Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors.
About this talk. In this 77-minute teaching, Lama Zopa Rinpoche leads extended dedications and prayers, beginning with refuge vows and progressively widening the aspiration for bodhicitta to arise in all beings — from family members and benefactors to world leaders and those inflicting harm. A central focus is the planned construction of stupas in Malaysia: a long-life stupa and a Medicine Buddha stupa intended to sanctify the land and benefit all who encounter them. Rinpoche offers prayers for the Losang Dragpa Centre’s hospitals, social services, monasteries, and educational projects, with the wish that everyone involved — workers, visitors, even those who merely hear of the projects — generates compassion and understanding. The talk concludes with teachings on the ultimate nature of emptiness.
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Teacher: Lama Zopa Rinpoche 1
Collection: z Malaysia (Lama Zopa Rinpoche 1)
Date: 2005-04-19
Recorded at: Buddha House Adelaide
Duration: 77.0 minutes
Words: ~1,916
Before the refuge vows, take so there’s a particular dedication that generally included included in the Lamrim prayer, but maybe do specifically that which is normally done. So did the other three times, I able to may I know all sentient beings, once our family members, all sentient beings through during the the benefactors and those who give up their lives, organization, doing services, and all the rest of sentient beings, everyone in this world and all the rest of sentient beings, may we able to complete the paramita of morality by keeping it without mistakes and pure and without pride. Dedicate all the three time merits collected by me. Three time merits collected by others. May the bodhicitta be generated in one’s heart.
It was a family member. And then everyone everyone else asked here and everyone’s everyone’s family. And in the hearts of all those doing beneficial and, you know, those who give up their life for Dharma. In everyone’s heart, in their hearts of all the leaders of this of of the countries, in all their hearts, as well as the all the terrorists, all the people who are giving harm others in their hearts, may it be generated without delay in the second, in the hearts of everyone in this world, and then in the hearts of all the rest of the sentient beings without delay in second. The bodhicitta that has been generated may be increased.
Dedicate all the path, present, and future merits. Dedicate all the three time merits, dear Dharma brothers And the ones that are ones of family members? All the students have been their members in the organization and those who do have director organization, their life, and their services and everything. And particular, all organized people here at Losang Dragpa Centre and also all those people everyone who come to learn here.
Sharanamaya Centre. All the rest of the sentient beings may we meet in all the lifetime to only qualified, perfectly qualified by the guru and only to be able to see only enlightened being from which is the nearest side, from the other side, and to be able to do action only most pleasingly holy mind, the virtuous friend. From the Guru Himself, all the time. And to be able to fulfill the wishes of of virtuous friend immediately, by each sentient being, and first by oneself and the first by oneself. May I you know, the three-time merits, I dedicate like this, may I be able to offer immeasurable benefit from the dedication of the Buddha?
As like, Lama Tsongkhapa, having the same quality of immeasurable, Lama Tsongkhapa has from now in all in all in all alive. May due to the three time merits collected by me and by others, all sentient beings, may anybody who come to Losang Dragpa Centre, anyone who comes to the Losang Dragpa Centre. Just as soon as they put their feet at the place of the center, then may they come immediately get purified. May they never ever get the wrong lower realms. And may their sicknesses immediately get healed, free from all the spirit harms, and purify their obscurations.
They immediately able to find faith, and create positive future karma And as like, they have compassion, bodhicitta in the in all their hearts immediately. The minute they step on the they feel on the the place land of the center. And the complete path in this very lifetime and achieve the ultimate goal. So and that is that that it should be most beneficial for all human beings. And in particular, able to spread Lama Tsongkhapa’s teaching in the hearts of all human beings, as well as Rinchen Jangsem Ling.
Able to gather, then able to guide and to those sentient beings who are coming there. And made it to be most beneficial to all sentient beings. And made all the projects, all the plans, everything to succeed immediately by receiving all needs, may all needs be received. So the idea I wish you that the stupa that which are three stories, the long life stupa, which I explained earlier.
For so much long life, all the other holy beings who are in this world to be the then long life of all the students and all those benefactors in this organization and all those who give up their life to the organization to service others. Then then anyone who then anyone who, say, those living in morality, benefit others, stop giving harm to others, anyone say anyone who practice on Dharma, That anyone who is benefiting others, who is trying to help others, benefiting others, Buddhist too and non-Buddhist. Anyone who is helping others, Everyone is having a long life. That and then even the evil beings, they meet Dharma and they change their mind and, say, change the mind. And that’s it.
Oh, becomes the, say, generally good heart benefit others. Then after that, the when they’ve done this, then have long life. So to be able to become like this, even the evil even those who are calm and harming others, I change attitude and their actions. Hearted, benefiting sentient beings, but also have long life. So, basically, it is the stupa and the and then that everybody, I said, anybody, sort of, even one Rinpoche or anyone, I see.
