Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors.
About this talk. In this 56-minute session, Lama Zopa Rinpoche leads a dedication of merit ceremony following animal liberation in Hong Kong. He teaches the three-part structure of dedication—preparation with bodhicitta motivation, the liberating action itself, and concluding prayers—then guides practitioners through extensive aspirations for universal compassion. The distinctive teaching: extend prayers even to those causing harm, including killers and world leaders, that they may meet Dharma and transform. A telling anecdote features a young student responding that yes, we should pray for butchers and fishermen too. Rinpoche includes personal stories of recognized reincarnate students, then dedicates merit toward monasteries, hospitals, global peace, the Maitreya statue project, and compassion-based education.
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File: 3 HKLL.mp3
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Teacher: Lama Zopa Rinpoche 1
Collection: z Animal Liberation Hong Kong (Lama Zopa Rinpoche 1)
Date: 2005 (exact day not recorded)
Recorded at: Buddha House Adelaide
Duration: 56.8 minutes
Words: ~2,762
So Dedication. Yeah. Okay. So now, next, the completion, do the dedication. So, virtue we collect To to be perfect, there are three things.
Preparation, there is a motivation bodhicitta. Then, actual body or the practice, you know, the liberating, let’s say, the sentient beings saving their lives. Then, let’s say, conclusion to the dedication, dedicating the merit to achieving the great and meaningful enlightenment. Due to all the past, present and future made it collected by oneself, merit collected by others. The bodhicitta be generated within all hearts.
bodhicitta which is source of all the happiness, success for ourselves and for all sentient beings, may it be generated within all hearts, in the hearts of all the family members, all of us here, and the hearts of all the as well as all the supporters, all those who give up their life to the organization during service to sentient beings and practicing Dharma, and all the sentient beings and the rest of the sentient beings, may it regenerate in their hearts. Especially bodhicitta be generated in the heart of all the sentient beings that we liberated. And they made bodhicitta be generated in the hearts of especially in the as in in the sentient beings who are in this world, in their hearts without delay of even a second. May the bodhicitta be generated, especially in the hearts of all the leaders of the world. So this way, all the millions of people each country, they will be they will have so much peace and happiness.
They’ll be led in the correct path to peace and happiness. If the leader has bodhicitta, that and then may the bodhicitta be generated without delay, second, in all those people, the terrorists, all those who have vicious evil thoughts to harm others. So there’s most urgency, emergency to generate bodhicitta in all their hearts. Due to all the past, and future merit collected by meditators and merit collected by others. May all the father and mother sentient beings have happiness.
May the three lower realms remain empty forever. May all those may all the bodhisattva’s prayers be succeeded immediately. May I be able to cause all this to happen by myself alone. Due to all the past, present and future merit created by oneself, merit created by others. May all the holy beings who are in this world continue to benefit the father and mother sentient beings, including Buddha appearing in human form as our root Lama.
May they have stabilized all their holy wishes be succeeded immediately, all the virtuous friends. Particular sanghas in the FPMT organization, may they have long life. All the monks, nuns, may they have long life, may they be able to complete the scriptural understanding, realization of the path of enlightenment in this very lifetime. By living in pure Vinaya, may they have all the conditions they need in their lives. Then all the benefactors benefactors who serve the Sangha to preserve Dharma, spread Dharma, who help the teachings to who help the Sanghas, the holy Sangha to spread Dharma to sentient beings.
May the benefit all the benefactors, may they have long life. May all their wishes be wishes to benefit others to serve the teaching of Buddha be succeed immediately. Then, may all the students in this organization, all the supporters in the FPMT, may they have may they have long life, everyone else here, their family members, have long life and to be healthy, all the wishes will succeed immediately according to the Buddhadharma. And especially to be able to actualize, especially to meet and be able to completely practice the stainless teachings of Lama Tsongkhapa, who unified sūtra and tantra in all our hearts. Then, due to all the three times merit collected by myself and by others.
May anybody in this world, may anyone in this world who do good who do good things for others, who benefit others, may they have long life. Anyone who anyone who is devoted to Buddhatama, Sangha, who chant mantra, and all those who does good things for others, who benefit others, may have long life. Then even the even those who harm others, the butchers and the fishermen and the butchers, even though all those people who are, say, all those are engaging, such a, say, the activities, all those who, say, those who use bombs, you know, who harm the sentient beings in this world. May they may they able to meet Dharma without delay of a second to meet Dharma. And then, they’re to abandon negative karma and practice the virtue and have a long life.
