Prayer to Attain the Citadel of Intrinsic Awareness

Prayer to Attain the Citadel of Intrinsic Awareness

Whatever appears as visible objects to the eye--

Everything in the outer universe--

Although it appears, rest without taking it to be real.

The purification of dualistic perception is the clear yet empty form of the yidam deity.

I supplicate the lama of naturally liberated desire and attachment;

I suppllicate Urgyen Pema Jungne.

Whatever resounds as audible objects to the ear--

All sounds perceived as pleasant or unpleasant--

Rest in the union of sound and emptiiness, free of speculative thought.

the union of sound and emptiness, beyond origination and cessation,

is the speech of the Victorious Ones.

I supplicate the speech of Victorious Ones, the union of sound and emptiness;

I supplicate Urgyen Pema Jungne.

Whatever arises as objects in the imagination--

Regardless of what thoughts arise from the five emotional poisons--

Do not allow your mind to anticipate, follow after, or indulge in them.

By allowing this movement to rest in its own ground,

you are free in dharmakaya.

I supplicate the lama of naturally free intrinsic awareness;

I supplicate Urgyen Pema Junge.

Outwardly, there is the purity of things perceived as external objects;

Inwardly, there is the freedom of the nature of mind perceived as the inner subject;

Between these, there is recognition of the true face of utter lucidity.

Through the compassion of the tathagatas of the three times,

May I be granted the blessings that free my mindstream.

Spoken by Guru Padma to his disciple Namkha Nyingpo and extracted from the Supplication in Seven Chapters, a terma discovered by Tulku Zangpo Dragpa and codified by Rigdzin Godem in the fourteenth century.