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Abbreviated Recitations
Refuge
This prayer expresses our intention
of turning to the Buddha, his teachings and the spiritual community
for guidance and help.
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Chanting
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Namo Gurubhya.
Namo Buddhaya.
Namo Dharmaya.
Namo Sanghaya. (3x or 7x)
Refuge and Generating the Altruistic
Intention
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I take refuge until I am enlightened in
the Buddhas, the Dharma and the Sangha. By the positive potential
I create by practicing generosity
and the other far-reaching attitudes,
may I attain Buddhahood in order to benefit all sentient beings.
(3x)
(Replace the italicized section with
listening to the Dharma when said
before receiving teachings.)
The Four Immeasurables
The four thoughts expressed in this
prayer are called "Immeasurables" because they extend
to all beings throughout the universe. Each line is a meditation
in itself and invites us to develop awareness and concern for others.
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II [4
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Explanation
on Immeas Equanimity -
this was preceded by a discussion where people were asked to investigate
why they feel attachment to their friend, have aversion for their
enemy, and were apathetic towards a stranger. [9
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May all sentient beings
have happiness and its causes.
(Immeasurable Love)
May all sentient beings be free of suffering and its causes.
(Immeasurable Compassion)
May all sentient beings not be separated from sorrowless bliss.
(Immeasurable Joy)
May all sentient beings abide in equanimity, free of bias, attachment
and anger. (Immeasurable Equanimity)
Seven-limb Prayer
The seven lines of this prayer help
us to purify our negative emotions and actions and to accumulate
a wealth of positive potential.
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Reverently I prostrate with my body, speech
and mind,
And present clouds of every type of offering, actual and mentally
transformed.
I confess all my negative actions accumulated since beginningless
time,
And rejoice in the virtues of all holy and ordinary beings.
Please remain until cyclic existence ends,
And turn the wheel of Dharma for sentient beings.
I dedicate all the virtues of myself and others to the great enlightenment.
Mandala Offering
The mandala offering involves offering
the universe and everything in it to the Three Jewels. By doing
so, we free ourselves from the attachment and miserliness that selfishly
wants things for ourselves, and by developing delight in giving,
our mind becomes joyful and is filled with positive potential.
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This ground, anointed with perfume, flowers
strewn,
Mount Meru, four lands, sun and moon,
Imagined as a Buddha land and offered to you.
May all beings enjoy this pure land.
The objects of attachment, aversion and ignorance
-- friends, enemies and strangers, my body, wealth and enjoyments
-- I offer these without any sense of loss. Please accept them with
pleasure, and inspire me and others to be free from the three poisonous
attitudes.
Idam guru ratna mandala kam nirya tayami.
Requesting Inspiration
We request the lineage of teachers
from Shakyamuni Buddha to our present teachers to inspire us so
that we can integrate the Dharma in our mind and develop all good
qualities.
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Glorious and precious root guru, sit upon the
lotus and moon seat on my crown. Guiding me with your great kindness,
bestow upon me the attainments of your body, speech and mind.
The eyes through whom the vast scriptures are
seen, supreme doors for the fortunate who would cross over to spiritual
freedom, illuminators whose wise means vibrate with compassion,
to the entire line of spiritual masters I make request.
Shakyamuni Buddha's Mantra
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Tayata om muni muni maha muniye soha.
(21x)
Dedication of Merit
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c) The difference between
a prayer and a dedication.
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Due to this merit may we soon
Attain the enlightened state of Guru Buddha,
That we may be able to liberate
All sentient beings from their sufferings.
May the precious bodhi mind
Not yet born arise and grow.
May that born have no decline,
But increase forever more.
Long Life Prayer for His Holiness the Dalai
Lama
In the snowy mountain paradise
You're the source of good and happiness.
Powerful Tenzin Gyatso Chenresig,
May you stay until samsara ends.
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Refuge] [The
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