It is very good that you become a monk or nun for all living beings: every hell being – they are numberless, every preta – they are numberless, every animal – they are numberless, every human – they are numberless, every sura – they are numberless, every asura – they are numberless, and every intermediate state being – they are numberless. So, be a monk or nun for all of them.

I want you to remember this every morning after you finish your prostrations, which is part of the refuge precepts. Then, recite this verse a few times while kneeling down, in order to inspire you to be able to live in the ordination and to continue to purify negative karma. Recite this verse of Buddha's words from the Sutra of the King of Concentration and then the mantra:

When the holy Dharma has become extremely perished and the teachings of the One Gone to Bliss have ceased, the merit of somebody who is enjoying (living in) one vow for one day or night is more exalted than offering umbrellas, flags, garlands of light offerings, food, and drink with a calm mind, or service, to one hundred billion times ten million buddhas, for ten billion eons equaling the number of grains of sand in the Pacific Ocean.

The meaning is "Keeping even one precept for one day collects far greater merit than the precious merit of having made extensive offerings every day to that many buddhas."

Then, you should recite the mantra:

OM AMOGHA SHILA SAMBHARA / BHARA BHARA / MAHA SHUDDHA SATTVA PADMA BIBHUSHITA BHUJA / DHARA DHARA / SAMANTA / AVALOKITE HUM PHAT SVAHA*

You can recite it 21 times a day or however many times you can. At the end, think this is what I am offering to all sentient beings. I offer this practice and these merits to all sentient beings and also this is my contribution to world peace. One thing that is helpful to strengthen the mind is to think you are making preparation for the happiness of future lives by living according to the vows. This also becomes the foundation for liberation from samsara and helps you to achieve enlightenment, and before that to achieve the higher training of concentration, shamatha, and great insight, wisdom.

With the support of bodhicitta and this realization, you achieve the Mahayana exalted path, which eliminates the defilements, and then you achieve full enlightenment. What makes the mind strong is by reflecting that this is the advantage that you get, and this is the happiness you can get by sacrificing this life and living according to the vows. Also, you should reflect on karma and the suffering of the lower realms. These two things are very important, especially when your mind becomes weak and follows samsara more than liberation. When the thought of seeking liberation is weaker for various reasons and the attachment seeking samsaric happiness is stronger, especially in these cases you should think that in order to achieve samsaric happiness you are giving up liberation – ultimate happiness. Also, it is very important that you read a lam-rim prayer every day, mindfully reflecting on the meaning, such as The Foundation of all Good Qualities.

So, thank you very much.

With much love and prayers...