Kurukulle Sadhana II 8s
Kurukulle Sadhana II 8s
Kurukulle Sadhana II 8s
+URUKULLE
%WAM #HODEN 4IBETAN "UDDHIST #ENTER
#AMBRIDGE !VE +ENSINGTON #ALIFORNIA
WWWEWAMCHODENORG
4HIS SADHANA WAS COMPILED AND TRANSLATED FROM TRADITIONAL SOURCES BY ,AMA
+UNGA 4HARTSE 2INPOCHE IN FORMATTED BY 7OLFGANG 3AUMWEBER IN
2EFUGE AND "ODHICHITTA
)N THE MOST HOLY 'URU WHO IS THE QUINTESSENCE OF THE QUALITIES AND DEEDS OF
THE BODY VOICE AND MIND OF ALL THE 4ATHAGATAS ABIDING IN THE TEN DIRECTIONS
AND THREE TIMES THE SOURCE OF THE EIGHTY
FOUR THOUSAND ARTICLES OF THE $OC
TRINE AND -ASTER OF THE .OBLE !SSEMBLIES AND ALL LIVING BEINGS EQUAL TO THE
BOUNDS OF SPACE FROM THIS TIME FORTH UNTIL THE ESSENCE OF %NLIGHTENMENT IS
REACHED STEADFASTLY TAKE REFUGE IN THAT VENERABLE 2OOT 'URU AND IN THE (OLY
-ASTERS OF THE LINEAGE TAKE REFUGE IN THE BLESSED !CCOMPLISHED "UDDHAS
TAKE REFUGE IN THE (OLY 4EACHINGS TAKE REFUGE IN THE .OBLE !SSEMBLIES
4HUS RECITE AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE AND THEN WITH FOLDED HANDS SAY
)N THE 'URU AND 4HREE 0RECIOUS 'EMS ) BOW DOWN AND TAKE REFUGE MAY YOU
BLESS ME IN ALL MY LIFETIMES
)MAGINE THAT THE OBJECTS OF REFUGE DISSOLVE INTO LIGHT WHICH IS ABSORBED INTO YOUR
SELF
&OR THE SAKE OF ALL LIVING BEINGS ) MUST ATTAIN TO THE STAGE OF A 0ERFECTLY
%NLIGHTENED /NE FOR THAT PURPOSE ) AM PRACTICING THE +URUKULLE 3ADHANA
2ECITE THREE TIMES
/FFERINGS
) INSTANTLY MANIFEST AS +URUKULLE )N MY HEART FROM THE LETTE 2!- ARISES A SUN
DISC /N TOP OF THIS IS THE RED LETTER (2)( &ROM IT LIGHT RAYS ISSUE INVOKING THE
'ODDESS +URUKULLE WITH THE 'URU IN THE FORM OF !MITABHA ADORNING THE HEAD OF
THE 'ODDESS
/- 6!*2! 3!-!*!(
.!-/ '525"(9!(
.!-/ +525+5,,% "(9!(
/- +525+5,% 3!0!2)7!2! /- 6!*2! 053(0% !( (5- /-
6!*2! $(50% !( (5- /- 6!*2! !,/+% !( (5- /- 6!*2!
'!.$(% !( (5- /- 6!*2! .!)6)$9% !( (5- /- 6!*2!
