Lion-Faced Dakini

oƒ Pegyal Lingpa

• NAMO. DAK DANG TA YEH SEM CHEN TAM CHAY KYI

Seng Dong Ma

Namo. I and all sentient beings as limitless as space,

• LA MAY DZOK PAI JANG JUB DRUG PA LA

to attain the insurpassable perfect Enlightenment

• BAR DU CHÖ PAI DÜ PUNG DÜL WAI CHIR

In order to tame the hordes of obstacle-making demons,

• YEH SHAY KAN DRO KYAB KYI CHOG TU ZUNG

I hold to the supreme refuge in the Wisdom Dakini.

• MÖN DANG ZUK PAI JANG JUB SEM KYE DO three times
I give rise to both Aspiration and Engagement Bodhicitta.

Generation Stage

• AH. TONG NYI Ö SEL YING LEH NANG SI KÜN

AH. From the realm of openness-clear light, all of appearance-existence,

• YE SHAY RANG NANG DUR DRÖ SHEL MEH Ü

Appears the wisdom, self-manifesting charnel ground.

• PEH NYI ROI DEN LA KEH CHIK GI

And in the center of a celestial mansion on a lotus-sun-corpse seat,

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• HUNG LEH DÜ DÜL DRAK MO SEN GAY DONG
Instantly from HUNG, arises the fierce, demon-taming Lion-faced One.

• MAR NAG MEH Ö RAB TRÖ NÖ JEH SEK

Red-black, radiating fiery light that incinerates harm-doers,

• DRI GUK TO DRAK DZIN CHING GAR TAB KYE

Holding a driguk and blood-filled skull cup, in dancing pose

• TRO MOI CHE DZOK MEH PUNG LONG NA RÖL

Complete in all wrathful ways, dancing in the space of massed flames,

• NEH SUM SANG WAI YI GEH DRU SUM LEH

The three places marked by the three secret wisdom syllables.

• Ö KYI NUB CHOK SANG CHEN DUR TRÖ NEH

In the Western direction of the Great Secret Charnel Ground,

• YEH SHAY KOR LO CHEN DRANG YER MAY TIM

The Wisdom mandala is invited and merges inseparably.

Mantra Recitation

• TUK KAR NYI MA LA NEH HUNG MAR TAR

In the heart is a sun disc, on which there is a red HUNG

• DRAK NGAK TSA TSA TRO WAI MEH Ö KYI

Around whose edge circles the wrathful mantra, by whose radiant fiery light,

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• TONG SUM SHAY MAY PUNG TSOK SHOB TU SEK
The massed hordes of executioners of the triple worlds are incinerated;

• TSUR DÜ DAG TIM NÜ TOB DEN PAR GYUR

Returning, it melts into myself, and I come to possess strength and power.

• AH KA SA MARA TSA SHA DA RA SA MA RA YA P ET say 100 times or so...

The Reversal

• LAK NYI NYI DA CHA LANG BAR

One’s two hands are the sun and moon, like a blazing pair of cymbals;

• NÖ JAY MA LÜ MAR CHAL NYIL

Harm-doers without exception are scattered and destroyed.

• NAM SHAY AH KAR YING SU YEL

Their consciousness, a white AH, dissolves into space.

• SHA TRAK LEH JAY KAN DRO MA

Countless activity Dakinis,

• DRANG MAY SHEL DU TAB PAR GYUR

Offer flesh and blood to your mouth.

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• NAMO. KÖN CHOG DEN PAI JIN LAB DANG KAN DRO DÜ DÜL DRAK MO YI

Namo. By the truth of the blessings of the Triple Gem, By the wrathful demon-taming Dakini,

• RIG NGAK DEN PAY NU TU YI DRA DÖN JEH PUR MI TUN CHOK

By the power and strength of the lineage of Mantra, Enemies, demons, the sorcerer’s phurba, those who sow discord,

• MA RUNG CHÖ TRÜL TUN TEH NGEN MAY PAR GYUR CHIK CHI GYUR CHIK

unruly magical attacks, bad omens, May they not come to pass, may they be pacified.

