Nasib Bertumbuh Dari Hati 相由心生

Ditulis oleh Lotuschef – 3 Januari 2020
Diterjemahkan oleh Lotus Nino
Sumber: 相由心生 Fate Grows from Heart

Di atas adalah sebagian dari nampan persembahan utama untuk Homa.

Dari rekaman ceramah Mahaguru Lu berikut:
20191228聖尊蓮生活佛盧勝彥開講「道果」

Di ceramah tersebut, Mahaguru Lu mengatakan bahwa Nasib seseorang bertumbuh dari hati orang yang bersangkutan dan efek akumulatif dari karmanya bisa dilihat dari wajahnya!
Beliau katakan bahwa orang-orang yang sudah lanjut usia yang sepanjang hidupnya punya sifat buruk, licik, jahat ~ semua ini terlihat jelas di wajah mereka!

Ini mengingatkanku akan suatu wajah yang menarik perhatian yang kulihat di atas kapal pesiar saat berlibur kemarin.
Orang ini memiliki aura yang sungguh menakutkan yang membuat orang merasa seram!
Yang muncul di dalam benak adalah Hitler!
Kuberitahu anakku supaya menghindari orang ini!

Di facebook juga pernah melihat beragam orang dan menyarankan mereka untuk bersadhana.
Dua dari mereka menjapa 108x mantra 100 aksara Vajrasattva setiap harinya, dan wajah salah satu dari mereka telah berubah menjadi mirip dengan rupang Mahaguru Lu di altarnya, wajah yang satunya lagi juga bersinar dan karirnya pun membaik.

Ingatlah Mahaguru Lu mengatakan bahwa Pertobatan Vajrasattva adalah yang teragung dari segala macam pertobatan!


Salam Metta,

Om Guru Lian Sheng Siddhi Hom
Lama Lotuschef

相由心生 Fate Grows from Heart

Terjemahan Bahasa: Nasib Bertumbuh Dari Hati 相由心生

Above: Part of the master tray of offering for Homa.

Referring to GM Lu's recorded speech:
20191228聖尊蓮生活佛盧勝彥開講「道果」

In the above speech, GM Lu said that One's fate grows from One's heart and the accumulative effect of One's karmic deeds can be seen from One's face!

He said there are old people that have been nasty and mean for the most part of their lives, and all these can be seen clearly imprinted on their faces!

Well, reminds me another interesting face I saw recently during my cruise vacation.

This person has a real spooky aura that gives one the creeps!

What pops up in mind was Hitler!

I told my daughter to avoid this person or steer clear of his path!

I remember faces that I saw from Facebook of various individuals and advised them to cultivate.

2 of them chanted 108 times of 100-syllables mantra daily and one of them the facial changes and pretty similar to GM Lu's statue on his altar, the other one has shine and has mark improvement in career.

Remember that GM Lu said that Vajrasatta's Repentance is the greatest of all repentances!

With Metta

Om Guru Lian Sheng Siddhi Hom

Lama Lotuschef

Menyambut Tahun Baru – Homa Pengudusan

Ditulis oleh Lotuschef – 22 November 2017
Diterjemahkan oleh Lotus Nino
Sumber: Welcoming New Year 迎新年 ~ Purification Homa 还净护摩

Pure Karma menjadwalkan 3 Homa Pengudusan untuk membantu Menyucikan dalam menyambut Tahun Baru Gregorian dan Imlek.
净业精舍安排了三场［还净护摩］以便帮助［还净］，好迎接阳历与农历新年。
Yidam puja adalah Padmakumara Putih & Vajrasattva.
本尊是 大白莲花童子 & 金刚萨垛。

Vajrasattva ialah penyatuan 5 Dhyani Buddha 金刚萨垛 即五方佛 -
Juga dilambangkan oleh 5 warna cahaya: Putih, Kuning, Merah, Biru, Hijau.
也可以由 5色光 代表 －白，黄，红，蓝，绿。

Kemudian 5 Dharma Pencapaian Agung 大成就法 ~
熄 Menghapuskan/menenangkan ~ 白光 cahaya putih，
增 Menambah/meningkatkan ~ 黄光 cahaya kuning，
怀 Jodoh afinitas/welas asih ~ 红光 cahaya merah，
诛 Menghukum/menghancurkan ~ 深蓝光 cahaya biru tua，
(佛)宝 Harta (Dharma) ~ 绿光 cahaya hijau.

Naskah doa berwarna hijau?
青色疏文？
Hijau: Melambangkan Elemen Air.
青色：代表 五行之［水］。
Hijau juga merupakan Segala Harta Dharma dan Kebijaksanaan Tiada Batas.
青色也是说有［佛宝］和［无限智慧］。

Dijadwalkan sebagai berikut 日期：
[1] 5 Desember 2017 ~ hari ke-18, bulan Imlek ke-10
阳历 2017年 12月5日 ～农历 10月18日

[2] 25 Desember 2017 ~ hari ke-8, bulan Imlek ke-11
阳历 2017年 12月25日 ～农历 11月8日

[3] 4 Januari 2018 ~ hari ke-18, bulan Imlek ke-11
阳历 2018年 1月4日 ～农历 11月18日

Silakan mendaftar ke 报名：purekarmaservices@gmail.com

Di ketiga sesi ini tersedia Persembahan untuk Leluhur dan Persembahan untuk Pejabat Taisui.
这三场法会都可以报名［祭祖］与 迎接和谢［值班太岁］。


Om Guru Lian Sheng Siddhi Hom
Lama Lotuschef
 

Welcoming New Year 迎新年 ~ Purification Homa 还净护摩

Terjemahan Bahasa: Menyambut Tahun Baru – Homa Pengudusan

Pure Karma scheduled 3 Purification Homa-events to help Purify, so as to welcome in the Solar & Lunar New Years.
净业精舍安排了三场［还净护摩］以便帮助［还净］，好迎接阳历与农历新年。
Yidams are White Padmakumara & Vajrasattva.
本尊是 大白莲花童子 & 金刚萨垛。

Vajrasattva is 5 Dhyani Buddhas 金刚萨垛 即五方佛 - 

also represented by 5 colored lights of White, Yellow, Red, Blue, Green 

也可以由 5色光 代表 －白，黄，红，蓝，绿。

5 Great Achievement dharmas 5大成就法 ~ 

熄 Eliminate/appease ~ 白光 white light，

增 Enhance/increase ~ 黄光 yellow light，

怀 Affinity/compassion ~ 红光 red light，

诛 Penalise/destroy ~ 深蓝光 dark blue light，

(佛)宝 (Dharma) Treasures ~ 绿光 green light.

The Green colored Scripts?
青色疏文？
Green: Represents the Water Element.
青色：代表 五行之［水］。
Green is also that of All Dharma Treasures and Infinite Wisdom.
青色也是说有［佛宝］和［无限智慧］。

The dates: 日期：
[1] 5th December 2017 ~ 18th day of 10th Lunar Moon
阳历 2017年 12月5日 ～农历 10月18日

[2] 25th December 2017 ~ 8th day of 11th Lunar Moon
阳历 2017年 12月25日 ～农历 11月8日

[3] 4 January 2018 ~ 18th day of 11th Lunar Moon
阳历 2018年 1月4日 ～农历 11月18日

Registration 报名：purekarmaservices@gmail.com

Ancestors offering dedications and Taisui Dedication available for all these sessions.
这三场法会都可以报名［祭祖］与 迎接和谢［值班太岁］。


Om Guru Lian Sheng Siddhi Hom
Lama Lotuschef

Menjapa Mantra 100 Aksara

Ditulis oleh Lotuschef – 4 Juli 2017
Diterjemahkan oleh Lotus Nino
Sumber: 唸百字明咒 Chanting 100 Syllables Mantra

“HOM” dalam aksara Tibet.

