Thursday November 1 Part D

[Rinpoche completes recitation of King of Prayers]

So, I got late.

Due to all the past, present, future merits collected by me and the three-time merits collected by others, may the Buddha of Compassion, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, all the virtuous friends, may they have stable life, all their holy wishes to be succeed immediately. [gang ri ra wai....]

All other virtuous friends, then [pal den la mai ku tse den pa dang....]

[jang chub sem chog....]

Dedicate the merits, the source of all the happiness, success for oneself, for all sentient beings, may the bodhicitta be generated within one’s own mind, in one’s own family members and every single sentient being’s mind without delay even a second. That which is generated, may it be developed. 

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

Due to all the three-time merits collected by me, three-time merits collected by others, whichever universe, world, country, area, place I will be, just myself being there, to become, to affect, to be the most beneficial, that all those sentient beings who are living in that universe, world, country, area, place, in the house, may they never ever be reborn in the lower realms, since from that time. Myself being in that universe, country, area, place, in the house. And may they immediately actualize bodhicitta, realize emptiness and may they never experience war, all those war, famine, disease, torture, poverty, sicknesses, dangers of fire, water, air, earth, all those natural disasters, all the problems, water flood and all those, so many people homeless and die. So they, that is happening, immediately get stopped and may they never ever experience all those things.

And those who are deaf able to hear; those who are blind able to see; limp able to walk; and those who are in coma able to immediately recover all their _______, then, those who have many depression, nothing can help, so immediately get, their heart get filled with bliss, great bliss and those who have many headaches, difficult to cure, then immediately get stopped. Then those who have relationship problems, the emotional problems, relationship problems, those who mind to hurt or angry, all these disturbed by their own emotional thoughts and all these having relationship problems, so forth, left out and then abuse, whatever, whatever they suffer, the emotional problems, anger and sadness or the hurt, all that, may all those people their mind filled with great loving kindness and may their life filled with joy in the heart, satisfaction. And then those who are looking for guru able to find a perfectly qualified guru. And those who are looking for Dharma able to find unmistaken Dharma, correct path to enlightenment. And then which reveals that, and then those looking for, seeking retreat to do, and then able to find the most suitable place, perfect place and conditions and then able to have realizations. Able to have successful retreat and able to have realizations during those times. So all the, so everyone get peace and happiness. All the sicknesses, cancer, AIDS and then uncurable, those, everything then immediately get recovered. And then able to complete the path and achieve enlightenment as quick, may they achieve enlightenment as quick as possible. So able to, so oneself being in that universe, world, country, area, place, able to cause the sentient beings to achieve enlightenment as quick as possible.

Due to all the past, present, future merits collected by me, three-time merits collected by others, that which is empty, may the I who is, that which is empty from its own side, each session skies of merit collected so many times, with bodhicitta motivation, by making offerings and by rejoicing, each time then skies of merit collected, increased, then the four immeasurables, each time, in one session practice four immeasurable thoughts, then with each one collect skies of merit. So, so many times skies of merit collected, so much, inconceivable merit collected during one session. And then by living in the Eight Mahayana Precepts then each precept is taken for the benefit of all sentient beings, so you collect skies of merit with each precept. So unbelievable, so much merit collected today even within one session. So and then all the merits collected today, all the merits collected during this retreat and then all the past, and which will be collected in the future, due to all these merits collected by oneself, three-time merits collected by others, that which is empty, from its own side, empty from its own side, may the I who is empty, totally nonexistent, the real I that is appearing from its own side, from there, totally nonexistent, not even the slightest atom of that exists, lead all the, achieve Medicine Buddha’s, His Holiness Dalai Lama’s, Medicine Buddha’s enlightenment, which also do not exist at all from its own side, and lead all the sentient beings who appear truly existent from its own side, who is totally non-, completely empty, nonexistent to that enlightenment, to that Medicine Buddha’s enlightenment, that which is also empty from its own side by myself alone, who is also empty from its own side.

