The Supplication to Machik Five Dâkinîs
By Gyelwa Dondrub
(from the Profound Path of Peace: Shiwa Lamsab)
NAMO GURU DEVA DÂKINÎ
(Homage to the guru, yidam deity, and dakini)
Victorious ones’ Mother, to you I prostrate!
Mother, you are a daughter born from the Great Mother’s heart,
Holder of the Prajñâpâramitâ’s teachings,
Liberator of all the fortunate’s minds.
My mother venerable Labdrön, to you I pray!
Mother, you are Dâkinî of timeless awareness,
beyond the human realm, Opener of the Three Gates to Freedom,
Conqueror of the four demons' hosts.
My mother venerable Labdrön, to you I pray!
Mother, you are of low birth (female) but lofty mind,
small stature yet so majestic,
white complexion, radiating light.
My mother venerable Labdrön, to you I pray!
Mother, your body, appearance-emptiness with marks and signs;
your speech, sound-emptiness teaching the Dharma;
your mind, clear light of bliss and emptiness—
My mother venerable Labdrön, to you I pray!
Mother, first you gave me body and mind;
then provided me all material needs;
and finally revealed me the unborn.
My mother venerable Labdrön, to you I pray!
Mother, you manifest in form as Buddha Dâkinî,
naturally white, encircled by a hundred thousand retinues.
Mother, you grant sublime accomplishment.
My mother venerable Labdrön, to you I pray!
Mother, you manifest in form as Vajra Dâkinî,
peacefully soothing blue, encircled by a hundred thousand retinues.
Mother, you pacify sicknesses, disturbances, negative karma and obscurations.
My mother venerable Labdrön, to you I pray!
Mother, you manifest in form as Ratna Dâkinî,
golden GATE [mantra], encircled by a hundred thousand retinues.
Mother, you enhance longevity and merits.
My mother venerable Labdrön, to you I pray!
Mother, you manifest in form as Padma Dâkinî,
passionate red, encircled by a hundred thousand retinues.
Mother, you bring the three worlds under your control.
My mother venerable Labdrön, to you I pray!
Mother, you manifest in form as Karma Dâkinî,
wrathful green, encircled by a hundred thousand retinues.
Mother, you grind the four demons to dust.
My mother venerable Labdrön, to you I pray!
Mother, you outwardly sever god-demons’ deceptions,
inwardly sever physical sicknesses,
and secretly sever mental confusions.
My mother venerable Labdrön, to you I pray!
Mother, you cut off biased views,
cut off the meditations of affirmation or denial,
and cut off the acts of accepting or rejecting.
My mother venerable Labdrön, to you I pray!
Mother, you sever fear of wandering in cyclic existence,
severed hopes for freedom,
and sever deception of dualistic grasping.
My mother venerable Labdrön, to you I pray!
Mother, you cut fixation to the body,
cut self-grasping of the mind,
and cut hopes and fears for results.
My mother venerable Labdrön, to you I pray!
Mother, you manifest the unborn Dharmakâya,
display the unceasing play of Sambhogakâya,
and fulfill the aims of myriad Nirmânakâyas.
My mother venerable Labdrön, to you I pray!
By the force of my [fervent] prayers to you, O Mother,
may you bless this faithful child!
Bless me that I turn negative conditions to the path!
Bless me that my adversities shine as aids!
Bless me that I cut through the root of confusion!
Bless me that I realize the unborn nature of my mind!
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