Roda Dharani 100 Aksara.

Berikut ini adalah kutipan dari Buku karya tulis Mahaguru Lu ke-45:

蓮生活佛著作 ＞ 盧勝彥文集 ＞ 第45册文集_坐禪通明法 > 除業障與四加行

蓮生活佛著作 - 除業障與四加行 Menyucikan Karma & 4 Prayoga
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修者唸百字明咒：「嗡。別炸薩埵沙媽耶。媽奴巴拉耶。別炸薩埵爹奴巴地叉。 遮接咩巴娃。蘇多卡欲咩巴娃。蘇甫卡欲咩巴娃。晏奴拉埵咩巴娃。沙爾娃。司地。 咩不拉也叉。沙爾娃。嘎嘛。蘇渣咩。即彈木。司哩任古魯吽。哈哈。哈哈。訶。邦 嘎印。沙爾娃。打他架打。別炸媽咩門渣。別咭巴娃。嘛哈沙媽耶。薩埵阿。吽呸。 」此咒每修持一回誦二十一遍。

若堅修此法，金剛心菩薩見修持者，護持修持者，灌頂修持者，使修持者一切罪 障魔難疾病全部滌淨去除，罪業已消，全身輕快。
菩薩自頂入心，可得金剛心菩薩與 自己合一，這是即身成佛的不二成就。

Ya!

Mantra 100 aksara dari Vajrasattva!

Seperti yang dikatakan oleh Mahaguru Lu:
Ia yang melatih 4 Sadhana Prayoga atau Sadhana Pertobatan Vajrasattva ~ maka Vajrasattva akan mengamati sadhaka tersebut; melindungi dan mendukungnya; menganugerahinya abhiseka, menghapuskan segala dosa karmanya, malapetaka dari Mara, sakit penyakit, dan berhubung segala dosa karma telah tersucikan maka seluruh tubuhnya menjadi ringan dan penuh sukacita.
Sang Bodhisattva masuk dari ujung kepala menuju ke hati, mampu meleburkan Vajrasattva dengan diri sendiri, maka inilah yang dinamakan Dengan Tubuh Manusia Mencapai Kebuddhaan Secara Langsung, sebuah pencapaian keberhasilan yang non-dual.

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Hahaha!

Baru-baru ini ada banyak murid yang memberitahuku kalau mereka berpartisipasi dalam upacara “Pertobatan Mulia Kaisar Liang” yang diadakan oleh suatu rumah ibadah.

Kuberitahu mereka bahwa Mahaguru Lu katakan: Sadhana Pertobatan Terbaik hanyalah Pertobatan Vajrasattva!

Banyak artikel dari Mahaguru Lu mengenai topik ini yang sudah kubagikan.

Tapi masih saja ada banyak umat yang percaya omongan orang lain dan malah bukan dari Mulaguru-nya sendiri!

Bertanya:
Kamu belajar apa dari “orang-orang ini” sehingga mampu menambah “Pahala”-mu?

Mengapa buang-buang waktu menghadiri acara yang berlangsung selama berhari-hari, padahal kamu bisa bersadhana dengan mudah di rumah?

Manajemen Waktu merupakan salah satu hal yang harus dipelajari oleh sadhaka yang berlatih dengan sungguh-sungguh. Ia harus berfokus pada petunjuk-petunjuk utama dari Mulaguru-nya sendiri!

Hahaha!

Kamu bisa Menyucikan dirimu sendiri setiap hari hanya dengan melatih Sadhana Pertobatan Vajrasattva!

Dan ingatlah: Melatih Dharma bukan merupakan hak istimewa Orang-orang Tertentu saja, namun setiap orang bisa juga bisa mendapatkan keberhasilan. Tentunya KUNCI UTAMANYA ada pada Ketulusan dan Kesungguhan Hati!


Salam Metta,

Om Guru Lian Sheng Siddhi Hom
Lama Lotuschef

唸百字明咒 Chanting 100 Syllables Mantra

Terjemahan Bahasa: Menjapa Mantra 100 Aksara

The Tibetan "HOM" Syllable

The 100-Syllable Dharani Wheel

蓮生活佛著作 ＞ 盧勝彥文集 ＞ 第45册文集_坐禪通明法 > 除業障與四加行

蓮生活佛著作 - 除業障與四加行 Clearing Karma & 4 Preliminaries

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修者唸百字明咒：「嗡。別炸薩埵沙媽耶。媽奴巴拉耶。別炸薩埵爹奴巴地叉。 遮接咩巴娃。蘇多卡欲咩巴娃。蘇甫卡欲咩巴娃。晏奴拉埵咩巴娃。沙爾娃。司地。 咩不拉也叉。沙爾娃。嘎嘛。蘇渣咩。即彈木。司哩任古魯吽。哈哈。哈哈。訶。邦 嘎印。沙爾娃。打他架打。別炸媽咩門渣。別咭巴娃。嘛哈沙媽耶。薩埵阿。吽呸。 」此咒每修持一回誦二十一遍。

若堅修此法，金剛心菩薩見修持者，護持修持者，灌頂修持者，使修持者一切罪 障魔難疾病全部滌淨去除，罪業已消，全身輕快。
菩薩自頂入心，可得金剛心菩薩與 自己合一，這是即身成佛的不二成就。

The above is an excerpt from GM Lu's Book 45.

Yes!
The 100 syllables mantra of Vajrasattva!
As per GM Lu:
Those that cultivate this 4 Preliminaries Practice or Vajrasattva Repentance Practice ~ Vajrasattva will see these cultivators; protect and support them; give them abhiseka, enable them to be clear of all karmic sins, calamities from Mara, illnesses, as all karmic sins are cleared whole body is light and joyful.
Boddhisattva enters heart from top, can achieve merging of Vajrasattva with self, this is then Attained Buddhahood Instantly with Human body, a non-dualistic attainment.

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Hahaha!

Recently, lots of fellow students told me that they all participating in "Emperor Liang's Precious Repentance" event hosted by a certain chapter.

I told them that GM Lu said that the Best Repentance Practice is simply the Vajrasattva's Repentance!

I shared lots of articles from GM Lu on this.

However, many still chose to believe others and not their very own Root Guru!

Question:
What have you managed to learn from these "others" that helps you advance in "Phala"?

Why waste time attending events that last for days, when you can easily practice at home?

Time management is yet another that all sincere cultivators should know and focus on One's Root Guru's Key pointers!

Hahaha!

You can work daily on Purifying yourself with just the Vajrasattva Repentance Practice!

Remember: Dharma Cultivation is not for Privileged Few, But everyone can achieve success too. Of course, Sincere Diligence is the KEY!


With Metta,

Om Guru Lian Sheng Siddhi Hom
Lama Lotuschef

Angin & Awan Muncul Lagi!

Ditulis oleh Lotuschef – 5 Februari 2017
Diterjemahkan oleh Lotus Nino
Sumber: 风云再起！Wind & Cloud Rise Again!

