The Prayer to Buddha Amitābha, Invoking the Vital Points of His Wisdom Samaya, called Protecting from the Fear of Saṃsāra

HRĪḤ
Bhagavan Protector Amitābha,
And hosts of deathless deities of long life:
I invite you, prostrate, and present offerings;
I acknowledge and confess my impairments, misdeeds, and obscurations.

I rejoice in the virtue of the three times;
I request you to turn the wheel of unsurpassed Dharma;
I beseech you to remain, not passing into nirvāna;
I dedicate all merits toward the attainment of enlightenment.

In the pure realm of Sukhāvatī,
All is a ground of precious gold —
Not even the names of soil, stones, mountains, and rocks exist.

OM AMIDEVA HRĪḤ — with this mantra, invoke the deity's samaya:
May I and all beings who have been my mothers,
With all the obscurations of the hell realm pacified,
Be born in that supreme pure land.
In the pure realm of Sukhāvatī,
There are trees of enlightenment, with flowers and fruit —
Not even the names of plants and forests exist.

OM AMIDEVA HRĪḤ — with this mantra, invoke the deity's samaya:
May I and all beings who have been my mothers,
With all the obscurations of the hungry ghosts pacified,
Be born in that supreme pure land.
In the pure realm of Sukhāvatī,
There is water endowed with the eight qualities of samadhi —
Not even the names of the various waters exist.

OM AMIDEVA HRĪḤ — with this mantra, invoke the deity's samaya:
May I and all beings who have been my mothers,
With all the obscurations of the animals pacified,
Be born in that supreme pure land.
In the pure realm of Sukhāvatī,
The self-arisen fire of awareness-wisdom blazes —
Not even the name of worldly fire exists.

OM AMIDEVA HRĪḤ — with this mantra, invoke the deity's samaya:
May I and all beings who have been my mothers,
With all the obscurations of the humans pacified,
Be born in that supreme pure land.
In the pure realm of Sukhāvatī,
The fragrance of pure discipline wafts through the air —
Not even the name of worldly wind exists.

OM AMIDEVA HRĪḤ — with this mantra, invoke the deity's samaya:
May I and all beings who have been my mothers,
With all the obscurations of the demigods pacified,
Be born in that supreme pure land.
In the pure realm of Sukhāvatī,
The all-pervading Dharmadhatu is free of bias and partiality —
Not even the name of the element space exists.


OM AMIDEVA HRĪḤ — with this mantra, invoke the deity's samaya:
May I and all beings who have been my mothers,
With all the obscurations of the gods pacified,
Be born in that supreme pure land.
In the pure realm of Sukhāvatī,
The sun of space-awareness wisdom shines bright —
Not even the names of sun and moon exist.

OM AMIDEVA HRĪḤ — with this mantra, invoke the deity's samaya:
May I and all beings who have been my mothers,
With the habitual tendencies of samsara self-liberated,
Be born in that supreme pure land.
In the pure realm of Sukhāvatī,
The self-radiance of the victors' wisdom blazes —
Not even the names of day and night exist.

OM AMIDEVA HRĪḤ — with this mantra, invoke the deity's samaya:
May I and all beings who have been my mothers,
With all the darkness of ignorance pacified,
Be born in that supreme pure land.
In the pure realm of Sukhāvatī,
The Supreme One governs the kingdom of Dharma —
Not even the names of king and minister exist.

OM AMIDEVA HRĪḤ — with this mantra, invoke the deity's samaya:
May I and all beings who have been my mothers,
Freed from every view of ego-clinging,
Be born in that supreme pure land.
In the pure realm of Sukhāvatī,
Self and other are equal, without distinction —
Not even the names of conflict and dispute exist.

OM AMIDEVA HRĪḤ — with this mantra, invoke the deity's samaya:
May I and all beings who have been my mothers,
With all fear of weapons pacified,
Be born in that supreme pure land.
In the pure realm of Sukhāvatī,
Sustained by the food of samadhi —
Not even the names of hunger and starvation exist.

OM AMIDEVA HRĪḤ — with this mantra, invoke the deity's samaya:
May I and all beings who have been my mothers,
With all fear of famine pacified,
Be born in that supreme pure land.
In the pure realm of Sukhāvatī,
Drinking the flowing stream of uncontaminated amrita —
Not even the name called "thirst" exists.

OM AMIDEVA HRĪḤ — with this mantra, invoke the deity's samaya:
May I and all beings who have been my mothers,
With all fear of sickness pacified,
Be born in that supreme pure land.
In the pure realm of Sukhāvatī,
Beings are born miraculously upon lotus buds —
Not even the name of the four kinds of birth exists.

OM AMIDEVA HRĪḤ — with this mantra, invoke the deity's samaya:
May I and all beings who have been my mothers,
With the fear of taking birth in existence dispelled,
Be born in that supreme pure land.
In the pure realm of Sukhāvatī,
Having gained mastery over vajra life span —
Not even the name of aging and decline exists.

OM AMIDEVA HRĪḤ — with this mantra, invoke the deity's samaya:
May I and all beings who have been my mothers,
With the fear of untimely death dispelled,
Be born in that supreme pure land.
In the pure realm of Sukhāvatī,
All rest in complete fulfillment on the ground of birthlessness —
Not even the names of birth and death exist.

OM AMIDEVA HRĪḤ — with this mantra, invoke the deity's samaya:
May I and all beings who have been my mothers,
Having realized the meaning of birthlessness and deathlessness,
Be born in that supreme pure land.
In the pure realm of Sukhāvatī,
Joyfully engaging in the activities of enlightenment —
Not even the names of happiness and suffering exist.

OM AMIDEVA HRĪḤ — with this mantra, invoke the deity's samaya:
May I and all beings who have been my mothers,
Self-liberated from grasping at samsāra and nirvāna,
Be born in that supreme pure land.

This auxiliary practice of Buddha Amitabha was compiled from the teachings of the previous masters and arranged by the one bearing the Bodhisattva name Yeshey Oephoe ("Radiating with wisdom" — the Bodhisattva name of His Holiness the 70th Je Khenpo). May it become a cause for oneself and all others to be reborn in Sukhāvatī!

Translated by Lopen Sonam Bumdhen, Research and Translation office of His Holiness the Je Khenpo