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hālā-hala-sādhana

The Halahala Practice

    I prostrate myself before the blessed Halahala!
    After meditating on emptiness through the ritual explained earlier, visualize the white syllable hrīḥ appearing from a red lotus and the moon. Once fully formed, it transforms into a deity white in all its limbs, possessing three faces and six arms. The faces to the right and left are black and red, respectively; each face has three eyes. Three right hands hold an arrow, prayer beads, and [form the mudra of] supreme generosity. Three left hands hold a bow and a lotus, and are positioned at the chest. [The head is adorned with] a hair-knot featuring Amitabha, a jewel, and a crescent moon, and is also decorated with a diadem marked by a garland of skulls. He is adorned with auspicious ornaments. He wears a tiger-skin skirt. With a playful smile, he possesses qualities such as a radiant complexion. Visualize the Blessed One seated cross-legged.
    To his right is a trident entwined with terrifying snakes. To his left is a kapala filled with various flowers. Visualize yourself instantly transforming into Halahala—who overwhelms with bliss—situated within the cave of an immovable mountain, the jewel of a perfect place.
    oṁ vajra dharma hrīḥ
    Recite this mantra.
    This is the practice of Halahala, composed by the Acharya Sahajalila. It was translated by the Pandita Amoghavajra and the monk Bari, a translator from Kham; and by Lama Dondrub Dorje Tulku.