Mengacu ke rekaman ceramah Mahaguru Lu:
20170204聖尊蓮生活佛盧勝彥開講「道果」－TBSN高清版

Dari arsip percakapan:
Hari ini, banyak umat dari XX yang menghadiri upacara
Dan Mahaguru memberikan komentar yang penting: bahwa Angin dan Awam muncul lagi!
Maksudnya adalah debu/kotoran akan muncul di mana-mana lagi! :)
[**Berkaitan dengan persoalan XX yang menyembah hantu.]

Lotus Ungu yang telah mengikuti XX selama 10 tahun – berarti ia tak pernah sungguh-sungguh dan berhasil di dalam sadhana-nya sehingga termakan kebohongan XX. Dan bila bukan karena tanda peringatan bahaya dari Mahaguru, maka ia, seperti halnya dengan banyak umat lainnya, akan masih menjadi pengikut setia XX!

Betapa menyedihkannya!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mahaguru bilang bahwa para Vajra Master dari Ordo Satya Buddha tak akan berbohong!
Kemudian beliau bertanya kepada VM Lotus Ungu mengenai XX, dan dijawab olehnya bahwa XX adalah seorang penipu kawakan!
Mahaguru lalu bertanya sudah berapa lama Lotus Ungu bersama dengan XX, dan dijawabnya sudah selama 10 tahun!

Hahaha!
Semua korban XX ini memiliki Sebuah Kesamaan!
Mereka tak sungguh-sungguh bersadhana sesuai dengan ajaran Mahaguru Lu. Boleh dibilang gagal memahami ajaran Mahaguru Lu!

Sebelum ini, seorang VM maju ke depan dan berkata bahwa ia terkena pengaruh praktik XX hingga ia menderita gangguan kejiwaan selama 20 tahun!

Dan sekarang VM yang satu ini bilang telah mengikuti XX selama 10 tahun!

Selama ini, tak ada satupun dari administrator Satya Buddha yang berhasil mendeteksi adanya masalah dengan XX beserta dengan praktik-ptraktiknya yang salah dan berbahaya!!!

Begitu juga tak satupun dari mereka yang diumumkan telah tercerahkan mampu menemukan hal-hal berbahaya yang telah berlangsung selama ini!
Tentunya, inilah waktu yang sangat baik untuk bangun, mulai menyadari bahwa banyak umat yang tidak memahami ajaran-ajaran Mahaguru sama sekali, yang bersadhana hanyalah mengikuti prosedur tertulis dari awal sampai selesai saja!

Mahaguru mengatakan bahwa memungkinkan untuk melakukan berbagai variasi di dalam sadhana, tapi tanpa pemahaman Penuh atas isi Sadhana yang bersangkutan, tak mungkin si praktisi mampu melakukan variasi!

Jadi, daripada memarahiku dan mencela hal-hal yang kubagikan, mengapa kamu tak membacanya dan mencari tahu sekiranya apa yang kubagikan bisa menjelaskan hal-hal yang kamu tak bisa pahami dari ajaran Mahaguru selama ini!

Dan juga berhentilah menyalahkan XX!
Kamu ini kurang tekun dan belum setulus hati membersihkan hutang-hutang karmamu sehingga jodohmu dengan Buddha bertambah!

Mahaguru bilang hari ini lantai 6 Vajragarbha Caotun penuh dengan umat yang memohon 还净 – mengembalikan kesucian!

Metode penyucian menggunakan Vajrasattva sebagai yidam sudah pernah diajarkan, namun para murid masih merasa perlu bertemu dengan Mahaguru secara pribadi untuk minta disucikan!!!

Bikin aku sungguh heran, apa gunanya mentransmisikan dharma tantra selama bertahun-tahun ini kepada orang-orang yang tidak memasukkan proses belajar, memahami dharma dan mempraktikkannya, ke dalam agenda mereka!


Salam Metta,

Om Guru Lian Sheng Siddhi Hom
Lama Lotuschef

风云再起！Wind & Cloud Rise Again!

Terjemahan Bahasa: Angin & Awan Muncul Lagi!

Referring to the recorded sermon:
20170204聖尊蓮生活佛盧勝彥開講「道果」－TBSN高清版

Chat:
today, many from XX attended event.
and GM made a significant comment: that Wind n Cloud rise again!
means the dust or dirt going to be everywhere again! :)

[**This is pertaining to the XX's matters about paying homage to ghosts.]

the lotus purple has followed XX for 10 years ~ means he has never been diligent n successful in cultivation all along to fall for XX's lies & if not for GM's sounding the danger alert, he like many will still be XX's staunch followers!
how sad!

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GM said TBS' VMs won't tell lie!

Then he asked VM Lotus purple, about XX and the reply was that XX is a skill liar.

GM then asked how long has LP been with XX, and the reply was 10 years!

Hahaha!
All victims of XX's saga have One Thing in Common!

They don't cultivate diligently bearing in mind GM Lu's teachings or failed to put effort to understand GM Lu's teachings!

Previously the VM that came forward alleged that he was affected by XX's practices to the extent that he was mentally sick for 20 years!

Now this VM said he has been following XX for 10 years!

Not even one of them in TBS' admin detected any problem with XX and other errants' wrongful and harmful practices, all these years!!!

Also not one of the named enlightened ones discover all these harmful going ons!

Its high time to wake up to the fact that most didn't understand GM's teachings at all and cultivation to most is running through the Sadhana's contents only!

GM said variations is possible in cultivation, but without Full & True understanding of Sadhana's contents, there is no way that variation can take place!

So, instead of scolding me or denouncing my sharings, why don't you go read and find out what I have shared that you have never understood from GM's teachings all these years!

Stop blaming XX also!

You were just not diligent enough and have never sincerely clear your karmic debts to increase your Buddha's affinity!

GM said today that many packed the 6th floor of Caotun temple today for 还净 - return to purity!

Purification method using Vajrasattva as yidam has been taught and yet students need to seek out GM personally to get cleanse!!!

I truly wonder, whats the point of transmitting tantric dharma for all these years to beings that have their own agendas which didn't include studying and understand dharma and practice accordingly!

With Metta

Om Guru Lian Sheng Siddhi Hom

Lama Lotuschef

Sang Yidam Datang Untuk Mengajarmu

Ditulis oleh Lotuschef – 6 Juni 2015
Diterjemahkan oleh Lotus Nino
Sumber: 本尊来教你 Yidam Comes To Teach You

Di atas: Shakyamuni Buddha, yidam yang hadir di saat Samadhi.
Di bawah: Vajrasattva yang hadir di saat itu.

Di atas: Duduk di luar aula Jin-mu di Vajragarbha Caotun, Jin-mu hadir sebagai yidam yang memberikan bimbingan.

Di atas dan di bawah: Kehadiran bola-bola cahaya yang menunjukkan kehadiran para dewata.

Di atas: Penampakan bola cahaya keemasan, bertepatan dengan visi Sharpyinma Prajnaparamita.


Beberapa jam setelah aku bersarana kepada Mahaguru Lu, beliau muncul di dalam mimpiku, sambil tersenyum dan melihat-lihat orang-orang yang mengerumuni diriku dalam versi muda, mereka meminta Eliksir Panjang Umur. Aku menjadi 30 tahun lebih muda!
Mahaguru Lu bilang bahwa beliau sedang melatih sadhana 回春法 (kembali menjadi remaja).


