Kyapdro Prostration Prayer | Refuge Practice | Healing Power Of Three Jewels

Generally speaking, this refuge prayer is commonly used by Tibetan Buddhists, who call it kyamdro1. Tibetan Buddhists “take refuge” in the Three Jewels of Buddhism: the Buddha, the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha), and the Sangha (the spiritual community of Buddhists)
Ngöndro Sanskrit ( pūrvaka) is the Tibetan term for the preliminary or foundational practices within the Vajrayana tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
The term ngöndro literally denotes "something that goes before, something which precedes. The preliminary practices establish the foundation for the more advanced Vajrayana practices, such as sādhanā practices, or Dzogchen and Mahamudra.
Vajrayana teachers emphasize that "foundational" does not mean "lesser", that the practice of Ngöndro is a complete and sufficient practice of the spiritual path and that it can take the practitioner all the way to full enlightenment.
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche said:
"When we take our first steps on the Path, we are not yet capable of helping others. To accomplish the good of others, we must first perfect ourselves, by purifying and transforming our minds. This is the aim of what we call the preliminary practices, which establish the foundations of all spiritual progress. You may feel like dispensing with these foundations in order to practice teachings that you think are more profound, but if you do so, you are building a palace on the surface of a frozen lake.
In general, the preliminary practices are divided into two sections: the outer preliminary practices, and the inner preliminary practices.
Outer preliminaries
The outer preliminaries (aka common or ordinary preliminaries) consist of a series of deep reflections or contemplations on the following four topics:
the preciousness of this human birth - for example, several versions of the ngondro emphasize reflection on the eighteen freedoms and advantages.
the truth of impermanence and change.
the workings of karma.
the suffering of living beings within samsara
These reflections are intended to inspire a strong sense of renunciation, an urgent desire to emerge from samsara and follow the path to liberation.
The above four contemplations are sometimes referred to as "the four reminders" or "the four mind-changers or "the four thoughts which turn the mind towards Dharma." Additional reflections may be included in the specific instructions on the outer preliminaries within different lineages, but the above four topics are the main reflections.
The outer preliminaries are typically followed by the inner preliminary practices.
Inner preliminaries
The inner preliminaries (aka uncommon or extraordinary preliminaries)
taking refuge in the Buddha as the guide, the truth of his teaching (the Dharma) as the path, and the example of his practitioners (the Sangha) as companions on the path, so awakening a confidence and trust in our own inner buddha nature;
giving birth to love and compassion—bodhichitta, the heart of the enlightened mind—and training the mind to work with ourselves, with others, and with the difficulties of life;
removing obscurations of all kinds through the purification and healing practice of meditating on Vajrasattva and reciting his mantra;
accumulating merit and wisdom by developing universal generosity and creating auspicious circumstances, through the mandala offering;
finally, in the practice of guru yoga, which is the most crucial, moving and powerful practice of all, we unite our mind with the wisdom mind of all the buddhas and so awaken the wisdom of realization.
Purifying the Obscurations
1. prostrations remove the obscurations associated with the body,
2. recitation of the mantra of Vajrasattva removes obscurations associated with speech,
3.mandala offering removes obscurations associated with mind, and
4. guru yoga removes the obscurations of all three: body, speech and mind.
Practice accumulations
Most texts recommend specific targets for practice accumulations. For example, texts typically recommend for a practitioner to complete:
1. 100,000 prostrations with refuge prayers
2. 100,000 mantras of Vajrasattva
3. 100,000 mandala offerings
4. 100,000 mantras of guru yoga
However, these practice instructions are at the discretion of the teacher. For example, a teacher might modify the recommended number of prostrations for a student who is physically unable to complete 100,000 prostrations. Or in some cases, a teacher might suggest that a student's dharma activity, such as volunteering at a dharma center, can be a substitute for more formal practices. Chanted by buddhist Penpa Lama

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