Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors.
About this talk. In this 16-minute talk, Lama Zopa Rinpoche prepares practitioners for a Medicine Buddha puja ceremony in Taiwan. He addresses immediate logistical questions: whether to chant in Chinese, which ritual sections to include or abbreviate, and how to structure dedications for those who are sick or dying. He then moves into the purpose of the dedication itself, explaining how the merit of this practice supports the preservation and spread of the Buddha’s teachings, sustains the spiritual teacher as the embodiment of Buddha’s compassion, and extends happiness to all beings, particularly in China and Tibet. Suited for those already familiar with Tibetan Buddhist ritual practice.
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File: 2005 06 04 2 TAIWAN MEDICINE BUDDHA PUJA 2.mp3
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Teacher: Lama Zopa Rinpoche 1
Collection: z Taiwan (Lama Zopa Rinpoche 1)
Date: 2005-06-04
Recorded at: Buddha House Adelaide
Duration: 16.3 minutes
Words: ~689
How’s it going to be done? Chant in Chinese or what? Chant in Chinese. Okay. So or follow the I’ll lead and then you’ll chant in Chinese.
Mhmm. Lead and you will do the same in Chinese. Mhmm. That can fit that? I don’t know.
This is the Chinese one. I think it’s the medium. Yeah. I know. But if I leave the Chinese, then Yeah.
Sure. If the Chinese is in Chinese, it will fit or not fit? I hope so. Mhmm. Rinpoche is not going to do the very long one.
Right? So, we’re going to skip the rejoicing and section of offerings each time. But usually, you yes. But usually, there’s some chanting that is normally done or what in Chinese language? Language.
Oh, this is pretty. It can be done anyway. Do whichever you can do. Is there is there any name? People died or people sick, is there some name?
Or not? No. No particular? Not for the dying, just for the people who have problem. Oh, I see.
I see. It’s being that is it being read or not no need to be read? The end. At the end. It might be good to read at the beginning.
At the beginning. Yeah. So it’s it’s kind of is to dedicate is to you know, something you can see if I’m dedicated to. Oh. So we need to read now?
Definitely. If it’s difficult, it doesn’t matter. If it’s difficult to read, it doesn’t matter. Doesn’t matter. Doesn’t matter.
That doesn’t matter. Anyway, it’s include it’s everything’s included, so that doesn’t matter. So beginning, whom we dedicate the Medicine Buddha puja or the practice. That’s one thing. Then the end, dedicate the merits, you see, those specific things, General general and dedicate to specific things.
So the first most important for we do this practice. Prajnakaramita is Buddha. That is it. Happiness of sentient beings came from the teaching of the Buddha. And teaching the Buddha so therefore, the so therefore, the teaching the Buddha to exist in this world to last long time is very important, and that that relies on depends on the holy beings existing in this world, who preserve Dharma, spread Dharma, the teaching of the Buddha.
So the principle one that is Buddha’s compassion manifested in human form is the Vajra Lama. To have a stable life, to not enter saṃsāra, and all the holy wishes be That the highest of the top officials, the man in China, the man in China, realizes that His Holiness is the essence of all Buddha’s compassion. And totally devote and do exactly what is best wishes and bring like sun rising, bring so much happiness. All the billions of people, freedom, and so much happiness in Mainland China, all the billions of people there, as well as such, all the bill as well as all the people in Tibet. That’s and that’s evaluating Buddhism to last long, to be spread all over and to to be flourished, to last to to last long time in this earth.
The sun shining over happiness, bringing the sun shining over happiness, Dharma in the in in Mainland China as well as the Tibet. That that enabling that to reach all the beings, that people get. So it’s in Taiwan. Same all other holy beings who are in this world only to benefit us human beings. They stabilize all the holy wishes in our including the all my virtuous friends.
And the the teaching is also teaching to last. And as far as this as far as the sentient beings on this earth, teaching to last. But the teaching to last the completion of that last long time and the and to be spread in all the directions. And then for that for doing this practice of Medicine Buddha, then this Sangha who preserve Dharma, spread Dharma, need to long life. And to long life and to complete the understanding, realization path to enlightenment.
And there’s a particular in this organization, the organization. By living in purity, all the needs, all the protections in their lives.