Empat hari setelah itu, aku sedang berada di dalam pesawat, terbang kembali dari Hong Kong.
Di tengah-tengah perjalanan, pesawat bergoncang dengan kuatnya.
Aku menyentuh gelang mala yang kukenakan dan melepaskannya dari pergelangan tangan untuk memulai menjapa mantra.
Bahkan sebelum aku memulai penjapaan, seorang Buddha muncul di hadapanku, ia berdiri dan nampak tinggi, tangan kanannya menyeimbangkan pesawat ke dalam telapak tangannya.
Goncangan langsung berhenti!
Aku menjapakan mantra Vairocana Buddha beberapa hari sebelum itu dengan menggunakan gelang yang terbuat dari semacam lilin wax yang kubeli di sebuah kios di luar Rumah Ibadah Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong.


Dua puluh satu hari setelah bersarana, aku menjapa sutra Maharaja Avalokiteshvara (Gao Wang), muncul penampakan bunga lotus berwarna putih susu yang mulai mekar di Chakra Hatiku!
Total penjapaan saat itu sekitar 400+.

Sang Bodhisattva menampakkan diri dan mengajariku visualisasi bunga lotus yang mekar di Chakra hati dan penempatan semua dewata yang namanya disebutkan di dalam sutra!
Aku juga menjadi tahu bahwa Chakra Hati kita berada di tengah-tengah dada atau sternum kita, bukan seperti organ jantung yang posisinya lebih ke sebelah kiri dari sternum.


Banyak penglihatan yang muncul di saat bersadhana maupun di dalam Samadhi.

Yang kubagikan di Vajragarbha Seattle tanggal 7 November 2009 sewaktu ceramah dharma pertamaku, adalah salah satu yang menarik.

Kira-kira sekitar bulan Maret 2009, saat melatih sadhana 4 Prayoga di rumah ibadah setempat;
di saat kami menjapa 108 kali Mantra Guru sebelum memasuki bagian inti sadhana Yidam;
baru saja saat menjapa mantra tersebut sebanyak 7 kali, Mahaguru menampakkan diri di pusat bumi dan aku tahu saat itu aku adalah (telah berubah menjadi) Mahaguru!
Sejalan dengan penjapaan mantra, cahaya memancar dari Mahaguru ini dan membersihkan bagian dalam bumi, mengenyahkan segala kegelapan.
Begitu kegelapan tersebut meninggalkan permukaan Bumi, ada banyak duplikasi Mahaguru yang muncul dan memenuhi permukaan Bumi.
Semua Mahaguru melanjutkan menjapa mantra, memancarkan cahaya, dan menyelimuti bumi ini dengan cahaya putih yang tebal nan berkilau.

Betapa luar biasa dan nyatanya visi Transformasi atau Yoga ini, semua insan diselamatkan dan ditransformasikan menjadi Mahaguru, Buddha Hidup Lian Sheng.

Mahaguru yang datang dan mengajariku hal tersebut!

Hahaha! Ini berlangsung sebelum Visualisasi Kesunyataan pula!

Oh ya! Visualisasi kekosongan adalah hal yang baru saja dibahas Mahaguru Lu. Beliau katakan bahwa mereka perlu memvariasikannya, jangan terus-menerus dengan cara yang sama!


Di saat sesi sadhana bersama yang kupimpin.
Aku meletakkan murid WW ke barisan paling depan, di sebelah kananku.
Ia butuh bantuan.

Saat aku membentuk mudra Vajrasattva, beliau muncul dan menunjukkan kepadaku visualisasi berikut.
Vajrasattva muncul dari alam semesta yang kosong, dan dari chakra hatinya tampak roda mantra 100 aksara yang berputar, ia menyorotkan cahaya putih yang berkilau ke chakra hati si WW.
Jadi kujelaskan penampakan ini dan kita menggunakan metode visualisasi tersebut untuk sesi sadhana bersama di sana.
WW mendapatkan berkat yang melimpah dan ia masih terus menjapa mantra 100 aksara sebanyak 108 kali ataupun lebih setiap harinya! :)


Di acara lain, saat aku sedang bersiap menjapa mantra Maha Mayura, aku menyaksikan diriku sedang duduk dengan santai di atas seekor burung merak yang berwarna keemasan. Sang merak berjalan sambil mengayun dan bergoyang sambil menyusuri sepanjang lintasan yang di kanan kirinya berjejer pepohonan.

Aku tak membawa ornamen maupun senjata di tanganku juga saat itu!

Aku belajar untuk tak terpaku tangan mana sedang memegang apa, karena ada berbagai variasi dari citra umumnya.


Saat sedang mengunjungi Taiwan bersama dengan sekelompok murid dari rumah ibadah setempat;
aku  duduk di depan rumah ibadah bersama dengan raja naga danau di sana, aku melihat mural (lukisan dinding) bergambar 8 peri dan Jin-mu versi muda.

Seperti yang Mahaguru katakan, ada Jin-mu dalam versi muda!


Aku pun berkali-kali mengatakan bahwa selama kamu tulus, Mahaguru Lu akan mencari jalan untuk mengajarimu atau menunjukkan kepadamu cara bersadhana!

KUNCINYA: kamu harus percaya mutlak kepada Mahaguru Lu!

Banyak pengalamanku yang menjadi metode visualisasi dalam sadhana, dan aku juga banyak menuliskannya ke dalam blog ini!

Bila kamu sungguh-sungguh tertarik untuk memperluas pikiranmu, ikutilah tulisan-tulisanku dari awal!

Oh! Perlu diingat juga bahwa aku hanya bisa digerakkan oleh instruksi pribadi dari Mahaguru Lu, dan bukan oleh siapapun juga kecuali beliau!

Jadi mohon jangan buang-buang waktumu dengan memerintahku untuk melakukan ini itu!


Salam semuanya.


Om Guru Lian Sheng Siddhi Hom
Lama Lotuschef

Selamat Tinggal Pencerahan!

Ditulis oleh Lotuschef – 4 Juli 2016
Diterjemahkan oleh Lotus Nino
Sumber: 吻别开悟 KISS Enlightenment Goodbye!

Beberapa cuplikan layar dari upacara yang dipimpin Mahaguru Lu tadi pagi di New York.

Hahaha! Dengan segala kemegahannya!
Bagaimana orang-orang awam bersandiwara, untuk menyenangkan orang-orang awam pula, ditampilkan di atas panggung di kota New York!
Kalau kamu perhatikan bagaimana Mahaguru Lu sekilas mengamati orang-orang di sekelilingnya dengan pandangan yang penuh kesedihan dan welas asih, kira-kira apa yang ada di benak Beliau saat itu?

Kamu ingat Mahaguru Lu pernah bilang bahwa Hidup hanyalah sebuah mimpi, bagaikan sandiwara di atas pentas saja!
Saat tirai telah diturunkan, pertunjukannya selesai!

Mengejar Mahaguru Lu, terus-menerus menganggu-Nya, untuk mendapatkan Jawaban mengenai pencerahan; untuk meminta-Nya supaya mengumumkan kalau kamu telah tercerahkan; …

Hahaha!
Kamu tahu?
Justru kamu Mengucapkan Selamat Tinggal Kepada Pencerahan!

