Dharma practice: Prayer for peace
Propitiatory Offering to the Ground Lords and the Goddesses of the Four Elements
Fill a clean torma vessel with balls of dough mixed with naga medicine, the twenty five vase substance and so forth. Sprinkle them with pure milk and water, and having set out the drink-offering of milky water together with precious stones, grains and medicinal substances, bless them.
Sadak gyelpo ser dok chen
Lord of earth, the yellow-coloured king,
Sayi lhamo ten ma dang
Firm and stable goddess of the ground,
Char chok shing la lho chok me
Goddesses of Wood to East and Fire to South,
Nup chok chak la chang chok chu
Iron to West and Water to the North,
Tsam shi sayi lhamo nam
And the four of earth in half points in between,
Nyien sön serkyem la sok pai
Kindly hear us and accept our gifts:
Chö pai yo tchai di she nai
This golden drink and other things.
Tsuk lak khang sa di nam la
In this sacred region here
Ro nga tradok ma dzé par
Let there be no envious grudge.
Tashi djung war chin gui lop
Bless that all auspiciousness may come!
Ko lung ma dom ga war kyi
Be joyful, have no jealous hate.
Nö kel ma ché tsé war kyi
Be loving, do no harm to us.
Pok thuk djung wa zö par kyi
Be patient with our insults and abuse.
Mi thun sa yö la sok pai
Dangerous earthquakes pacify
Djung shi nö pa shi wa dang
And likewise other elemental harms.
Tashi délek dzai tu söl
We pray you, bring us fortune and prosperity
In order to avert the danger of earthquakes, we have been instructed from above to recite this propitiatory prayer to the goddesses of the four elements as many times as we can. We therefore request you to keep it in your mind, that its purpose may be achieved.
© PADMAKARA
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