3(!"$! !( (5-
3EVEN
,IMB 0RAYER
)N THE 4RIPLE 'EM ) TAKE REFUGE AND CONFESS INDIVIDUALLY ALL SINS ) REJOICE
IN THE VIRTUOUS DEEDS OF ALL BEINGS AND KEEP IN MIND THE %NLIGHTENMENT OF
THE "UDDHAS )N "UDDHA $HARMA AND THE %XCELLENT !SSEMBLY ) TAKE REFUGE
UNTIL %NLIGHTENMENT IS REACHED )N ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH MY OWN AND OTHERS
AIMS ) PRODUCE THE %NLIGHTENMENT 4HOUGHT ) INVITE ALL BEINGS ) PRACTICE
THE PLEASING AND EXCELLENT CONDUCT OF THE %NLIGHTENED AND DEDICATE THIS
MERIT THAT ALL BEINGS MAY ACHIEVE %NLIGHTENMENT
2ECITE THREE TIMES
&OUR )MMEASURABLES
-AY ALL LIVING BEINGS HAVE HAPPINESS AND THE CAUSE OF HAPPINESS
-AY ALL BE APART FROM SORROW AND THE CAUSE OF SORROW
-AY ALL NOT BE SEPARATED FROM THE BLISS THAT IS SORROWLESS
-AY ALL LEAVE ATTACHMENT AND HATRED TOWARD NEAR ONES AND FAR BY LIVING WITH
EQUANIMITY
6ISUALIZATION
/- 3(5.9!4! *.!.! 6!*2! 36!"(!6! !4-!+/ @(!-
!LL $HARMAS WITHIN THE DUAL VISION DISSOLVE INTO SHUNATA
/UT OF SHUNYATA IN THE CENTER SURROUNDED BY THE EIGHT CEM
ETERIES FROM THE LETTER 0!- APPEARS A RED LOTUS WITH EIGHT
PETALS )N ITS CENTER FROM THE LETTER 2!- APPEARS THE FORM OF
A SUNDISC 5PON THIS THE LETTER (2)( APPEARS AND FROM THIS
MANY LIGHT RAYS IN THE FORM OF ROPES AND HOOKS ISSUE FORTH
TO MAKE OFFERINGS TO THE .OBLE /NES !LL SENTIENT BEINGS
BECOME THE 'ODDESS ,IGHT RAYS RETURN AND ABSORB INTO THE
LETTER (2)(
4HEN ) BECOME THE 'ODDESS +URUKULLE RED IN COLOR WITH ONE FACE AND
FOUR HANDS 4HE lRST TWO HANDS HOLD STRETCHED FROM THE RIGHT EAR A BOW
AND ARROW MADE FROM UTPALA mOWERS 4HE SECOND RIGHT HAND HOLDING A HOOK
HOOKS ALL THREE WORLDS AND THE SECOND LEFT HAND HOLDS A LASSO MADE OF UTPALA
mOWERS -Y MOUTH WITH SHORT FANGS IS BOTH SMILING AND WRATHFUL 7ITH THREE EYES
AND ADORNED WITH TWO BEAUTIFUL BREASTS ) HAVE THE YOUTHFUL FORM OF A SIXTEEN YEAR
OLD SMOKY COLORED HAIR STANDING STRAIGHT UP ADORNED WITH THE lVE SKULLS IN THE
NATURE OF THE lVE RACES ) AM ADORNED WITH A NECKLACE OF lFTY FRESH HEADS AND THE
lVE ORNAMENTS OF BONE ) AM WEARING A TIGERSKIN SKIRT AND STAND FACING LEFT ON AN
ORANGE
COLORED DEAD BODY -Y LEFT LEG IS STRETCHED DOWNWARD WHILE ON THE THIGH
THE TOES OF THE CURVED RIGHT LEG IS PRESSING IN THE HALF LOTUS POSITION IN THE MIDST
OF A BEAUTIFUL CIRCLE OF SUN RAYS 6ISIBLE BUT NOT SOLID LIKE THE
FORM OF -AYA ON MY FOREHEAD IS THE LETTER /- ON THE THROAT
!( AND ON THE HEART (5- )N THE CENTER OF THE HEART ON TOP OF
A SUN DISC IS A RED UTPALA mOWER )N ITS CENTER IS ANOTHER SUN DISC
WITH THE RED LETTER (2)( &ROM THIS MANY LIGHT RAYS ISSUE FORTH
FROM THE CAVE OF +URUKULLE INVOKING THE 'ODDESS +URUKULLE
