Practices for Bushfire

Practices for Bushfire

Date of Advice:
September 2013
Date Posted:
November 2014

Rinpoche checked what could be done to dispel serious bushfires that occurred in Sydney and the Blue Mountains, Australia, in September 2013. 

This is what came out very good to do:

1.   Recite the mantra of Arya Vairochana. This came out best.

Visualize the Lama Chöpa merit field, with nectar coming from the merit field like a waterfall. From every merit field visualize huge waterfalls. Nectar falls and stops all the fires and purifies all the sentient beings who are there, as well as all the six-realm sentient beings and yourself. This also purifies the karma to experience the fires. If the karma is not purified, then this won’t be the last time; it will happen again and again. Then recite the Vairochana mantra.

2.   Alternatively you can visualize the Buddha or the refuge merit field and do the same visualization as above, then recite the White Umbrella mantra [Tib: dü-kar; Skt: Arya Sitatapatra.]

3.   Make offerings and pray to Bodhisattva Kshitigharba