*Tapihritsa prayer*

* E MA HO! * Wonderful
KUN ZANG THUG TRUL KU DOG SHEL KAR D Emanation of the
Mind of Kuntu Zangpo, Your body color is luminous white like
crystal,
DRI MED DANG SAL OED ZER CHOG CHUR TRO Immaculate and
of clear luster; rays of light emanate from You to the ten
directions.
GYEN MED CHER BU YE NYID NYING POI DOEN You are naked
and without ornaments, signifying that You are the essence of
the Primordial State.
KHYEN NYI THUG JE DRO WAI DN LA GONG Through Your
compassion and the two knowledges, You attend to the welfare
of all beings.
DER SHEG THUG CHD DZOG CHEN KUN GYI CHOG The
essence of the enlightened mind of all Buddhas is Dzogchen,
the Great Perfection, supreme among all (teachings),
THEG PAI YANG TSE GYUD LUNG MAN NGAG NYING The highest
peak among all the ways (to enlightenment), and the essence
of all the Tantras, Agamas, and Upadeshas.
ZHI YI NEY LUG KHOR DEY DROL TRUL DANG From the Natural
State, the Base, (originates both) the liberation of Nirvana and
delusion of Samsara.
DRA D ZER SUM KYON YON RAB SAL ZHING Through sounds,
lights, and rays, all the defects (of Samsara) and all the virtues
(of Nirvana) clearly manifest.
DRO WA LO YI MUN PA KUN SAL NEY Having cleared away
completely the darkness (obscuring) the minds of beings,
ZHI TONG TSA DRAL SA LAM CHIG CHOED TOG The Base,
empty and without a source, together with the Paths and
Stages is instantly realized.
NYAM TOG NGON GYUR KHOR DEY SEM SU DROL Experiences
and understanding becoming manifest (on the Path), Samsara
and Nirvana are liberated into the Nature of Mind,
DRE BU KU SUM YING SU GOED DZAD PA And the Trikaya of the
Fruit becomes visibly arrayed in space.
DRO WAI GON PO TA PI HRI TSA LA To You, O Tapirhitsa, the
protector of beings
DAG LO TSE CHIG MOE PEY SOL WA DEB We pray with single-
minded devotion
DAG SOG DRO LA WANG KUR JIN GYI LOB (That you) bestow the
blessing, which confers initiation upon myself and all other
beings,
CHI NANG SANG WAI BAR CHEY ZHI WA DANG And pacify all
obstruction outer, inner, and secret.
MA RIG TRUL PAI DAG DZIN DROL NEY KYANG Having been
liberated from self-grasping, which is the delusion of ignorance,
RANG RIG NGON GYUR TA CHOE THAR CHIN NEY Our own
intrinsic Awareness will become manifest; and having perfected
the view and conduct;
YE TONG TSA DRAL LO DEY CHEN POI DON ( May the
realization) of the actual meaning of the Primordial State
empty, rootless, and totally beyond mind
DA TA NYI DU DAG LA TSAL DU SOL At this very moment, be
bestowed upon us!
JE DRO WAI GON PO TA PI HRI TSA LA O Tapirhitsa, Lord and
protector of all beings,
SOL WA DEB SO DRO DRUG THUG JE ZUNG LA DAG GYUE TROL
We pray that you hold with compassion the beings of the six
realms, and liberate their mind streams
*** This invocation prayer was written by Gyer-pung Nang-zher
Lopo, the principal disciple of the eighth century master
Tapirhitsa. When Tapirhitsa appeared as Kuntuzangpo to Gyer-
pung Nang-zher Lopo, he transmitted the complete Zhang
Zhung Nyen Gyud cycle of teachings and then, in order to
ensure their preservation, gave him permission to put them in
writing for the first time.