Teachings at Amitabha and White Tara Initiations and Retreat (Audio and Unedited Transcripts)

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Shakyamuni Center, Taichung, Taiwan (Archive #1604)

Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave these teachings during Amitabha and White Tara initiations and a White Tara retreat at Shakyamuni Center, Taichung, Taiwan, February 18-21, 2007. The teachings include lung  (oral transmission) of the Amitayus mantra and the long-life sutra. 

Please note: the teaching was being translated into Chinese and while we have edited those sections out, you may still occasionally hear the Chinese interpreter's voice in the background. 

Dedication Prayers

...or from newspaper, from the news or from the TV, however, just by that, may those beings then, immediately reborn in the pure land where they can become enlightened.

And due to all the three-time merits collected by oneself and others, may all the Maitreya statues built in different parts of the world, all be accomplished as quick as possible. Then as well as all other holy objects to be built in different parts of the world to cause sentient beings, quickest way to purify and collect extensive merits and bring to enlightenment as quick as possible, all them completed without any obstacles and by receiving all the necessary conditions and as well as continuing serving, in this world, the main place where extensive learning of Buddhadharma, then all the monasteries, Sanghas, offering service, able to continue, and Sanghas in this organization to preserve Dharma, spread Dharma, for sentient beings, as well as building monasteries, nunneries, different parts of the world, to preserve Dharma, spread Dharma, all these to be accomplished. And then all the various social services, the special school, the heart of education, the universal education, to help the young with all the important qualities of the human mind, the loving kindness, compassion, tolerance, all those, ?respect and kindness, so forth, all the qualities, forgiveness, with all the qualities to grow up, to educate them, to practice, to grow up to be, everyone to become source of peace and happiness of all sentient beings, particularly in this world. And then the hospitals, giving medicine for various sick people, the eye operating in Tibet, then all the giving food and shelter in Mongolia, printing the Dharma books and distributing in the world, to educate sentient beings, to awaken sentient beings, to bring to enlightenment. So all this and prison project, so all these various social services, the hospices, all these to be most beneficial to all sentient beings by receiving all the needs.

And then every center has their own, whatever projects they have, buying house or programs, spreading Dharma, then other social services, whatever each center has, all those to be accomplished and to be most beneficial for sentient beings. So able to illuminate this world and reduce the suffering, able to cause to bring perfect peace and happiness in this world.

[Rinpoche recites the two Lama Tsongkhapa dedication prayers in Tibetan: Chö kyi gyal po….]

So, also then it’s, those who need to go, you can go.

[Rinpoche recites protector prayers in Tibetan, with music.]

Oh, the money offering, it’s the same. Donation for the center, but actually what I was thinking was, I was not planning to do like this, end of every initiation, so that’s why I returned back the money to the Sanghas, and generally myself feel very strange and so, I mean, if one wants to offer to the center then put there, so that can be done. So otherwise, anyway, after every initiation, I myself feel a little bit strange, so just wanted to express that. But of course, offerings to the center then can leave there.

Then if there’s one hundred initiations then every night then , if I’m doing those many sets of initiations, like there’s many different which has hundreds of initiations then so if I do something like that then every night have to make offering. So that might look, that will be strange.

But leaving there for the center, then that’s good.

[Rinpoche continues protector prayers.]

Four-Arm Mahakala. In Chinese.

[Group recites in Chinese while Rinpoche recites in Tibetan.]

[Rinpoche continues protector prayers.]

Hayagriva.

[Rinpoche continues protector prayers.]

Tea offering.

[Rinpoche continues protector prayers.]

So good morning.