Guru Yoga Focusing upon Noble Kurukullā

Guru Yoga Focusing upon Noble Kurukullā

by Mipham Rinpoche

From this moment on, until I achieve the essence of awakening,

I shall take refuge at the feet of the foremost exalted Lady, and,

So as to liberate infinite beings drowning in the ocean of suffering,

Will generate the supreme mind of bodhicitta.

I sit at the center of a fantastic, emanated palace

That lies within a vast display of pure buddha realms.

Upon my head, seated on a lotus flower with a thousand petals,

Is the epitome of the Three Jewels, the noblest Kurukullā.

Clear red, she is dressed in divine clothes and jewelry.

She shows the mudrā of fearlessness and holds an arrow, bow and utpala flower.1

She abides, seated in the vajrāsana within a blaze of wisdom light,

As the very embodiment of all buddhas and bodhisattvas.

Kye-ma! Noble Kurukullā,

Mother of all buddhas,

You are the illusory wisdom kāya,

Sole refuge and protector of all,

And special provider for all those

Who are impoverished by craving.

Don’t forget your past vow!

Look upon us, the poor and destitute,

With your eyes of wisdom.

Lend us a loving hand,

Quickly grant your blessings,

And bestow the accomplishment and empowerment of great bliss!

Supplicate Kurukullā from the very depths of your heart, the very marrow of your bones, with:

lama jetsün kurukullé khyen

“Guru, Noble Kurukullā, know me!”

And:

om kurukullé hrih hung soha

Recite the above as many times as you can.

Along with the supplications mentally offer your own body along with all your possessions; in fact, offer absolutely everything you can imagine as the seductive maṇḍala of great bliss. Do this continually. Conclude your session with:

The noble lady is delighted, melts into light

And, dissolving through the crown of my head, comes to rest within the very depths of my heart.

My entire body fills with the red nectar of great bliss

And the guru’s wisdom and my mind become one within the natural state. Ah.

When arising from the natural state view everything as the very essence of the guru, Noble Kurukullā, make prayers of dedication and auspiciousness, and enter into your post-meditation practices. With this practice and the recitation of 100,000 mantras you will achieve the accomplishment of seductive great bliss. Samaya.

Jampal Gyepa wrote down whatever came to mind on the fifth day of the second month in the year of the Iron Rabbit, fifteenth calendrical cycle.