Chöd Kha Kyab Ma - Gaden for the West

Sadhana of Chöd: Kha Kyab Ma (Pervading Space)
Chöd Kha Kyab Ma Nyam Sa Lin Pe Gang Zag So
According to the pure and unbroken
Dakini Lineage of Gelugpa Tibetan Buddhism
Composed by
Chö Zed Ling Lama Rinpoche
This sadhana practice is intended only for those people
who have received the appropriate
initiation from a qualified Lama.
Gaden for the West
Version 1.3
February 2012

February 2012 Ver. 1.3
Table of Contents
Preliminaries ............................................................................................................................................ 1
Taking refuge and generating bodhi‐mind ......................................................................................... 1
Prajñaparamita prayer ............................................................................................................................ 1
Visualize the Three Rounds of Overwhelming: .................................................................................. 1
The Overwhelming of Place ................................................................................................................... 1
The Overwhelming of Gods and Ghosts ............................................................................................. 1
The Overwhelming of Self ..................................................................................................................... 1
The Main Practice ................................................................................................................................................ 2
Taking refuge and generating bodhi‐mind ......................................................................................... 2
Visualising the Merit Field ..................................................................................................................... 2
Preparing the body offering ................................................................................................................... 3
White distribution ................................................................................................................................... 3
Variegated distribution ........................................................................................................................... 3
Red distribution ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Dissolution................................................................................................................................................ 4
Dedication prayers .................................................................................................................................. 4
Gaden Chöling Colophon ...................................................................................................................... 4
Gaden for the West Colophon ............................................................................................................... 4
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Preliminaries
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Sadhana for Chod: Kha Kyab Ma
Chöd Kha Kyab Ma Nyam Sa Lin Pe Gang Zag So
Taking Refuge and Generating Bodhi-mind
Sang-gye chö dang tsog-kyi-chog nam la
Jang-chub-bar-du dag-nyi kyab-su-chi
Dag-kyi jin-sog gyi-pey sö-nam-kyi
Dro-la pen-chir sang-gye drub-par-shog.
Prajñaparamita Prayer
Ma sam jö me she-rab pa-röl-chin
Ma-ke mi-gag nam-key ngo-wo ni
So-sor rang-rig ye-she chö-yul-wa
Dü-sum gyel-wey yum la chag-tsel-lo
In the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha
Until enlightened, I take refuge.
Through giving and other perfections,
To aid all, may I become Buddha.
(3x)
Beyond speech, thought, expression, wisdom gone
beyond,
Unborn, unceasing, with a very nature like space,
Discerning transcendent wisdom's sphere of
awareness,
Homage to the Mother of the three times’ Buddhas!
TAYATHA OM GATE GATE PARAGATE PARASAMGATE BODHI SVAHA
Visualize the Three Rounds of Overwhelming:
The Overwhelming of Place
The place you are in is pressed down and filled by your own body which instantly becomes a
crystal stupa as big as a mountain. With this image in mind, loudly say:
The Overwhelming of Gods and Ghosts
PHAT
Visualize that your breath goes out through both nostrils to pervade all worldly realms, rounding
up all the gods and ghosts who settle around you. Wrathful Machig and her assembly of Devas
arise from your heart. The gods and ghosts are surrounded by the Devas and cannot leave. Then
loudly say:
PHAT
The Overwhelming of Self
Send your breath out through both nostrils and think that your mind and space become one and
indivisible. Then loudly say:
PHAT
Visualize the following while playing the Kang Ling:
First blow the kang-ling longer and smoothly. Think that you are calling out and saying:
'oh worldly gods and ghosts'
The second time, blow the kang-ling for a longer time and change the tone in middle once
(gyur cig). Think that you are asking the worldly gods and ghosts to gather here.
The third time, blow the kang-ling for a longer time and change the tone in the middle two times.
Think that you are asking the worldly gods and ghosts to gather and assemble here.
