Sahajabodhi Kurukulle Dharani

Svabhavayogi
January 2014
 Contents

Summary

Introduction & Acknowledgments

Root Kurukulle Dharani

Short Kurukulle Dharani

Long Kurukulle Dharani

Commentary on the Three Dharani

 Original Painting by Soyolmaa Davaakhuu

Summary
Kurukulle is a female deity who resides in the west and is associated with enchantment,
subjugating and magnetizing. Sahajabodhi Kurukulle Dharani is a concise text offering
context and commentary regarding three Kurukulle Dharani. This text was composed in
January 2014 after receiving Kurukulla abhisek from HE Garchen Rinpoche.
 Introduction & Acknowledgments

In January 2014 I was blessed and recieved Kurukulle abhisek from HE Garchen Rinpoche
of the Driukung Kagyu lineage. This text and the dharani within were composed in the
following days. That empowerment was given over the internet. Some people may criticize
the practice of giving empowerments in this or that way. It is my understanding that if these
empowerments are given and received with the correct understanding, motivation and only
the sincerest of intentions, they do indeed confer authentic abhisek.

“The touching of the vase to the crown of the head is the outer empowerment. The inner
empowerment is to visualize yourself as the deity. The real empowerment is to realize the
nature of your mind.

When you cultivate bodhicitta, that is the real deity, and when you do this, that is when
you actually receive the empowerment over the internet.

If you live near the temple and think, "Oh, I don't need to go to the temple; I can just
receive the empowerment over the internet," that is not the right motivation. If you have
the opportunity to come to the temple, then you should come.If you don't live nearby and
cannot come, but with all your heart would like to, that is the right motivation for
receiving the empowerment over the internet.

Whoever has faith and devotion will receive the empowerment regardless of where they are,
because the dharmakaya pervades like space. Even if you come to the temple to receive an
empowerment, if you have no devotion you still will not receive it.

To quote Lord Jigten Sumgon, "You receive the empowerment only when you understand
the meaning of the empowerment."

̶ H .E. Garchen Rinpoche

May the teachings embodied by Guru Rinpoche, Kurukulle and these dharani flower and
multiply endlessly. May the writing, reading and recitation of these dharani be done with
devotion and faith. May these dharani be of benefit to all sentient beings without exclusion.

These dharani are summaries of the concise Kurukulle practice conferred by Garchen
Rinpoche. The compiling of these dharani is but a single petal of the innumerable
flowerings of that abhisek.
 Root Kurukulle Dharani

Om Namo Kurukulle
Om Hung Hri
Om Ah Hung
Om Kurukulle Shrim Soha

This four line dharani is an extremely concise summary of Kurukulle sadhana. It contains
the whole practice of deity yoga in only four lines:

• The first line offers homage to the deity who is the embodiement of dharmadhatu,
bodhichitta and triple gem of refuge.
• The second line expresses practitioner identifying with the guru who is svabhavayogini
Kurukulle.
• The third line confers the deity's blessings and the empowerment of body speech and mind.
• The fourth line is the dakini Kurukulle.
 Short Kurukulle Dharani

Om Namo Kurukulle
Om Namo Guru, Namo Kurukulle
Om Namo Dakini, Namo Kurukulle
Om Namo Ishtadevi, Namo Kurukulle
Om Hung Hri
Om Ah Hung
Om Kurukulle Shrim Soha

This seven line dharani is a concise summary of Kurukulle sadhana. Like the previous four
line dharani it contains the whole practice:

• The first line offers homage to the deity who is the embodiement of dharmadhatu,
bodhichitta and triple gem of refuge.
• The second line offers clear homage to the guru, dharmakaya, and buddha which are the
object of refuge.
• The third line offers clean homage to the dakini, samboghakaya, and dharma which are
the object of refuge.
• The fourth line offers calm homage to the ishtadevi, nirmanakaya, and sangha which are
the object of refuge.
• The fifth line expresses practitioner identifying with the guru who is the syllable hrih,
svabhavayogini Kurukulle.
• The sixth line confers the deity's blessings and the empowerment of body speech and mind.
• The seventh line is the dakini Kurukulle.
 Long Kurukulla Dharani

Om Namo Kurukulle
Om Namo Guru Kurukulle
Om Namo Dakini Kurukulle
Om Namo Ishtadevi Kurukulle

Om Namo Kurukulle
Om Namo Guru Kurukulle
Om Namo Dakini Kurukulle
Om Namo Ishtadevi Kurukulle

Om Namo Kurukulle
Om Namo Guru Kurukulle
Om Namo Dakini Kurukulle
Om Namo Ishtadevi Kurukulle

Om Hung Hri
Om Hung Hri
Om Hung Hri

Om Ah Hung
Om Ah Hung
Om Ah Hung

Om Ah Hung
Om Ah Hung
Om Ah Hung

Om Ah Hung
Om Ah Hung
Om Ah Hung

Om Kurukulle Shrim Soha

This long Kurukulle dharani has twenty five lines. Essentially the same as the previous seven
line dharani, but expanding upon itself. This dharani's form is a condensed deity yoga
sadhana.
The first three stanzas repeat four lines:

• The first line offers homage to the deity who is the embodiement of dharmadhatu,
bodhichitta and triple gem of refuge.
• The second line offers clear homage to the guru, dharmakaya, and buddha which are the
object of refuge.
• The third line offers clean homage to the dakini, samboghakaya, and dharma which are
the object of refuge.
• The fourth line offers calm homage to the ishtadevi, nirmanakaya, and sangha which are
the object of refuge.

The fourth stanza repeats one line:

• This line expresses practitioner identifying with the guru who is the syllable hrih,
svabhavayogini Kurukulle.

The fifth, sixth and seventh stanza repeat one line:

• This line confers the deity's blessings and the empowerment of body speech and mind.

The last stanza is only one line:

• The last line is the dakini Kurukulle.