Dedication prayer
Through the wholesomeness of this practice, May all defilements be overcome and May all beings be liberated from the ocean of Samsara, Stirred by the waves of birth, aging, sickness and death.
The Four Immeasurables
May all sentient beings enjoy happiness and the causes of happiness, Be free from suffering and the causes of suffering, May they never be separated from the great happiness devoid of suffering May they dwell in the great equanimity that is free from attachment and aversion.
Refuge and Bodhisattva vows
Refuge and Bodhisattva Vows x3 In the Buddha, Dharma and Supreme Sangha, I take refuge until attaining enlightenment. Through the merit of generosity and other practices, May I attain Buddhahood for the benefit of beings. Just as all the Buddhas of the past Embraced the awakened attitude of mind, And in the precepts of the…
Buddha Amitabha
Dewachen Aspiration Prayer
E MA HO
NGO TSHAR SANG GYE NANG WA THA YE DANG
Wondrous Buddha Amitabha,
YE SU JO WO THUK JE CHEN PO DANG
On your right, Lord of Great Compassion,
Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara)- the practice of Compassion
Chenrezig mantra: OM MANI PADME HUM (Sanskrit) OM MANI PEME HUNG (Tibetan) The Meaning of the Mantra by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. There is not a single aspect of the eighty-four thousand sections of the Buddha’s teaching
Thich Naht Hahn
No coming no going, No after, no before. I hold you close, I release you to be free; I am in you. And you are in me.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace, where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be…
Bennacht – A Blessing
On the day when The weight deadens On your shoulders And you stumble, May the clay dance To balance you. And when your eyes Freeze behind The grey window And the ghost of loss Gets into you, May a flock of colors, Indigo, red, green And azure blue Come to awaken in you A meadow…
The Monks of Western Priory
There is an energy within us that makes things happen when the paths of other persons touch ours. And we have to be there and let it happen. When the time of our particular sunset comes our things, our accomplishments, won’t really matter a great deal. But the clarity and care with which we have…
A Litany of Rememberance
Those who live no more, echo still within our thoughts and words, and what they did is part of what we have become. In the rising of the sun and in its going down We remember them. In the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter We remember them. In the blueness…
Thich Naht Hahn
Contemplations on no coming, no-going This body is not me, I am not limited by this body. I am life without boundaries. I have never been born, and I have never died. Look at the ocean and the sky filled with stars, Manifestations from my wondrous true mind. Since before time, I have been free.…
The Bible
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; A time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time…
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Remember these teachings, remember the clear light, the pure bright shining light of your own nature. It is deathless.
Buddha
This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds. To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movement of a dance. A lifetime is like a flash of lightening in the sky, Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain. Nothing is as it appears. Know all things…