Longlife Prayers composed by the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa
in the "order of importance" ("ranking") established by HH in 1967
Long-life prayer for Künzig Shamar Rinpoche
In 1964, the 16th Karmapa officially enthroned Shamar Rinpoche and addressed at this occasion a prayer of long life to the Shamarpa in which he wrote:
The Long-Life Prayer for Mipham Choekyi Lodro, the 14th Supreme Red Crown Holder of the Shamar Lineage - entitled the Melodious Voice Perfectly Bloomed with Vajra Youth
OM SVASTI
GELEK KUN GYI JUNG NE DRO WAI GON
THA YE NAM PAR PAG ME NGO TSAR GYI
NAM ROL JI SID DE NYED DER KU TAM
ZAB YANG KHA KYAB DRO LA JE TSE WAI.
The source virtue and fundamental goodness, the Lord of beings,
Through infinitude of wondrous emanations you manifest in as many forms,
Diffusing Love & Compassion to beings as vast as the sky,
PHAG CHOG GANG CHEN GON PO CHEN RE ZIG
NGO WO CHIG DU PAL DEN KARMAPA
SANG SUM YER ME RIG SUM GON POI TSUL
GANG DEI NAM THRUL CHOG TRUL NYIN JED WANG
The living embodiment of supreme Arya Avalokiteshvara,
The Lord Protector of the Land of Snow,
With three Secrets inseparable with the glorious Karmapa,
In the form of three Lord families,
Whose emanation, the Sun-Like eminent incarnation,
DRUB GYU TEN PAI DAG POR NGA SOL ZHING
GELEK SHI PAI ME TOG THOR WA DANG
DRANG SONG DEN PAI DEN TSIG ZUNG DEL THU
TEN PAI DAG POR TAG TEN RAB GYE SHOG
Initiated and enthroned in the sovereign master of the doctrine of the Practice Lineage
Thus strewing continual rain of auspicious flowers as symbol of virtue and well being,
Conjoined with the power of True Speech accomplished by the Sages,
May you be firm, eternal and flourish as the Master of the Teaching.
KAL PA DRANG ME SUM DU TSOG NYI KYI
THAR SON ZHEN PHEN JANG CHUB THUG KYE KYI
GANG DUL DUL JED THRIN LE PAL NGA WA
NYIN JED WANG PO GANG DEI ZHAB TEN SOL
Within the three countless kalpas you have accomplished the Two Accumulations,
And have generated the Bodhicitta benefiting others,
You, the Sun-like one, who possess the glory of Virtuous Activity, and who
Appropriately tame and discipline,
May your Lotus-Feet be firm.
KHE PAI TSER SON KUN KHYEN MI KYOD ZHAB
TSUN PAI PAL NGA CHO DRAG GYA TSO DE
DRUB PAI TSUG GYEN GONG MA NAM SUM DANG
SANG SUM YER ME CHOG THRUL DA ZHON GYI
Mikyo Dorje, the Omniscient One who reached the peak of scholastic mastery,
Chodrak Gyatso, glorious in diligence of morality,
Your three secrets inseparable with the three Supreme Ones, the crown-ornament of Siddhas,
ZHAB ZUNG MI JIG SENG GEI THRI KHOD DE
SA SUM NGE DON CHO KYI KHOR LO NI
GYUN CHE ME PAR RANG NANG TSAL GYI KHOR
YI GE TSOG CHEN NGO WOR TEN ZHUK SOL
You thus unceasingly turn the Wheel of Dharma on ultimate meaning throughout the three realms;
Through the power of self-realised Wisdom,
May you live long in the nature of indestructible Vajra Body,
TOB CHUI NGANG ROL DUL CHIG ZHING GYA TSOR
MA GAG NA TSOG NAM ROL DEI DAG NYID
NGO WO NYID KU SANG SUM GAG ME KYI
THA YE ZHING GO GON POR TSO ZHE SOL.
Revelling in the Ten Wielding Powers, you emanate multitude of forms unobstructed,
Within the ocean of infinite realms and continents,
Unstirring from the essence of Svabhavikaya, yet with the Three Secrets unimpeded,
May you live long as Lord protector for the limitless fields.