Due to all the past, present, future merits collected by me, three-time merit collected by others, the numberless sentient beings who are unimaginably suffering in the lower realms now, and including the person’s name given to me, whom I promised to pray, who rely upon me, those who died, then one student, one Chinese person, who is a lawyer, who has cancer, recently I met in Hong Kong, went in hospital to give refuge and gave Medicine Buddha practice. So by chanting Medicine Buddha, by giving talk how to think so he got, before he was unable to get up, and then later he was able to get up, then able to walk around, the parents were very surprised. But then took, left, a very nice person, very intelligent, very nice person, then he passed away yesterday or something like that. However, then including him, I don’t remember his name, Peter ________, or something like that, anyway that person, and then including that person may all the, those beings immediately be free from the sufferings of the lower realms and reincarnate in pure land where they can become enlightened or may they receive a perfect human body and achieve enlightenment quickly by meeting perfectly qualified Mahayana guru, Mahayana teachings.

Due to all the past, present, future merits collected by me, three-time merits collected by others, by my hearing a sentient being is sick cause that sentient being immediately get recovered. By my hearing somebody died, a sentient being died, cause that sentient being immediately to be born in pure land where that sentient being can be enlightened. And then sentient being born as human being but no opportunity to practice Dharma, may they be able to meet perfectly qualified Mahayana guru, Mahayana teachings, and by putting into practice, may they achieve enlightenment quickly.

Due to all the past, present, future merits collected by me, three-time merits collected by others, oneself, one’s own family members, all the students, benefactors of this organization, especially those who give up their lives to this organization to benefit for sentient beings, teaching of Buddha, all those, and those who rely upon me, whom I promised to pray, those who are doing service, may all of us, every one of us have long life and to be healthy and all the wishes to be succeed immediately according to the holy Dharma.

And due to all the past, present, future merits collected by me, three-time merits collected by others, may all the Sanghas in this organization, may they be able to complete the spiritual understanding, the realizations of the path to enlightenment in this very lifetime by living, based on living in vinaya, pure vinaya, and then by receiving all the needs and all the protections.

And due to all the past, present, future merits collected by me, three-time merits collected by others, may the social service centers, all those social service centers and schools, hospices, so forth, all those, then the meditation centers to be the most beneficial for, to become most beneficial for sentient beings that which cause, that which immediately pacifies the suffering of the body and mind of the sentient beings and spread the teaching of Lama Tsongkhapa in the mind of all the sentient beings and by receiving all the needs for that, all those social service centers.

Then may all the projects of each center whatever each has to be succeed immediately, then here the 100,000 Medicine Buddha statue temple and one hundred thousand stupas and all the rest of projects here to be succeed immediately and by receiving all the needs. Then all the rest of the projects, building holy objects, stupas, and so forth, monastery, nunnery, then all those projects, then the five-hundred feet Maitreya Buddha’s statue to be completed as quick as possible by receiving all the needs, all the finance, all the needs immediately. And may all these statues and all these projects and centers cause all sentient beings to generate bodhicitta then to cause them to achieve enlightenment as quickest as possible. [Inaudible discussion, something about the prayer to spread Lama Tsongkhapa’s teachings.]

So this, we dedicate the merit that Lama Tsongkhapa, so this, it specifies the special qualities of Lama Tsongkhapa teaching. So when it says, may it be flourished, so when it says, it means to flourish within one’s own mind, within your mind and to flourish in this world, in others’ mind. So good to, when we do this pray it’s good to think both, to flourish within one’s own mind and in the mind of others. Like that.

Alle, [inaudible discussion]. It’s English or Tibetan?

Ven. Rene: Both.

Rinpoche: So maybe tonight can be read in English.

[Recitation of prayer for the flourishing of Lama Tsongkhapa's teaching.]

[Rinpoche and the group reciting mantras to multiply the merits.]

Due to the blessings of the eminent Buddhas, bodhisattvas, may my, pure attitude and dependent arising, this, may my pure prayers be succeed immediately.

[Ven. Sarah starts to chant Rinpoche’s long-life prayer.]

No, no. Not tonight. Good-bye. Maybe in the dream! Can recite it in the dream.