Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors.
About this talk. In this 19-minute session from a Gyalwa Gyatso retreat, Lama Zopa Rinpoche leads a series of praise, offering, and dedication prayers. The session opens with praise of six-arm Mahākāla and requesting prayers to the guru lineage, then moves into extensive dedications benefiting the teacher’s long life and studies, obstacles removed from the Maitreya statue project, the flourishing of FPMT centers and Candrakīrti Center locations in Nelson and Cape Town, and universal peace and compassion throughout the world. The practice emphasizes how merit accumulated through sincere devotion extends beyond the individual practitioner to benefit all sentient beings. Suited to practitioners with experience in structured devotional practice.
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Teacher: Lama Zopa Rinpoche 1
Collection: z Gyalwa Gyatso Retreat (Lama Zopa Rinpoche 1)
Date: 2004 (exact day not recorded)
Recorded at: Buddha House Adelaide
Duration: 19.2 minutes
Words: ~466
So starting with praise of six-arm Mahākāla. Offering and requesting prayer to Padrön Lama. Now I’ll read this praise. And have reached The high iron hook swiftly hooking all wishes. May his holy wishes be fulfilled immediately.
May Lama also Rinpoche have a long and stable life. May he complete his studies without obstacles and quickly become a holder of Sūtra and Tantra to lead all sentient beings to enlightenment. May Geshe Tashi Tsering and all the Gurus the Mahāyāna tradition, have long and stable lives and continue to benefit all sentient beings such as ourselves. May all the obstacles to the building of Maitreya statue be instantly removed. May this great statue be accomplished exactly according to the holy wishes of Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche.
To merit, may all due to this merit, may all the needs of the Chenrezig monastic communities be instantly fulfilled. May the sangha continue to flourish and fruitfully serve the dharma in order to be of greatest benefit. Due to this merit, may all the dharma activities, the FPMT centers and projects, especially those of Chenrezig Institute, be successful and free from all obstacles and quickly fulfill the wishes of the holy gurus. May all those who are dedicating their lives to the field, captures over Rinpochede’s holy wishes and who rely on Rinpoche be free from all obstacles and may their activities be successful and be accomplished quickly. May all aspects of the MSBP run smoothly and successfully.
May all the projects associated with Candrakīrti Center in Nelson, New Zealand be successful and may the tour of Candrakīrti Center in Cape Town, South Africa and Africa be successful and all its holy wishes be fulfilled. May the hearts of people throughout world be filled with tolerance, understanding, and compassion for each other. May the leaders of nations recall their responsibilities for the well-being of their citizens, ensuring that their actions are guided by wisdom, courage, and compassion. May all those who are experiencing pain, fear, devastation as a result of war and natural disasters be instantly relieved of their suffering, and we pray that peace, happiness, and harmony will prevail throughout the ten directions where all sentient beings will prevail. End of the day dedication prayers.
By pacifying all the signs and obstacles, and by perfecting every single required condition, may the Dharma tradition of the Dharma king Tsongkhapa be preserved and developed. Due to the two types of merits collected over the three times by myself and others, May the teachings of the far famed victorious ones pure wisdom blaze forth. And the multiplying mantras. Due to the power of the blessings of the eminent Buddhism Bodhisattvas, the power of infallible dependent arising, and the power of my pure special attitude, may all my pure prayers succeed immediately.