Dharma Quote of the Week... (Buddhism, Buddha, pray, prayer)

[Kerby W-R]

On the tenth night of the twelfth month, Gyal Dawa, the girl, came again. She said, "Don't neglect my request for a prayer. It is very important." That's the dream she had. I thought, "I'll write it on the full moon day." So on the night of the fourteenth I prayed with single-pointed devotion to Guru Rinpoche to grant blessing that the prayer would be beneficial and then fell asleep. Early in the morning of the fifteenth I dreamed I was sitting in front of the shrine in a very large building that looked like a temple. Suddenly a young white man dressed in white with his hair falling loosely over his shoulder appeared at the entrance. He was playing the cymbals melodiously and dancing the swirling, joyous dance of the Ging. He came closer and closer, singing:
If you want to establish the dharma,
Establish it in your mind.
In the depth of mind, you will find Buddha.
If you wish to visit the buddha fields,
Purify ordinary deluded attachment.
The perfectly comfortable buddha field is close by.
Develop the joyful effort to practice,
That is the essence of the teaching.
Without practice, who can gain the siddhis?
It is hard to see one's faults,
But to see them nakedly is powerful advice.
In the end when faults have been cleared away,
The enlightened qualities increase and shine forth.
At the end of this he rolled his cymbals. Then he crashed them together, and I awoke. After I woke up, I did not forget what he had said. I understood it to have been advice on practicing what to accept and what to reject. I was sad that although I had actually seen the face of my only father, Guru Padmasambhava, I had not recognized him.
I, Jigdral Yeshe Dorje, old father of the Nyingma, wrote this from my own experience. Sarva Mangalam.[May all be auspicious.]
--from Light of Fearless Indestructible Wisdom: The Life and Legacy of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche by Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, published by Snow Lion Publications

LIGHT OF
FEARLESS INDESTRUCTIBLE WISDOM:
The Life and Legacy of
His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche
by Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche

Beloved master, visionary, poet, revealer of profound spiritual treasures, His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche was a paramount figure in the history of twentieth-century Tibet. He worked closely with H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama to reinvigorate Tibetan culture and spiritual practice following the loss of their homeland. Nyingma masters and devotees, both ordained and lay, unanimously appointed him Supreme Head of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, and he served in this capacity until his passing in 1987.