

#n his left, the second hand holds a golden lotus, the purest of flowers although it is born from themud. %he third hand holds a vase containing the nectar of his compassionate wisdom. %he fourth holds a

bow and arrow, s!mboli&ing defeat of the four negative forces. %he other (() hands are in the gesture ofgiving the highest reali&ations. An antelope s$in is draped over his left shoulder, s!mboli&ing that hatred isovercome completel! b! peaceful, compassionate wisdom.

Taking Refuge and Generating the Altruistic Intention (odhicitta!

I ta$e refuge until I am enlightened in the Buddha, the 'harma and the *angha. B! the positive potential Icreate b! practicing generosit! and the other far-reaching attitudes, ma! I attain Buddhahood in order tobenefit all sentient beings. +ecite times from the depth of !our heart.

The "our Immeasura#les

ow wonderful it would be if all sentient beings were to abide in e/uanimit!, free of bias, attachment and

anger. a! the! abide in this wa!. I shall cause them to abide in this wa!. uru Chenresig, please inspire meto be able to do so.

ow wonderful it would be if all sentient beings had happiness and its causes. a! the! have these.I shall cause them to have these. uru Chenresig, please inspire me to be able to do so.

ow wonderful it would be if all sentient beings were free from suffering and its causes. a! the!be free. I shall cause them to be free. uru Chenresig, please inspire me to be able to do so.

ow wonderful it would be if all sentient beings were never parted from upper rebirth andliberations e2cellent bliss. a! the! never be parted. I shall cause them never to be parted. uru Chenresig,please inspire me to be able to do so.

$e%en-&im# 'raer

everentl! I prostrate with m! bod!, speech and mind,And present clouds of ever! t!pe of offering, actual and mentall! transformed.I confess all m! negative actions accumulated since beginningless time,And re"oice in the virtues of all hol! and ordinar! beings.3lease remain until c!clic e2istence ends,And turn the wheel of 'harma for sentient beings.I dedicate all the virtues of m!self and others to the great enlightenment.

Mandala )ffering

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%his ground, anointed with perfume, flowers strewn,ount eru, four lands, sun and moon,Imagined as a Buddha land and offered to !oua! all beings en"o! this pure land.

%he ob"ects of attachment, aversion and ignorance 4 friends, enemies and strangers, m! bod!, wealth anden"o!ments 4 I offer these without an! sense of loss. 3lease accept them with pleasure and inspire me andothers to be free from the three poisonous attitudes.

idam guru ratna mandalakam nirya tayami

Re*uest 'raer

# Ar!a Compassionate-e!ed #ne5ho is the treasure of compassion,I re/uest !ou, please listen to me,3lease guide m!self, mothers and fathers

In all si2 realms to be freed /uic$l!6rom the great ocean of samsara.I re/uest that the vast and profound3eerless awa$ening mind ma! grow.5ith the tear of !our great compassion,3lease cleanse all $armas and delusion.3lease lead with !our hand of compassione and migrators to fields of bliss.3lease Amitabha and ChenresigIn all m! lives be virtuous friends.*how well the undeceptive pure pathAnd /uic$l! place us in Buddhas state.

Meditation on the +,ight Verses of Thought Transformation

+After each verse, visuali&e much light coming from Chenresig, flowing into !ou and completel! filling !ourwhole bod!. It purifies the selfishness and ignorance which prevent !ou from understanding the meaning ofthat verse, and gives !ou the abilit! to understand and integrate each verse into !our life. If !ou li$e, sa! thesi2-s!llable mantra a few times while visuali&ing that.

1. 5ith the thought of attaining enlightenment6or the welfare of all beings,5ho are more precious than a wish-fulfilling "ewel,I will constantl! practice holding them dear.

). 5henever I am with othersI will practice seeing m!self as the lowest of all,And from the ver! depth of m! heartI will respectfull! hold others as supreme.

. In all actions I will e2amine m! mindAnd the moment a disturbing attitude arises,7ndangering m!self and others,I will firml! confront and avert it.

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8. 5henever I meet a person of bad nature5ho is overwhelmed b! negative energ! and intense suffering,I will hold such a rare one dear,As if I had found a precious treasure.

9. 5hen others, out of "ealous!,istreat me with abuse, slander and so on,I will practice accepting defeatAnd offering the victor! to them.

:. 5hen someone I have benefitedAnd in whom I have placed great trusturts me ver! badl!,I will practice seeing that person as m! supreme teacher.

