Kadampa Teachings (Audio and Unedited Transcripts), Continued

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Root Institute, Bodhgaya, India; 26 December 2003 - 02 January 2004 (Archive #1470)

Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave these teachings at Root Institute, Bodhgaya, in December 2003. There were seven days of teachings; days 5 through 7 are included here. You can listen to the first four days here.

During these three days Rinpoche continued to give commentary on Atisha's Jewel Garland

Day Five: Dedications

Future merits and the three-time merits collected by others, may the bodhicitta be generated within one’s own heart and all of us, one’s own family members, and in the hearts of all the sentient beings. [jang chub sem chog....]

Due to all the three-time merits collected by me and the three-time merits collected by others, may the bodhicitta be generated in the hearts of oneself, all of us here and family members, then in the hearts of all the students, benefactors of this organization and those who give up their lives to the organization doing service to sentient beings, the teaching of Buddha, and everyone in this world. [jang chub sem chog....]

May the bodhicitta be generated in the hearts of all the leaders of this world, and may it be generated in the hearts of all the groups who does a lot of violence, killing and torturing, stealing, causing so much unhappiness to other people, so bodhicitta to be generated in the hearts of those, then all the gangsters, all the terrorists, however, all those different groups, without delay even a second. [jang chub sem chog....]

That we have all this incredible opportunity every day, every hour, minute to collect merit, to purify and to attain the path, so by the kindness of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who’s the embodiment of all the buddhas’ compassion. So pray for long life and all the holy wishes to be succeed immediately. [gang ri ra wai....]

Then, in particular, Lama Yeshe, who’s kinder than all the three-time buddhas, so this, so Lama Yeshe is the one who established this, who told Kabir to start this center, Root Institute, so that’s how it started, where we do all this practice, having opportunity is by Lama’s kindness. So all the staff here, everyone, not only those who are attending course, but everyone doing service here, everyone then opportunity to serve sentient beings and to cause sentient beings to meet Dharma, by existing this center, so this is completely, totally, by Lama Yeshe’s kindness. So even though all the staff, all the organizers here, so including cleaner, cooking, everyone, that able to have opportunity, able to offer this service, so this is by Lama’s kindness. So, able, whatever Lama has intention, whatever he has this organization to do and to benefit for sentient beings, teaching of Buddha, so to happen exactly and Lama’s incarnation, Lama Ösel Rinpoche to have long life and to be able to complete the studying in monastery and to be able to benefit all sentient beings like Lama Tsongkhapa, able to offer limitless skies of benefit like Lama Tsongkhapa to sentient beings, teaching of Buddha. Please pray this. [pause]

[Dedication in Tibetan]

Due to all the past, present, future merits collect by me and the three-time merits collected by others, any sentient being who sees me, touches me, remembers me, thinks about me, talks about me, either criticize me or praise, every day make fun of me, whatever connection they make to me, harm or help, just by this, may all those sentient beings never ever get reborn in the lower realms, immediately purify their negative karma and may it cause them to find faith in reincarnation, karma, immediately and then cause to generate loving kindness, compassion, bodhicitta in their hearts immediately. [long pause]

Then, it causes the sentient beings, immediately heals all their sicknesses, their seeing me, touching me, remembering me, thinking about me, talking about me, even seeing a picture of me, causes them, immediately heals all their sicknesses and then all their wishes get immediately fulfilled, wishes for happiness immediately get fulfilled. So myself becoming wish-fulfilling to all the sentient beings.

And then cause them to actualize the path in their hearts and cease all the defilements and to achieve enlightenment as quick as possible. [pause]

Due to all the past, present, future merits collected by me, the three-time merits collected by others, may I be able to offer limitless skies of benefit to all sentient beings and teaching of Buddha, like Lama Tsongkhapa, by having the same quality within me as Lama Tsongkhapa has, from now on in all my future lifetimes.

Due to all the past, present, future merits collected by me and the three-time merits collected by others, that which appears real one from its own side, but which is totally nonexistent, empty, may the I, who appears real one from there, but in reality which is totally nonexistent, empty, achieve Guru Shakyamuni Buddha’s enlightenment, which appears also real one from there, but in reality which is totally nonexistent, empty, and lead all the sentient beings, who appears real one from there but in reality which is totally nonexistent, empty, to that enlightenment, which appears real one from its own side, but in reality which is totally nonexistent, empty, by myself alone, who appears real one from its own side, but which is totally nonexistent, empty.

I dedicate all the merits in the same way as the three-time buddhas, bodhisattvas dedicated their merits.

[Dedications in Tibetan]

The general teaching of the Buddha, then please dedicate the merits that, may the 500-feet Maitreya Buddha statue, that which, also to purify the sentient beings, their defilements, and collect extensive merit, that which enables to actualize, to grow, the loving kindness, compassion, bodhicitta, the realizations, so in that way stop giving harm each other, then only benefiting each other, then all the perfect enjoyments and prosperity and as well as inner prosperity, then nobody experience war, famine, disease, torture, poverty, sicknesses and dangers of fire, water, air, earthquakes, all those undesirable things, and achieve enlightenment quickly by actualizing the path, completing the path. So, to be able to construct this, then complete as quick as possible, abide in this world and descend and to receive all the funding without delay even a second to complete the project.

And the general teaching of Buddha, particularly Lama Tsongkhapa, may it be spread in all the directions, may it flourish forever in this world, by completing actualizing in the hearts of all of us and in the hearts of all the students and all the supporters of this organization, those who give up their life to the organization doing service for sentient beings, teaching of Buddha.

[LTK dedications in Tibetan]

So, I hope it’s not good morning. So what I explained is not just to leave intellectual understanding but to apply in meditation, so in the daily life, as like a scientist, meditator or scientist, to use to achieve liberation, full enlightenment for sentient beings.

Thank you very much.