༄༅། །ཨུ་རྒྱན་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་རྣམ་ཐར་མཛད་པ་བཅུ་གཅིག་གི་གསོལ་འདེབས་བྱིན་རླབས་སྤྲིན་ཕུང་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་བཞུགས་སོ། །
Cloud Banks of Blessings: A Prayer Recounting the Eleven Deeds of the Life and Liberation of the Guru from Uddiyana
By Ratna Lingpa
A prayer to Guru Rinpoche recounting eleven significant deeds in his life: 1) forming the enlightened intention to tame beings, 2) descending into the lotus flower, 3) spontaneously taking birth, 4) enjoying the pleasures of a prince, 5) taking ordination, 6) practicing various austerities, 7) overcoming Mara’s hosts, 8) attaining complete awakening, 9) turning the wheel of the Dharma, 10) engaging in yogic disciplines, and 11) hiding terma treasures to spread the Dharma far and wide.
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