;. In short, I will offer directl! and indirectl!7ver! benefit and happiness to all beings, m! mothers.

I will practice in secret ta$ing upon m!selfAll their harmful actions and sufferings.

and continue from

there to the end of the sadhana.

'urification and Recei%ing Ins.iration

Chenresig now comes on top of m! head, facing the same direction as I do. Chenresig also appears on theheads of all sentient beings, who are seated around me. At the heart of each Chenresig are a lotus and flatmoon disc. *tanding at the center of the moon is the seed-s!llable hri,the essence of Chenresigs omniscientmind of wisdom and compassion. %his is surrounded b! the letters of the long mantra, and inside this standthe letters of the si2-s!llable mantra. All of it is made of radiant light.

6rom the mantras and hrimuch white light and nectar, which represent the nature of Chenresigsblissful omniscient mind, flow into me, permeating m! entire nervous s!stem. %he! totall! purif! alldisturbing attitudes, negative $armic imprints, diseases, and obscurations. I feel completel! pure and blissful.

%he light and nectar also fill me with all the reali&ations of the gradual path to enlightenment, especiall!Chenresigs love, compassion, and wisdom.*imilarl!, light and nectar from the Chenresigs on the crowns of all the sentient beings flow into

them, purif!ing all negativities and obscurations and inspiring them with all the reali&ations of the path toenlightenment. +'o this visuali&ation while reciting the long mantra and then the si2-s!llable mantra.

?ong mantra@namo ratna trayaya/ namo arya gyana sagara/ berotsana buha radzaya/ tatagataya/ arhate/ samyaksambuddhaya/ namo sarwa tatagatebhye/ arhatebhye/ samyaksam buddhebhye/ namo arya awalokite/

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shoraya/ bodhi satoya/ maha satoya/ maha karunikaya/ tayata/ om/ dara dara/ diri diri/ duru duru/ ittewate/ tsale tsale/ partsale partsale/ kusume kusume ware/ ihli mili/ tsiti dzola/ ahpanaye soha/

*i2-s!llable mantra@om mani padme hum

A#sor.tion

I will live m! life in a meaningful wa!, and do all actions with the motivation to attain enlightenment for thebenefit of all sentient beings. Because I have such a noble intention, Chenresig is e2tremel! pleased. e meltsinto white light and absorbs into m! heart.

B! Chenresig absorbing into me, m! mind becomes the nature of great compassion, loving-$indness,and bodhicitta. ! bod! is filled with light and becomes ver! pure and clear, li$e cr!stal. +Concentrate onthis for a while.

%he Chenresigs on the heads of all the sentient beings melt into light, absorb into them, and blessthem so that the! ma! progress along the gradual path to enlightenment.+ow dedicate the positive potential from doing the meditation b! reciting the dedication pra!ers at the endof the sadhana.

Those who have received the great empowerment into the Chenresig mandala+'o the self-generation practice of the si2 deities.

1/ ltimate ature of the 2eit (meditation on em.tiness!

om sobhawa shudo sarwa dharma sobhawa shudo ham+#m b! essential nature all phenomena are pure b!essential nature, I am pure.

%he natures of m!self, the meditational deit!, and all phenomena are pure in the one taste ofemptiness.

3/ 2eit of $ound

5ithin the sphere of emptiness, the aspect of the tone of the mantra, om mani padme hum, resonates,pervading the realm of space.

4/ 2eit of &etter

%he ultimate nature of the deit! is inseparable from the transcendental aspect of m! own mind. %hismanifests as a moon mandala. Above that, the sound of the mantra resonating in space manifests around themoon in the aspect of written letters, which are li$e ver! pure and bright mercur! mi2ing completel! withgrains of gold.

5/ 2eit of "orm

%hat transforms into a thousand-petaled lotus, glittering with brilliant light. Its center is decorated with ommani padme hum. Infinite light radiates from the lotus, moon and mantra letters, presenting clouds ofofferings to all the Buddhas and bodhisattvas. %he! bestow blessings and inspiration of their bod!, speechand mind, and the light reabsorbs.

Again light radiates. #n the tip of each ra! is the *uperior, the reat Compassionate #ne, going outto purif! and empower all the sentient beings. A great cloud is emanated and from it a rain of nectar falls,pacif!ing the sufferings of the sentient beings. All sentient beings are satisfied with bliss and becomeChenresig. All of these Chenresigs absorb bac$ into m! mind which is in the form of lotus, moon and mantragarland.

