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siṁha-nāda-sādhana

The Practice of Simhanada

    I prostrate myself before Lokeshvara!
Any mantrik who understands the mantra will thereby realize the abandonment of all deceptive aspects.
     First, one should perform mouth cleansing in four periods of time. In a completely secluded place, compose a mandala in front of you along with a drawn body, etc. When you have made numerous offerings, sit on a good seat and meditate on the four immeasurables.
    Then, from the syllable caṁ in your own heart, the Moon appears, on which you should visualize the white syllable hrīḥ. Thanks to the rays of light emanating from it, the guru, the Enlightened One, and the bodhisattvas appear clearly in the sky. [When you visualize this,] rays of light shine forth again, and from them arise clouds of offerings, with which offerings are made and reverence is shown. [Say]:
    Repenting of what is harmful and rejoicing in what is beneficial, I pray for refuge in the Three Jewels! Since I am on the path of the Victorious Ones, I turn my mind toward enlightenment!
    When the light returns, meditate on everything as emptiness.
    oṁ svabhāva śuddhāḥ sarva dharmāḥ svabhāva śuddho haṁ
    oṁ śūnyatā jñāna vajra svabhāva ātma ko haṁ
    Say this.
     Then, from the syllable paṁ, a red lotus quickly appears. From it, from the syllable a, a lion's seat appears. From it, from the syllable caṁ, a moon disc appears. On it, from the syllable hrīḥ, Simhanada appears with one face, two arms, and a white body. He has a tiara of hair on his head and an ornament on his head in the form of Amitabha. He has three eyes and sits on a great king with his legs half crossed. The palm of his left hand touches the ground. His thumb holds a stick of a sacred lotus marked with a sword. On this side there is also a white kapala, which has a lotus stick and is filled with various flowers with a sweet smell. The right hand rests on the knee, stretched out, and resting, [holds] a trident entwined by a white snake. Meditate on how the Enlightened Ones of the five families radiate directly from the head of the one who possesses the nature of meditative absorption. 
    [When you do so,] visualize the syllable hrīḥ on the moon in the Heart. Through the syllable jaḥ hūṁ, capture jñānasattva. Through baṁ, accomplish subjugation. Having done so, through hoḥ, give rise to joy. Visualize it thus.
    Then recite:
    oṁ āḥ hrīḥ siṁha nāda hūṁ phaṭ
    This concludes the practice of Simhanada.
     Translated by Lama Karma Paljor.