Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors.
About this talk. In this 40-minute Medicine Buddha puja at a Taiwan Dharma center, Lama Zopa Rinpoche prioritizes teaching over rote recitation. The session opens with prayers for the arising of bodhicitta in all beings, including those who cause harm. He then offers extensive dedications of merit—for deceased practitioners and their families, for the Dalai Lama, for the long life of teachers and students, and for the completion of major Dharma projects. The core teaching focuses on cultivating both emptiness and compassion, holding in mind that Medicine Buddha’s enlightenment, oneself, and all beings fundamentally exist but are empty of inherent nature. Lama Zopa concludes by explaining his approach: while traditional pujas run 90 minutes, he chose to teach the practice more deeply, making it meaningful rather than simply “recycling the words.”
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Teacher: Lama Zopa Rinpoche 1
Collection: z Taiwan (Lama Zopa Rinpoche 1)
Date: 2005-06-03
Recorded at: Buddha House Adelaide
Duration: 40.5 minutes
Words: ~844
May bodhicitta be generated in the heart of particularly in the heart of everyone in this world. And third, in the heart of all the leaders of the world and in the heart of all the terrorists, all the people who have the vicious thought to harm others, may it be generated in their heart. May it be generated in their heart. And the bodhicitta that we generated in the heart, in whose heart the bodhicitta has been generated, may it increase. And that we have this great opportunity to even this session today, there were opportunity to meditate on the puja and and collect collect so many times the limitless oceans of merits as is totally due to kindness of the Dharma.
And in particular, the Dharma center is the kindness of the organization, the kindness of the three-time Buddhas. So it’s kindness for that. So please dedicate the merit to as soon as to the. And then the lamas whatever holy wish had to actualize exactly. Yep.
To stabilize and able to benefit. May I offer the benefit of the same to all three times. Three time. All those all those who yeah. Those whose names have been given to us, who have died.
May all this be possible. And and any family members, friend, you know, anyone that you have a connection with who has passed away,. So as I mentioned before, then to go on pure land where immediately where that person that being can become enlightened. Or is it perfect human body by meeting a perfectly qualified guru and Dharma teachings,, maybe as good as possible. May everyone who gave their name to do Medicine Buddha puja,
may everyone have long life, and all your wishes succeed immediately. And the Dalai Lama, as well as all the rest of the students and supporters who benefit the organization, to be able to actualize the complete Lamrim, realization of the whole Lamrim path in this very lifetime. At the center, may the center be most beneficial to all sentient beings, causing them to find and generate faith. in the Buddha, Dharma, Sangha, and karma, and actualize bodhicitta.
And the special then especially able to spread the completion of the path to liberation in everyone’s heart and bring them to enlightenment as soon as possible. So anyone any sentient being, anyone, even insect or spiritual or any being who comes to the center, just just just coming to the center and may their negative karma and imprints get purified. And as far as as far as I say, find faith in the refuge, karma, and actualize bodhicitta,, realize emptiness. So whatever sicknesses, whatever problem the the whatever problem that the person has, immediately healed by coming at the center. So that all these achievements, not only for this life, be achieved.
So like this and all the projects, whatever projects there are, may they all succeed immediately, supported by whatever is needed,. And like this, all the centers to be most beneficial to sentient beings like this. As as was mentioned before, including the Maitreya Project and stupa, all the rest of the projects may they be most beneficial for sentient beings. Complete as quick as possible by receiving all the funding needs. And all the past actions which were made as a result of grasping at a self, they were just empty.
They were just empty. Empty. Empty from their own side. May the I who exists, but is empty from its own side, achieve Medicine Buddha’s enlightenment which exists, but which is empty from its own side.
Lead all the sentient beings who exist, but who are empty from their own side, to Medicine Buddha’s enlightenment which exists but which is empty from its own side. By myself alone, who exists but who is empty from my own side. And the general. May be spread in all the times, may flourish forever in this world.
May bodhicitta complete the lives of those whose hearts have lost family members, in the hearts of all students,, and in the house of everyone in this world. So ends the prayer, prayer, purifying karma. Sure. Thank you. Thank you.
Yeah. Thank you very much. You very much. Hello. How are you?
Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank Thank you very much.
How are you? Thank you. How are you? Thank you very much. Thank you very much.
So, I think I think before that I was saying it was one and a half hour that puja was and a half hour puja. I think normally it’s takes one and a half hour, but just reading straight. But I thought it’s part of education that how to practice. So thought though it took took a long time, but it’s but some of the chants could be a bit shorter. Yeah.
So it’s not just only recycling the words, but it’s something a little bit more meaningful. Yeah. They they want to know whether there’s any commitment for tomorrow’s initiation.