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    This is the Mahayana and Vajrayana essential practice. It is very effective to new practitioners, opening their hearts to the path of liberation. Also, this practice is very helpful for someone who has been practicing a long time, yet has lots of obstacles that they are encountering on the path. This practice is also for someone who is a more advanced practitioner, this will lead deeper to the heart essence of the Buddhist path

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    This is the Mahayana and Vajrayana essential practice. It is very effective to new practitioners, opening their hearts to the path of liberation. Also, this practice is very helpful for someone who has been practicing a long time, yet has lots of obstacles that they are encountering on the path. This practice is also for someone who is a more advanced practitioner, this will lead deeper to the heart essence of the Buddhist path

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    This is the Mahayana and Vajrayana essential practice. It is very effective to new practitioners, opening their hearts to the path of liberation. Also, this practice is very helpful for someone who has been practicing a long time, yet has lots of obstacles that they are encountering on the path. This practice is also for someone who is a more advanced practitioner, this will lead deeper to the heart essence of the Buddhist path

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    HisEminenceKalu Rinpocherequested allof hisDharma centersto engagein thisDeitypractice.

    Hehascommonly said that this


    practiceistheessenceof allBuddhist practice,becauseChenrezig istheembodiment of alltheBuddha'scompassion.Thisisan
    especially degeneratetime attracted bymentalkleshas,and manypeopleareangry,causingdiscomfort and warto alltheworld.There
    isno remedyforthisotherthan compassion.Compassion isnaturallypossessed byeverysentient being,yet you need to activate it
    and fertilizeit thisisthepracticethat activatesourown compassion to bemorematureand onecan beawareof one'sown
    negativitiesand defects. Thisbeingwillperceiveotherbeingsasmorepureand thiswillmakeroomforloveand compassion to all
    sentient beings. Do not wait untilaproblem comes you haveto befamiliarized to preparetheremedywhen thetime comes.At least
    everyday,onetime ortwo times,thispracticewillmakeadifferencein ourlives.Agreat beinglikeKalu Rinpochesaw that thiswould
    bemorehelpful,sohedesigned thispracticeforallof hiscentersto practice.HisHolinessthe16th Gyalwa Karmapaalways
    emphasized that thisisthemost authentic practice.Heemphasized that beginnersshould havetheempowerment of Chenrezig and
    instructionon how to practicefromonewho practiceshimorherself.HereistheSadhana with transliterationand translation you can
    useit.Thetext iscomposed bytheMahasiddha Thatong Gyalpo,orIron BridgeBuilder,who isan emanation of Guru Padmasambhava
    and Avalokitesvara.Thetext istruly thesame text that weuse theremaybedifferent translationsavailableand you maycompare
    these different translationsto clarifythemeaning.

    ThisistheMahayanaand Vajrayana essentialpractice.Itisveryeffectiveto newpractitioners,openingtheir heartsto thepath of


    liberation.Also,thispracticeisveryhelpfulforsomeonewhohasbeen practicingalongtime,yet haslotsof obstaclesthat they are
    encountering on thepath.Thispracticeisalsoforsomeonewho isamoreadvanced practitioner,thiswilllead deeperto the heart
    essenceof theBuddhist path.

    Translated byLama Lodu Rinpoche.Edited byMichael O'NealwithassistancebyLama Gyeltsen, andprepared forInternetpublication byLama Chying.

    Sincerely,
    LamaLodu Rinpoche

    Iam providing thispracticeonlineforthosebeginnerslearning to practice.Thisisasimple,condensedpracticeforbeginners; Advanced


    practitionerswho havelittletimefortheexpanded,complicatedpractice,thisshort version mayhelp them.

    Therearemany othertranslationspossible,so you can research to clarifythispractice.

    Theexpandedcommentaryby theFifteenthKarmapa,Kakyab Dorje,The Continuous Rain of Benefit to Beings" isavailableinEnglishand isquite


    extensiveifyou'd like to read it.

    ThelateBokar Rinpochewrote abook,"Lord ofLove",andthatisquiteanamazing bookforexplaining thispractice.Heparticularlygave


    instruction to Westerners,so thisbookisimportantto obtain and read.Thiswillenhanceyourdevotion and confidenceto yourpractice.

    Thethird oneisdedicating merit.When we engagein thesession withsuch divinestate,we gain greatmeritand wisdom.We dedicate thismerit
    and wisdom to all sentientbeingswithout exceptions thislife'sparents,relatives,friends,indifferentones,and enemies,without exception to all
    beings,maythey befreeofsufferingsthatthey areexperiencing and followthepathwithout obstacles and quicklyreachthe state ofomniscience.

    Theactual practice,onefocusesthemind onepointedly on theform ofthedeity,Avalokitesvara.Asdetailedaspossible,hold all oftheattributes,


    colors,ornamentsand shape.Atthesametime,all oftheform ofwhatyou arefocusing on ismereappearance,theinseparability ofemptiness
    and luminosity.Appear,yet empty.Empty,yet appearance.Onecan keepone'smind withoutdistraction,thenonementally visualizeverbally
    reciting mantra,OhManiPeme Hung.Whileyou aredoing this,sometimeyou willrelaxyourmind to appearanceandemptiness,orsound and
    emptiness.You canalternate these during sessions.Silently,you can relaxyourmind on Mahamudra.When you reappearfrom silence,yourform
    again isdeity,sound ismantraand theenvironment istheperfectpureland.

    AlloftheSadhana in short,therearethreedifferentstages.Thefirststageisveryimportantto take refugeto theBuddha,Dharmaand Sangha


    withsincere devotion and also generatealtruism withloveand compassion to all beings,andonededicatesone'spracticeto completely liberate all
    beingsfrom suffering and obtain omniscience.

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