After doing all three of these kang-ling visualisations, say with a long sound:
PHAT PHAT PHAT

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The Main Practice
Taking Refuge and Generating Bodhi-mind
PHAT
Ka-kyab-kyi mar-gyur sem-chen kün
Chog-sum-la gü-pe kyab-su-chi
Sem-chen-kün kor-wey gyam-tso-le
Drel-chir-du dag-nyi sem kye-do
PHAT
All Mother sentient beings pervading space take
refuge in the three highest objects of refuge with
reverence. I generate Bodhicitta in order to liberate
all sentient beings from the ocean of samsara.
PHAT
Chen-dzin-gyi pung-bo drar lang te
Dra yin-par ma-go ma-rig drib
Tog-me-ne sug-pung drang-me lang
Lü dön-me dor-wa dön-re chung
Dü-da-len mi lü len chig-di
Lü chö she yö-wa kön-chog kyen
PHAT
Clinging to the aggregates is my enemy.
Because I did not understand it as being the enemy,
obscured by ignorance and since beginningless time
I received countless aggregates, but my bodies have
been wasted without reason and I have never
achieved any meaning.
This time I have a human body.
Please pay attention to the rare and high
compassionate Buddhas and accept this body as an
offering.
Visualising the Merit Field
PHAT
Rang-dün-gyi nam-kar tsog-shing tso
La-ma dang yer-me Lab-drön shug
Visualising Channels, Body and Consciousness
PHAT
Rang-lü-di kar shing che-la ji
Dze yi-ong tso shing num chü-den
Drang te kar ne-pey tsa-ü-nang
Rang-rig-gyi tig-le kar shing tser
Ejecting Consciousness through the Central Channel
PHAT
Rang-rig-pa Lab-drön tug-kar po
Bem-po-de ling-gyi gyel-war-gyur
PHAT
Labkyi Dronma, inseparable from my sublime
guru,and who is the principal of the field of merit,
appears in the space in front of me.
PHAT
This body is white, big, splendid, beautiful,
attractive and shining. My mind is a white and
shining thig-le located inside of the central channel
which is running straight through my body.
PHAT
My mind dissolves into the heart of Machig
Labdrön
My ordinary body falls down completely.
PHAT
Rang-rig-pa Dor-je Nel-jor-ma
Lab-drön-gyi tug-ka-ne tön kö
PHAT
My mind comes down from Machig's heart as
Vajrayogini.
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Sadhana for Chod: Kha Kyab Ma
Preparing the Body Offering
PHAT
Pung nying-gi pag-pa shü ne tram
Sha rü trag dang nyig so-sor-che
Rang-tö-pa gye-sum kar shag ne
Le ku trag dü-tsiy gyam-tsor kye
Inviting the Objects of the Offering
PHAT
Gong shug-kyi lha-nam char shin jön
Mar dron-nam na bun shin-du dü
PHAT
My old body is skinned and the skin stretched out
Flesh, blood and refined and coarse parts of the body
are separated. The brains,juices and blood become an
ocean of nectars and are placed into a severed
upturned skull sitting on a tripod of three human
heads.
OM AH HUM HA HO HRIH
(3x)
(blow kangling 3x as before)
PHAT
Deities above come down like rain. Guests from
below gather like a billowing black cloud.
Offering the White Distribution
PHAT
Tsa gyü-kyi la-ma yi-dam dang
Pa-wo dang khan-dro chö-srung chö
Rig-drug dang ne-dön lü-don dang
Geg-reg dang len-chag kun-la bül
Gyel-wa-nam chö nye chö-srung kang
Rig-drug-kün dug shi len-chag jang
PHAT
I offer this nectar to the root and lineage Gurus,
Yidams, Heroes, Dakinis and Dharma Protectors.
I offer this nectar also to all sentient beings of the six
realms, Don (Demons) of place and Döns of the body,
and different kinds of interferers and other guests to
whom I am karmically indebted.
All of the Victors (Buddhas) are pleased by this
offering and protectors are satisfied. Sufferings of the
six realms subside and karmic debts are purified.
