Permission to Bless Sentient Beings in the Ocean

Permission to Bless Sentient Beings in the Ocean

Date of Advice:
November 2013
Date Posted:
January 2014

While staying in California in 2013, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Dagri Rinpoche and about 100 students went to a local wharf to bless sentient beings in the ocean, by lowering a number of embossed Namgyalma mantra boards into the water. State park rangers asked them to leave because they did not have the required permit, so the ocean blessing stopped and the group was escorted off the wharf. The next day, Rinpoche wanted to send this letter. [Read more and watch a video of the ocean blessing here.]

I, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Spiritual Director of 161 centers in 31 countries and the Buddhist Sangha from Kachoe Dechen Ling, Aptos, California, seek permission to bless the ocean off the Seacliff State Park wharf.

Just as the fisher people get permission, we also request the state parks for this permission. Within this great democratic country, which gives so much happiness to others, please grant permission to bless the ocean and liberate all the animals and fish in the ocean, to free them from the suffering of rebirth, old age, sickness and death, and to help them achieve total liberation from suffering and attain the state of omniscient mind, the peerless happiness. Attached are a few photos of the mantra board which we use to bless the ocean.

Thank you very much for your time.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche
FPMT Spiritual Director

This sign explaining the purpose of blessing the ocean with Namgyalma mantras was dictated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, California, USA, Sept 2013.

Namgyalma mantra board for blessing the ocean creatures, California, USA, Sept 2013.

 

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