Refuge

Buddhaṃśaraṇaṃgacchāmi.

Dharmaṃśaraṇaṃgacchāmi.

Sanghaṃśaraṇaṃgacchāmi.(Recitethreetimes)

ItakerefugeintheBuddha.(ourownenlightenednature)ItakerefugeintheDharma.(thepathandwisdomteachings)ItakerefugeintheSangha.(thecommunityofspiritualfriends)

Metta (Loving Kindness)

(Withthefirstandsecondrecitation,focusonyourself;withthethird,focusonthoseyoulove;

withtheforth,focusonthoseyoumayfindchallenging;withthefifth,focusonallbeings.)

Mayallbeingsbepeaceful.Mayallbeingsbehappy.Mayallbeingsbesafe.

Mayallbeingsawakentothelightoftheirtruenature.Mayallbeingsbefree.

Four Immeasurables

Mayallsentientbeingsenjoyhappinessandtherootofhappiness.Maytheybefreefromsufferingandtherootofsuffering.

Maytheynotbeseparatedfromthegreathappinessdevoidofsuffering.Maytheydwellinthegreatequanimityfreefrompassion,aggression,andprejudice.

(Mantra of Prajnaparamita)

OmGateGateParagateParasamgateBodhiSvaha!Gone,gone,gonebeyond,gonecompletelybeyond.Whatawakening!

ThisisthemantraoraphorismofPrajnaparamita,thetranscendentwisdom,theawakenedmind,andtheheartoftheBuddha’steachings.Itinvitesustogobeyondallformsofbondageandrealizethe

supremetruththatisalreadyhere.Whentheprofoundmeaningofthismantraisembraced,thegreatemptinessrevealsitself,andpureawarenessshineswithin.Recitethismantrawithanunflinchingintentiontocalloneselftobeawakenedtotheenlightenednatureofallthingsinthisverymoment.

Dedication Prayer

Bythismerit,mayallattainperfectawakening,risingaboveallforcesofnegativity,goingbeyondtheoceanofsamsara.Maywefindliberationintheturbulentwavesofbirth,oldage,sickness,anddeath.

Tibetan:SodnamdiyithamjadzigpakneedThobneenyeypaidranampamjeeneeKyeganachibalabtrukpayiSidpäitsoleedrowadrolparshok

Bodhicitta Prayer

(dedicationfromtheBodhisattvacharyavatara)

Maybodhicitta,preciousandsublime,Arisewhereithasnotyetcometobe;Andwhereithasarisenmayitneverwane,Butgrowandflourishevermoreandmore.

Tibetan:jangchubsemchogrinpochemakyepanamkyegyurchigkyepanyampameparyanggongnegongduphelwarshog

Closing Prayer

(afterDharmatalk&discussion,fromtheBodhisattvacharyavatara)Foraslongasspaceendures,

andforaslongaslivingbeingsremain,untilthen,mayItooabide,

todispelthemiseriesoftheworld.

Additional Mantras

OMMANIPADMEHUM|OMMANIPADMEHUNGHRI(MantraofAvalokiteśvara,BuddhaofCompassion)

OMTARETUTTARETURESOHA

(MantraofAryaTara,TheLiberator,MotheroftheBuddhas)

OMPADMOYOGINIJNANAVARAHIHUM(DakiniMantra)

OMAHHUMVAJRAGURUPADMASIDDHIHUM

(VajraGuruMantra)

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