The Yoga of

The Three Purifications of Shri Chakrasamvara

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You must have received a Heruka Chakrasamvara initi ati on in order to perform this practi ce.

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The Yoga of the Three Purifications of Shri Chakrasamvara

IntroductionAccording to Lama Zopa Rinpoches instructi ons, it is best to perform the Vajrasatt va Meditati on at the beginning of this practi ce. However, if one has ti me constraints and one already engages in a Vajrasatt va practi ce on a daily basis in the conti nu-um of another Highest Yoga Tantra sadhana (whether Vajrasat-tva or another deity), it is permissible to skip this secti on and instead, aft er reciti ng the lines for taking refuge and generati ng bodhichitt a, to begin directly with the actual Yoga of the Three Purifi cati ons, beginning with the secti on on the purifi cati on of the mind.

Refuge and Bodhichitta At all ti mes I take refugeIn Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha;In all of the three vehicles,In the dakinis of secret mantra yoga,In the heroes, heroines, and empowering goddesses,In the great beings, the bodhisatt vas,And above all, at all ti mes,I take refuge in my spiritual master.I myself will become HerukaFor the sake of all living beings,And then I shall lead all them allTo Herukas supreme state. (3x)

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Vajrasattva MeditationFrom a PAM on my crown comes a lotus. From AH comes a moon seat, on top of which, from HUM, appears a fi ve-spoked white va-jra marked at the center by HUM. Lights radiate from the HUM, accomplish the two purposes, and then return. The vajra is com-pletely transformed into white Vajrasatt va, having one face and two hands, holding vajra and bell. He sits in the cross-legged vajra positi on and embraces the consort, white Dorje Nyemma, who has one face and two hands, holding curved knife and skullcup. Both are draped in silks and various precious jeweled ornaments. Both have an OM at the crown, an AH at the throat, and a HUM at the heart. From the HUM at the heart, light radiates and invites wis-dom beings similar to themselves.

JAH HUM BAM HO

They become non-dual.

Again lights radiate from the HUM at the heart and invite the em-powering deiti es.

All Tathagatas, I request you to bestow the actual empowerment upon them.

Following this request, the empowering deiti es hold aloft vases fi lled with the nectar of exalted wisdom.

OM SARVA TATHAGATA ABHISHEKATA SAMAYA SHRI YE HUM

Thus, empowerment is conferred. The bodies are fi lled with the nectar of exalted wisdom. The excess water on the crown is com-pletely transformed into Akshobya, who adorns the top of the head.

Around the HUM on the moon at Vajrasatt vas heart appears the 100-syllable mantra, circling around the rim.

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Bhagavan Vajrasatt va, please cleanse all negati viti es and obscura-ti ons of myself and all senti ent beings and purify all degenerated and broken commitments.

Having been entreated in this way, light radiates from the mantra garland and HUM at Vajrasatt vas heart. The negati viti es and ob-scurati ons of all senti ent beings are purifi ed, and pleasing o erings are made to all buddhas and their children. All their good qualiti es of body, speech, and mind return with the light rays, and dissolve into the HUM and mantra garland. Thereby, a stream of white nec-tar descends from the place of union of the father and mother. Entering through my Brahma aperture, it fi lls my whole body with the nectar of exalted wisdom. By this cleansing, all my negati viti es and obscurati ons of the three doors are purifi ed.

OM VAJRA HERUKA SAMAYA / MANUPALAYA / HERUKA TVENOPATISHTHA / DRIDHO ME BHAVA / SUTOSHYO ME BHAVA / SUPOSHYO ME BHAVA / ANURAKTO ME BHAVA / SARVA SIDDHIM ME PRAYACCHA / SARVA KARMA SUCHAME CHITTAM SHRIYAM KURU HUM / HA HA HA HA HO / BHAGAVAN / VAJRA HERUKA MAME MUNCHA / HERUKA BHAVA / MAHA SAMAYA SATTVA AH HUM PHAT (21x)

Through ignorance and delusion, I have broken and degenerated my commitments. Guru Protector, give refuge! Chief holder of the vajra, embodiment of great compassion, I take refuge in the fore-most of beings.

Vajrasatt va replies: Child of the lineage, all of your negati viti es, obscurati ons, and broken commitments have been purifi ed.

Then Vajrasatt va dissolves into me. My three doors become insep-arable from the body, speech, and mind of Vajrasatt va.

