WISDOM CENTER
OF SANTA CRUZ
Prayer in Seven Chapters
A Terma of Tulku Zangpo Drakpa
with
8 Thursdays starting May 8th-June 26th, 2025
6:30 - 8:00 pm
In person at the Wisdom Center or Online
Please join us as we discover the many manifestations and skillful means of Guru Padmasambhava and his last teaching before leaving Tibet.
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The Seven Chapters were requested by Padmasambhava’s close circle of five disciples: Trisong Deutsen, Yeshe Tsogyal, Namkhai Nyingpo, Nanam Dorje Dudjom, and Prince Mutri Tsenpo. They deal with aspects of the great guru: lineage, life and activities, celestial realm, practices on the path, and actions the guru can take on our behalf. The entire path from foundation to the great perfection are part of these prayers.
For people who do not like visualization, these prayers, individually or together, can be used as a complete practice.
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These prayers were given by Zangpo Drakpa, himself the rebirth of Trison Deutsen’s crown prince, to Rigdzin Godem who then used them as the key to reveal the teachings known as the Northern Treasure (byang gter). Today they are recited daily in many monasteries and especially at the Nyingma Monlam. These prayers are rarely chanted and even more rarely taught in this country.
The text for this course can be downloaded through Lotsowa:
https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/tulku-zangpo-drakpa/index.html
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Lama Lakshey Zangpo Rinpoche began his training as a spiritual master in Tibet, receiving the complete Khatok lineage empowerments and transmissions from Khatok Moktsa Rinpoche. At fifteen, he entered Larung Chokyi Drongkyer where he studied with Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche, and many other sublime teachers.
Michael Burroughs is a knowledgeable and articulate teacher. As one of the first western students of the great Tibetan lamas Penor Rinpoche, Gangteng Rinpoche of Bhutan, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, he brings a uncommon and vast array of understanding in a competent, yet humorous way.
Prophecies Series
GESAR
Practices to Avert War & Generate Peace
​On-going — In person
WEDNESDAYS. 5-6 pm
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​These practices are to prevent apocalyptic catastrophes as prophesied in sutra and tantra and create a spirit of peace and abundance conducive to spiritual practice and realization.
We also focus on Gesar practices to bring abundance, raise merit and lung ta or windhorse (klung rta). Mipham wrote many prayers and practices which help with our every day lives as well as social well-being and environmental restoration. Mipham's works are treasures (gter) from the enlightened intention of Padmasambhava and Manjushri. They are so highly regarded because they encompass the full range of Buddhist practice from the foundation to practices of the great perfection.​​​
Following a series of practices and mantras recommended by Ju Mipham Rinpoche [available at the Lotsawa House]: Sequence may vary
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Outer, Inner and Secret Refuge Practice of the MahasiddhaThangtong Gyalpo
The Prayer in the Seven Chapters to Padmakara, the Second Buddha
The Prayer to the Three-Kaya Guru
The Prayer which is the Source of All True Realization
The Rishi's Maledictory Incantation​
The Swift Infusion of Blessings
Prayer and Offering to Great Lion, Gesar the Jewel
Brief Offering Prayer to King Gesar
A Practice of King Gesar to Summon Prosperity
Prayer of Truthful Words to Pacify the Fear of War
The Vajra Words that Radiate Cloud-Masses of Nectar-Like Blessings
Prayer to Tara to Avert Obstructive Circumstances
Prayer to Tara [2-line]
Prayer to Tara, Combined with her Mantra​
Dedication of Merit from the Profound Aural Transmission of the Sky-Dharma Mind Treasure's Vajravarhi Cycle
The Aspiration of the Vajradhatu Mandala​​​