Offering the Manifold Distribution
PHAT
Kang tsil dang pag-pa gang-dö gyur
Drön gong og me-pa nye-gyur-chig
PHAT
Marrow, fat and skin become whatever these guests
could wish for. All of the guests without division of
the lower and higher ones enjoy this offering.
Offering the Red distribution
PHAT
Sha rü-nam nam sa bar nang gang
Mar röl la wang-wey lhan-dre dü
Nye-wa-nam gang-dö tsö-la sö
Ring-wa-nam chi-dö jen-par kur
Lhag-lü-pa me-pa sö shing kur
Gam-gu shing tsim-ne rang-ne sheg
PHAT
The sky and the earth are filled with flesh and bone.
Gods and ghosts who enjoy red meat, gather here.
Those who are closer cook and eat and do whatever
you wish with my body parts.
Those who remain more distant take uncooked body
parts and do whatever you wish with them. Eat and
take without leaving anything behind. Return to your
own place with joy, contentment and satisfaction.
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February 2012 Ver. 1.3
Dissolving the Three Spheres of Giving into Emptiness
PHAT
Jin-yül dang jin-ja jin-dag-nam
Den-me-kyi tong sel ngang-du tim
PHAT
The object of giving, the gift and the giver dissolve
into clarity and voidness; the nature of Sunyata.
Dedication prayers
PHAT
Chö tam-che ten-drel rang-shin le
Tog-me-ne lü lang drang-pag-me
Ngong sag-kyi mi-ge kün shon-ne
Nga-chir-gyi ge-tsog jang-chub ngo
Lü jin-gyi ge-tsog-di-yi tü
Dro-kun-nam sang-gye nyur tob-shog
Kar-ma rab-rib mar-me dang
Gyu-ma ser-wa chu-bur dang
Mi-lam log dang trin ta-bu
Dü-je chö-nam de-tar ta
Pen-pey dre-bu de-wa jung
Nö-pey dre-bu dün-ngel jung
Rang-gi lü-la pe long-la
Shen-la nö-pa ma-je-chig
Jin-pa gya-cher gyur-wa di-yi-tü
Dro-wey dön-du rang-jung sang-gye-kyi
Ngon-tse gyel-wa-nam-kyi ma-dröl-we
Kye-gü tsog-nam jin-pe dröl-gyur-chig
PHAT
The nature of all phenomena is that of dependent
arising. Since beginningless time,
I have been born countless times.
I shall eradicate unwholesome Karmas
of the past and dedicate all virtues
for the sake of Buddhahood.
The virtue of giving the body is the greatest. May
all beings obtain Buddhahood as soon as possible.
Look at all compounded phenomena like stars, like
nature of the sky at dawn, like butter lamps,
illusions, dew, water-bubbles, dreams, lightening
and clouds.
The result of beneficial deeds is happiness.
The result of harm is suffering.
I take my own body as an example;
I do not harm others.
The great giving covers everything.
May those beings who were not liberated by the
self-appearing Buddhas of the past
be liberated now by my practice of giving.
Sang-gye ku-sum nye-pey jin-lab dang
Chö-nyi mi-gyur den-pey jin-lab dang
Gen-dün mi-che dün-pey jin-lab-kyiy
Ji-tar ngo-wa mön-lam drub-gyur-chig
Through the blessing of the Buddhas who achieved
three bodies
and by the blessing of the truth
of the unchangeable nature of Dharmata,
and by the blessing of the united Sangha
community,
May my wishes and dedications
be achieved as I wish.
Gaden Chöling Colophon
Written by Chö Zed Ling Lama Rinpoche, Jadralwa Lobsang Yeshe. Translated by the Venerable
Zasep Tulku Rinpoche. Phonetics by Miya Shimada.
Gaden for the West Colophon
Under the kind supervision of the Venerable 13th Zasep Tulku Rinpoche, this Gaden for the West
(GFTW) version has been formatted by Peter Lewis. We dedicate any and all merit of this effort to the
study and pure practice of the precious Vajrayana teachings.
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