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    % CHENREZIG SADHANA & COMMENTARY rg CHENREZIG The Practice Text Extending Throughout Space Sor the Benefit of Beings by Tangtong Gyalpo | the Commentary Continual Rain for the Benefit of Beings _ by Khakhyab Doijé, the 15th Karmapa | Tansleicdlundenthe euidnceos Shamar Rinpoche | by Pamela Gayle White Naural Dridge, Virginia 24578 Copyright © 2012 by the Wisdom Foundation, Ine. Il sights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any fonn or by any means without the explicie written permission of the (vanslaced from Tibetan and transficerated by Pamela Gayle White idharmatranslaoreegmail.com, Hdited by the thoding, Translation Group Original Tibetan texts Sadhana: Eviending Unoughou Space for the Benefit of Beings by Tangtong Gyalpo iyro don mnlcha’ mkhyab ma 2y thang stong rgyal po Commentary: Coutinual Rain for the Benefie of Beings by Karmapa Khakhyab Dorj i:ro don char tytn dy mlsha’ khyab rdo aie Cover and book design by Carol Gerhardt Printed in the USA Visst edition October 2012 ISIN 978-0-9835996-0-9 wow.bodhiparh.org nm m mm ee Mrmammm Mm Y ahimmmm TTT iii ii i mmm m m m Chenrezig OM cS MA q B NI PAD iD 3 ME 2g HUNG wom om ™” * | | | | | | INTRODUCTION \vone of the Buddha Shakyamuni’s eight close disciples, Chenresig A the Huda p Hokiteshvara in Sanskrit—was present when ve teachings on the Bodhisattvayana. Chentevip, is a tenth bhumi bodhisactva: one whose realiza- tion is so luminous and complete that he is endowed with all of the qualities of a Buddha and could be considered fully enlightened. His vow is to remain in samsara until all beings have been fived fiom the agony and confusion of eyclic exis- tence, Because he manifests as a perfectly realized bodhisat- iva, his activity is to use every possible means to lead beings to liberation in whichever form is most expedient. When the Buddha was on Vulcure Peak in Rajgir giving the teachings on Prajnaparamita—transcendent knowledge—Avalokita was there in the form of a human monk; where tantrie Bud- : been most useful, he has manifested as a dhist methods hay yidam, ot meditation deity. His many forms—two, four or a thousand arms; white, red and so on—correspond with the varying needs and pre~

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