• RAB TU SHI SHING TONG GYUR CHIK GEL TEH TONG PAR MA GYUR NA

Being completely pacified, they become emptied. For those that are not (purified) in emptiness,

• TEN PA SHIK PAY DRA LA JO!

Translated by Lama Jinpa,
These enemies who destroy the dharma: JO! 2008

• NÖ JAY DÜ RIG GEK LA JO!

The classes of demons, harm-doers and obstacles: JO!

JO. JO. DOK. DOK. MA RA YA

Having pronounced this, enter into the yoga of “between

meditation periods,” and accomplish the dedication of vir-
tue. At the humble request, this was pronounced by the
noble one, great elder, PeGyal Lingpa

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 Lion-Faced Dakini Concluding Section

Confession
n HO. SANG WAI KOR SHUK NEL JOR DRUB PA POI BAK MAY WANG GYUR TING DZIN MA SAL SHING
Followers of the secret path, yogic practitioners, who Under the power of negligence, have unclear meditation,

n LHA NGAK MA DAK CHO KOR LHAG CHE SOG YEH SHAY LHA DANG SUNG MAR ZO PAR SÖL
Perform impure deity mantras, or rituals that have ommission or errors, May the Wisdom Deities and Protectors please be patient.
Recite long varjasttava matra one or three times then..
n HUNG HUNG HUNG.

Dissolution
NANG CHA LHA NGAK KOR LO YING SU DÜ MI NEH TUK KYI TIG LEH TAK TA DREL
n

We gather all manifestation, deity, mantra circles into basic space; In the non-abiding tiglé of the heart, free from the extreme of eternalism.

n AH AH AH.

Re-Arisal
n PHAT PHAT PHAT.

n TONG NYI RANG DANG TUK JAY YE HAY TSEL KU SUNG TUK KYI KOR LÖ CHE TA PANG
Emptiness, self radiance, compassionate wisdom, creativity, The chakras of body, speech and mind, abandon the extreme of nihilism.

n OM AH HUNG. BENZA MA MA KA WA TSI RAKTA NA HUNG

Dedication & Aspiration

n HO. DAK GI DÜ SUM GEH WA CHI SAG TÜ NAM KHAI TAR TUK GYUR PA SEM CHEN KÜN
HO. Whatever merit I have gathered in the three times, May all sentient beings, reaching to the ends of space,
n LA MAY TEG CHOG NGAK KYI NO GYUR NEH YE SHAY KAN DRO GO PANG NYUR TOB SHOG
Become vessels of the incomparable supreme Mantra vehicle, And quickly attain the state of the Wisdom Dakini.
n HUNG. DÜ DREL YEH SHAY KAN DRO TUK KYE DANG DZE PA MÖN LAM KYEN TSE NU PAI TOB
Hung. Demon-tamer Wisdom Dakini, through your compassion And the force of your actions, prayers, ability, wisdom and compassion,

n LA MAY YEH SHAY GYU TRUL KA DANG NYAM DAM PA DEH KYANG DENG DIR DEH LEG SHOG
Your insurpassable wisdom, mirage-like display, equal to the sky, By these sacred things, may there be joy and goodness, here and now.

n NANG SHEN LHA KUR DZOG PAI TA SHI SHOG DRA DRAK NGAK SU DAK PAI TA SHI SHOG
Good fortune in attachment to appearance reconciled by the deity’s form. Auspiciousness of speech and sound as pure mantra;

n DREN TOK CHÖ KUR MIN PAI TA SHI SHOG JA LU ZANG TAL CHEN POI TA SHI SHOG!
Auspiciousness in thought and memory ripening as the Dharmakaya; Auspiciousness of the all-encompassing Rainbow Body.