I take refuge until I am enlightened in the Buddhas, the Dharma and the Sangha.
By the positive potential I create by practising generosity and the other far-reaching attitudes,
may I attain Buddhahood in order to benefit all sentient beings.

The Four Immeasureables

May all sentient beings have happiness and its causes,
May all sentient beings be free of suffering and its causes,
May all sentient beings never be separated from sorrowless bliss,
May all sentient beings abide in equanimity, free of bias, attachment and anger.

OM SVABHAVA SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA SVABHAVA SHUDDHO HUM
(dissolving into emptiness)

Out of Emptiness from the syllable HUM comes a protection wheel, at the centre of which from the syllable PAM comes a lotus, from AH comes a moon disc, in the centre of which is one’s own consciousness in the form of a yellow syllable DZA, which emanates rays of light, making offerings to all Arya beings. The light that comes from the DZA pacifies the sufferings of the poverty of all living beings, causing rays of treasures to fall.

Light collects back into the syllable DZA, and one takes the form of Arya Dzambala with golden colour, one face and two arms, with the right hand in the gesture of supreme giving, holding the bijapura fruit and the left holding a mongoose from whose mouth a great treasure of jewels is constantly being emitted.

Arya Dzambala is peaceful and elegant, slightly corpulent and appearing very gentle, in a completely happy and pleasant state of mind. With his eyes wide open and his black hair tied in a top knot, he is adorned with a jewelled head ornament. The right foot is slightly outstretched in the royal posture, and both feet are placed on treasures such as the eye of conch shell and head of the lotus. Wearing multi-coloured silken clothing and jewelled ornaments, he is adorned with garlands of blue utpala flowers. His body is luminous and radiant. From one’s heart centre (as Arya Dzambala) emanate rays of light, inviting wisdom beings in the form of Arya Dzambala along with his entourage.

BENZA SAMADZA
(inviting the wisdom beings)

DZA HUM BAM HO
(The wisdom beings are absorbed)

At the forehead is the syllable OM, at the throat an AH and at the heart a HUM. Again from the heart centre emanate rays of light, inviting the five initiating deities and entourage.

“Please bestow blessings and confer the initiation.”
(thus requesting)

OM BENZA BHAVA ABHISINTSA HUM
(saying this the initiation is conferred)

The body is filled, purifying all stains. An excess of water comes out from the crown of the head, transforming into Ratnasambhava.

The Way to Bless the Sensory Offerings

(offerings should be blessed according to the lower tantras)

OM BENZA AMRITA KUNDALI HANA HANA HUM PHET

OM SVABHAVA SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA SVABHAVA SHUDDHO HUM

Everything is Emptiness.

Out of emptiness in front of oneself appears the syllable OM which transforms into eight spacious jewelled vessels. In each of those vessels appears the syllable OM, which transforms into godly substances: water for the mouth, water for the feet, flowers, incense, and so forth, clear, unobstructed, and as extensive as space.

OM ARGHAM AH HUM (water)
OM PADYAM AH HUM (water)
OM PUPEY AH HUM (flower)
OM DHUPE AH HUM (incense)
OM ALOKE AH HUM (light)
OM GANDHE AH HUM (perfume)
OM NAWIDYE AH HUM (food)
OM SHABDA AH HUM (music)

8 Sensory Offerings

OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA ARGHAM PRATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA PADYAM PRATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA PUPEY PRATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA DHUPE PRATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA ALOKE PRATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA GANDHE PRATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA NAWIDYE PRATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA SHABDA PRATITSA SOHA

Praises

O Lord of Wealth, Holder of the Treasure of Jewels
And Lord of the numerous wealth-holding yakshas,
Great Lord and Protector of the North, Bestower of Supreme Attainments,
I prostrate to You.  (3x)

Mantra Recitation

(With visualisation, do the recitation any number of times)

OM DZAMBALA DZALENDRAYE SOHA

Dedication

By the virtues collected through this practice
May I quickly attain the state of Arya Dzambala
And lead all beings, without exception,
To the state of Enlightenment.

(If one wishes to make the offering of water to Arya Dzambala, one may do so in this way:)

Visualisation

In the centre of a copper vessel, out of Emptiness appears Arya Dzambala in golden colour, one face and two arms, with the right hand in the gesture of supreme giving, holding the bijapura fruit and the left holding a mongoose which is constantly emitting from its mouth a great treasure of jewels.

Arya Dzambala is peaceful and elegant, slightly corpulent and appearing very gentle and in a completely happy and pleasant state of mind. With his eyes wide open and his black hair tied in a top knot, he is adorned with a jewelled head ornament.

The right foot is slightly outstretched in the royal posture, and both feet are placed on treasures such as the eye of conch shell and head of the lotus. Wearing multi-coloured silken clothing and jewelled ornaments, he is adorned with garlands of blue utpala flowers.  His body is luminous and radiant.

At the palm of the right hand on a moon disc the syllables OM HUM TRAM HRI AH emanate rays of light, inviting the blessings of all Buddhas in the form of nectar, which enter into the five syllables.

OM AH HUM (3x)
(reciting thus, blessing the water)

Now recite the essence mantra “OM DZAMBALA DZALENDRAYE SOHA” 108 times and either pour the water 108 times or pour the water from the vase in a continuous stream, thus visualising that one is offering this water to Arya Dzambala. Finally, the torma which has been prepared for Dzambala should be blessed and also put into the water and offered.

The Way to Bless the Torma

OM BENZA AMRITA KUNDALI HANA HANA HUM PHET
OM SVABHAVA SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA SVABHAVA SHUDDHO HAM

Out of Emptiness from the syllable YAM comes a wind manda la, on top of which from RAM comes a fire mandala. From the syllable AH comes a skullcup, white on the outside and red inside, huge and spacious, containing the five meats and five nectars, which are purified, transformed and multiplied by the recitation of the three syllables OM AH HUM. The substances become an undefiled ocean of wisdom nectar.

Torma Offering

OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA IDAM BALIMTA KHA KHA KHAHI KHAHI

(Then make Offerings and Praises:)

8 Sensory Offerings

OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA ARGHAM PRATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA PADYAM PRATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA PUPEY PRATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA DHUPE PRATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA ALOKE PRATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA GANDHE PRATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA NAWIDYE PRATITSA SOHA
OM ARYA DZAMBALA SAPARIWARA SHABDA PRATITSA SOHA

Praises

O Lord of Wealth, Holder of the Treasure of Jewels,
And Lord of the numerous wealth-holding yakshas,
Great Lord and Protector of the North, Bestower of Supreme Attainments, I prostrate to You.

I and all living beings, who are under the sufferings of the five actions motivated by stinginess,
in all rebirths we take refuge in You.
With your treasure of jewels and the stream of nectar
please pacify the sufferings of poverty of all beings. (3x)

(Then visualise that Arya Dzambala is extremely delighted and gives you presents of wish-fulfilling gems and attainments of nectar.  Also, take some of the torma water and share it with others.)

In one attempt, Devadatta pushed down large boulders from the top of a cliff to the Buddha and his students who were walking down hill. Dzambala ran forward to protect the Buddha from the falling boulders and stopped them with his body. He incurred a head injury in the process.

Buddha extended his hand and nectar poured from the Buddha’s hand onto Dzambala’s head healing him in the process. When Dzambala awoke, he thanked the Buddha for healing him. The Buddha then said to Dzambala,

“In the future, when people do your practice and pour water on you as I have done, you shall help to alleviate people’s poverty.”

Drawing upon the rich energies of Dzambala the Buddha of Wealth, this puja increases both outer and inner wealth, bringing a new lease of life; seen and unseen riches such as good health, peace, happiness and harmony.

Benefits:

• Brings outer material wealth
• Resolves financial difficulties
• Inner wealth such as good health, peace and happiness

This puja is available in the Kechara Puja House in both Small and Medium puja sizes, depending on the scale of the problem. Click here for more information.

With sincere intentions, one can offer jewellery on Buddha images, thereby creating the causes mentioned, a body beautiful to look at, and charisma to inspire others positively in future lives and in this life.

It is also a wish to achieve the Buddha body that is healthy and strong, and thrives on benefiting others. Last of all, making offerings towards a particular Buddha creates connection of blessings and protection with a specific Buddha.

In the short term, he can bring us material wealth and help us out of poverty but more importantly, his practice can also bring us to spiritual wealth and personal growth to become a better person.

As with all Buddhas, his practice can help us gain the ultimate attainment of Enlightenment. His form is short, fat and stout, which comes from a time when it was widely believed that obesity is synonymous with wealth and luxury.

He also carries an arrogant expression on his face and sits in royal posture: this acts as a warning to tell us if we continue to look and act in this arrogant way in our attempts to get material wealth, we actually gain poverty instead. Think! Is our greed hurting others?

The royal ease of his form indicates that Dzambala is free from samsara – through his practice and attainments, he has also acquired all the money, fame and wealth of the universe and no longer experiences suffering.

He can afford to be laid back, chilled out – he’s got everything he needs! He shows us how our practice to him can ultimately lead us to Enlightenment, where we too can literally have everything we want.

At the same time, he steps on a conch shell with his right foot to mean that though he has attained all this great wealth, he is above it all and will no longer allow the ties of samsara to subjugate him again.

Dzambala holds a fruit in his right hand to signify that if we follow his practice, we can “bear the fruits” of our efforts to gain spiritual attainments and Enlightenment.

In his left hand, he holds a mongoose, which in ancient India stood as an omen of good things to come. The mongoose spits beautiful precious wish-granting jewels, and both work to attract us to practice Dzambala with an immediate promise of wealth.

Dzambala’s blessings and the value of his practice are universal. Keeping an image or statue of him, or giving a Dzambala statue away as a gift is beneficial to anyone, anywhere.

His spiritual energy in the form of sound that helps to transform the mind (Mantra):

OM DZAMBALA DZALENDRAYE SOHA