SURROUNDED BY AN UNIMAGINEABLE NUMBER OF "UDDHAS AND
"ODHISATTVAS
/- 6!*2! 3!-!*!(
/- +525+5,,% 3!0!27!2! /- 6!*2! 053(0% !( (5- ETC
4HE $EITIES ARE ABSORBED NONDUALLY INTO YOURSELF WHEN YOU SAY
*!( (5- "!- (/(
#ONSECRATION
!GAIN RAYS OF LIGHT SHINE FORTH FROM THE SYLLABLE (2)( WITHIN MY HEART TO INVITE
THE lVE $EITIES OF #ONSECRATION TOGETHER WITH THEIR RETINUES
3AY
/- 6!*2! 3!-!*!(
/- 0!.#!+5,! 3!0!2)6!2! /- 6!*2! 053(0% !( (5- ETC
4HEN SEEK THEIR CONSECRATION
) REQUEST !LL THE 4ATHAGATAS TO BESTOW UPON ME THEIR CONSECRATION
/- 6!*2)"(!6! !"()3().#! (5-
!ND AS THEY SPEAK THE $EITIES CONSECRATE ONE BY POURING UPON ONES HEAD WATER
FROM A VASE /NES BODY BECOMES lLLED AND ALL IMPURITIES CLEANSED AS THE WATER OVER
mOWS !MITABHA "UDDHA APPEARS TO ADORN THE CROWN OF ONES HEAD
'AURI HOLDS THE @SIGN OF GENTLE CREATURES #AURI HOLDS @VICTORY OVER -ARAS 6ETALI
HOLDS @WATER IN HAND 'HASMARI CARRIES @MEDICINE 0UKKASI HOLDS A @VAJRA IN HAND
3HAVARI HOLDS @TONIC #ANDALI BEATS A @DAMARU 4HEY MAKE OFFERINGS TO THE 'OD
DESS 4HEY MAKE OFFERINGS TO THE 'ODDESS WHILE IMPASSIONED BY GREAT PASSION
$OMBINI EMBRACES HER BODY
!WAY FROM ALL MANTRAS AND LETTERS THERE IS NOT EVEN SOUND CIRCLE OR MIND 4HIS
ITSELF IS THE GREATEST BLISS WHERE THERE IS NO SELF AND NO OTHERS
/- 6!*2! !-2)4! +5.$!,) (!.! (!.! (5- (5- (5- 0(!4
36!(!
/- 36!"(!"! 3(5$$(!( 3!26!$(!2-!( 36!"(!"! 3(5$
$(/ @(!-
)NNER /FFERING
/UT OF THE STATE OF EMPTINESS APPEARS A 9!- FROM WHICH ARISES A BLUE AIR MANDALA
IN THE SHAPE OF A BOW
MARKED WITH BANNERS /N TOP OF THIS FROM 2!- ARISES A RED
lRE MANDALA TRIANGULAR IN SHAPE AND MARKED WITH BURNING mAMES /N TOP OF THIS
FROM ! ARISES A WHITE SKULL
CUP WITH THREE SEGMENT LINES PLACED WITH THE FOREHEAD
FACING ONE 5PON THIS FROM ! ARISES A MOON DISC AND UPON THIS IN THE EAST FROM
'/ ARISES COWS mESH IN THE SOUTH FROM +5 ARISES DOGS mESH IN THE WEST FROM
$! ARISES HORSES mESH IN THE NORTH FROM (! ARISES ELEPHANTS mESH IN THE CENTER
FROM .! ARISES HUMAN mESH !GAIN ON TOP OF EACH OF THESE mESHES ARE IN THE EAST
FROM "(25- ARISES EXCREMENT IN THE SOUTH FROM !- ARISES THE RED ELEMENT IN
THE WEST FROM *2)- ARISES THE WHITE ELEMENT IN THE NORTH FROM +(!- ARISES THE
CLEAR PART OF @GREAT MEAT IN THE CENTER FROM (5- ARISES URINE /N TOP OF EACH OF
THESE ARE IN THE EAST ARISES "(25- WHICH REPRESENTS THE -IRROR
LIKE 7ISDOM IN
THE SOUTH ARISES !- THE 7ISDOM OF %QUALITY IN THE WEST ARISES *2)- THE
7ISDOM OF $ISCRIMINATION IN THE NORTH ARISES +(!- THE 7ISDOM OF !CCOM
PLISHMENT IN THE CENTER ARISES (5- THE 7ISDON OF THE $HARMADHATU
)N AN ANTICLOCKWISE DIRECTION AROUND HALF THE PERIMETER OF THE MOON DISC ARE !