TSIG GI DEN PE MOD PA DENG BOR WE
TSA SUM LU ME DEN PAI THU KUL TE
MAHAKALA CHAM DAL DREG PAI TSOG
CHOG GI TRUL KUI LU DANG DRIB ZHIN DROG
By the strength of the truth of words here expressed,
And with ardent urge to the unfailing truth of the Three Roots,
May Mahakala & Mahakali and hosts of noble retinue,
Accompany and escort the perfect incarnation like a shadow inseparable from the Body,
DE YI THU LE DRUB TEN DAR ZHING GYE
TEN DZIN KYE BUI KU TSE SID NA TEN
NGO KUN KYAB DAG TSEN MA BAR WAI ZI
TEN YO KUN LA SHI PA DRUB GYUR CHIG.
By virtue of which, may the teaching of the Practice Lineage flourish and bear fruit.
The lives of Great Beings, the Holder of the Doctrine, be firm within this world.
Through the brilliant glory of pervasive phenomena, the primordial innate Wisdom,
May both outer world and inner beings be auspicious, virtuous and wholesome.
This long life prayer for the 14th holder of the Shamar Lineage known as Karma Dragpa Ten Pay Tsa Lag Pal Den Chog Ley Nam Gyal Thrin Ley Kun Khyab Pal Sang Po was written on the 4th month of waxing full moon day at glorious Tashi-Choeling Dharma Chakra Centre, Karmapa's main seat in Sikkim, believed to be blessed as the heart of Akanishtha pure land, by His Holiness 16th Gyalwa Karmapa.
in the "order of importance" ("ranking") established by HH in 1967
Long-life prayer for Künzig Shamar Rinpoche
In 1964, the 16th Karmapa officially enthroned Shamar Rinpoche and addressed at this occasion a prayer of long life to the Shamarpa in which he wrote:
The Long-Life Prayer for Mipham Choekyi Lodro, the 14th Supreme Red Crown Holder of the Shamar Lineage - entitled the Melodious Voice Perfectly Bloomed with Vajra Youth
OM SVASTI
GELEK KUN GYI JUNG NE DRO WAI GON
THA YE NAM PAR PAG ME NGO TSAR GYI
NAM ROL JI SID DE NYED DER KU TAM
ZAB YANG KHA KYAB DRO LA JE TSE WAI.
The source virtue and fundamental goodness, the Lord of beings,
Through infinitude of wondrous emanations you manifest in as many forms,
Diffusing Love & Compassion to beings as vast as the sky,
PHAG CHOG GANG CHEN GON PO CHEN RE ZIG
NGO WO CHIG DU PAL DEN KARMAPA
SANG SUM YER ME RIG SUM GON POI TSUL
GANG DEI NAM THRUL CHOG TRUL NYIN JED WANG
The living embodiment of supreme Arya Avalokiteshvara,
The Lord Protector of the Land of Snow,
With three Secrets inseparable with the glorious Karmapa,
In the form of three Lord families,
Whose emanation, the Sun-Like eminent incarnation,
DRUB GYU TEN PAI DAG POR NGA SOL ZHING
GELEK SHI PAI ME TOG THOR WA DANG
DRANG SONG DEN PAI DEN TSIG ZUNG DEL THU
TEN PAI DAG POR TAG TEN RAB GYE SHOG
Initiated and enthroned in the sovereign master of the doctrine of the Practice Lineage
Thus strewing continual rain of auspicious flowers as symbol of virtue and well being,
Conjoined with the power of True Speech accomplished by the Sages,
May you be firm, eternal and flourish as the Master of the Teaching.
KAL PA DRANG ME SUM DU TSOG NYI KYI
THAR SON ZHEN PHEN JANG CHUB THUG KYE KYI
GANG DUL DUL JED THRIN LE PAL NGA WA
NYIN JED WANG PO GANG DEI ZHAB TEN SOL
Within the three countless kalpas you have accomplished the Two Accumulations,
And have generated the Bodhicitta benefiting others,
You, the Sun-like one, who possess the glory of Virtuous Activity, and who
Appropriately tame and discipline,
May your Lotus-Feet be firm.
