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ahajabodhi Kurukulle Dharani

Svabhavayogi

January 2014


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ContentsSummary

Introduction & Acknowledgments

Root Kurukulle Dharani

Short Kurukulle Dharani

Long Kurukulle Dharani

Commentary on the Three Dharani


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Original Painting by Soyolmaa Davaakhuu

ummaryKurukulle 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.


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Introduction & AcknowledgmentsIn 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 theseempowerments 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 innerempowerment is to visualize yourself as the deity. The real empowerment is to realize thenature of your mind.When you cultivate bodhicitta, that is the real deity, and when you do this, that is whenyou 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 justreceive the empowerment over the internet," that is not the right motivation. If you havethe opportunity to come to the temple, then you should come.If you don't live nearby andcannot come, but with all your heart would like to, that is the right motivation forreceiving 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 anempowerment, if you have no devotion you still will not receive it.To quote Lord Jigten umgon, "You receive the empowerment only when you understandthe meaning of the empowerment."

H GRMay 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 withdevotion 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.


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Root Kurukulle DharaniOm Namo KurukulleOm Hung HriOm Ah HungOm Kurukulle hrim oha

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.


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hort Kurukulle DharaniOm Namo KurukulleOm Namo Guru, Namo KurukulleOm Namo Dakini, Namo KurukulleOm Namo Ishtadevi, Namo KurukulleOm Hung HriOm Ah HungOm Kurukulle hrim oha

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 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.


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Long Kurukulla DharaniOm Namo KurukulleOm Namo Guru KurukulleOm Namo Dakini KurukulleOm Namo Ishtadevi KurukulleOm Namo KurukulleOm Namo Guru KurukulleOm Namo Dakini KurukulleOm Namo Ishtadevi KurukulleOm Namo KurukulleOm Namo Guru KurukulleOm Namo Dakini KurukulleOm Namo Ishtadevi KurukulleOm Hung HriOm Hung HriOm Hung HriOm Ah HungOm Ah HungOm Ah HungOm Ah HungOm Ah HungOm Ah HungOm Ah HungOm Ah HungOm Ah HungOm Kurukulle hrim oha

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.


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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 fourth line offers calm homage to the ishtadevi, nirmanakaya, and sangha which are


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.

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