Saat kamu berteriak kepadaku supaya tidak mempercayakan kantong berisi dana persembahan (gongyang) dari umat untuk dipegang oleh sekelompok sukarelawan di Vihara Da-yin, karena kamu punya diskriminasi rasial terhadap mereka yang berkulit gelap; kamu telah menunjukkan kepadaku dan teman-teman yang bijaksana bahwa Kamu telah Mengucapkan Selamat Tinggal Kepada Pencerahan!

Kamu ingin dibedakan dari mereka dengan tingkat “pencerahan” yang lebih rendah ataupun yang tak punya pencerahan sama sekali, dengan meminta Mahkota dan baju yang membedakanmu dari yang lainnya sehingga kamu nampak tinggi di mata orang-orang?
Sama halnya Kamu juga telah Mengucapkan Selamat Tinggal Kepada Pencerahan!

Kamu merasa bahwa Pencerahan adalah Kelengkapan dan Titik Akhir dari keberadaanmu?

Ya! Merasa bahwa diumumkan sebagai Tercerahkan akan memisahkanmu dari orang-orang awam, membuatmu perlu disanjung, memiliki kuasa untuk mendikte dan mengendalikan, dilayani dengan kekayaan dan sumber daya orang-orang, kamu sungguh-sungguh jauh dari Pencerahan!

Berteriak-teriak?
Agresi dan kekerasan kolektif terhadap korban-korban yang telah dipilih?

Hahaha!

KAMU! Bukan saja Mengucapkan Selamat Tinggal Kepada Pencerahan!
TAPI! Malah mengantarkan dirimu sendiri, sepenuhnya dan dengan cepat ke Neraka Vajra!

Mengenai kekerasan kolektif?
Kamu menggunakan orang-orang sebagai boneka untuk menjalankan niat jahatmu, yang berasal dari kebodohanmu yang teracuni oleh Keserakahan, dan kemudian bertransformasi menjadi Kebencian!

Ya! Betapa menyedihkannya kamu malah menjadi korban besar dari 3 Racun: Kebodohan – Keserakahan – Amarah!
Bagaikan pecundang terhadap iblis dirinya sendiri!
Dan dengan demikian menjauhkan diri sendiri dari Buddha!

Kamu harus sadar bahwa Mimik (Meniru) bukanlah sebuah kebenaran, karena kamu hanya membodohi dirimu sendiri saja!

Kamu juga harus insaf bahwa apa yang kamu pikir “Harus seperti ini” atau “Harus seperti itu” …
Hanyalah delusi khayalanmu saja!

Berhubung Mahaguru Lu akan membahas Sadhana Vajrasattva, saatnya kamu bangun!

5 July 2016 金剛薩埵本尊法及還淨法灌頂」- 時間: 4:00PM(美國時間)
登寶雷藏寺
還淨法? Dharma untuk Mengembalikan Kesucian?
Yang melatihnya harus tahu telah melakukan kesalahan apa, sehingga tahu untuk bertobat dan berjanji untuk TIDAK AKAN mengulanginya kembali.
Hanya dengan cara ini barulah orang yang bersangkutan bisa tersucikan!

Hahaha!


Salam Metta,


Om Guru Lian Sheng Siddhi Hom
Lama Lotuschef
 

吻别开悟 KISS Enlightenment Goodbye!

Terjemahan Indonesia: Selamat Tinggal Pencerahan!

Screen-shots from early this morning of GM Lu in New York.

Hahaha! All the pomp!
A sentient show from Mortals, to please mortals, acted out on a stage in New York!
If you notice that GM Lu's glances swept all around him with much sadness & compassion, what is in HIS mind at that moment?

Remember that GM Lu said that Life is but a dream or a performance on stage only!

When the curtains come down, show is over!

Chasing after GM Lu, harassing Him all the time, to get Answers to enlightenment; to get Him to announce that you are enlightened;....

Hahaha!
Know what?
You actually Kissed Enlightenment Goodbye!

When you shouted at me to not trust a group of volunteers at Da-yin Chapter with a bag containing gongyang collected, because you have racial discrimination or discriminate against those with dark skin colours; you tell me and those wise ones that You have also Kissed Enlightenment Goodbye!

You want to be distinguish from those that are of lesser "enlightenment" or no enlightenment by demanding for Head-dress & clothing to set yourself apart & high high up on a pedestal?
You too have Kissed Enlightenment Goodbye!

You think that Enlightenment is the Be All & End All of your existence?

Yes! Thinking that being pronounced as Enlightened will set you apart from mere mortals and entailed also adulation, power to dictate and control, subpoenaing others wealth and resources, you are really very very far from Enlightenment!

Shouting & yelling?
Collective violence and aggression on selected victims?

Hahaha!

YOU! Not only Kissed Enlightenment Goodbye!
BUT! Deliver yourself, lock - stock - barrel swiftly into Vajra Hell!

Collective Violence?
Means using others to carry out your evil thoughts, which are derived from your ignorance poisoned by Greed and enacted into Aversions!

Yes! You are sadly a great victim of the 3 Poisons of Ignorance - Greed - Aversion!
O! A loser to his own demon!
Thus distancing yourself from Buddha!

Be aware that Mimic is not true and you are fooling yourself only!

Be aware too that What you perceived as "Must be this way" Or "Must be like this" .......
All your own Delusions!

As GM Lu will touch on Vajrasattva's practice, wake up now!

5 July 2016 金剛薩埵本尊法及還淨法灌頂」- 時間: 4:00PM(美國時間)
登寶雷藏寺
還淨法? Return to Pure state dharma?
One must know where one has done wrong to be able to say sorry and vow NEVER to repeat.
Then & only then, can one be cleansed & purified!

Hahaha!


With Metta,


Om Guru Lian Sheng Siddhi Hom
Lama Lotuschef

本尊来教你 Yidam Comes To Teach You

Terjemahan Indonesia: Sang Yidam Datang Untuk Mengajarmu

Above: Sakyamuni Buddha is the Yidam that was present during Samadhi.
Below: Vajrasattva was the Yidam present.

Above: Sitting outside Jin-mu's hall in Caotun temple, Jin-mu is the yidam present giving guidances.

Above & Below: Presence of Light orbs, indicated the presence of Divinities.

Above: The golden light orb appearance coincide with the vision of Sharpyinma.

A few hours after I took refuge with GM Lu, He appeared in my dream smiling and looking on while a crowd surrounded a younger version of me, asking for Longevity Elixir. I was 30 years younger!
GM Lu said he is practicing the 回春法-return to spring (means youth) practice.

Then 4 days after that, I was on board a plane flying home from HK.
There was great turbulence mid-way.
I touch the chanting bracelet I was wearing and getting it off my wrist to start chanting mantra.
Before I even started the mantra, a tall standing Buddha appeared and with his right hand settle the plane into his palm.
The turbulence stop immediately!
I was chanting or singing the Vairocana Buddha mantra the past few days with the bracelet of special wax bought at a booth outside Wong Tai Sin Temple, in HK.

21 days after refuge, chanting the High King Avalokitesvara sutra, the vision of a pale milk color lighted lotus begins to bloom in my Heart Chakra!
The total chanted was about 400+.

Now, this Boddhisattva appeared and taught me the visualisation of the lotus blooming in the Heart Chakra and the placement of all the Divinities named in the sutra!
I also found out that our Heart Chakra is in the centre of our chest or sternum, and not like the real heart organ that lies more to the left of the sternum.

There are many visions that appeared during cultivation or when in Samadhi.

The one that I shared in Seattle Temple, on 7 November 2009, my maiden dharma speech, is yet another interesting one.

