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About this talk. In this 65-minute blessing ceremony, Geshe Kyab consecrates a newly renovated Buddhist center in Adelaide and honors the community effort behind its establishment. He begins with extensive gratitude, acknowledging the spiritual guidance of senior teachers, the major financial donors, the board of directors, and the numerous volunteers who moved the center and completed renovations over decades. He then leads the assembled community through a sequence of traditional prayers and invocations: refuge prayers to the Buddha, the four immeasurables, homages to the Buddha and the Sangha, a detailed liturgy requesting blessings from the lineage of teachers from Buddha Śākyamūni through contemporary gurus, and finally auspicious verses and dedications for the center’s future. The ceremony culminates in a formal acceptance speech from a center representative, reinforcing the occasion as a milestone for the local Buddhist community and inviting ongoing participation in the center’s development.
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Teacher: Geshe Kyab
Collection: Gompa Blessing (Geshe Kyab)
Recorded at: Buddha House Adelaide
Duration: 65.5 minutes
Words: ~4,036
Thank you. Good morning, everybody. Before I start this blessing, I would like to say a few words. First of all, I would like to thank many, many, many millions and millions of thank you Lama Yeshe and especially Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Without Rinpoche’s blessing, we wouldn’t have such a beautiful Buddha house like this. Because of Rinpoche’s blessings prayers. So that’s why now we have such a wonderful Buddha house centre like this that we can be able to do the teachings also prayers, meditations, so like that. Secondly, I would like to thank the person who lent it thousands of thousands of dollars, I think almost a million dollars, to buy this property. I heard that.
I think someone in South Asia, I don’t know the name, but I would like to thank him. Then the next, I would like to thank the current Buddha House Board of Directors, as well as the board of directors, and their efforts and their determination. So, now we have such a wonderful Buddha House. Also, I would like to thank Tony and Carol. They are the ones who not only worked very hard, but also my understanding is that they are the beneficters of all these arhats, isn’t it?
That’s what I understood. So I would like to thank Anthony and Carol. And also I would like to thank Will very much here, walking very hard even though he also wasn’t his body wasn’t fit because he had some issues even though he put so much effort. So many, many volunteers, I don’t know the name, Many, many volunteers who volunteer here to work hard and have this wonderful center. Also, especially moving the Buddha house from the old Buddha house to here, it wasn’t easy, very difficult, but they were so kind and very much the determination and dedication to the Buddha house, so that’s why we have such a Although we are not finished yet, we have gompa, and gompa is functioning now.
Last but not least, I would like to thank the ex Buddha house director, secretary, treasurer, and then the SPC, whoever is it. There were many, many Buddha houses established since the 1980s. So there would be many, many directors, male, female, and so is the board of directors, SPCs or whatever you call. I would like to thank those people also because of their hard work, you know, continually the Buddha house opened the door, and now we have this, you know, got this beautiful center. So, are the I would like to thank.
So, now, thank you is finished. Then now, I will say, we are all going to say some prayers. And the first thing is from the Buddha House Prayer book. Can you look at the Buddha House Prayer book? Page number two, I go for rapport until I am enlighten it.
To the Buddha, the Dharma, Suphi, may Asambhali, by the giving of other perfections, may I become in order to benefit all sentient beings. Oh, excuse me, I forgot one thing. I would also like to thank Lovesang. Lovesang was the one who did all these painting things, beautiful, those brocades. I hope I didn’t let anyone, whatever it is, but I would like to thank all of the people who really put their effort in this Buddha house to become like this.
Okay? And if I left some of the names, I apologise. It’s just maybe I’m not one hundred percent settling down yet. I don’t know many names. Even I don’t know how many board of directors in the Buddha house, but I do know some of their names.
Anyway, so thank you. So now the next one is the four immeasurables. May all sentient beings have happiness and causes of happiness. May all sentient beings be free from suffering and causes of suffering. May all sentient beings be insubbable from happiness that is free from suffering.
May all sentient beings in the community free from attachment for their friends and hatred for their enemies. Okay, now look at the prayer at the beginning of the teaching. So this is a single page, please. So, we will be going to say Tibetan one. The prayer, now English.
To the founder, the intervened, transcendent, destroyed. The one who gone beyond, they destroyed. They are completely destroyed. Fully awakening being. Perfect knowledge and in good conduct.
