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Fifteenth Karmapa

The Fifteenth Karmapa, Khakhyab Dorje

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Glorious sun of the teachings, all-pervasive like space,

Your supreme intelligence shines out in brilliant splendour.

O, sovereign of the primordial, co-emergent wisdom of great bliss,

Khakhyab Rangjung Dorje, to you I pray!

Texts by the Fifteenth Karmapa, Khakhyab Dorje (mkha' khyab rdo rje, 1870/1–1921/2):

Advice

Six lines of essential advice from the Fifteenth Karmapa Khakhyab Dorje to his spiritual consort, the celebrated ḍākinī Urgyen Tsomo (1897–1961).

Inscriptions

A short prayer written on the back of an image of Sukhāvatī, the paradise of Amitābha.

Prayers

A short prayer invoking Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal in order to dispel obstacles and fulfil wishes.

An invocation of Guru Padmasambhava and plea to eliminate obstacles and the various forms of adversity faced by beings in general and Tibetans in particular.

A simple prayer for the elimination of obstacles and the fulfilment of positive aspirations.

A short prayer of invocation and aspiration addressed to Amitābha, the Buddha of Limitless Light, and Avalokiteśvara, the embodiment of compassion. The prayer concludes with the mantra oṃ amitābha hrīḥ.

A simple, four-line prayer to the Fifteenth Karmapa composed by the master himself at the request of one of his disciples.