Sometime in March 2009, while practicing the 4 Preliminaries at a local chapter.
At the stage when we chant 108 times of Guru Mantra before entering the Yidam practice proper.
7 times into this mantra, the vision of GM appeared in the centre of earth and I somehow know I am this GM!
As I continue to chant, light radiated from this GM outwards and clears the inside of the Earth, expelling all darkness.
Then as these darkness leave the surface of the Earth, many duplicates of GM appeared and plastered up the whole Earth surface.
All GMs continue to chant and radiate light, engulfing the whole Earth with a think round of dazzling white light.

This is a real fantastic vision of Transformation or Yoga, resulting in succour all sentient beings and transforming them in GM, The Living Buddha Lian Sheng.

GM came and teach me this one!

Hahaha! this is well before the Visualisation of Void too!

O! The void visuals are the ones that GM Lu pointed out recently, stating that they need to vary and not stay the same all the time!

During a group cultivation conducted by me.
I placed student WW on my right, in the front row.
He needs some help.

When I formed the Vajrasattva's mudra, Vajrasattva appeared and showed me this visuals.
Vajrasattva appears from the universal void, and from his heart chakra the 100 syllable mantra wheel spins and shoot great dazzling white light direct at the student WW's heart chakra.
So I explained this vision and we use this method of visualisation for this group cultivation session.
WW received much blessing and he is still chanting 108 times or more of 100 syllable mantra daily! :)

On another occasion, I was preparing to chant Maha Mayura mantra and I found myself seated in a relaxed position atop the back of a golden peacock. The swaying and rocking motion of the peacock strolling along a path that has trees lined up on both sides.
I do not have the ornaments or weapons in my hands too!

I learnt not to be fixated on what each hands is holding and there is also variation to the standard image.

I was visiting Taiwan with a group of students from a local chapter.
As I sat in a temple with the  Lake's dragon king, I saw a mural of the 8 fairies and then a younger version of Jin-mu or Golden Mother.

As GM said, there are younger version of Golden Mother!

I have also shared many times that as long as you are sincere, GM Lu will find a way to teach you or show you how to cultivate!

KEY: you have to trust GM Lu Absolutely!


Many of my experiences became methods of visualisation for cultivation and I shared quite a lot in this blog too!

If you are really interested to Broaden your mind, please go through my sharings from the start!

O! Please remember that I only can be mobilised by GM Lu's personal instruction and No One Else!

Please don't waste your time ordering me around!


Cheers All.


Om Guru Lian Sheng Siddhi Hom
Lama Lotuschef

The Annotated Repentance Sadhana [Shri Vajrasattva Sadhana of the Four Preliminary Practices] ~ Version 3

Terjemahan Indonesia: Sadhana Pertobatan & Penyucian Kembali [Sadhana Vajrasattva dari Empat Prayoga dengan tambahan anotasi]

Shri Baghavan

Maha Acharya Vajrasattva

Sadhana

of the Four Preliminary Practices

A TRUE BUDDHA SCHOOL SADHANA TEXT

Transmitted by Living Buddha Lian-sheng, Sheng-yen Lu.

With annotations by Lotuschef Lama.

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About Living Buddha Lian-sheng

A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Living Buddha Lian-sheng, also revered as Grand Master, is the root lineage guru of True Buddha School. His emanation is from Mahavairocana to Locana to Padmakumara. Grand Master holds lineages from the Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

He is a prominent religious figure throughout the world. As of 2006, over 5 million people have taken refuge in his True Buddha School. With over 300 chapters worldwide, the True Buddha School is recognised as a major component in Buddhism today. Living Buddha Lian-sheng has written over 220 books in Chinese on topics such as Tantric Buddhism, Geomancy, Zen Buddhism, and Taoism. Many of these books are now being translated into English and various other languages.

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Caveat

Anyone who wishes to engage in any practice (sadhana) in this article must first take refuge in True Buddha School and receive empowerment from Living Buddha Lian-sheng.

In this article, mantras are translated using simple English phonetics. Sutras, verses, and praises are translated using both English and Han Yu pinyin. Students should not assume that the translations can possibly emulate the exact pronunciations of the Root Guru. It is highly recommended that students obtain mantra tapes from local True Buddha temples or chapters.

This article serves as a guideline for your daily practice and please read the content with Open Mind. These are to be used as reference only, therefore you use it at your own risk if you do not have the proper empowerment or have not built the relevant foundations yet.

May the compassionate Living Buddha Lian-sheng, Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Dharma Protectors bless this translated sadhana. May the True Buddha Tantric Dharma liberate all beings in the Six Realms of Transmigration.

For more information and other True Buddha material, please visit the following websites:
www.tbsn.org
www.padmakumara.org

Transmitted by Living Buddha Lian-sheng, Sheng-yen Lu.
Original translation by Janny Chow, Luljeta Subasic, and Alice Yang.


Edited with annotations by Lotuschef Lama and Lotus Nino.
Copyright © Pure Karma.
www.lotuschef.blogspot.com
www.purekarmavihara.org

If you own one or more of the images that appear(s) in this article, please contact us and we will gladly put your name as the copyright owner or remove them if you want so.

Version 3 – as per March 27, 2015

Credits: Vajrasattva © Yoji Nishi

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Table of Contents 

1. The Preliminaries
2. The Four Immeasurables Visualisation
3. Purification
4. Invocation
5. The Great Homage
6. The Great Mandala Offering
7. The Fourfold Refuge
8. Armour Protection
9. High King Avalokiteshvara Sutra
10. Amitabha Rebirth Dharani
11. The Four Immeasurable Vows
12. The Repentance Verse & Mantra
13. Guru Yoga
14. Vajrasattva Yoga of Purification
15. Emergence from Samadhi and the Praise
16. The Heart Mantra of The Eight Principal Deities
17. Homage to Amitabha Buddha
18. Dedication of Merits
19. The Great Homage
20. The Completion Mantras
21. Addendum

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1. The Preliminaries

Before starting the cultivation, as a form of cleansing, take a bath and change your clothes, or you can wash your hands.
Afterwards, sit in a relaxed manner, straighten your spine, your tongue touching the roof of your mouth, and your eyes facing forward.

Start to hollow out by throwing away the stale air, stagnant air, and all the unhappiness.
In order to do so, you can yell “Ai” (Chinese word for “Love”) loudly.
You take a deep breath, hollow out from your Dantian (wiki: Elixir field, sea of qi), that is three to four fingers below your umbilical.
At your own timing, shout out “Ai” 3 times.

You should feel light, happy, and in the joyful mood.
You should be in this frame of mind before starting the cultivation.

Now take three deep breaths.
With each breath, visualise you draw in great amount of white light, slowly filling your body.
By using your mind or your “Will Power”, move this light to your hand and move your fingers a little bit, slowly move it downwards to your feet, toes, and move your toes a little bit.
All the time (while spreading the Light or Qi ) you are holding your breath!
And when your body is filled with this light, you should feel good.
When you can’t hold this breath any longer, again with your mind visualise you open all skin pores and emit the light outwards.

Just now you have thrown away all the black things, all the unhappy things.
So when you draw in the white light, it fills you, and you in turn give out the white light, so there is no more darkness.
As you have already thrown away the darkness, you are now lighted just like a light tube or light bulb.
When you switch on the electricity, that means you bring the light into you. It fills you and then you shine the lights outwards.
Like the energy-saving bulb, you get brighter and brighter.