So God knows the world, supreme guide of the human beings. To tempt each of the gods, human being, to you, dear completely, fully awakening one, to another, grow, conquer, subdue from the shaky clean, I prostrate, make offering, and go for refuge. To the founder, the intervener, transcendence, pray the one gone beyond the foe-destroyed, completely The founder of the Indian Trust, one poet destroyer, completely, perfectly, fully attaining being, perfect in knowledge, in good conduct. So God, all-knower of the world, superior guide of the human beings to be attained, teacher of the gods, human beings, to you, they are completely enlightening one. The intervened, transcendent, destroyed, and glorious, conquered, subjected from the shakti clean, I approached it and make offering and go for rapport.
When a supreme amongst humans, you were born in this earth, you pierced of the seven straights, then said, I am serving me in this world to you who wise when I prostrate. With pure bodies from the pure, wisdom ocean like mountain, the firm that blessed in the walls. Winner of the best. Lord to you, I prostrate. With the supremely sign face like spotless noon.
Color like God, to you, I prostrate. Thus feel like you, the three walls are not in a comparable wise one to you, I prostate. The savior having great compassion, the founder having all understanding, the feel of merit with qualities like a vast ocean. To you, the one born person is I prostate. The purity that frees from attachment, the virtues that are free from the lower realms, the one path in the sublime purity.
To your Dharma, the first by I prostate. Those who are liberated and who also show the path to liberation, the holy field qualify with realization. We are devoted to the moral precept. To you, the sublime community in kingdom virtue, I prostrate. Homage to the Sufi Ming Buddha.
Homage to the Dharma Rayaphos. Homage to the great Sangha. To all these evil devotees. Omage. To all worthy of respect, weighing in the bodies, essence, or arms, atom in all aspects with the I pay homage.
Do not commit any non virtuous actions. Perform only a perfect virtuous actions. Subdure your mind thoroughly. This is a teaching of the Buddha. The star and virtual vibration in a flame of land, illusion of drop of dew in a bubble, a dream of flash lightning in a cloud, sea conditions things as such.
Through this merit may sentient beings attain the rank of all sins, subdued, and false, and be deviled from saṃsāra’s oceans, present by the waves of aging sickness and death. Now, pray by the way of twelve deeds. Second prayer book, please. Page four. Homage to Buddha Śākyamūni, through the skillful compassion, in the shakyakling, uncontrollable ones subdued and merciful.
Your body shines like a pile of gold, king of the shakyakas, homage to you. You are force produced through the body. Then they completed both accumulations, merits, and wisdom. With the vast deeds becomes become protected in the age. I will praise.
Knowing in time, the gods, it’s time to time. You came the descending from heaven as an elephant, so on the castle, during the womb, Queen Maya, homage to you this deed. When ten months completely, you were born such a prince in fortunate luminous group, supimi mark honored by the Brahma group. Indeed. The means to confirm the law’s world for evidence of rule, court, process, and miscommunity.
Seeing Samsāra doing had no essence and left your homage going in the air, Give yourself going forth and before, and for pure sanctuary homage meditate. sinking to reach enlightenment through effort, practice for the six year austerities, for Nirajana’s bank, and perfecting energy. One highest Dhanaya homage to this deed. To make worthwhile your effort without beginning, setting it beneath the tree in the Mangata. On a shakeful posture, you’re fully opening to perfect bodhi homage to this deed.
Swipely observing being with compassion, the holy place will Varanasi, you turn the wheel of Dharma, setting the three vehicles, homage to this deed. To put in the end of evil position, the Gayabhanga and Subjutanammaras, Devidhata, Sikhta Thika, teachers and others, says, vicious in battle, homage to. With qualities unmatched in the three worlds, Saraswati, you showed mighty and miracle. Worship by all beings divinely human. Spent in a doctrine and homage to this.
To exhort the less and the quicker at the pure side pushing garri, you destroy your vajra like body in the nirvana, homage to Tutti’s, so future sentient beings could gather merits, being rarely in the vajra’s and in the expression. You will manifest many relics in the air. Remain in the light portion, homage to the truth. Through the virtue of pressing briefly Oh, minute. One minute.
That’s dedication. Just leave it now. First, we will need to do this after. Okay, now. Okay, let’s see it now.
Page ninety six, Golden Book, please. Requesting prayers to the Lamrim lineage and gurus, it is in Georgia. Very, very important. So I think it’s better to say English than Tibetan. Okay?
