{"id":76898,"date":"2025-07-22T23:19:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T07:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/?p=76898"},"modified":"2025-11-22T09:38:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T17:38:03","slug":"appendix-c-hymn-to-buddha-vajradhara-dorje-chang-buddha-h-h-great-dharma-king-wan-ko-yeshe-norbu-thus-have-i-seen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/appendix-c-hymn-to-buddha-vajradhara-dorje-chang-buddha-h-h-great-dharma-king-wan-ko-yeshe-norbu-thus-have-i-seen\/thus-have-i-seen\/","title":{"rendered":"Appendix C: Hymn to Buddha Vajradhara (Dorje Chang Buddha), H.H. Great Dharma King Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu \u2013 Thus Have I Seen"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

Appendix C: Hymn to Buddha Vajradhara (Dorje Chang Buddha), H.H. Great Dharma King Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu \u2013 Thus Have I Seen<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Reposted from\u00a0Thus Have I Seen<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche\u00a0p.292-293<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

To the magnificent Buddha Vajradhara whose brilliance outshines the suns of a billion galaxies and whose wisdom surpasses all holy and ordinary beings;
I humbly bow and offer my devotion.<\/p>

To the bearer of the Holy Scepter whose emanation graces this mundane world and blesses us with His sacred words and holy actions,
I humbly bow and offer my devotion.<\/p>

To He who has as disciples the Five Buddhas of the Five Directions and through whom we fortunate ones can gain realization of our true nature,
I humbly bow and offer my devotion.<\/p>

To the One who teaches Buddhas and other Holy Beings the secret doctrines and delights the Universe,
I humbly bow and offer my devotion.<\/p>

To the One who reincarnated as the great layman, the Honorable Vimalakirti, to teach Buddhas and Bodhisattvas as well as the close disciples of Shakyamuni Buddha,
I humbly bow and offer my devotion.<\/p>

To He who is praised by Buddhas and Bodhisattvas as well as Dharma kings and enlightened beings and unenlightened beings from the six realms,
I humbly bow and offer my devotion.<\/p>

To He who shows a tiny glimpse of what is possible through His incredible achievements in the Five Vidyas,
I humbly bow and offer my devotion.<\/p>

To the Great Artist and Creator, who blesses us with works of such beauty and skill as to delight the senses and touch our hearts,
I humbly bow and offer my devotion.<\/p>

To the Great Healer, who by using the Galloping Horse Vajra Instrument of Hayagriva eliminates our suffering and pain and who fixes all that is broken,
I humbly bow and offer my devotion.<\/p>

To the Master of Sound, who can compassionately caress with soft words and roar like a lion and whose poetry and couplets inspire countless followers,
I humbly bow and offer my devotion.<\/p>

To the Great Logician, who understands the workings of karma and knows our pasts and future,
I humbly bow and offer my devotion.<\/p>

To the Fully Realized One, who possesses the supernormal powers that can raise the dead and confer longevity and blessings,
I humbly bow and offer my devotion.<\/p>

To He who Communicates with the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and brings us Their blessings and empowerments
I humbly bow and offer my devotion.<\/p>

To the Great Compassionate and All-Generous One, who endlessly gives of himself and His wealth so that we unworthy vessels may learn and practice the True Dharma,
I humbly bow and offer my devotion.<\/p>

To He who can answer any question and selflessly shares His own boundless merit to help us inferior ordinary beings find the Way,
I humbly bow and offer my devotion.<\/p>

To the Fearless Leader, who gives us the shortest of lineages and the true Buddha Dharma for this dark era,
I humbly bow and offer my devotion.<\/p>

To He who expounds the Truth in such simplicity and demonstrates its practice in ordinary things,
I humbly bow and offer my devotion.<\/p>

To the One who enables me to expiate my negative karma through His many empowerments and blessings,
I humbly bow and offer my devotion.<\/p>

To He who uses his own merit to raise the consciousness of my dear relatives so that they may go to the Buddha Lands,
I humbly bow and offer my devotion.<\/p>

Even though these pitiful words are woefully inadequate in their praise and ability to express my admiration and gratitude to my priceless Master,
I humbly bow and offer them in loving devotion.<\/p>

Composed by a grateful disciple with a heart of utmost devotion,<\/p>

\u2014Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche
at Hua Zang Si in San Francisco, California on November 17, 2006
and <\/em>revised when I learned He was H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t<\/i>Prev<\/span><\/span>Previous<\/span>Appendix B: The Ways to Become a Holy Being or Saint \u2013 Thus Have I Seen<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tNext<\/span>Appendix D: Major Buddhas, Mahasattvas, Patriarchs, and Matriarchs in the Buddhist Lineage Refuge Tree<\/span><\/span><\/i>Next<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To the magnificent Buddha Vajradhara whose brilliance outshines the suns of a billion galaxies and whose wisdom surpasses all holy and ordinary beings; I humbly bow and offer my devotion…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":76568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[590],"tags":[641],"class_list":["post-76898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thus-have-i-seen","tag-zhaxi-zhuoma-rinpoche"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76898"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78027,"href":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76898\/revisions\/78027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}