So when you chant the Guru's mantra or other mantra, just visualise that you are that light bulb or that lamp, it becomes brighter and brighter – this means that you are sharing the goodness of the universe, the light, the energy, the brightness, and everything that is good with everybody.
Bear that in mind, Sharing! And you will do fine.

Now perform the three deep breathings and enter the cultivation.

2. The Four Immeasurables Visualisation

First, visualise the True Buddha Lineage:
Namo Vairochana Buddha, Buddha Locani, Amitabha Buddha, The White Maha Padmakumara, and Living Buddha Lian Sheng.

Visualise that they bless us with great amount of light.
Visualise the light fills all sentient beings up and in turn we also share this light by emitting them through our skin pores to all sentient beings.
Remember: we do not choose who to give to, we give to all without discrimination, differentiation, segregation!
This is the part of Bodhicitta – the Dharma Charity.

Feels good? You should!

The Padmakumara Mudra

Form the Padmakumara Mudra and recite the Root Guru long mantra:

OM. AH. HOM. GURU BEI. A-HE-SHA-SA-MA-HA. LIEN-SHEN. SIDDHI. HOM. (7x)

3. Purification

Wake Up Call Mudra: 

Clap twice, then cross hands and snap thumbs and middle fingers.

With the Purification Mantras, we are purifying the body, speech, and mind.
As you recite each one, visualise the corresponding part brightens up.
If you have done the previous visualisation well, you are actually quite clean and pure by now.
We will recite the earth deity’s mantra too.

Speech Purification:
OM, SYULEE SYULEE, MAHA SYULEE, SYUSYULEE, SOHA.

Body Purification:    
OM, SYUTOLEE, SYUTOLEE, SYUMOLEE, SYUMOLEE, SOHA.

Mind Purification:    
OM, WADZILA DAM, HO HO HUM.

Earth God Mantra:  
NAMO SAMMANTO, MOTOHNAM, OM, TULU TULU TEIWEI, SOHA.

4. Invocation

We visualise that we shoot a beam of great white light towards the universe as if out-stretching both hands to humbly request the Root Guru and all Divinities and Deities to descend and grace our altar, accept our offerings and bless all of our endeavours, so that all may be auspicious and fulfilling for all of us.

Maintain this visualisation, and we recite invocation mantra.

Recite: OM. AH. HOM. SOHA. (3x)

We sincerely invoke:
Namo The Holy Red Crown Vajra Root Guru Living Buddha Lian-sheng.
Namo The White Maha Padmakumara.
Namo Lotus Light Self-Mastery Buddha.
Namo All of the Lineage Masters of the True Buddha School and the True Buddha Assembly.
Namo Shri Vajrasattva.
Namo the Five Dhyani Buddhas.
Namo all deities residing in the altar, and that of the surrounding area.
Namo all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Dharma Protectors, Vajra Herukas, Deities of the Dragon Heavens, Dakas and Dakinis, saints and divinities of the three times and in ten directions.
Namo Maha Prajnaparamita.

5. The Great Homage

The Buddha Shrine Mudra

First, homage to the Root Guru and all Buddhas in all times and directions by using the Buddha Shrine Mudra.

Visualise in the space before and above you the Root Guru, all past lineagemasters , the eight Personal Deities, all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Dharma Protectors. They appear like multitudes of twinkling stars, pervading the Empty Space.

[Left-Right] Touching the Third-eye Chakra – Throat Chakra – Heart Chakra

Touch the third-eye chakra with the mudra and visualise the Root Guru emitting a white beam of light from his third-eye chakra to your third-eye chakra.

Touch the throat chakra with the mudra and visualise the Root Guru emitting a red beam of light from his throat chakra to your throat chakra.

Touch the heart chakra with the mudra and visualise the Root Guru emitting a blue beam of light from his heart chakra to your heart chakra.

Touch the third-eye chakra again and then release the mudra.

If you are performing the Great Prostration by using visualisation, visualise yourself prostrating fully on the floor to pay homage to the Root Guru and Buddhas in all times and directions.

The Lotus Mudra

Second, homage to all Bodhisattvas by using Lotus Mudra.

Employ the mudra and repeat as above to pay homage to all Bodhisattvas and Mahasattvas.

The Vajra Clasp Mudra

Third, homage to all Dharma Protectors, Vajra Herukas, Deities of the Dragon Heavens, Dakas and Dakinis by using Vajra Clasp Mudra.
Employ the mudra and repeat as above to pay homage to all Protectors.

The Equanimity Mudra

Fourth, half-bow to the Sages and Sanghas by using Equanimity Mudra.

Bow and touch the mudra against the third-eye chakra before releasing it.

6. The Great Mandala Offering

The Mandala Offering Mudra

Form and then place the Offering Mudra in front of the chest. 

Visualisation: 

Visualise the offerings multiply to first form a row, then multiply again to form a field, and multiply once more to fill all space. 

We visualise the offerings of incense, tea, lamp, flower, fruit, and then fragrance, bath liquid, treasure conch. From the treasure conch spills all kinds of precious gem and treasure, gold, silver, bronze, crystal, jade; nice clothings, gowns, suits, heavenly silks and brocades; all kinds of food, grain, sweet, rice, meats from pigs, cows, chickens, fishes, crabs, prawns and all nicely prepared cuisines; heavenly music, heavenly dances, heavenly songs; and all offerings that you bring yourself.

Visualise glad acceptance from root guru, lineage masters, the yidam of this session (Shri Vajrasattva), and all buddhas, bodhisattva, of the three times and ten directions.
The whole universe is now filled with golden yellow lights.

We also offer them to all heavenly beings, and also “transform” the offerings to all beings in the six realms in the form of rain of white light.
And as this white light touches all sentient beings, it “transforms” into multi-coloured lights. It means that all beings receive what they want and what they need.
We can also visualise that we can hear the happy laughter, signifying the glad acceptance from all beings in the six realms.

Maintain this visualisation, we chant the verse and the mantra.

Recite the Offering Verse:   

Mount Sumeru together with the Four Continents, the sun and the moon, 

Transforms into precious treasures to offer to the Buddhas. 

May the immeasurable merits that arise from these offerings
Serve to purify us and further our bodhi realisation. 

Recite the Offering Mantra:  

OM, SAERWA, TATHAGATA, EEDAMUH, GURU LANA, MENCHALA, KAN, NELEYEH, DAHYEMI.

Bring the mudra to touch upon the third-eye chakra before release.

7. The Fourfold Refuge 

We visualise root guru, lineage masters, buddhas, dharmas, shanghas, of the three times and ten directions merge into a great white light that empowers you.
Visualise the light fills you up, and in turn you share it with all beings around you.
Remember: this is dharma sharing as well!

We can visualise that we, all around us, transform into light, forming like an ocean of light. 
In this, there is no differentiation or discrimination, because all are light – light as a whole, so we are all one.

Recite the Fourfold Refuge Mantra:
NAMO GURU-BEI, NAMO BUDDHA-YE, NAMO DHARMA-YE, NAMO SANGHA-YE. (3x)

8. Armour Protection

Form the Vajra Clasp Mudra before the third-eye chakra. Visualise we draw a beam of dazzling white light downwards, filling us, engulfing us.