Meditate strongly here on the unifi cati on of your own mind and the mind of Vajrasatt va

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The Yoga of the Three PurificationsThe Yoga of the Three Purifi cati ons to purify the three doors is as follows:

Purification of the mind

The HE of SHRI HERUKA stands for the mind, the source of everything, [and] for the selfl essness of phenomena, found by ex-amining the empty nature of the causal mind.

RU stands for the selfl essness of persons, which is free of the web of a fabricated self [that causes us to] conceptually apprehend a self of persons.

KA stands for the object, suchness, and the subjecti ve mind, abiding neither unharmoniously nor separately.

SHRI stands for non-dual exalted wisdom, totally inseparable from empti ness, its object: This is the meaning of EVAM.

Thinking in this way, purify the mind.

Purification of the body

Within this sphere of empti ness, I arise instantly as dark blue Heru-ka, with one face and two arms, holding vajra and bell. I stand with my right leg outstretched and embrace my wisdom consort, red Vajravarahi, who has one face and two arms and is holding a curved knife and skullcup.

SHRI HERUKO HAM (3x)

Saying this three ti mes with the blissful thought of benefi ti ng all living beings, holding the divine pride of the physical appear-ance, purify the body.

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Purification of the speechOM A AA I II U UU RI RII LI LII E AI O AU AM AH / KA KHA GA GHA NGA / CHA CHHA JA JHA NYA / TA THA DA DHA NA / TA THA DA DHA NA / PA PHA BA BHA MA / YA RA LA VA / SHA SHA SA HA KSHA HUM HUM PHAT (3x)

The mantra garland, together with rays of light, circles counter-clockwise three ti mes at my navel. The abiding assembly of deiti es of the three wheels radiate out from my right nostril into the ten directi ons, dispelling all interferences, and then return through my left nostril, dissolving into the mantra garland at the navel.

Imagining this, purify the speech.

Root Mantra of the Lord

OM KARA KARA / KURU KURU / BANDHA BANDHA / TRASAYA / TRASAYA / KSHOBHAYA KSHOBHAYA / HRAUM HRAUM / HRAH HRAH / PHEM PHEM / PHE PHE / DAHA DAHA / PACHA PACHA / BHAKSHA BHAKSHA / VASU RUDHIRANTRA MALAVA LAMBINI / GRIHNA GRIHNA SAPTA PATALA GATA BHUJAM GAM SARVAM PA TARJAYA TARJAYA / AKADDHYA AKADDHYA / HRIM HRIM / JNAUM JNAUM / KSHAMAM KSHAMAM / HAM HAM / HIM HIM / HUM HUM / KILI KILI / SILI SILI / HILI HILI / DHILI DHILI / HUM HUM PHAT

Root Mantra of the Consort

OM VAJRA VARAHI / PROTANGGE PROTANGGE / HANA HANA PRANAM / KIM KINI / KHIM KHINI / DHUNA DHUNA / VAJRA HASTE / SHOSHAYA SHOSHAYA / VAJRA KHATVANGA KAPALA DHARINI / MAHA VISHITA / MAMSA-ASANI / MANUSHA-ANTRA PRAVRITE SANIDHYANA RASIRA MAMA GRAMTHITA DHARANI / SUMBHA NISUMBHA / HANA HANA /

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PRANAM / SARVA PASHA PANAM/ MAHA MAMSA CHEDANI /KRODHA MURTE DAMSHTRA KARA LINI / MAHA MUDRE / SHRI HERUKA / DEVASYA GRAMA HISHI / SAHASRA SHIRE / SAHASRA BAHABE / SHATA SAHASRA NANI JVALITA / TEJASI JVALA MUKHE SAMGALA LOCHANI / VAJRA SHVARIRE / VAJRA SANI / MILITA / CHILITA / HE HE / HUM HUM / KHA KHA / DHURU DHURU / MURU MURU / ADVETE / MAHA YOGINI / PATHITA SIDDHI / TREM DHAM TREM DHAM /GRAM GRAM / HE HE / HA HA / BHIME / HASA HASA VIRI / HA HA / HE HE / HUM HUM / TRAILOKYA VINA SHANI SHATA SAHASRA KOTI / TATHAGATA / PARI VARE / HUM HUM PHAT / SIMHA RUPE KHAH / GAJA RUPE AH / TRAILOKYA UDHARE SAMUDRA MEKHALE / GRASA GRASA HUM HUM PHAT / VIRA DVETE HUM HUM / HA HA / MAHA PASHU MOHANI YOGI SHVARITAM / DAKINI SARVA LOKANAM BANDHANI SATYA PRATYAYA KARINI / HUM HUM PHAT / BHUTA TRASANI MAHA VIRA PARAMA SIDDHA YOGI SHVARI PHAT / HUM HUM PHAT SVAHA

