When parted from beloved friends, wandering
    alone
    my own projections' empty forms appear,
    may the Buddhas send out the power of their
    compassion
    so that the bardo's terrors do not come.

    When the five luminous lights of wisdom
    shine,
    fearlessly may I recognize myself;
    when the forms of the peaceful and wrathful
    ones appear
    fearless and confident may I recognize the
    bardo.

    When I suffer through the power of evil
    karma,
    may the peaceful and wrathful Buddhas clear
    away suffering;
    when the sound of dharmata roars like a
    thousand thunders,
    may it be transformed into the sound of
    mahayana teaching.

    When I follow my karma, without a refuge,
    may the peaceful and wrathful Buddhas be
    my refuge;
    when I suffer the karma of unconscious
    tendencies,
    may the samadhi of bliss and luminosity
    arise.

    At the moment of spontaneous birth in the
    bardo of becoming,
    may the false teachings of the tempters not
    arise;
    when I arrive wherever I wish by supernatural
    power,
    may the illusory terrors of evil karma not
    arise.

    When savage beasts of prey are roaring,
    may it become the sound of dharma, the six
    syllables;
    when I am chased by snow, rain, wind, and
    darkness,
    may I receive the clear, divine eye of wisdom.

    May all sentient beings of the same realm in
    the bardo,
    free from jealosy, be born in a higher state;
    when great thirst and hunger are caused by
    passions,
    may the pain of thirst and hunger, heat and
    cold, not arise.

    When I see my future parents in union,
    may I see the peaceful and wrathful Buddhas
    with their consorts;
    with power to choose my birthplace, for the
    good of others,
    may I receive a perfect body adorned with
    auspicious signs.

    Obtaining for myself a perfect human body,
    may all who see and hear me at once be
    liberated;
    may I not follow all my evil karma,
    but follow and increase what merit I may
    have.

    Wherever I am born, at that very place,
    may I meet the yidam of this life face to face;
    knowing how to walk and talk as soon as I
    am born,
    may I attain the power of non-forgetfullness
    and rememberance of past lives.

    In all the stages of learning, high, middle
    and low,
    may I understand just by hearing, thinking
    and seeing;
    wherever I am born, may that land be blessed,
    so that all sentient beings may be happy.

    O peaceful and wrathful Buddhas, may I and
    others
    become like you yourselves, just as you are,
    with your forms and your auspicious marks,
    your retinues, your long life and your
    realms.