So for many, many people, you know, then to build so that so many people get benefit in directing their life towards enlightenment. But the medicine Buddha, I was thinking, maybe some people are they’re gonna sponsor a stupa here. The seven the seven story, medicine Buddha, so that illuminates and benefits of whole world, especially Malaysia for the peace and happiness, as well as certain area. It it illuminates the it illuminates the whole area, say whole. Where is it?
That become most, say, most effective, most holy, most effective place in Malaysia. Most beneficial to mind. Immediately, when the people come there, immediately, you know, all the bad thoughts goes away and only generate good heart, love a kind of compassion and devotion like that. Then the university, you know, the hospitals. Yes.
May the Losang Dragpa Centre to be most beneficial for all sentient beings. Any person dying, may they meet the Losang Dragpa Centre hospitals, immediately, this is stop the fear of death and able to generate. So one has compassion to others or devotion to Buddha, to be able to born pure land to Buddha, you see, that when they pass away, everyone and then they in a way, they can become enlightened. So that may may may it happen like this, may the hospitals be be most successful with this, or receive a perfect human body, by meeting the perfect human body conditions, meditation and Dharma. So hospitals here and all the hospitals anywhere in the organization, anyway, is done.
And they are hospitals or hospitals. Hospitals and the dispensaries. So those whatever social service, all the social services, they’re giving food, clothing, the this operating eye or or or or the various social services to have this as a yeah. Benefit it will benefit the mind and everyone in the dharma and bodhicitta and bodhicitta conventional and ultimate.
So like that. And may may all the as soon as all the the those projects and the particular projects to fulfill his wishes. May all may those be succeed immediately by receiving all needs. And these are three-time merits from myself and others. May those who the statue, be able to connect when they complete their time abiding in this world and to remember their lineage, made the most beneficial to all sentient beings and generate a pure mind and generate the cause and collection of merit and put each other in everyone’s heart.
And and that way, they live their life only benefiting each other and everything whatever they do cause for enlightenment. And perfect there, the lower economic problems, recession, so forth. Perfect enjoyment to everybody everywhere and then also prosperity in their lives. It’s able to the very easily able to achieve realization of past enlightenment and achieving enlightenment. Wishes this path to succeed.
And while the people while the people companies working for the statue, even the laborers, even the painters, may everyone generate good devotion and train their mind in the three principal paths and two stages. Complete path while they’re working, complete path to enlightenment while they’re working for the statue. Like this. Then anyone who see the statue, touch the statue, anyone who donate for the statue, anyone who give up their time, their time, their life. Then even those who hear the project, even those who those who think of project, who dreams of the project, who talk about the project, and those who criticize the project.
So everyone that may they never ever get reborn, they they come in to get get purified. May they never ever get reborn in all realms and, you see, meet Maitreya Buddha’s teachings and the bodhicitta conventional bodhicitta, absolute bodhicitta, and meditating on the two bodhicittas. Then the supporting the for education and those already exist monasteries, The Lama Tsongkhapa monasteries also can be also other other traditions able to able to support and help the could know their education by supporting. Then able to build monasteries different parts of the world and preserve Sūtra and Tantra education and to preserve dharma, spread dharma. All that needs to be obtained immediately and then building a whole of just different parts of the world and through all those see, all the needs for that and then guide numberless sentient beings and then, say, purify their obscurations, create merit, bring them to enlightenment as quick as possible, And as well, all the then all the centers, those who have debts for many years and they will let’s say, support him as well for other projects.
So illuminate they’re able to illuminate the whole world and bring to enlightenment as possible. I’m bringing so much peace and happiness in this world. So may all this to happen. May all these wishes or the prayers be a success. May all the Gurus’ holy activities be stabilized and succeed immediately.
That which exist, but which does not exist from its own side, which is empty. Matter I which are totally empty. Matter I who exist, but do not exist from its own side, totally empty, achieve the enlightenment which exists, but which doesn’t exist from its own side, which is totally empty. And I lead all the sentient beings who exist but who do not exist from their own side, who are totally empty to that enlightenment which exists but which doesn’t exist from its own side, which is totally empty. And who exist but who do not exist from their own side, who is totally empty.
So thank you very much. It took too many years. Many years. Sorry. So I’m very happy.
I’m very happy that coming to Malaysia this time and meeting all of you and little bit of share. So I hope there’s some benefit in all that talking. Benefit to the mind and the life. So so continue again, it continues next time. Anyway, I don’t know where I stopped last time that I don’t remember.
I don’t know. So anyway maybe hope for the next time to complete. Come to the last stanza. So so I’ll pray for all of you. So thank you very much.