!( ) )( 5 5( 2) 2)( ,) ,)( % !) / !5 !- !( WHILE IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION
AROUND THE OTHER HALF ARE +! +(! '! '(! .'! #! #(! *! *(! .9! 4!
4(! $! $(! .! 4! 4(! $! $(! .! 0! 0(! "! "(! -! 9! 2! ,! 6!
3(! 3((! 3! (! +3(!
)N THE SPACE ABOVE THESE IS A WHITE /- SEEN IN AN INVERTED POSITION /N TOP OF
THIS FROM 2!- ARISES A SUN DISC /N TOP OF THIS FROM (5- ARISES A WHITE lVE
PRONGED VAJRA MARKED IN THE CENTER WITH A (5- &ROM THE (5- IN THE VAJRAS
CENTER LIGHT RAYS ISSUE DO DOWNWARDS AND TOUCH THE BANNERS OF THE AIR MANDALA
4HE AIR IS STIRRED CAUSING THE lRE TO BLAZE UP 4HE lVE mESHES AND lVE NECTARS BOIL
AND DISSOLVE INTO LIGHT 3TEAM RISES TOUCHING THE /- AND THE (5- IN THE VAJRAS
CENTER WHICH CAUSES NECTAR TO FALL !GAIN FROM THE (5- LIGHT LIGHT RAYS ISSUE
IN THE TEN DIRECTIONS &ROM THE HEARTS OF ALL THE 4ATHAGATAS THE NECTAR OF PURE
4RANSCENDENTAL +NOWLEDGE IN THE FORM OF (ERUKA WITH TWO HANDS GATHERS AND IS
ABSORBED INTO THE (5- IN THE VAJRAS CENTER !S A RESULT OF THIS THE VAJRA BECOMES
HEAVY 4HEN THE VAJRA ALONG WITH THE SUN DISC AND /- FALL INTO THE SKULL
CUP
(AVING DISSOLVED INTO LIGHT THEY BECOME INSEPARABLE FROM THE FORMER NECTAR )T
BECOMES A GREAT OCEAN OF NECTAR THE COLOR SMELL TASTE AND POTENCY OF WHICH IS AS
ONE DESIRES
/- !( (5- (! (/ (2)(
4HUS AS ONE SAYS THIS THREE TIMES THE NECTAR IS BLESSED (AVING TAKEN THE NECTAR
WITH THE RING lNGER OF THE LEFT HAND TASTE IT )MAGINE THAT THE $EITIES DRINK IT THROUGH
THE HOLLOW TUBES OF THEIR VAJRA
TONGUES AND ARE SATISlED WITH BLISS
7HEN TAKING THE NECTAR SAY
/- 3!26!4!4(!'!4! !-2)4! 36!$!.! 6!*2! 36!"(!6!
!4-!+/ (!-
-ANTRA 2ECITATION
/N THE SUN IN ONES HEART THE LETTER (2)( IS SURROUNDED BY THE MANTRA ROSARY
WHICH IS LIKE A BUTTER LAMP ROSARY &ROM THAT MANY LIGHT RAYS ISSUE OUT AND BRING
BACK ALL THE POWER ETC !LL THE QUALITIES OF THE "UDDHAS AND "ODHISATTVAS AND THE
MERITORIOUS BEINGS LIFE MERITS AND ALL POWERS COME IN THE FORM OF RED LIGHT AND
ABSORB INTO ONESELF
/- +525+5,,% (2)( 36!(!
2ECITE AS MUCH AS ONE CAN
$EDICATION
"(!'!6!4) MAY YOU BESTOW ON ME AND ALL SENTIENT BEINGS ALL THE COMMON
AND EXCELLENT SIDDHIS &ROM ONES HEART LIGHT COMES FORTH THE LOTUS AND
SUNDISC DISSOLVE INTO LIGHT AND ABSORB INTO ONESELF