First word is going to be Tibetan, then we are going to say English. One more Tibetan. Not English. Magnificent and precious root guru, please abide in the lotus and monu seed in my heart. Guide me with your kindness.
Grant me the realization of your body, speech, mind. The founder, the Bhagawan, the incomparable guide, invisible Lord Maitreya, the conclusor agent, Ariasanga, who was previously but concure, Two, three Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, I may request. Vaishu Bandhu, Crown ornaments of the World Running Ones. Aarya Bimokshi, who found the middle path. Sina, noble foundation of abiding faith.
To you through who open the eyes of the world, I may request. Paramah Sina, who has excelled in a marvelous accomplishment. Vinita Sina, who trained his mind in a profound path, Virudhsana, a treasure of great ways of conduct. To your three friends of migratory beings, I may request. Haribhatra, who composed vast treatise on the Supine path of the Panchaparimita, Kunsali, a hollow of the concourse instructions, Radhana Sena, who lovingly care for all beings, to your three helpless men, sentient beings, I may request.
So, Vadadeepa, who relies Pudichita in his holy might, Atisha, who of the tradition of the great vehicle, precious Dhamthiampa, who classified the noble path to three pillars of the teachings I may request. To Lord Buddha, the pinnacle of the satchas, Suphime guides, fearless, excellent, and emptiness. Mañjuśrī, total unity of all in Buddha’s infinite wisdom. Wisdom. Srupini Aarya Nagarajanau saw their profound meaning.
Two or three comes ornaments of their learned ones, I may request. ChanTarakirti, who classified the aryas intention, Veda Cokali, younger, the conqueror son. Two, three powerful intelligent ones, I may request. Atisha, who saw profound, depending arising just as it is, who applied the tradition of the great vehicle, precious Dhamthampa who classified the noble path. To you, true ornaments of the world, I may request.
Gambhava, magnificent, powerful yogi, Nenjoba, who had stable concentration on the profound. Tangbhava, who uphold the vocalization of the Vinaya, two or three lamps of the golden region, I may request. Namka Singhi, who pacified with earning effort. Namka Gabor, who was blessed by the holy ones. Singhi Sambo, who ever don’t eat worldly concerns.
To Joseph Sambo, I may request. With Buddhist Chitta seeing all and his children, blessed by the excelling god. Supreme spiritual friend and guiding negatory beings in these Chenrezig times. To Namka Gyanse, I may request. Potawat, the conquerors regent.
Sarava, unrequited discrimination. Chakapa, who realized the advice of the Buddhist cita. To you three who feel the whole host of being, I may request. Chabuva bodhisattvahood, possessor of the oral transmission and insights. Hollow Wang Chu, Srirping Me, learn one.
Gomborg Rinpoche, severed of all beings in the three realms. To you, three great elders, I may request. Chang Cheng Ba, who is the sweet scent and pure morality, Song Bhagaw, master of a hundred thousand, or something like Vinaya, Mandopa Ocean of the Aviatarama, to your three guides of megaluru beings, I may request. Who realize a vast and profound Dharma, who protected all fortunate beings, who did noble deeds and vast teachings, Gaurus Guru choke a sambo at your feet, I may request. Suttinbah, great powerful accomplishment once.
Sono, who practiced perfect devotion of his spiritual friend, Gyangomba, who trained his mind in the Mahāyāna path. To your three sons of the I may request. Sangir, a moment of of marvelous qualities. Namkagyabu, was blessed by the holy ones. Singi Sambu, whoever done the outwardly concerns.
At your feet, I may request. Chan vajra and his children. Blessed neck carried forth by excellent God. Supreme spiritual friend, guardian and migratory beings, degenerating at times. Namka Gyansi at your feet, I may request.
Avalokiteśvara, great treasure, nonobserving compassion, Mañjuśrī, master, master, master, master, land, snow, rosnataba, at your feet, I may request. Chambhaja, so powerful, accomplished practitioner, Kedrup Rinpoche, the son of the expounder of the teaching, Vesogi, holder of the treasure of the living. To your three praised guru, I may request. Chokya Doji, who attained the holy body of unification, Yawanayasapo, who achieved the actual three kayas. Sangyee Yi Xi, possessor of the oral transmission and insight doctrine.