In that way, I think they have long life. So I want to mention a story. So quite some number of years ago, one day we did animal liberation. So I I did dedicate the merit to one of those people who have done good things for others, you know. So but I didn’t get it didn’t dedicate merit for the people who would, you know, do the killings or, you see, who engaged in evil deeds.
But the king at the time. Yeah. So I didn’t didn’t mention. I didn’t do dedication for that. So then, so then, we went in the restaurant after this.
So, so that that time, Rongdo was he was much smaller. Yeah. Now I’ve become very old. Now he became very old. Right.
Because he was much much smaller. So so the rest of the house, I was asking him, say, should you pray for the people who are involved in evil deeds or not? Evil. So he said so he said his reply was that you should pray for them also. Pray for the the evils.
The evil. The the witches or Yeah. People are high, you know, the you know, killing fish and all that. Yeah. So his reply was that you should pray also for them, you know, to stop their negative karma, to meet Dharma and change.
Then that way to have long life. And also It’s not long life while they are evil. Not not long life while they’re creating while they are, see, engaging their karma. But mid time and change their attitude, you see, abandon their karma, then they have long life. So so So, also, to the king.
You said you also said, dedicate to the king. No. No. Just the king. To the evil is The the people, you know, who engaged.
Negro karma. Negro karma killing, you see. The the witches of fishermen. So I asked the question, you see, but you should pray for them or not. So he was saying, should pray for them.
Push the to make damage to to change. They say, need karma, you know, say, pray. And then that way, after they change the see, the action, for them to have a long life. You know, after that, they have long life. So so that’s his right.
So so that time, it was much smaller. That time, Lumpur was much smaller. Not become very old. Yes. So many years ago, one time when I came to Hong Kong, at that time the center was already started to MacDonnell’s.
Not inside the MacDonnell’s, but the MacDonnell’s Road. So so one day the whole family came, all those family came for to take refuge. There were other people. So in front of me, there was there was so there was George’s father, then Esther’s mother, then then Nedi’s dog Nedi, then Londo. So it goes like this, like that, in front of me.
So so we went to I’m not sure the same day or another day, we went for a picnic. I don’t know which I think the mountain we crossed. Went for a picnic and then at that time he was he was about four years old. I think he was four years old, right? Four years old, right?
Yep. Or one year old. Four years old at that time. So somehow there’s a since since she was happy with me, like myself. Then then I got some doubt.
I said maybe since quite a number of gurus passed away, so maybe he is the reincarnation of one of those. So I did a lot of checking, a lot of checking around that evening. So I was at South India, Mundgod, South India, taking Lamrim teaching from Geshe-la, the Lamrim teaching.
Yeah. So I mentioned this and if this is the case, then the guru that I suspected was the one great master who had great success actualizing bodhicitta, right view, you know, on the basic guru devotion, then who has very high accomplishment of the very high tantric realization, clear light, illusory body, all these tummo, the Six Yogas of Naropa, those things, who had great success. You know, modern time, meditator had great success, you know. So, some possibly already, so some number of years ago. So, then mentioned that if it’s so then we would like to have education in monastery.
So I said, without delay, after two days I got reply very quickly from the monastery that it was extremely auspicious. That confirmed that the reincarnation of that guru called Lama Jampa Undo. So great meditator. Enjoy. Chamba Undo.
Chamba Undo. Chamba Undo. Undo. Undo. Chamba Yeah.
So yeah. Yeah. So so anyway, now starting in the university, you know, studying philosophy. So the letter was to have extension of dharma to learn. And liberate everybody in Hong Kong.
Liberate everyone in Hong Kong. Even the even the flies. Even the flies. Yes. Not all the fish.
So now, say, may say, make this did you know the three time as for time for my brothers, may those whose name is given to me, whom I promised to pray, will to help him those who passed away, including all the students who passed away up to now, then numerous animals, human beings, animals, predators, hell beings, may they may they particular, those all those who may liberate it, may they immediately liberate from all the suffering causes and this may they be born in pure land where they can become enlightened or may they reincarnate in a human body. May they be liberated immediately from the lower realms. Okay? And then may they be born in the pure land where they can become enlightened or maybe there is a perfect human body. And may they meet properly qualified Mahāyāna gurus, may they achieve enlightenment as quickly as possible for the benefit of all sentient beings.