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%hese transform into a variegated lotus and moon seat. Above that I arise as Chenresig, white,!outhful, radiating and beautiful. I have eleven faces. #f the three on m! shoulders, the center face is white,the right green and the left red. Above those, m! center face is green, right red and left white. Above those,m! center face is red, right white and left green. All of the faces have fine, narrow e!es and are smiling.Above those is a wrathful dar$ blue face, snarling and having three e!es and !ellow hair standing erect. #nthe top of that is the red head of Amitabha Buddha, in the form of a mon$, peaceful and smiling.

! first two hands are at m! heart, palms together, holding a wish-fulfilling gem. #n m! right, thesecond hand holds a cr!stal rosar!. %he third hand is in the gesture of giving reali&ations and from it a rainof nectar falls, curing the hunger and thirst of the hungr! ghosts. %he fourth hand holds a 'harma wheel.

#n m! left, the second hand holds a golden lotus. %he third hand holds a vase with nectar. %hefourth holds a bow and arrow. %he other (() hands, soft li$e lotus petals, are in the gesture of giving thehighest reali&ations. In the palm of each hand is an e!e. %he hands do not e2tend be!ond the crown pinnacleor below the $nees. An antelope s$in is draped over m! left shoulder. I am adorned with a s$irt made of thefinest cloth, a golden belt decorated with "ewels, "eweled crown, earrings, nec$lace, armlets, an$lets andscarves of different colors. ! red-!ellow hair is arranged in garlands.

At m! crown is a white om, throat red ah, heart blue hum. At m! heart is a moon disc with the whites!llable hri.

6/ 2eit of Mudra

om pay ma utpa waye soha

+5ith the mudra of the lotus essence, touch !our hands to !our heart, brow, nec$, right and left shoulders.*a! this mantra while touching each point.

7/ 2eit of $ign

At m! heart is a moon disc. *eated on that is the transcendental wisdom being, white Chenresig, with oneface and two arms. is right hand is in the mudra of giving sublime reali&ations and the left is holding a lotusat the heart. At the heart is a moon disc. #n that is the concentration being, the white s!llable hri. %he hriissurrounded b! the letters of the long mantra, and inside this stand the letters of the si2-s!llable mantra.

+editate to develop clear appearance of !ourself as Chenresig and divine identit! of being Chenresig@

Clear appearance of yourself as the deity. o over the details of !our Chenresig bod! and then

concentrate single-pointedl! on this image of !ourself as Chenresig. 'oing this overcomes the ordinar!appearance of !ourself as an ordinar! being involved in c!clic e2istence. 'ont thin$ !our ordinar! bod!has become Chenresig because !our ordinar! bod! of flesh and bones vanished when !ou meditated onemptiness and !our wisdom reali&ing emptiness now appears in the form of Chenresig.

Divine identity +divine dignit! or divine pride. B! concentrating on the feeling =I am the Buddha

Chenresig,> !ou will overcome the ordinar! grasping which holds onto a poor-/ualit! image of !ourselfand grasping at !ourself as inherentl! e2istent. An inherentl! e2istent =I> doesnt become Chenresig it

cant because such an =I> doesnt e2ist at all. ather, !our conventional =I> becomes Chenresig.

%hen, aware that the two, appearance and emptiness, arise together, meditate on the !oga of non-dualprofundit! and clarit!. Clarit! is imagining having the bod! of the deit! profundit! is the wisdom $nowingthis bod! and self are empt! of inherent e2istence. %r! to unif! method and wisdom in one consciousness,i.e., meditate that !our wisdom reali&ing emptiness +wisdom assumes the appearance of the deit! +method.%hat is, while !ou appear as Chenresig, ascertain that !ou are empt! of inherent e2istence. 5hile !ou areempt!, !ou appear as Chenresig. Chenresig is li$e a reflection or an illusion, appearing in one wa! bute2isting in another. Chenresig is a dependent arising, dependent on the basis of designation, name and

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concept.

Mantra Recitation

At m! heart is a white moon and the concentration being hri. *urrounding this, standing cloc$wise on themoon are the s!llables of the long mantra, white in color. Inside this stand the s!llables of the si2-s!llable

mantra. ?ight radiates from these and completel! fills m! bod!. All obscurations, disease and hindrances arepurified. %he light radiates outside, carr!ing a countless number of reat Compassionate #nes. %he! purif!all sentient beings negative $arma, disturbing attitudes, and obscurations.