To your three great learned practitioners, I may request. Loves Chugi Gyanse, winner be holder of winner of the Dharma. Kuncho Gyanse, his heart son. Lovesant Ishi, who classified the noble path to three perfect Purim Gurus, I may request. Nawang Chamba, who spreads Jajamuni’s teachings, Lobsangyanda, his heart son, Yundegnaya, who possesses the ocean and the views, to your three kinds of gurus, I may request.
Vinilbhaya, a fine developer of the teachings. Lord E. Sambo, who completely liberated all migrated beings. Lobsang Jin, Ba Hu, excellent, imparted in the middle of the teachings. Two or three comparable gurus, I may request.
Guiding the four fortunate recipients via the teachings, transmission insight, stainless folder of the both teachings and practice, peerlessly kind root Guru Kyal Sanctenzi, with great respect with my three doors, I may request. You have developed completely mandala understanding of the teachings as you practice. Your practice of the two stages of the highest tantra manifests in the gentleness of the mandala creatures. Like the moon, you illuminate all dark for your fortune and disciple Dancing at your feet, I may request Kindness emanate your holy body encompassing refers to the three times without exception. Learn one who is speech toward the excellent saying of the Lord Sancthana.
O ocean like mind had simultaneous wisdom of the three highest training indices of result. Tavo, Lord Sancthana, I may request. Endured with the law of morality, auras dwell in rest. Very excellent mental continuum, holding the instructions of the conqueror’s teachings, wearing robes of all four vast activities, to the all prevailing Prakravik Purim Guru, Chambhattenzing Thile, I make a request. You are the first among the abhors of Buddha’s tenacious teachings.
Your unified wisdom of the Jatzongkapa in the Buddha’s illuminating seven Gods, Mandala Ocean without limit. At your feet, my precious guru, I know make this request. Send forth to me a wave of inspirational stream. Dual pressure on a closed lineage to your unified state. By attending the unified state in a vast life, you liberate the fortunate.
You will show the path, that unified state. Now on Gundula, I request you please bestow the simultaneous transcendental wisdom, with great admiration for your perseverance, generating with your mind the entering method of the conquerors. Plosang Sūtra in Tantra’s teachings, winner will be kind, skillful holder of the Banner and Buddha’s teachings. I may request in the Holy Feet of the Guru’s magnificent. Noble heart with all the wisdom of the conquerors.
Principal abdomen, old and stainless teachings of the protector emanated from ocean of infinite mandalas. To your kind guru, I may require. You will over all the subtle moral way, who serves as venerful and bereaved of all. Sustaining, perceiving, spitting Manjunatha, Victor’s doctrine, who masterfully accomplished magnificent prayer honoring Three Jewels, several of them, myself and other disciples, I may request. I ask of the view of all vast teachings, so we may guide the liberation for the fortunate.
Using the skillful means of a loving subject to the eliminating spiritual friend, I may request. Ms. Raiz Nien, Ms. Second, both of him and the converse guru may regard whatever actions are done as pure. With the devotion, he may receive the guru’s blessing in my heart.
In Tibetan. Okay. Okay, now I will do Tibetan, one of the auspicious sutras. Only in Tibetan we don’t have translations for this sūtra, but the student can do the Buddha’s mantra, like this one. Thank you.
So good now. Buddha’s prayer book, Mandala offering. Breathe mandala offering, Okay. This crown and flowers adorned with Mount Meru, the four continents, sun and moon. Imagine this is Buddha filled and offered it.
May all sentient beings enjoy this pure land. Now, book, no page number. It says auspicious verses. And hold this one also. Auspicious versus says this book, there’s no page number.
Good. I think from the last page, the third page from the last, I think. Now hold your flower on your left hand. Then we are going to do this one. Possessor of perfection, like a golden mountain, a lot of the three walls who have left three elements, Buddha with eyes resembling full grown lotus petals.
This is the first auspicious good sign together. Like this. Okay. The highest of what he has taught on the Sheikh ball frames the triple wall honoring by gods and humans. The most supreme dharma is claimed in every being.
This is the second auspicious good sign for the world. An excellent Sangha, rich, well, religious learning, object of the worship of God, humans, and asuras to be assembled on the basis of consciousness, prosperity. This is thought auspicious of the good sign of the world. Highest Vipananda. Inspiration.
