Journey to the Copper-Colored Mountain

The Chariot of Joy and Good Fortune
"An Aspiration Prayer to Journey to the 

Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain"

RANG NANG DAK PA DE CHEN DOR JEI YING
Self-manifested pure appearance, vajra space of supreme bliss,

LHUN DRUB OK MIN GYU THRUL DRA WAI GAR
spontanesouly arisen Akanishta, the dance of interwoven magical displays,

RAB JYAM GYAL WAI ZHING KHAM GYA TSHOI PHUL
the most excellent ocean of infinite buddha-realms.

ZANG DOK PAL GYI RI WOR KYE WAR SHOK
May I be born at the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain.

YID ONG PEMA RAGAI RI WANG TSER
At the summit of the delightful imperial mountain of rubies,

NOR BUI BA GAM TSEK PAI PHO DRANG NI
a tiered palace of jewelled domes,

PHUL JYUNG NGO TSHAR KOD PAY DZEY PA CHEN
superb and wondrous in its beautiful design.

ZANG DOK PAL GYI RI WORK KYE WAR SHOK
May I be born at the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain.

TSENDEN NAK TSHAL TRIK PAI DO RA RU
Amid pastures and sandalwood forests,

YU YI PANG JONG NA TSHOK CHHU KYEY ZHIN
fresh grassy regions of turquoise gems and multi-colored lotus blossoms,

GE SAR DZUM DANG GOD PAI LANG TSHO NGOM
with smiling pollen hearts, boasting their youthful laughter.

ZANG DOK PAL GYI RI WOR KYE WAR SHOK
May I be born at the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain.

GA BUR PO CHHU SHER WAI DUD TSII LUNG
With rivers of amrita moistened with camphor-scented water

LHUNG LHUNG NYAM GAR BAB CHING KHOR WAI DZING
cascading delightfully and swirling into pools

ZHON NUI GAR KHEN CHI YANG TSE ZHING GYU
in which youthful dancers frolic and move this way and that.

ZANG DOK PAL GYI RI WOR KYE WAR SHOK
May I be born at the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain.

WANG ZHUI GUR KHYIM THRIK PAI DRA MIK NAY
From the lattice openings of the rainbow pavillion,

ME TOK CHHAR ZIM BAB PAI DUL THRENG NANG
a sprinkling rain of flowers falls like garlands of atoms

GING CHHEN DE WAI GAR GYIY NAM PAR TSE
in which great heroes sport in their dance of bliss.

ZANG DOK PAL GYI RI WOR KYE WAR SHOK
May I be born at the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain.

PHUN TSHOK DOD PAI YON TEN NAM MANG PO
With most excellent abundances of numerous sense qualities,

KUN NAY CHHEY GUR GYEN JYAY KHAN DROI TRIN
clouds of dakinis, most beautiful and lavishly adorned,

MI DZAYD CHHYOK KYI KHOR LOI LAR DREY PA
spread endlessly into the upper reaches of the sky.

ZANG DOK PAL GYI RI WOR KEY WAR SHOK
May I be born at the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain.

RIK DZIN DU PAI TSHOK KYI DRAL U NA
At the center of the ranked assembly of gathered knowledge-holders,

PEMA JYUNG NAY GYAL WAI WANG PO YIY
the supreme victor, Pema Jyungnay,

ZAB SANG SENG GEI DRA CHHEN KUN TU DROK
universally proclaims the lion's magnificent sound of the profound secret (Atiyoga).

ZANG DOK PAL GYI RI WOR KYE WAR SHOK
May I be born at the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain.

SANG GYAY KUN GYI NGO WO NGA YIN SHEY
Saying, "I am the essence of all buddhas",

KHYEN TSEI YE SHEY TSHUNG PA MED PAI TOB
with the incomparable power of knowledge, love and wisdom,

MU MED DUL JYAI KHAM DANG NYAM PAR JUK
he undertakes to tame accordingly the various kinds of endless beings.

ZANG DOK PAL GYI RI WOR KYE WAR SHOK
May I be born at the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain.

YON TEN GYA TSHO PHA THA YAY PAI TER
When this limitless treasury, an ocean of noble qualities,

DREN PA TSAM GYIY ZHING DER UK JYIN PAI
is merely remembered, one is established in that realm

NGO TSHAR THRIN LAY KHOR LOI ZI JYIN CHEN
which bears the splendor and blessings of the wheel of wondrous activity.

ZANG DOK PAL GYI RI WOR KYE WAR SHOK
May I be born at the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain.

KHA CHYOD PEMA OD DZEY DRONG KHYER DU
At this very moment, traveling instantaneously

DA TA NYID DU TSEN THAD DROD NAY KYANG
to the beautiful city of Lotus Light, the pure realm of space,

DOD NYIY YID ZHIN DRUB PAI NAM THAR TSHUL
in accordance with the example of your liberation, the accomplishment of the two benefits according to one's wishes,

NYAM MED GU RU KHYOD DANG TSHUNG PAR SHOK
may I become as you, incomparable Guru!

This prayer of aspiration is the long form of "Copper Colored Mountain Prayer" and was written from the heart with a saddened and heartfelt mind by the old father, Jigdral Yeshe Dorje, as a support for the journey of the noble woman, Dekyong Yeshe Wangmo, to the pure realm of Lotus Light. Auspiciousness!

(Padmasambhava departed to the west in a body of pure light to the buddha-field known as the Glorious Copper-colored Mountain, where he resides even to this day.)

May all beings benefit.

[This famous prayer was written by Dudjom Rinpoche upon the occasion of his daughter's untimely death.]