A Great Treasure of Blessings

Abstract

This book o f prayers to Guru Rinpoche, along with his life story, has been compiled to celebrate the Wood onkey Year o f the Tibetan calendar (2004-5). The monkey year is especially sacred to Guru Padmasambhava. It was in the monkey year that he was bom in a lotus on the lake o f Dhanakosha in the land o f Oddiyana, and also that he left Tibet for Zangdokpalri, the Copper-Coloured Mountain o f Glory. To recognize this year that is so special to Guru Rinpoche, the Rigpa Sangha worldwide will accumulate one hundred million Vajra Guru mantras, and one hundred thousand recitations o f the Seven Line Prayer, as well as making a hundred housand tsok offerings on the tenth day o f every month. The prayers contained in this book include those that arc recited by some o f the greatest masters, for example, Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, in their daily practice. They carry the blessing o f being the vajra words o f either Guru Rinpoche himself, or the great masters who have been emanations o f him or his closest disciples, and who serve as his representatives in this world.