Some good Dharma, more of free of inspiration. Fears from the false letters, good collection develop, day and night to be a spiritual seed of prosperity. Sangha shining splendor of their precious qualities, Buddha children through their happiness through your aspiration, They are nigh to be auspicious seat in prosperity. Giving charity, keeping morality, practice patience, undertaking energy, concentrating realizing the true mode of being. Let us here now have the blessing of eighty six living centers, seeing one hundred teachers, having long life, health perfect happiness, expressing soupy me and the vehicle.
Auspicious things. Now I think we should go to the Buddha’s House Prayer book, Titiksha and Prayer. Page thirteen. Lord of Dharma, who are convinced with the various disposition of those to be subdued, may I kill her in the light of your well spoken advice, the sacred Gandhi tradition, essence of the Buddha’s teachings, most holy lama to you, Lord Supimi, O Lama, please, please. Page sixteen.
Also look at page one hundred twenty, this book. Lord Buddha, make me an instrument of your peace. If there is hatred, let me sow love. There is an injury, a pardon. There is a discord, unity.
There is a doubt, faith. Is a error, truth. There is a despair, hope. There is a sadness, joy. There is a darkness, light.
Oh, divine master, grant that I may also seek to the counsel of happiness for the ego as counsel. To be understood as to understand. To be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we saved. It is pardoning that we are pardoned.
It is dying having practiced that we are bound to the internal life, from happiness to happiness of all to full enlightenment. May all beings effortlessly the transcendental blissful state of omniscient Buddhahood. Thank you very much for coming here. It’s done now, please. Thank you very much Geshe la.
I had a few things prepared to say and Geshe la said pretty much all of them actually. But it’s my pleasure to welcome everybody here and also to thank Geshe Kancho Kyaap for performing this beautiful ceremony. It is a very joyous occasion and some of you will know it’s a cOmination of a lot of effort over about thirty five years since the Buddha House’s inception. With the guidance and support of our most esteemed spiritual director, Kapshai. So at Burundhashe we’re now in the process of establishing ourselves in a vibrant welcoming community which not only provides the opportunity to support serious study of the Dharma but a place of peace and refuge for generations to come.
We’ll have the facilities to share this beautiful space with others who can utilize the Tārā Hall with a beautiful hall at the back, still a work in progress. The lovely private courtyard spaces on either side and a beautiful modern kitchen with a capacity to cater for large groups of people. No longer will we need to hire venues when we have visiting teachers, we’ve got the capacity to hold these events here and the technology to support them which is a wonderful thing. There are so many people to thank over the course of the history we’ve had a succession of wonderful teachers both residential and those on tour who has graced us with their presence. We acknowledge the tireless efforts of several directors, SPCs, board members and those who’ve worked on numerous special committees since Buddha House began in the little backyard Gompa at Doc White’s house.
Every single person who’s ever walked through our door has made a contribution towards us achieving our goal of standing here today and rejoicing in our collective achievement. Since the purchase of this property the building committee has worked very hard to reach this point and as you can see there’s still so much more to do. Carol McGalka offered to take on the Herculean task of project managing this renovation and deserves special thanks for her incredible dedication, patience, skill and good humour often in the face of massive challenges and big piles of dirt. There is a long list of trades people both paid and voluntary who’ve done an incredible job. Special mention must be made of Judy and her SPC team in keeping the program going through this transition and reestablishing AlGompa so beautifully.
Heartfelt thanks to the board members who continue to run the center during this massive move and to Cheryl who conducted the orchestra of packing and moving from Fisher Street. This is beginning and we want to invite you to contribute to our collective offering in whatever way you’re able. There’s nothing more worthwhile in one’s life than to work for the benefit of others and we’re so fortunate to be gifted with that opportunity here at Borda House. I’d just like to finish with a message from Pamela Lyon and Richard Bradshaw and Pamela sent it to me at midnight last night. We extend our warmest congratulations to Buddha House community on this great day.
We’re so sorry not to be there to share this with you which marks the combination of so much hard work, devotion, purification and accumulation of merit. Buddha House has played a vital role in disseminating the Buddhadharma in Adelaide for the past several decades from which we’ve benefited in ways beyond our imagining. With this new center Buddha House has strong foundation for nurturing and growing the Buddhist community of South Australia into future generations. Thank you and bless you all. Thank you very much.
You very much Geshe la. Thank Thank you everyone. Have a nice day.