Short Sadhana of

Garuda (Kyung Thra)

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From GRUB THABS KUN BTUS, Vol. NYA, folios 144-47. Translated by Lama Kunga Thartse, Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center in 2001, formatted by Wolfgang Saumweber, 2/2004.

Requesting Prayer
To the Conqueror Vajra Garuda, Please bestow all common and uncommon siddhis To all sentient beings and myself!

Refuge and Bodhicitta

In the Buddha, Dharma, and the most sublime Assembly I take refuge until I achieve enlightenment. Through the merit of my generosity and other deeds, May I attain Buddhahood to benet all beings.

Dedication Prayer
DORM KYUNG TRA DRUB GYUR NAS DRO WA CHIK KYANG MA LU PA TEI SA LA GO PAR CHO By the virtue of this practice, May I achieve the state of Vajra Garuda To benet all sentient beings and myself!

Requesting the Blessings from the Guru

I prostrate to and take my refuge in the guru and the three precious jewels: I supplicate you, bless the thread of my consciousness! (one time)

Four Boundless Minds

May all sentient beings have happiness and the cause of happiness. May they be free of suffering and the causes of suffering. May they not be separate from the bliss that is without suffering. May they dwell in equanimity, free of nearness or distance, attachment or aversion.

Purication Mantra
OM SVABHAVA SUDDHAH SARVADHARMAH SVABHAVA SHUDDHO HAM From emptiness arises the letter PAM which transforms into a lotus ower on top of which is the letter RAM. It transforms into a sun disc on top of which is the seed-syllable PU. PU dissolves into eight snakes of various colors, the manifestations of the eight kings of Nagas. On top of it is the seed-syllable KHROM (pronounced TROM ) in ve colors. Rays of light extend, beneting all sentient beings. They return and are absorbed in the KHROM. Out of the KHROM I appear as Wisdom-Garuda with one face, two arms, two legs, in a perching position. My legs are yellow, symbolizing the earth element; my belly is white, symbolizing the element of water; my upper shoulders are red, symbolizing the re element; my head is blue, symbolizing the air element; the crown of my head and my wings are of various colors, symbolizing space. I have sharp horns, a beak, and sharp claws at my hands and feet. My three eyes are red, moving fast as those of a hawk; my right hand grabs the wishful-lling jewel from the crown of the King of Nagas, and puts it on top of my right horn showing the giving mudra. My left hand is in the subjugating mudra 6 3

(index and little nger extended), controlling all demons. I am ornated with jewels and snakes. My body is large as Mt Sumeru. Light extends from all pores of my body. I dwell in the re of wisdom. In my throat, on a moon and lotus cushion, is white Buddha Garuda in the center; on the front petal is blue Vajra Garuda; on the right petal, yellow Ratna Garuda; on the back petal is red Padma Garuda; and on the left petal is green Karma Garuda. They all have one face and two arms. Their right hands raised in the air, holding respectively a wheel, a vajra, a jewel, a lotus and a sword. Their left hands show the subjugating mudra and hold a snake in their respective colors, which they are eating with their beak. They are all facing inwardly. At the heart of the main Garuda is a lotus and moon cushion with a white OM in the center, on the front petal the blue syllable PA; on the right petal (south), the yellow syllable KSHIM (pronounced KING); on the back petal (west) the red syllable SVA; and on the left petal, the green syllable HA. The main Garuda and the ve at the throat all have the seed syllables OM at the head, AH at their throat, and HUM at their heart. Light extend from these syllables, invoking the wisdom Garudas. OM VAJRA SAMAZA

Again, one worships with the ve sense-offerings: OM GARUDA SAPARIVARA ARGHAM PARTIZA SVAHA OM GARUDA SAPARIVARA PADYAM PARTIZA SVAHA OM GARUDA SAPARIVARA PUSHPE PARTIZA SVAHA OM GARUDA SAPARIVARA DUPHE PARTIZA SVAHA OM GARUDA SAPARIVARA ALOKE PARTIZA SVAHA OM GARUDA SAPARIVARA GANDHE PARTIZA SVAHA OM GARUDA SAPARIVARA NAIVEDYE PARTIZA SVAHA OM GARUDA SAPARIVARA SHABDA PARTIZA SVAHA On then sings the praise of Garuda: JUNGNE DOK JEN JUNG CHIN NGA LA WANG KUN TU GYURJE DORJE DAP CHOK CHEN LUI PAL TROK LHA MI PA GYUR PA DORJE NAMKHA DING LA CHAK TSAL LO To the One whose colors symbolize control Over the ve elements of the Universe, With your vajra wings you y everywhere, You are glorious and powerful, Grabbing the jewel from the crown of nagas, I bow down to you, Vajra Garuda!

Offering Prayer
OM VAJRA ARGHAM AH HUM OM VAJRA PADYAM AH HUM OM VAJRA PUSHPE AH HUM OM VAJRA DHUPE AH HUM OM VAJRA ALOKE AH HUM OM VAJRA GANDHE AH HUM OM VAJRA NAIVEDYE AH HUM OM VAJRA SHABDA AH HUM DZA HUM BAM HO They are absorbed into one self. Recite the mantra as many times as possible: OM PA KSHIM SVAHA