Heart Mantra of the Lord

OM SHRI VAJRA HE HE RU RU KAM HUM HUM PHAT / DAKINI JVALA SHAMVARAM SVAHA

Near Heart Mantra of the Lord

OM HRIH HA HA HUM HUM PHAT

Heart Mantra of the Consort

OM VAJRA VAIROCHANIYE HUM HUM PHAT SVAHA

Near Heart Mantra of the Consort

OM SARVA BUDDHA DAKINIYE VAJRA VARNANIYE HUM HUM PHAT SVAHA

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Armor Mantras of the Lord

OM OM-HA HUM HUM PHATOM NA-MA-HI HUM HUM PHATOM SVAHA-HU HUM HUM PHAT OM VAUSHTA-HE HUM HUM PHATOM HUM-HUM-HO HUM HUM PHATOM PHAT-HAM HUM HUM PHAT

Armor Mantras of the Consort

OM OM-BAM HUM HUM PHATOM HAM-YUM HUM HUM PHATOM HRIM-MOM HUM HUM PHATOM HRIM-HRIM HUM HUM PHATOM HUM-HUM HUM HUM PHATOM PHAT-PHAT HUM HUM PHAT

Praise of Heruka in Eight LinesPlay the bell and damaru sharply three ti mes with each HUM HUM PHAT.

OM I prostrate to the Bhagavan, the powerful lord of heroes HUM HUM PHAT

OM You are as bright as the fi re that ends a great eon HUM HUM PHATOM You have a crown of dreadlocks HUM HUM PHAT OM You grin, showing fangs and a terrifying face HUM HUM PHATOM You have a thousand arms blazing with light HUM HUM PHATOM You hold ax, noose, spear, and khatvanga HUM HUM PHATOM You have a ti ger-skin loincloth HUM HUM PHATOM Before your great smoke-colored body that destroys all obstruc-ti ons, I bow down HUM HUM PHAT

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Praise of Vajravarahi in Eight Lines

OM I prostrate to the Bhagavati Vajravarahi HUM HUM PHATOM Superior lady, lord of knowledge ladies, invincible in the three

realms HUM HUM PHATOM Destroyer of all fears of evil spirits with your great vajra HUM

HUM PHATOM You sit on the vajra seat with eyes that control, unable to be

overcome by others HUM HUM PHATOM You dessicate Brahma with your wrathful tummo HUM HUM

PHATOM You terrify and dessicate demons and are thus victorious over

other forces HUM HUM PHATOM Complete victor over those who make us dull, sti , and bewil-

dered HUM HUM PHATOM I bow to Vajravarahi, the great yogini, lady with power over

desire HUM HUM PHAT

Praises and RequestsGlorious Heruka, your body with disciplined att achment, Blazes throughout the three realms,With the light of thousands of blue light rays and 100,000 suns,May the many passionate beings on your bodily partsAll simultaneously dance.

The goddesses are valid.The commitments are valid.The teachings expressed by that are also supremely valid.Due to these truths, may they become causes for us to receive the protecti on of the goddesses.

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Dedication and Verses of AuspiciousnessMay I myself become HerukaFor the sake of all living beings,And lead every one of themTo Herukas supreme state.

If I do not obtain this supreme state in this life,May I, at the ti me of death, be receivedBy the Lord, the Consort, and their entourage,With clouds of o erings, the sound of pleasant music,And many wondrous signs.

Then at the end of the clear light of death,May I be led to the pure land of Kechara,The realm of the knowledge-holders who have accomplished the

supreme method, And there may I swift ly complete this profound path.

May intensive dedicati on to the teachings and practi ce of Chakrasamvara increase,And may this passage for those who want liberati on,Crossed by tens of millions of powerful yogis,Never decline, but last for a very long ti me.

May the heroes and yoginis, together with their entourages,Who abide in the twenty-four supreme places of this world,And who possess the power to accomplish this method without obstructi on,Always and unceasingly assist us.

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Colophon:

Original translati on by Ven. Thubten Tsapel (Hans van den Bogaert) with light editi ng by Ven. Constance Miller, March 2002. The text was edited and parti ally retranslated based on a comparison with several editi ons of the original Ti-betan text of the Three Purifi cati ons (primarily dpal khor lo sdom pai dag pa gsum gyi rnal byor in zhal don gces btus, Sera Mey Library, Bylakuppe, 2010, pp.233-242) by Joona Repo in March 2013. Lightly edited by Sarah Shi erd for FPMT Educati on Services, March 2013.

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