16th Karmapa Meditation
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16th Karmapa Meditation
Tl1e Basic Guru Yo,ga Meditation
of
Di~n1ond Way B,1ddhism
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De.ar Friends,,
Thi.5
version oj the 16}h Karmapa Meditation
.
sfro n
UJinter
2001
.
In
the
late
Sixties, the 16th
Karmapa, Rarzjutig Rigpe Dorje, m. de/,Ja1:trzah
ancl 1 bolderS
o
thi i practical a11d compreh,ensive
tool for
er,lighter1ment. 1
.onori11;g
his
uJi.~h over
the ~years that u1e alwa._ys keep it fresh and o-ri
the
cutting
edge
of
u,e~tern
minds
the
foci,s
of
the
meditatiorl
bas
shifted
set)eral tlmes. Here
the
e1pha.si,
ts
on.
active~y conti'nuing the pure uieu,
obtained tn nteditation .
i11to
ou,r daily lives .
After
havii-zg taken refiige i1z the morrzing . 'OU
,nay
i-nformally a1 1d
at arl~V
time dt1t~irlg the da
v
let
the La1n1a appear in .frorlt oJ~ YOlJ and
receive
this blessing. I
know
of no n1.ore
ejfectfve
meditation.
Therefore p~actlce ar1d
er1jO
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16th Karmapa Meditation
The
Four
Thoughts
We feel
he t~ornues8
stre a1n C f air at
the tir).s
c)f
c111r nos s
an
.d let thoL1ghts and
fi .
Hn.
gs
pass
v\r
it
l1out evaluation.
Then
we focl
1s on
the
fi
our
b ;;.1sc
t
hot
1ghts
vvl1icl1 turn
mind
to r
ards
liberation
an
1
d
enlightenn1ent:
We r
ecogn
ize our precio,us opportunit)r
in
this life, that we ca.n be11efit ccJ11ntless
lJieings thr
1
ough
t
he met
hods
of
a
bL1c
ldl1
a.
Fe\v 11eople
eve
r meet. Diamond .r
ay
teachings
and
v en few
er
are
alJle
to
u1se
tl1 111.
\Xie rem mlJ.r tl1e ~mper
anence
of
. veryth~ng
co
1pos~
te~
Only the L1
nli111ited
1.
ar space
of
mind
is
lasting
and
it
is
uncertain ho . long
co11dit
ions wil[
re111ain
for recognizing it.
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We
unde
rstanc
ca t1s
ality. TI1,at
i is
11
l'
to tis what ill
11
,appen~
Former th
cJL1g
hts,
worcls a11cl ac ions l1ec~1111e
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Bui
ld
l.ng up Phase
. C)\'\r
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arrnapa knows ou.r wish. le
smi es
ancl con1 s v . r cl(lS r
t11rou.
gh
space.
He
now
r,
mains
at a p
easant distance
in
fron
of us
~
D
1
ear
t a
1a
essence of all bt1ddhas,
please ho
.
us the po,ver,
which r,
etnlJ,,es
the
fugno,r
nee
ancl
obscur~1ticJ11s
f
all
b
1
i
ngs
an
d
our
elves.
Let n1
inc s tim,eless light lJe
r,eccJgr1 iz, d ~nsid . us.
11
Bl
essi
ng
Phase
Body
s fC)O
ct
ar light radiates from
berare
1
en
Karmapa '
ye
lJrov-ls
and
enters
he sa
1,e
plac i ou
ore
1ead. Our l1ead is fil
led
ith
po
,erful cl
ear
light.
Th
e
light
disso
l
ves
all cli tt1rbi
ng
i
mpre
sions in brain nerves
and
senLes.
All
caL ~e .
and
itnprint ~
of
l1ar1
nf
ul
acti .
ns
..
i appear
ancl our biC d.y r
laxes.
It
b _
com
s a consci,
ous
to
1
ol for p1ot
ect
ing
a11d
11
lp
m g
oth
1
ers.
We
eta
1
the clear
i
ght
fo
1
r
as
ongas e r
ish and
e peri
1
ence the
i
nner
vibr . i
on
of the syllab,le OM.
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Blessing
Plhase - Speech1
Eni.anating
from
K~
.
rmapa's throat,
a
radiant bea1n of red ligl1t strean1s c)ut.
It nt rs otir 1noutl1 and tl1roat and dissolv~s
an
d iff" cu ties in ot1r speech.
Al] i1npr
ssions
of
harmful and c
1
onfused
words disappear
an(l
we
beco1ne
conscioL1s
of our sp
1
eech.
It is no'A
compassion and . isdotn
, a po
er-
ful
t
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Great Seal transmission
o . all three lights
ent
1
er s at the
same
time. Clear ligl1t fills
our
heacl,
red
light our t
1
ro,at ancl blue light
ot r
heart
c
1
enter. Thu w olJtain the essential tat
of
th G
at
S a ,
Wl1il
f
1
EC
1
e, ving tl1e lights, we may use
th
ma
tra
KARMAPA
CHENNO.
It
means po . er
of
all
bL1ddhas w
1
ork
throu
,
gh u .
\Ve r
1
e e~ t it loudly or inwardl)' .
KARMAPA
1
CHENNO
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Completion Phase
In rant Karn1apa s golde11 orn1 anc
is
Blacl(
Crown
dissolve
i1
1 to
rainb
w
light.
It
fall on us, i ev rywl1 r _ a.nd
a.11 form dia.pp . ar . h r is now o y
aV\
r
areness, t11
no
cen
t
1
e o 1mt.
Pa-use
Tl1()l1gl1ts an ph nc)mena ar l1
free play
of
spac
.
Pause
Activity
Phas
.e
N,
ow O l lf Sllrroun(lings,
this .
rorld
n
nd
all v rc)rld., appea.r, p
1
rfi ct and p 1r . .
'V
ry at,om vil1rates \ \rith
joy
and is
kep
t
to
,geth r by lov
1
e~ . ,rerything re h
and
mean
ing.ft1l r" dian't ; 1lith u limited
poten
ial.
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Beings 111anifest, n
ar
and far.
They
are
fiemale or 1na.le buddhas, wh tl.1er they
know it
or
nt)t. Sol1nds
are
mantras
and
all
thol1ghts wisdom,
for
tl1e
sole rea.son that
tlle}r
can
1appen.
We fee our o n body
conclense
out
of
space
.
It
is
po
,
,,
l
er
and
joy.
Sc)111etl1ing
essential l1as
happened. Bef
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