A Commentary on “Blessing the Speech According to the Instructions of Great Yogi Khyungpo”

Dedication

DAG GI CHE YI WANG PO LA
   May my tongue sense base
DE SHEG POB PA DÄN PAR SHOG
   Have all the courage of the ones gone to bliss.
TSHIG GI ZI JI THU DE NI
   By the magnificence and power of my words,
SEM CHÄN THAM CHÄ DÜL WAR SHOG
   May all sentient beings be subdued.
DAG GI TSHIG NI CHI MÄ PÄI
   May all the meanings of whatever words I say
DÖN DE THAM CHÄ DRUB PAR SHOG
   Be accomplished.

I added this dedication from a Nyingma prayer book containing a collection of daily practices.[1] It is a very good and important dedication that summarizes the purpose of blessing the speech in three requests.

First dedicate for your tongue sense base, or sense power, to have the courage or power of the ones gone to bliss, the buddhas. Then dedicate for the magnificence and power of your words to subdue the minds of sentient beings, so that when you give teachings and when you talk to others, you will be able to bring inner peace to them by pacifying their delusions, selfish mind, and negative thoughts. Then, when you say, “May all the meanings of whatever words I say be accomplished,” dedicate that whenever you teach Dharma, or even when you explain something to someone, give someone advice, or ask someone to do something, you will be able to accomplish whatever you say because they will listen to you.

[1] This dedication is found in the text tho rangs ldang ba’i rnal ‘byor by Jamgon Kongtrul, in which he says this practice is a combination of Nyingma and Sarma.