Water Bowl Offerings: 14-Step Instruction「水供十四步驟 」

Offering water bowls is a powerful practice for purifying obstacles and accumulating merits for a happy life, creating the causes to study and practice well the dharma.

Practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism have a happy daily morning ritual of “Offering Water Bowls” to speed one’s dharma practice along the path to E.

藏傳佛教徒、早上佛前供水的進行、供水的步驟、亦是想累積「六加行十萬杯水供修行之一」有興趣加入供水行列的人、歡迎與我們聯絡 FPMT Taiwan 經續法林 02-2577-0333 。

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“If you can offer water bowls without spilling a drop, that is very auspicious,” says Geshe Lama Konchog.    

每天、若能於供水時心專注於上、而不使水溢出、已圓寂「袞卻格西 」曾開示提到「一心不亂」專注做供水亦是修定 。

Lama Zopa Rinpoche suggests:  “100,000 offerings of water bowls for 10 years without stop.  Very auspicious.”  

臺北經續法林奉行「梭巴仁波切」的指示：「每天、作百供水行之數十年、從不間斷 」。

Praise to 21 Taras

Mother Tara.  Buddha who obtained enlightenment in a woman’s body.  Protector of all SSBs.

Born from the teardrops of Buddha Avalokiteshvara.  Promised to help all who seek her help.

Good Read:  “A Commentary on Praises to the Twenty-One Taras”

Download English prayer:  “Praise to 21 Taras”

May all be happy.    May all be strong.    May all be safe.    And live with ease.

Om Tare Tutare Ture Soha

Shantideva’s Dedication Prayer

From Chapter 10 – “Dedication” in Shantideva’s A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life is HH the Dalai Lama’s favourite prayer, and one I love the best of all.

“Healing Anger:  The Power of Patience from a Buddhist Perspective”, by The Dalai Lama, translated by Thupten Jinpa (Snow Lion, 1997).

In the book, HH shows how the power of patience and tolerance can help us overcome anger and hatred.  He bases his discussion on A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, the classic work on the activities of Bodhisattvas – those who aspire to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all SSBs – suffering sentient beings.

By Shantideva

May all beings everywhere

Plagued by sufferings of body and mind

Obtain an ocean of happiness and joy

By virtue of my merits.

In Praise of Dependent Origination

1.    He who speaks on the basis of seeing, this makes him a knower and teacher unexcelled, I bow to you, O Conqueror, you who saw dependent origination and taught it.

2.    Whatever degenerations there are in the world, the root of all these is ignorance; you taught that it is dependent origination, the seeing which will undo this ignorance.

3.   So how can an intelligent person not comprehend that this path of dependent origination is the essential point of your teaching?

Golden Light Sutra for World Peace「金光明經」世界和平

In the aftermath of the April 2015 Nepal “Gorkha” Earthquake, killing more than 9,000 people and injuring more than 23,000.   The Taiwan 8 Gods Water Amusement Park Explosion  burning 500 people on 27 June 2015.   School bullying.  Date rape.  Unemployment.  Global warming.  Poverty.  Cancer.   ADHD.  HIV.  PTSD.  ISIS et al.

Benefits of “King of Glorious Sutras:  Exalted Sublime Golden Light” – Download

“King of Glorious Sutras:  Exalted Sublime Golden Light for World Peace” – Download

金光明經：「中文版一」＋「中文版二」 ＋ 譯者解文  ＋ Editor’s Notes – Download

Great Global Shift Transformative Meditation – Dekyi-Lee Oldershaw Initiative

Small Size Text for Wearing on Body – Download

Recording of Part 1 of Golden Light Sutra Oral Transmission (Lung) for chapters 1 to 7 by Lama Zopa Rinpoche from a retreat in Australia in September and October, 2014. Rinpoche has agreed that the full oral transmission of this Sutra can be received from listening to all three parts of this recording. 

“Our heartfelt gratitude 24/7.   Sooooo kind to all SSBs.  We love you, Rinpoche.”

梭巴仁波切在 2014 年 9 月 10 月、在澳洲閉關、給於「金色光佛經口傳」、錄製的第一二三部分「第 1 至 21 章」  。仁波切已同意：「此經典「全口頭傳播」聽者、可以收到這段錄音的所有三個部分」。 感恩上師的大愛與慈悲心 。

Bringing Forth the Rains of Happiness Well-Being《 降利樂雨 》

Om mani padme hum「六字大明咒 」Om mani padme hum

Avalokiteśvara (Chenrezig in Tibetan) is renowned as the embodiment of compassionate activity.  The mantra of Chenrezig is the most widely recited mantra in Tibetan Buddhism and has great power for developing a good heart.

Benefits of reciting “Om mani padme hum” – Download instructions here . 

Big Love Avalokiteśvara 100-syllable Mantra

Fastest way to purify all negative karmas.  Develop deep compassion for all sentient beings.  You.  Me.  All.  Humans.  Animals.  Dark Creatures.  Until the end of time.

How Chinese Buddhists do this chant:  “1000-arm Buddha Avalokiteshvara’s Great Compassion Long Mantra” (Maha Karuna Dharani) in Sanskrit: