This book is a compilation of prayers selected by the Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje specifically for the Aspirations to End Adversity program of online prayers held in January, 2021. These prayers are to remove adversity and obstacles for all beings and particularly for dharma practitioners.

It includes:

• The Gyalwang Karmapa’s new translation from Chinese of the Sutra of the Dharani of Marichi
• The terma supplication to Guru Rinpoche revealed by Tulku Bakal Mukpo Clearing the Path of Obstacles
• Tulku Sangpo Drakpa’s terma Spontaneous Fulfillment of Wishes
• A slightly different recension of Karma Chakme’s Practice of White Parasol
• Dharanis and sutras of Amitayus, the Medicine Buddha, and other buddhas and deities, with the mantras corrected against Sanskrit manuscripts
• Other commonly recited prayers

This prayer book is the product of extensive research and consideration by the Gyalwang Karmapa, and we hope that it will inspire faith and enthusiasm among its readers.

Day One

Three Daily Observances
The Heart Sutra with the Repulsion of Maras

Day two

The Noble Aspiration for Excellent Conduct 
The Sutra in Three Sections

Day Three

The Dharani that Thoroughly Purifies all Karmic Obscurations
The Sutra of the Dharani that Thoroughly Liberates from Suffering

Day Four

The Detailed Account of the Previous Aspirations of the Blessed One Bhaiṣajya Guru Vaiḍūrya Prabha

Day Five

The Dhāraṇī of the Essence of Immeasurable Longevity and Wisdom
An Aspiration for Birth in the Pure Realm of Sukhavati

Day Six

Praises of the Twenty-One Taras
The Supplication Clearing the Path of Obstacles
The Supplication Spontaneous Fulfillment of Wishes

Day Seven

Mañjuśrī-Nāma-Saṁgīti: A Concert of Names of Manjushri

Day Eight

The Stallion Garuda King of Birds: A Practice of Ushnisha White Parasol
The Simhamukha Repulsion
The Sutra of the Dharani of Marichi
The Prayer That Saved Sakya from Disease

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