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hayagrīva-sādhana

Hayagriva Practice

    Having successively performed the previously proclaimed rituals, visualize a multicolored lotus and the Sun. Upon them rests the red syllable haṁ. When the primordial wisdom [arising from this syllable] reaches perfection, the noble Hayagriva emerges from it. He has a red body, three faces, and eight arms. The right and left faces are dark blue and white, respectively. Each face has three eyes. He is adorned with snakes. He stands with one leg extended and the other bent, gazing with a wrathful expression. The central face wears a smile; the face on the right has a rolling tongue. The face on the left has bared fangs. He is draped in a tiger-skin cloak. In his right hands, he holds a vajra, a staff, a trident emblem with a silk banner, and an arrow, respectively. In his four left hands, he forms the scorpion mudra, rests a hand on his thigh, holds a lotus, and twirls a bow. Akshobhya serves as his crown. Meditate in this manner. Abide in the samadhi of "Hayagriva’s Vajra of Primordial Wisdom."
    Mantra for recitation:
    oṁ haṁ hayagrīva svāhā
    Such is the practice of Hayagriva.
    Translated by Tsultrim Gyaltsen based on the [teachings] of Abhaya.
    Translated by Lama Dondrub Dorje Tulku.