3   Abbreviated Six Session Yoga

This text was formulated by o-sang-en-dzin (blo bzang bstan ’dzin)

 

From my heart I go for refuge to the Three Jewels.

I will release all sentient beings from pain and set all in final bliss.

To do that, I will generate an altruistic intention to attain perfect enlightenment

And thereupon will train in the learnings of Bodhisattvas.

On a throne in space in front of myself upon discs of sun, moon, and lotus

Is my root lama, the Pervasive Master Vajradhara,

Blue in color, holding vajra and bell,

Embracing Vajradhātu-īshvarī and sporting with innate bliss.

The three places [of his body] are marked by the three letters.

With the light of the letter hūṃ, the wisdom-beings are invited and become of one taste [with the imagined beings].

Homage to the lotus-feet of Vajradhara.

I make offering with oceans of clouds of external, internal, and secret offerings

And with the unsurpassed offerings of Samantabhadra –

Mountains, lands, vases of jewel treasures, sun, moon, and so forth.

Having seen that all without exception of the supreme and common feats

Follow after proper reliance on you, O Protector,

May I, disregarding even body and life,

Be blessed to achieve only what is pleasing to you.

Through making such petitions, the lama comes to my crown

And dissolving into me becomes of one taste with me.

I am Vajrasattva, holding vajra and bell

And, embracing the Female Supramundane Victor, sport with innate bliss.

For the sake of my mothers, I give away without regret

My residence, body, resources, and collections of virtue of the past, present, and future.

Even if it costs my life I will not transgress the boundaries formulated

For the three vows – individual liberation, Bodhisattva, and Secret Mantra.

Having assumed well the doctrine – verbal and realizational – contained within the three vehicles

And the four tantra sets I will thoroughly liberate transmigrators through methods.

By this virtue may the wishes made by the Ones Gone To Bliss and the Bodhisattvas be accomplished.

I dedicate this virtue to the maintenance of the doctrine.

Through the ineluctable power of the magnificent blessings of the Three Jewels and of dependent-arising

May my good wishes be accomplished and I quickly attain Buddhahood.