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----------------------------------------------------------- Words of Truth A Prayer Composed by:His Holines Tenzin Gyatso The Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet Honoring and Invoking the Great Compassion of the Three Jewels; the Buddha, the Teachings, and the Spiritual CommunityO Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and disciples of the past, present, and future: Having remarkable qualitiesImmeasurably vast as the ocean,Who regard all helpless sentient beings as your only child; Please consider the truth of my anguished pleas. Buddha's full teachings dispel the pain of worldly existence and self-oriented peace; May they flourish, spreading prosperity and happiness through-out this spacious world.O holders of the Dharma: scholars and realized practitioners; May your ten fold virtuous practice prevail. Humble sentient beings, tormented by sufferings without cease, Completely suppressed by seemingly endless and terribly intense, negative deeds, May all their fears from unbearable war, famine, and disease be pacified, To freely breathe an ocean of happiness and well-being.And particularly the pious peopleof the Land of Snows who, through various means, Are mercilessly destroyed by barbaric hordes on the side of darkness, Kindly let the power of your compassion arise, To quickly stem the flow of blood and tears. Those unrelentingly cruel ones, objects of compassion, Maddened by delusion's evils, wantonly destroy themselves and others; May they achieve the eye of wisdom, knowing what must be done and undone, And abide in the glory of friendship and love. May this heartfelt wish of total freedom for all Tibet, Which has been awaited for a long time, be spontaneously fulfilled; Please grant soon the good fortune to enjoy The happy celebration of spiritual with temporal rule. O protector Chenrezig, compassionately care for Those who have undergone myriad hardships, Completely sacrificing their most cherished lives, bodies, and wealth, For the sake of the teachings, practitioners, people, and nation. Thus, the protector Chenrezig made vast prayers Before the Buddhas and Bodhisativas To fully embrace the Land of Snows; May the good results of these prayers now quickly appear. By the profound interdependence of emptiness and relative forms, Together with the force of great compassion in the Three Jewels and their Words of Truth, And through the power of the infallible law of actions and their fruits, May this truthful prayer be unhindered and quickly fulfilled.This prayer, Words of Truth, was composed by His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet, on 29 September 1960 at his temporary headquarters in the Swarg Ashram at Dharamsala, Kangra District, Himachal State, India. This prayer for restoring peace, the Buddhist teachings, and the culture and self-determina-tion of the Tibetan people in their homeland was written after repeated requests by Tibetan government officials along with the unanimous consensus of the monastic and lay communities.BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, VERY TALENTED ARTIST.
As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery. We have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger and attachment, fear and suspicion, while love and compassion, a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness. ---Dalai LamaDAILY PRACTICESalutation, Taking Refuge, and the Five PreceptsThere are no hard and fast rules but a good daily practice would be to start with paying respects to the Buddha, the Taking of Refuge, then taking the Five Precepts. You can do this before a Buddha image, but it doesn’t really matter if you don’t have one.You can pay respects to the Buddha and express gratitude for His Teachings by reciting with sincerity, the traditional salutation three times :Honour To Him, The Blessed One, The Worthy One, The Fully Enlightened One.Or in Pali :Namo tassa, bhagavato, arahato, samma-sambudhassa.Traditionally, Buddhists affirm themselves to be such by reciting the Taking of Refuge in the 'Triple Gem' of the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha. As you recite this, it may help to mentally visualize the Buddha, teaching the Dhamma, to the Sangha :To the Buddha I go for Refuge; To the Dhamma I go for Refuge; To the Sangha I go for Refuge.For the second time, to the Buddha I go for Refuge; For the second time, to the Dhamma I go for Refuge; For the second time, to the Sangha I go for Refuge.For the third time, to the Buddha I go for Refuge; For the third time, to the Dhamma I go for Refuge; For the third time, to the Sangha I go for Refuge.Taking the Five Precepts would be simply reciting and mentally resolving to try your best to keep these basic rules of morality :1. I undertake the Precept to abstain from killing any living beings. 2. I undertake the Precept to abstain from taking what is not given. 3. I undertake the Precept to abstain from sexual misconduct. 4. I undertake the Precept to abstain from lying and false speech. 5. I undertake the Precept to abstain from the abusive consumption of intoxicants and drugs...
