A Plaintive Prayer to Guru Rinpoche

By Minling Chung Rinpoche

sangy ng jn orgyen rinpoch
Buddha in person, precious guru of Oiyna,

dak sok nga d gp nar la zik
Turn your gaze toward us, tormented by these degenerate times.

ky ma p bang nam yang mi dorw
Kyema! When you vowed never to abandon the people of Tibet,

shyal shy tuk dam yalwar dor ram chi
How can you break your promise, and turn back on your pledge?

l wang tsen shy tukj mi kyop na
If you say our karma is too powerful and your compassion cannot protect us,

khyents np chewa gang du chi
Then where are your great wisdom, love and strength?

r sa shyen m nying n solwa dep
We have no other refuge, no other hope, but youso from our hearts we pray:

tok m tu tsal np shuk chung la
Show us the full force of your power, in all its unlimited reach,

lokpar taw g tsa chpa yi
And protect us in our misfortune

kalpa ngenp dro nam kyap tu sol
When our wrong views destroy our merit.

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nying la gongp chin lap phowa dang
Direct the blessing of your wisdom mind right into our hearts,

karp bak chak s p g tsen gyi
To awaken our virtuous habitual tendencies, and through this

n ch gp tsok kun shyiwa dang
Let the countless crises facing our world and its inhabitants be eliminated,

pen d g tsen gy p tashi shok
And let all be auspicious so that happiness and well-being reign and spread, far and wide.

om ah hung bendza guru padma siddhi hung

This was written in Lhasa by Chung Ngawang Chkyi Drakpa of Ogmin Orgyen Mindroling on the 4th day of the
6th month of the Water Ox year of the Rabgyal cycle (1973).

This translation of Minling Chung Rinpoches prayer was made at the request of his nephew, Lodi Gyari Rinpoche,
as an offering in memory of his great kindness.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.

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