KHE PAI TSER SON KUN KHYEN MI KYOD ZHAB
TSUN PAI PAL NGA CHO DRAG GYA TSO DE
DRUB PAI TSUG GYEN GONG MA NAM SUM DANG
SANG SUM YER ME CHOG THRUL DA ZHON GYI
Mikyo Dorje, the Omniscient One who reached the peak of scholastic mastery,
Chodrak Gyatso, glorious in diligence of morality,
Your three secrets inseparable with the three Supreme Ones, the crown-ornament of Siddhas,
ZHAB ZUNG MI JIG SENG GEI THRI KHOD DE
SA SUM NGE DON CHO KYI KHOR LO NI
GYUN CHE ME PAR RANG NANG TSAL GYI KHOR
YI GE TSOG CHEN NGO WOR TEN ZHUK SOL
You thus unceasingly turn the Wheel of Dharma on ultimate meaning throughout the three realms;
Through the power of self-realised Wisdom,
May you live long in the nature of indestructible Vajra Body,
TOB CHUI NGANG ROL DUL CHIG ZHING GYA TSOR
MA GAG NA TSOG NAM ROL DEI DAG NYID
NGO WO NYID KU SANG SUM GAG ME KYI
THA YE ZHING GO GON POR TSO ZHE SOL.
Revelling in the Ten Wielding Powers, you emanate multitude of forms unobstructed,
Within the ocean of infinite realms and continents,
Unstirring from the essence of Svabhavikaya, yet with the Three Secrets unimpeded,
May you live long as Lord protector for the limitless fields.
TSIG GI DEN PE MOD PA DENG BOR WE
TSA SUM LU ME DEN PAI THU KUL TE
MAHAKALA CHAM DAL DREG PAI TSOG
CHOG GI TRUL KUI LU DANG DRIB ZHIN DROG
By the strength of the truth of words here expressed,
And with ardent urge to the unfailing truth of the Three Roots,
May Mahakala & Mahakali and hosts of noble retinue,
Accompany and escort the perfect incarnation like a shadow inseparable from the Body,
DE YI THU LE DRUB TEN DAR ZHING GYE
TEN DZIN KYE BUI KU TSE SID NA TEN
NGO KUN KYAB DAG TSEN MA BAR WAI ZI
TEN YO KUN LA SHI PA DRUB GYUR CHIG.
By virtue of which, may the teaching of the Practice Lineage flourish and bear fruit.
The lives of Great Beings, the Holder of the Doctrine, be firm within this world.
Through the brilliant glory of pervasive phenomena, the primordial innate Wisdom,
May both outer world and inner beings be auspicious, virtuous and wholesome.
This long life prayer for the 14th holder of the Shamar Lineage known as Karma Dragpa Ten Pay Tsa Lag Pal Den Chog Ley Nam Gyal Thrin Ley Kun Khyab Pal Sang Po was written on the 4th month of waxing full moon day at glorious Tashi-Choeling Dharma Chakra Centre, Karmapa's main seat in Sikkim, believed to be blessed as the heart of Akanishtha pure land, by His Holiness 16th Gyalwa Karmapa.
Long-life prayers for the Gyalwa Yabse Situ Rinpoche, Jamgön Kongtrül Rinpoche and Gyaltsab Rinpoche
I was not able to obtain the translations of the long-life prayers for the Gyalwa Yabse Situ Rinpoche, Jamgön Kongtrül Rinpoche and Gyaltsab Rinpoche. If anyone of you has information about that or could provide with one of them, I would be extremely grateful.
The same applies for the othe long-life prayers, listed on https://dakinitranslations.com/2021/04/16/new-translation-third-volume-of-16th-karmapas-collected-works/, No. 65 onwards
Longlife Prayer for Beru Khyentse Rinpoche
By HH the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa
OM DO NE YONG DRUB TAK PA DAM PAY YING
Om The primordially perfected, ultimate / absolute space, pure and eternal,
SAM YE GYU THRUL CHEN POI ROL GAR LE
Yet through the display of vast inconceivable magical manifestation,
DON NYI ZHI WAY YING SU Ml GOK PA
Without the two aims dissolving into the state of nirvana,
Ml ZE THEK CHEN DONG NGAI NGA RO YE
The innate wisdom beyond mind,
LOK TOK WA KYE CHOM ZHING ZHAB TEN SOL
The foxes of wrong views are vanquished, may your feet remain firm.
