Guru Yoga: According to the Preliminary Practice of Longchen Nyingtik

GURU YOGA Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Guru Yoga According to the Preliminary Practice of Longchen Nyingtik

Guru Yoga According to the Preliminary Practice of Longchen Nyingtik

An Oral Teaching by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Translated by Matthieu Ricard (Gelong Konchog Tenzin)

Edited by Rigpa

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rab-gsal-zla-ba, Dis-mgo Mkhyen-brtse, 1910Guru Yoga : according to the preliminary practice of Longchen Nyingtik : an oral teaching by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche I translated by Matthieu Ricard (Gelong Konchog Tenzin) ; edited by Rigpa. p. em. ISBN 1-55939-121-9 1. Guru worship (Rite)-Buddhism. 2. Rdzogs-chen (Rfunma-pa) I. Rigpa. II. Title. BQ7662.6.R34 1999 294.3'~c21

Contents

Foreword by Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche Introduction Preface by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Dzigar Kongtrul

Rinpoche, and Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche

9 11 17

The Turning Point Guru Yoga The Visualization Invocation The Seven Branches of Devotional Practice Devotion and Blessing The Vajra Guru Mantra The Lineage Prayer The Four Empowerments The Essence of Guru Yoga The Guru Yoga Practice Long Life Prayer for Dilgo Khyentse II

21 29 33 39 41 47 51 55 63 71 75 85

Acknowledgments

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Selected Bibliography Index

95 97

Dedication

For the reincarnation of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Urgyen TenzinJigme Lhundrup, for all the teachers who are Khyentse Rinpoche's disciples, and for all the masters of the Longchen Nyingtik lineage: may their lives be long and their enlightened activity fill the world! May I