Prayers to Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche)

Four common prayers to Guru Rinpoche that propitiate Padmasambhava to bestow his blessings so that practitioners’ wishes and aspirations on the path towards enlightenment may be fulfilled and all obstacles on the path are removed.

Includes:

1. Guru Rinpoche Seven Line Prayer
2. A Supplication for the Spontaneous Fulfillment of Wishes
3. The Prayer that Removes All Obstacles from the Path
4. The Prayer Which Quickly Fulfills Our Wishes

This prayer book compiles four independent works into a single publication for accessibility and for the benefit of students. Translator contributions and source citations, where applicable, are found in the respective colophons.

*Multiple versions are available to download. Version 1 is suitable for printing; version 2 is suitable for web-based two-page viewing.

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This is a free publication and work may be copied or printed for fair use, but only with full attribution, and not for commercial advantage or personal compensation. Translator attributions are found after each translated work where applicable. May be revised periodically for corrections, update translations, formatting, etc.

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v.1 Prayers to Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche)

Each prayer herein has been previously published as an independent work. Revised translation by Patrick Gaffney in 2015.

English, Tibetan, Transliteration

Print version

Size: 6 x 9 in

v.2 Prayers to Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche)

Each prayer herein has been previously published as an independent work. Revised translation by Patrick Gaffney in 2015.

English, Tibetan, Transliteration

Web-based two-page viewing.

Size: 6 x 9 in

Prayers to Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche)