This is an exceptionally powerful prayer composed by Mipham Jamyang Namgyal Gyamtso (1846–1912) who was also known as ‘Mipham the Great’. Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche was one of the most preeminent scholars of recent times.

According to Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, this famous prayer is very effective in accomplishing positive aims, aspirations and good fortune – such as the health and wellbeing of oneself, the human species and the living world with its great ecosystems.

Likewise, on this extremely auspicious day of the Buddha’s First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma, we would like to offer all this prayer to you and all mother sentient beings.

We look forward to the blessings and merits that you and all mother sentient beings will accrue.

As seen in the book ‘A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency’:

Q: What is the role of Buddhist prayer and puja to reverse, in the invisible real, the potential disasters of global warming?

Thrangu Rinpoche: In general, when we talk about making aspirations and prayers in Buddhism, it looks superficially like mere blind faith. You might think there is no way it could help at all. Yet if we look at it closely, it really does help. This is my experience. For example, I have a well-off student in Malaysia who built a thirty-two story hotel. No matter how hard he worked, nothing came of it. One partner was less than honest and he simply lost lots of money. He asked me what to do about the problem and I suggested he recite the Verses of the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones daily. He learned it by heart and did so. The hotel ended up a complete failure – but his other property in Australia jumped so much in value that he recouped all the losses in Malaysia. He told me, “Reciting that prayer was really wonderful!’ This is just to show that reciting such prayers is not blind faith, but something genuinely beneficial.

for the full Tibetan version with accompanying translation:

Verses of the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones

Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche’s

Verses of the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones

Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche stated that this famous prayer is very effective to accomplish positive aims, aspirations and good fortune – such as the health and wellbeing of oneself, the human species and the living world with its great ecosystems.

Om: Homage to the Buddha, Dharma and Noble Sangha — 
All who dwell in the auspicious realms of the ten directions, 
Where all appearance is completely pure, its nature spontaneously perfect, 
May all be auspicious for us!

Homage to the Eight Sugatas, 
Merely hearing your names increases auspiciousness and success.
King of the Lamp, 
Stable Strength of Wisdom Accomplishing All Aims, 
Glorious Adornment of Love, 
Sacred and Glorious One Renowned for Virtue,  
Vastly Renowned & Considerate of All, 
Glorious One Renowned as Perfectly Strong and Exalted like a Mountain, 
Glorious One Renowned as Considerate of All Sentient Beings, 
Glorious One Renowned as Perfectly Strong who Satisfies the Minds of Beings.

Homage to the Eight Bodhisattvas,
Supreme in granting auspiciousness and success, 
Gracefully holding your emblems -
Utpala flower, vajra, white lotus, naga-tree, 
Jewel, moon, sword and sun -
The youthful Manjushri, the glorious Vajrapani, 
Avalokiteshvara, the protector Maitreya, 
Kshitigarbha, Nivaranavishkambin,
Akashagarbha and noble Samantabhadra.

Homage to the Eight Auspicious Goddesses -
Of beauty, garlands, song, dance flowers, incense, light and perfume,
Pleasing with offerings the Buddhas of all directions and time,
Holders of the eight precious symbols -
The precious umbrella, the auspicious golden fishes, the wish-fulfilling vase, the exquisite lotus, the conch of fame, the glorious knot of prosperity, the victory banner and the majestic wheel.
Pleasing with offerings the Buddhas of all directions and time,
Thinking of your essential qualities makes success and fame grow.

Homage to the Eight Guardians of the World -
Each one holding your divine emblem -
Wheel, trident, lance, vajra, vina, sword, stupa and banner of victory. 
Mahabrahma, Shiva, Vishnu, Indra the Thousand-Eyed, 
The Kings; Dhritirashtra, Virudhaka, Virupaksha Lord of Nagas and Vaishravana.
Auspiciously develop happiness and virtue in the three realms!

With all obstacles and harmful influences pacified, 
May the work we are now about to begin
Meet with ever-growing fulfillment and success, 
And bring good fortune, prosperity, happiness and peace!

Colophon:
If you recite this upon waking, all the tasks of the day will be accomplished.
If you recite it when going to sleep, it will bring you good dreams.
If you recite it when entering battle, it will bring total victory.
If you recite it at the outset of a project, all aims and wishes will be fulfilled.
If you recite it continually, you will enjoy a long life, glory, renown, prosperity,
auspiciousness, abundant happiness and positivity, and the fulfilment of all wishes.
All your misdeeds and obscurations will be purified,
and you will achieve the higher realms and liberation.
This was declared by the sublime victorious one himself.

This arose from the lake of the mind of Jampal Gyepé Dorjé  on the third day of the third month of the Fire Monkey year (1896),  an auspicious time according to the configuration of planets, sun and constellations. Mangalam!

The Eight Auspicious Symbols