1. Worship
Mountain meadows with orchids rare and precious
Water lilies in crystal lakes,
cherry blossoms in abundant orchards,
flowers both great and small
Om Ratnasambhava,
all these I place in homage at Your feet.
Fruits ripe and rare of every autumn hue,
magnificent orchards,
and choice of every golden harvest.
Om Ratnasambhava,
all these I place in homage at Your feet.
Great oceans with incessant waves
crashing on rugged shores.
Shimmering mountain streams
cascading wild and free.
Solemn rivers
on constant pilgrimage to the sea.
deep still lakes
where ageless mountains loom.
Om Ratnasambhava,
all these I place in homage at Your feet.
Wind playing in the leaves and branches,
birdsong in the evening stillness,
fascinating thunder of water-falls
and slow breathing sea
on pebbled strands.
Om Ratnasambhava,
all these I place in homage at Your feet.
Fragrance drifting on the evening breeze
of jasmine, honeysuckle, sandalwood and pine.
Incense of every pleasant scent
rising softly from silent shrines
Om Ratnasambhava,
all these I place in homage at Your feet.
OM RATNASAMBHAVA TRAM
2. Salutation
Again and again I prostrate myself in salutation
before Your jewelled lotus throne.
I pay homage to Your beautiful auras
of merit and Wisdom.
I pay homage to Your smiling Compassion.
I pay homage to the radiant Wish fulfilling Gem.
I pay homage to Your outstretched hand,
the supremely giving, ever open.
I pay homage to the bearers of Your throne,
swift and sure.
With body, speech and mind
I prostrate myself again and again
in salutation to Your benign presence.
3. Going for Refuge
Without hesitation or doubt
I go for refuge to You, Ratnasambhava,
Buddha of Beauty and Generosity.
The rich abundance of Your Enlightened Mind
is my surest refuge.
I take refuge in Your Samata Wisdom
which sees all beings as Buddhas
in their essential nature.
Equally compassionate to all,
Your golden yellow light
is a sun of salvation
in a suffering universe.
I take refuge in Your retinue of Bodhisattvas,
The Jewel family of Protectors.
Om Ratnasambhava
with body, speech and mind
I go for refuge to Your Wisdom and Compassion.
(Refuges and precepts)
Om Ratnasambhava, Generous and Compassionate,
from the depths of Your Wisdom,
look kindly on my confession.
I have stained the purity of Your Beauty
with thoughts of craving, hatred and delusion.
With words false, frivolous, inharmonious and harsh
I have sullied Your Precious Voice.
With unskilful deeds
harmful, greedy and restless,
I have pained Your tender outstretched hand.
All this I confess
before Your glowing Compassion
and with a fervent heart
I again devote myself to the arising of the Bodhicitta.
Om Ratnasambhava, Generous and Compassionate,
from the depths of Your Wisdom,
look kindly on my confession.
With what joy I rejoice
in Your glorious bountiful presence.
Constantly I sing Your praises
from a heart filled with gratitude.
Your blessings descend
in unstinting abundance.
Your Beauty is poetry purer than heaven.
Your Generosity is boundless,
inspiring our hearts to open in giving.
Your golden yellow light
is vibrant life itself, joyful and rich.
Om Ratnasambhava,
You are a universe of virtues, abundant and glorious.
With a grateful heart, I rejoice in Your presence.
Om Ratnasambhava, I invite You into my heart.
May You possess me; body, speech and mind.
With open heart and open arms I stand before You,
and pray that You will endow me with the Wisdom of Equality
and Your all-embracing Compassion.
May the sun-like rays of Your essence
penetrate to the depths of my being
and transform me,
That I may be worthy of Your love.
Om Ratnasambhava,
I invite You into my heart.
7. Transference of Merit and Self Surrender
Om Ratnasambhava,
may my devotion to You be of benefit to all beings.
Whatever merit I accrue from Your bounteous Generosity
I give up to those in need.
May all my spiritual attainments and mundane qualities
go to the alleviation of suffering.
May the life saving Dharma emanate from me
in honour of Your kindness.
Om Ratnasambhava,
may you act through me for the benefit of all,
until suffering humanity,
is finally free.