LAB ZHI NGE JUNG DEN ZHI SING LA DROL
Liberated from samsara through the foundation of training, renunciation, the four noble truths and
ZHAB ZUNG DROLA KHA LO GYURWAY TSE
Now having taken rebirth in the world as a guide of human beings,
KHYECHO CHETHRIM SUNGTSAM NETEN ZHIN
through keeping the special vows of discipline like the ancient elders;
DRIME TSULTHRIM PUNG POR ZHABTEN SOL
You, the gathering place ot stainless discipline, may your feet remain firm.
PHAK LAM YEN LAK GYE KYI DAK NYI CHE
In the two aspects of bodhicitta, the eight fold noble path and
SIZHI LEDAY JANG CHUB SEM NYI DANG
Beyond both samsara and nirvana, You, great Lord wholly trained
PAR CHIN DU NGO LA SOK LAB CHEN GYI
Great possessor of the six paramitas, the four attractive qualities and so forth,
DROLWAY TEN DROI CHI PAL ZHABTEN SOL
Object of veneration, benefiting in general and spiritually the doctrine and beings, may your feet remain firm.
GYUSUM YERME NE LUK RANGZHIN NYI
Essence of the innate nature, the inseparability of the three lineages,
MA DRUB KU NYI ZUNG DU JUK PA Yl
the unborn self existing emanations continuously arise.
DON NYI LHUN DRUB CHEN POR ZHAB TEN SOL
You, the great spontaneous accomplishment of the two aims, may your feet remain firm.
CHO NYI GYUR ME TAK PA DAM PAY KHAR
In the unchanging absolute nature of dharmata, the pure, eternal sky
CHOCHEN TEN JUNG Ml LUI JIN LAB KYI
By infallible blessings of the relative truth of interdependence,
Jl TAR MON PAY GE TSEN BAR GYUR NE
Through the blazing of these virtuous aspirations
GELEK GYA TSOI PALGYI TSOWAR SHOK
May You, the glorious ocean of virtuous excellence, live long.
Upon the request of the devoted disciple Trakpa Namgyal, this aspiration prayer for the long life of the Khyentse Tulku named Karma Drubgyu Tenpa Yarpel Gyurme Gocha Trinle Kunkhyab Pel Zangpo was composed by the sixteenth Karmapa at his seat, the heavenly pure land of Tsurphu.
Karma Drubgyu Tenpa Yarpel Gyurme Gocha Trinle Kunkhyab Pel Zangpo
From: Beru Khyentse Rinpoche, Pema Karpo Trinzee, Published by Khyenkong Thargye Singapore, 2006. https://www.ktm-care.org
HH the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa and Beru Khyentse Rinpoche in Rumtek
Long-life prayer for the 10th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche
Composed by HH 16th Karmapa, Rigpe Dorje
ན་མོ་གུ་རུ།
ཡེ་ནས་རྣམ་དག་ཆོས་སྐུའི་ངང་ཉི ད་ལས།་
གང་འདུལ་ཕིན་ལས་མཛད་སྐུའི་གང་རོལ་ནི།
མཁའ་ཁྱབ་མཐའ་ ཡེ་རྒྱ་མཚོར་ཐུགས་བསེད་ཀིས།་
སིབ་གཉིས་བག་ཆགས་མ་ལུས་རབ་བསལ་བའི།
Homage to the Guru!
From the expanse of primordial, pure Dharmakaya
effortless continuation of the body arises
to accomplish the buddha’s activity,
to benefit the ocean-like number of beings filling the space
and to clear away the two obscurations and their habitual tendencies.
གདུལ ་བྱའི་ཞིང་གི་བཀོད་པ་འདུལ་མཛད་པ།
ཆོས་ཉིད་ཁྱབ་བརྡལ་འདུས་མ་བྱ ས་ཀི་དཔལ།
གང་འདུལ་དེར་སོན་བསན་པའི་རྩ་ལག་ཉིད།་
སྒྲུབ་ བསན་སྣང་བ ་ཉིན་མོར་བྱེད་པའི་མཆོག
མཆོག་གི་སྤྲུལ་སྐུའི་དབང་པོ་ཞབས་བརྟན་གསོལ།
From the space of unconditional truth,
you expose the essence of Buddha Dharma
in order to tame beings. Hence you are the sun that shines
and brightens the practice lineage.
