Essential Buddhist Prayers - Tsem Rinpoche

Essential Buddhist Prayers

An FPMT Prayer Book

Volume 2 Common Center Practices

2009 Edition

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Contents

Introduc on

5

Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga

15

Appendix: Extensive Medita ons

37

Extensive Offering Prac ce

43

Offering Even One Flower to the Buddha

45

Extensive Offering Prac ce

51

Libera ng Animals from the Danger of Death

63

Introduc on

65

Libera ng Animals

67

The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel (Medicine Buddha Puja)

99

The Abbreviated Four-Mandala Offering to Chi amani Tara 139

Praises to the Twenty-One Taras (literal transla on)

193

A Short Vajrasa va Medita on

199

Appendix 1: Breathing Exercise

207

Appendix 2: How to Purify During Mantra Recita on

208

Appendix 3: The Meaning of the Mantra

210

A Banquet of the Greatly Blissful Circle of Offerings;

the Heruka Vajrasa va Tsog Offering

213

Introduc on

215

The Meaning of Tsog

217

The Heruka Vajrasa va Tsog Offering

223

Four-Face Mahakala Puja

245

A Daily P?lden Lhamo Prac ce

267

Protector Prayers and Tea Offering for

the Success of FPMT Projects

285

Blessing the Inner Offering and the Tea

287

Praise of Six-Arm Lord Mahakala

289

Praise to Achieve the Inner Kalarupa

291

Praise to Vaishravana

294

Offering and Reques ng Prayer to P?lden Lhamo

295

Praise to P?lden Lhamo; Reques ng the Four Ac vi es 297

Torma Offering to Hayagriva

300

Nagarjuna's Praise to Four-Face Mahakala

305

Iron Hook Tea Offering

306

Degy? Tea Offering

311

Addi onal Prayers

319

Mandala Offering of the Thirty-seven heaps

321

Special FPMT Dedica on Prayers

323

Prayer for the Long Life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama 325

Prayer that Spontaneously Fulfills All Wishes

326

Bestowing Supreme Immortality; A Supplica on

for the Long Life of Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche 327

A Short Long Life Prayer for Lama Zopa Rinpoche

330

The Immortal Vajra Melody; A Prayer of Supplica on

to Remain Immutably Amongst Us; A Long Life

Prayer for Lama Tenzin ?sel Rinpoche

331

Mul plying Mantras

334

End of the Day Dedica on Prayers

335

Credits

339

Index

341

Introduction 5

Introduction

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We dedicate this volume to the incomparably kind Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche, our spiritual master and guide, without whom

the meaning of true Dharma prac ce would remain hidden. May the merit accumulated from seeing, holding, reciting, or merely remembering this book be dedicated to Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche's health and long life, and may all the Dharma wishes of holy beings everywhere be immediately fulfilled.

Introduction 7

Introduction

Essential Buddhist Prayers: The FPMT Prayer Book Series

This is the second volume in a series of collec ons of Buddhist prayers and prac ces under the tle of Essen al Buddhist Prayers. This series has been created primarily for the use of students and prac oners of the Founda on for the Preserva on of the Mahayana Tradi on (FPMT) under the spiritual guidance of Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.

Volume 2: Common Center Practices

Essen al Buddhist Prayers, Volume 2, Common Center Prac ces, contains a comprehensive collec on of the prac ces that Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche has indicated should be prac ced regularly by all FPMT centers. Briefly, the contents are as follows:

? Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga ? The Extensive Offering Prac ce and Libera ng Animals from

the Danger of Death, for powerful purifica on and accumulaon of merit

? The Abbreviated Four-Mandala Ritual of Tara Chi amani (to be prac ced on the 8th of the Tibetan lunar month and on the full and new moon days).

? The Medicine Buddha puja known as the The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel (to be prac ced on the 8th of the Tibetan lunar month and on the full and new moon days).

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? Lama Zopa Rinpoche's short daily purifica on prac ce of Vajrasa va followed by the Heruka Vajrasa va tsog offering puja composed by Lama Thubten Yeshe.

? Protector Prac ces ? Four-Face Mahakala Puja, A Daily P?lden Lhamo Prac ce, and a collec on of protector prac ces and tea offering (including the Praise to Six-Arm Mahakala and Iron Hook Tea Offering) as done by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for the success of FPMT Projects. (Protector prac ces are generally prac ced on the 29th of the Tibetan lunar month.)

? A new addi onal prayers sec on containing long life prayers, Special FPMT Dedica on Prayers, mul plying mantras, and end of day dedica on prayers.

Helpful Additions

As this volume of Essen al Buddhist Prayers presents group pracce rituals, we have endeavored to provide as much useful infor-

ma on as possible about each prac ce contained herein. Thus, each sec on or prac ce has an addendum en tled "Notes regarding this prac ce" which provides helpful instruc ons about altar set-up, materials and implements needed, and prac ce ps. Also, we have included small visual symbols throughout each prac ce of instruments to be played and hand mudras to be done in order to assist the prac oner in performing the aspects of these pujas in all their richness.

A Note on the 2009 Edition

This edi on of Essen al Buddhist Prayers incorporates several changes requested by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, as well as those requested by FPMT center staff, teachers, and students from around the world.

These include:

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