Lama Gangchen Tulku Rinpoche 

mantra of Shakyamuni Buddha

Tibetan Astrological Prayer   - From the Outer Kalachakra Tantra

Please, Lama Action Vajra, great Rigden,

- Bless me to realize my body is the mandala of the universe, and to transform it into a pure container of spiritual and life energy like a pure crystal.

- Bless me to realize that the birth, life and death of my body is the birth, life and destruction of the cosmos.

- Bless me to realize that my spine is Mt. Meru and that the five colors of my skin and organs are its five colored faces. May my body and mind become a pure container for this positive elemental energy. (*)

- Bless me to realize that the flow of the vital energy, drops and winds rotating in my channels and chakras is the cosmic energy flow and the rotation of the celestial bodies. May my body and mind become a pure container for this positive, pure celestial energy.

- Bless me to realize that my right and left channels are the Sun and Moon. May my body and mind become a pure container for this positive solar and lunar energy.

- Bless me to realize that my central channel (tsa uma) is Rahu (=rising Moon Node). May my body and mind become a pure container for this positive, deep and profound, essential life energy.

- Bless me to realize that my 28 vertebrae are the 28 constellation divinities (=lunar mansions). May my body and mind become a pure container for this positive, divine celestial life energy.

- Bless me to realize that my seven facial parts (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, tongue, chin and forehead) are the seven planets. May my body and mind become a pure container for this positive planetary energy.

- Bless me to realize that my twelve left and right ribs are the twelve zodiac houses in the lunar and solar aspects. May my body and mind become a pure container for this positive archetypal energy.

- Bless me to realize that my countless millions of atoms and cells are the stars of the heavens. May my body and mind become a pure container for this positive stellar energy.

- Bless me to realize that my chakras are the great rotating galaxies. May my body and mind become a pure container for this positive universal energy.

- Bless me to realize that the year is the Shambhala King, that the twenty-four solar and lunar months are his twenty four ministers, that the days are the army of Shambhala warriors and that the hours and seconds are their powerful weapons.

Thus, may we become free from linear time, experience the past, present and future in the eternal now and dance in the sphere of timelessness.

Annotations by Gangchen Tulku based on the outer Kalachakra tantras:

Our own body, the microcosm contains all the energies and elements of the universe, the macrocosm. All outer and inner phenomena are manifestations of our own consciousness and subtle wind energy (- air element), so they are naturally related. Our subtle energy winds, upon which our mind is mounted, is five colored and contains the subtle five elements. Due to ego grasping and collective karma of living beings, this subtle wind energy manifests the outer and inner universe in stages, e.g. the formation of a baby in the mother's womb and the formation of the world in space.

Formation of the universe due to the collective karma of living beings:

1. The space element allows the outer four elements to dance and interact. This is called the 'Space Vajra Mandala', formed by the sound EH.

2. Due to the collective karma of living beings, the wind energy (air element) rises, called the 'Wind Vajra Mandala', formed by the sound YAM.

3. Due to the circulation of the wind, friction produces heat, called the 'Fire Vajra Mandala', formed by the sound RAM.

4. Due to the fire element rising and then cooling, water vapour forms the 'Water Vajra Mandala', formed by the sound BAM.

5. Due to the solidification of the water, a cream forms which then transforms into the 'Earth Vajra Mandala', formed by the sound LAM.

Formation of a human body due to contaminated karma:

1. In the space of the womb there is the 'Space Vajra Mandala', formed by the sound EH.

2. Due to the force of karma, the subtle energies and consciousness of the bardo is entering the parent's sperm and ovum and the 'Wind Vajra Mandala' forms by the sound YAM.

3. Due to the friction of the consciousness inside the sperm and ovum, union heat is produced: the 'Fire Vajra Mandala' forms by the sound RAM.

4. Due to the fire energy rising and cooling, liquid is generated: the 'Water Vajra Mandala' forms by the sound BAM.

5. Due to the liquid quality solidifying, the physical body begins to form: the 'Earth Vajra Mandala' forms by the sound LAM.

- Thus there is an exact relationship between our body and mind, and the cosmos.

Our five inner elements are space, wind (air), earth, fire, water and our five organs correspond to the outer five elements.

Our spine is Mt. Meru. (=the axial cosmic moutain of Buddhist mythology)

Our 28 vertebrae correspond to the 28 constellations (=28 stars or star constellations, also known as 'lunar mansions').

Our 24 ribs relate to the twelve lunar and solar half-months of the year.

Our seven facial points correspond to the seven planets (in Tibetan astrology the Moon Node Rahu is understood as a planet).

Our body is a mandala of the universe!

We can find the outer samsaric universe within our own body and mind.

Due to the rotation of the celestial bodies, energy is flowing in the cosmos. - Our vital energy, subtle drops and winds are flowing through our channels and chakras at the same frequency, but our body must consent to the energetic flow of the cosmos, because the greater is more powerful than the lesser.