Supreme Nirmanakaya*, may you live long!
ཤེས་བྱའི་སྣང་བ་དབྱངས་ཅན་དགེས་པའི་སེ།
བཙུན་པའི་ཚུལ་འཛིན་རྒྱལ་མཆོག་ཆོས་ཀི་གྲགས།
བཟང་པོའི་རེས་སོང་བདུད་ཆོགས་འདུལ་བའི་གཉེན།
གཅིག་བསྡུད་ས་གསུམ་ཁྱབ་པའི་དབྱར་རྔ་ལྟར།
གང་ལ་ཐོས་པ་ལེགས་པའི་དཔལ་ཡོན་དུ།
གཅིག་གྱུར་མཆོག་སྤྲུལ་ཉིན་བྱེད་ཞབས་བརྟན་གསོལ།
Your wisdom is even greater than that of Mikyo Dorje ;
the purity of holding the monastic vow is the same as that of the
Victorius Dharma Kirti;
when you bring up your devotees with great kindness,
you are like Dudul Dorje;
being all three of them in one, your voice reaches above, below
and on earth like a thunder.
Whoever hears it, obtains auspicious, excellant wisdom.
Supreme Nirmanakaya, may you live long!
མདོ་སྔགས་མ་ལུས་ཤེ ས་བྱ་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་དཔལ།
དཀིལ་འཁོར་ཨེ་ཝཾ་ཟུང་འཇུག་བསེད་རོགས་གཞི།སྣ
ང་སེམས་དབྱེར་མེད་རྡོ་རེ་སེམས་དཔའ་སེ།
གཅིག་བསྡུད་ཕུང་པོ་འགྲོ་བའི་མགོན་པོ་མཆོག
མཆོག་སྤྲུལ་ཉིན་བྱེད་དབང་པོ་ཞབས་བརྟན་གསོལ།
From the Sutras, Tantras and the all-inclusive ocean of phenomena,
Mandalas, the union of E-vam (wisdom and skillful means) and
the basis of the generation and the completion stages arise.
The inseparability of apperance and mind is Vajrasattva ;
being the embodiment of all these, and possessing all
the above qualities, you are the absolute Protector.
Supreme, sun-like Nirmanakaya, may you live long!
རྒྱལ་བ་་སྲས་བཅས་རྣམས་ཀི་བདེན་པའི་སོབས།
བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་བྱིན་རླབས་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་མཐུ་བྱིན་དང།
རྩ་གསུམ་དགེ་ལེགས་ ཤེས་པའི་སོན་ཚིག་གིས།
མཚུངས་མེད་མཆོག་སྤྲུལ་ཉིན་བྱེད་ཞབས་བརྟན་གསོལ
By the power of the truth of all Buddhas and the Bodhisattvas,
through the energy and ocean-like blessings of the Kagyu,
and due to the auspicious words of aspirations made by Gurus,
Yidams and Protectors,
may you, the incomparable sun-like Nirmanakaya, live long!
*Sanskrit nirmanakaya, Tibetan: tulku, can mean emanation of a Buddha or intentional reincarnations of awakened mind streams. In this case it's a supreme nirmanakaya, and Sangye (Buddha) Nyenpa was the teacher of the 8th Karmapa, so it's the emanation of a 10th Bhumi bodhisattva, which is the highest level before Buddhahood.
His Holiness and Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
Longlife prayer for Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
Den Pei Pal Jor Karma Lodro Shab
Karma Lodro, Splendor of the Teachings, may you remain steadfastly present.
Cho Pal Sang Po Yon Den Kha Kyab Du
Your qualities of the glorious and good Dharma spreading as far as space can go.
Pel Shing Shab Pe Dag Den She Drub Kyi
May your activity of teaching and practice be universally victorious,
Trin Le Chog Le Nam Gyal Pal Bar Shog
And may the magnificence of this triumph blaze forth.
~This long life prayer for Thrangu Rinpoche was written by His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje.
http://www.thranguhk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DorjeSempa_sadhana.pdf
