Padma Karpo (The White Lotus)

written by Mipham Namgyal (1846-1912)

hung, orgyen yul-kyi nup-chang tsham
pema kesar dong-po la
ya-tshen ch’og-ki ngodrup nyey
pema jugne zhey-su trag
khortu khadro mangpo kor
khyed-kyi jeysu dag-drub kyee
chin-kyee lab-ch’ir shegsu sol

guru pedma siddhi hung

About Padma Karpo

! Source: Buddhist Information

The Vajra Seven-Line Prayer is the most sacred and important prayer in the Nyingma tradition. This short prayer contains the outer, inner, and innermost teachings of the esoteric trainings of Buddhism. By practicing The Vajra Seven-Line Prayer according to any one of these trainings, the result of that particular training will be attained.

In this summary there are five levels of interpretation. They are;

• The general or common meaning; the path of the hidden meaning (sBas Don), consisting of the next three levels;
• The meaning according to the path of liberation (Grol Lam);
• The meaning according to the perfection stage (rDzog Rim);
• Meaning according to the Nyingthig of Dzogpa Chenpo: the direct realization of the spontaneous (Lhun Grub Thod rGal);
• The meaning according to the accomplishment of the result.

From among these levels of meaning it is proper for a person reciting the vajra prayer to learn and practice the particular level that is suitable to his or her capacity.

In Tibet, the Nyingmas recite The Vajra Seven-Line Prayer to Guru Rinpoche three times before reciting any other prayers, doing any meditation, or performing any ceremony. Many devotees repeat it hundreds of thousands of times, reciting it during all their waking hours, making it as their main prayer, breathing, life, and contemplation.

The Common Meaning

hung,
HUNG -- invokes the mind of Guru Rinpoche.

orgyen yul-kyi nup-chang tsham
In the northwest of the country of Oddiyana

pema kesar dong-po la
Born on the pistil of a lotus:

ya-tshen ch’og-ki ngodrup nyey
Endowed with the most marvelous attainment;

pema jugne zhey-su trag
Renowned as the Lotus-Born (Padmasambhava);

khortu khadro mangpo kor
Surrounded by a retinue of many Khadros [Tib. dPa' Bo, Skt. Daka (male) and Tib. mKha' 'Gro, Skt. Dakini (female) sages and deities.]

khyed-kyi jeysu dag-drub kyee
Following you I practice:

chin-kyee lab-ch’ir shegsu sol
Please come forth to bestow blessings.

guru pedma siddhi hung
Master (GURU) Padmasambhava (PEDMA), please bestow (HUNG) attainments (SIDDHI) [upon us].

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