Now we should dedicate this way. Any body whom I hear and I whom I hear and I see died, you know, either through TV or newspapers or whatever. Anybody that I see or heard or hear died cause towards those beings. My hearing, my seeing somebody died caused those sentient beings immediately to be born in the pure land of Buddha where they can become enlightened. And by my seeing and hearing somebody is sick, a sentient being sick caused that sentient be immediately recovered recover their sicknesses and generate bodhijitta and complete their path to enlightenment as quickly as possible.
Okay? The the teaching is in practice. Due to all the three time merit collected by myself and by others. Mayor then may the five hundred foot Maitreya statue be able to be constructed as quickly as possible and continue to abide in this world for immeasurable eons, made it be most beneficial to all sentient beings to, say, cause them to generate bodhicitta and that will bring peace and happiness in this world and cause them to achieve enlightenment as quick as possible. All the needs for that funding problems be may be as as as possible and and then to help the sanghas.
The helping the sanghas, their monasteries, the nuns, their preserved dharma, spread dharma in this world from where, say, all the sentient beings’ happiness comes. So to be able to receive support and also build monasteries nunneries in different parts of the world and preserve dharma, spread dharma to that. And then other to do various social services, hospitals, say, actually in Mongolia, homeless people are being housed and of giving food, those who don’t have food, various social services in different parts of the world, then it has been able to be most beneficial that to the sentient beings. Mhmm. And and that all those social service lead to generate a good heart in everyone’s mind.
Mhmm. And they need all the, say, fundings for all the other support for that. They’re able to receive and as well as building holy objects in different parts of the world. That which purify in the quickest way, purify the sentient beings, they to permanently liberate and cause them to collect the most extensive merit quickly and bring them to enlightenment. May all that is needed for that. And every every center in the center in this organization to be most beneficial to spread cause generate refuge and bodhicitta in the innermost heart and especially spread lot of meditation in the heart of all those so to to be a wish-fulfilling jewel for all sentient beings and receive all the needs for that.
And this is about the project. You might need to dedicate to the project Yes. To all the necessary To be received. To be received. To be received.
The projects in Tibet the hospital operating to be succeeding as quickly as possible. And then here, there’s so Chamtse Ling Chamtse Ling meditation center here in Hong Kong to be most beneficial to all sentient beings to end in particular able to spread compassion in the hearts of all May the Universal Education program be spread all over the world and everyone who come to learn this school, anybody who come to learn from this school, university education, may become like a compassionate Buddha. Everyone become source of peace and happiness of all sentient beings and bring so much of yeah. Like this. Due to all the three time merit dedicated by me, three time merit dedicated by others.
But genuine bodhicitta in everyone’s heart, lojong, may there be generated bodhicitta, that may nobody say may nobody experience war, famine, disease, torture, poverty, sicknesses, cancer, AIDS, so forth, and dangers of fire, water, air, earthquakes, or the tsunamis, all this, may nobody experience all this may no one experience in this in this world from now on. Due to all the past, present and future merit dedicated by myself and by others that which are that which exist but which are empty from their own side. May I who exist but who am empty, do not exist from my own side, who is empty, achieve compassionate enlightenment, which exists but doesn’t exist from its own side that is empty.
Lead all the sentient beings who exist but do not exist from their own side who are totally empty to the enlightenment which exists but which does not exist from its own side, which is totally empty. By myself alone who exists but who does not exist from my own side, who is totally empty. I dedicate all merits to be able to follow holy extensive deeds. Bodhisattvas dedicate all their merits in the same way, may the three times Buddhas dedicate their merits. Teaching of the precious Lama Tsongkhapa may be spread in all directions, may be flourished for even this world.
By actualizing within one’s heart, one’s and family members, all of us here in the hearts of all the students and benefactors in this organization, in the hearts of everyone in this world without delay even second. So now we recite the Buddhas’ names mantra to multiply the merit we collected to increase one hundred thousand times. Then the last Buddha’s name, Medicine Buddha, and then another Buddha’s name, whatever we pray to bring I say, to actualize. Actualize. The Medicine Buddha’s name, the last one.
Medicine Buddha’s name, another Buddha’s name. Yeah. By reciting their name, then it helps to actualize all our prayers. The blessings of imminent Buddhas and bodhisattvas, and the interdependent arising. And due to my special attitude, may all my pure prayers be succeed immediately.
So today, we did something that pleased all the Buddhas and bodhisattvas. By liberating them from being killed, freeing them from the suffering of the lower realms. So yeah. Some something that we sincerely did to benefit some didn’t benefit this some number or certain number of sentient beings. Tashi Delek.