Prayer to Recite while Prostrating

by Sakya Paita Kunga Gyaltsen1

Through offering prostration before the supreme Three Jewels,
May my own and all other beings misdeeds and obscurations be purified!
By joining the palms of my two hands together,
May I find the perfect unity of skilful means and wisdom!
By touching my hands to the crown of my head,
May all travel to the heaven of Akaniha!
By touching my hands to my forehead,
May all harmful actions and obscurations of the body be purified!
By touching my hands to the level of my throat,
May all harmful actions and obscurations of speech be purified!
By touching my hands to the region of my heart,
May all harmful actions and obscurations of mind be purified!
By drawing my two hands apart once again,
May the two form kyas work for beings benefit!
By touching my two knees to the ground,
May all attain the eleventh bhmi of Universal Radiance,
By extending and contracting my four limbs,
May I spontaneously accomplish the four types of activity!
By extending and contracting all the channels of my body,
May all the knots in my subtle channels be released!
By flexing my spine in the centre of my body,
May all subtle wind-energies enter the central channel!
By touching the ground and then rising from it once again,
May I not remain in sasra, but find the path to freedom!
Then, through my offering a great many prostrations,
May I not remain in peace, but be a guide for all!
By the power of this virtuous offering of full prostrations,
May we gain the temporary benefits of long-life, good health and prosperity!
When we die, may we be reborn in Sukhvat,
And then swiftly attain the level of perfect Buddhahood!
May all sentient beings, our very own parents, be happy!
May all the lower realms be forever empty!
And for all the bodhisattvas, wherever they may be,
May each and every prayer of aspiration be fulfilled!
Sarva magalam!
| Translated by Adam Pearcey, Rigpa Translations 2013.

1. Although attributed to Sakya Paita Kunga Gyaltsen, the question of

authorship remains unsettled. The text was included among the earliest
editions of Sakya Panita's collected writings and even recent masters such as
Khenpo Appey Rinpoche have said that the attribution is a matter of
conjecture.

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