%he light gives sentient beings all the temporal happiness the! want. It also ripens their minds so thatthe! receive the reali&ations of the gradual path to enlightenment and attain the ultimate happiness ofBuddhahood. All sentient beings become Chenresig.

Again light ra!s radiate from m! heart. %he! carr! offerings to all the Buddhas and to all thesentient beings who have become Chenresig. All these Chenresigs are e2tremel! pleased and e2perience bliss.

%hen all the /ualities of Chenresigs hol! bod!, speech, and mind in the form of white light comefrom all the Chenresigs and absorb into m! heart, blessing m! mind. All the Buddhas and all the sentientbeings who have become Chenresigs fall li$e snowfla$es into me. I feel ver! blissful and m! bod!, speech,and mind become completel! one with uru Chenresigs hol! bod!, speech and mind.

+5hile doing the above visuali&ations, recite the long mantra and the si2-s!llable mantra.

namo ratna trayaya/ namo arya gyana sagara/ berotsana buha radzaya/ tatagataya/ arhate/ samyaksambuddhaya/ namo sarwa tatagatebhye/ arhatebhye/ samyaksam buddhebhye/ namo arya awalokite/shoraya/ bodhi satoya/ maha satoya/ maha karunikaya/ tayata/ om/ dara dara/ diri diri/ duru duru/ ittewate/ tsale tsale/ partsale partsale/ kusume kusume ware/ ihli mili/ tsiti dzola/ ahpanaye soha/

om mani padme

+Disuali&e Da"rasattva on !our crown. ectar flows from his heart into !ou, purif!ing an! incorrect mantrarecitations. ecite the following 100-s!llable Da"rasattva mantra 2.

om paymasattva samaya manu palaya/ paymasattva deno patita/ dido may bhawa/ suto kayo may bhawa/supo kayo may bhawa/ anu rakto may bhawa/ sarwa siddhi mempar yatsa/ sarwa karma su tsa may/ tsitamshriyam kuru hum/ ha ha ha ha ho/ bhagawan/ sarwa tatagata/ payma ma may mu tsa/ payma bhawamaha samaya sattva/ ah hum pey

ecoming the $im.le "orm of Chenresig

All m! faces absorb to the root face, all the arms to the root arms. I maintain the divine dignit! of m!self asthe reat Compassionate #ne, with one face and two arms, with an omat m! crown, ahat m! throat andhum at m! heart.

2edication

'ue to this merit ma! we soonAttain the enlightened state of Chenresig%hat we ma! be able to liberateAll sentient beings from their sufferings.

a! the precious bodhi mindot !et born arise and grow.a! that born have no decline

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But increase forever more.

'ue to the positive potentials accumulated b! m!self and others in the past, present and future, ma! an!onewho merel! sees, hears, remembers, touches or tal$s to me be freed in that ver! instant from all sufferingsand abide in happiness forever.

In all rebirths, ma! I and all sentient beings be born in a good famil!, have clear wisdom and great

compassion, be free of pride and devoted to our spiritual masters, and abide within the vows andcommitments to our spiritual masters.

In whatever guise !ou appear, # Chenresig, whatever !our retinue, !our life span and pure land,whatever !our name most noble and hol!, ma! I and all others attain onl! these.

B! the force of these praises and re/uests made to !ou, ma! all disease, povert!, fighting and/uarrels be calmed. a! the 'harma and all auspiciousness increase throughout the worlds and directionswhere I and all others dwell.

In the snow! mountain paradiseEoure the source of good and happiness.3owerful %en&in !atso, Chenresiga! !ou sta! until samsara ends.

2ail Acti%ities

5hen !ou are doing !our dail! activities, visuali&e !ourself as Chenresig and the environment and beingsaround !ou as Chenresigs pure land with man! Chenresigs. 5hen !ou eat or en"o! other sense pleasures,offer them to Chenresig. 5henever !ou are praised, thin$ the other people are praising Chenresig.

Colo.hon%he present sadhana was prepared for the Chenresig retreat sponsored b! Casa %ibet e2ico and 'harma

6riendship 6oundation in )001-)00). It accommodates the needs of both those who have and those who havenot received the great empowerment into the mandala of 1000-Armed Chenresig. %his sadhana is based onthe Chenresig sadhana b! Fopa inpoche in Pearl of Wisdom, ook !!.%he self-generation section wasabbreviated and added from the !ung e! sadhana +6asting etreat with Chenresig.

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