The Vajra Clasp Mudra

Recite the mantra:  OM, BO LEE LAN ZE LEE. (7x)

After recitation, bring the mudra to touch the third-eye chakra, then throat chakra, heart chakra, left shoulder, right shoulder, then back to the third-eye chakra.
Visualise that you are now actually a lighted up Crossed-Dorje.

The Crossed Dorje (Vishva-Vajra)

At the moment of releasing the mudra, we visualise that we shoot a beam of medium blue light towards the universe; and we in turn draw it down, placing it to the front, back, left and right of us.
Visualise it in a form of blue light, starting to rotate in a clockwise direction.
It starts to spin faster and faster – this means that the Dharma Protectors are protecting you all the time.
We thank all dharmapalas for guiding us, protecting us, all around the clock.

9. High King Avalokiteshvara Sutra

The High King Avalokiteshvara wearing
the Seven-Buddha Crown

We visualise the eight-petalled lotus, in milky white colour and in our heart chakra slowly blooms, and in the centre sits the High King Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva. All around the Bodhisattva within the lotus are the buddhas and bodhisattvas mentioned in this sutra.

We now have a lotus in our heart chakra filled with dazzling light like that of the stars shining brightly, and we have actually the mandala of High King Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva – that means pure land!

When you have pure land in your heart chakra, you have no more darkness, worries, sufferings, cravings, desires, angers, hatreds, aversions; and all you have are wisdom, compassion, bodhicitta for all beings.

Maintain this visualisation, and we chant High King sutra.
**If you chant more than once, you can proceed with visualising yourself enlarging gradually and merging into the Universe.

The High King Avalokiteshvara sutra:

觀世音菩薩。
Namo Guan Shi Yin Pu Sa.
Homage to Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva.

南無佛。南無法。南無僧。
Namo Fo. Namo Fa. Namo Seng.
Namo Buddhaya, Namo Dharmaya, Namo Sanghaya.

佛國有緣。
Fo Guo You Yuan.
I have affinity with the Pure Lands and

佛法相因。
Fo Fa Xiang Yin.
I attain yoga with the Dharma.

常樂我淨。
Chang Le Wo Jing.
I am always happy, pure and at peace.

有緣佛法。
You Yuan Fo Fa.
I have affinity with the Dharma.

南無摩訶般若波羅蜜。是大神咒。
Namo Mohe Boye Boluomi. Shi Da Shen Zhou.
Namo Maha Prajna Paramita, a great spiritual mantra.

南無摩訶般若波羅蜜。是大明咒。
Namo Mohe Boye Boluomi. Shi Da Ming Zhou.
Namo Maha Prajna Paramita, a great wisdom mantra.

南無摩訶般若波羅蜜。是無上咒。
Namo Mohe Boye Boluomi. Shi Wu Shang Zhou.
Namo Maha Prajna Paramita, a supreme mantra.

南無摩訶般若波羅蜜。是無等等咒。
Namo Mohe Boye Boluomi. Shi Wu Deng Deng Zhou.
Namo Maha Prajna Paramita, an unequaled mantra.

南無淨光秘密佛。
Namo Jing Guang Mi Mi Fo,
Namo the Pure Light Secret Buddha,

法藏佛。
Fa Zang Fo,
the Dharma Treasury Buddha,

獅子吼神足幽王佛。
Shi Zi Hou Shen Zu You Wang Fo,
the Tranquil King Buddha with Lion’s roar and divine speed,

佛告須彌燈王佛。
Fo Gao Xu Mi Deng Wang Fo,
the Sumeru Light King Buddha announced by Buddha,

法護佛。
Fa Hu Fo,
the Dharma Protector Buddha,

金剛藏獅子遊戲佛。
Jin Gang Zang Shi Zi You Xi Fo,
the Vajra Treasury Roaming Lion Buddha,

寳勝佛。
Bao Sheng Fo,
the Precious Victory Buddha,

神通佛。
Shen Tong Fo,
the Supernatural Power Buddha,

藥師琉璃光王佛。
Yao Shi Liu Li Guang Wang Fo,
the Medicine Crystal Light King Buddha,

普光功德山王佛。
Pu Guang Gong De Shan Wang Fo,
the Universal Light Merit Mountain King Buddha,

善住功德寳王佛。
Shan Zhu Gong De Bao Wang Fo,
the Merit Retaining Jewel King Buddha,

過去七佛。
Guo Qu Qi Fo,
the Seven Past Buddhas,

未來賢劫千佛。
Wei Lai Xian Jie Qian Fo,
the Future Thousand Buddhas of this fortunate eon,

千五百佛。
Qian Wu Bai Fo,
the Fifteen Hundred Buddhas,

萬五千佛。
Wan Wu Qian Fo,
the Fifteen Thousand Buddhas,

五百花勝佛。
Wu Bai Hua Sheng Fo,
the Five Hundred Flower Victory Buddhas,

百億金剛藏佛。
Bai Yi Jin Gang Zang Fo,
the Ten Billion Vajra Treasury Buddhas,

定光佛。
Ding Guang Fo.
and the Samadhi Light Buddha.

六方六佛名號。
Liu Fang Liu Fo Ming Hao:
The Buddhas of Six Directions:

東方寳光月殿月妙尊音王佛。
Dong Fang Bao Guang Yue Dian Yue Miao Zun Yin Wang Fo,
To the East the Precious Light Moon Palace Venerable Wonderful Voice King Buddha,

南方樹根華王佛。
Nan Fang Shu Gen Hua Wang Fo,
To the South the Tree-Root Flower King Buddha,

西方皂王神通燄花王佛。
Xi Fang Zao Wang Shen Tong Yan Hua Wang Fo,
To the West the Spiritual Power Flower Blazing King Buddha,

北方月殿情淨佛。
Bei Fang Yue Dian Qing Jing Fo,
To the North the Moon Palace Purity Buddha,

上方無數精進寳首佛。
Shang Fang Wu Shu Jing Jin Bao Shou Fo,
Above, the countless Vigor Jewel Crown Buddhas,

下方善寂月音王佛。
Xia Fang Shan Ji Yue Yin Wang Fo.
Below, the Tranquil Moon Sound King Buddha.

無量諸佛。
Wu Liang Zhu Fo,
All the Immeasurable Buddhas,

多寳佛。釋迦牟尼佛。
Duo Bao Fo, Shi Jia Mou Ni Fo,
Prabhutaratna Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha,

彌勒佛。阿閦佛。彌陀佛。
Mi Le Fo, A Chu Fo, Mi Tuo Fo.
Maitreya Buddha, Aksobhya Buddha, Amitabha Buddha.

中央一切眾生。在佛世界中者。
Zhong Yang Yi Qie Zhong Sheng, Zai Fo Shi Jie Zhong Zhe,
All beings in the Central Realm, and those in the Pure Lands,

行住於地上。及在虛空中。
Xing Zhu Yu Di Shang. Ji Zai Xu Kong Zhong
while moving upon the Earth and through the Heavens,

慈憂於一切眾生。各令安穩休息。
Ci You Yu Yi Qie Zhong Sheng, Ge Ling An Wen Xiu Xi,
shower limitless compassion upon all beings, affording them equanimity and peace,

晝夜修持。
Zhou Ye Xiu Chi.
that they might cultivate day and night.

心常求誦此經。
Xin Chang Qiu Song Ci Jing,
By constantly invoking this sutra,

能滅生死苦。
Neng Mie Sheng Si Ku,
one is liberated from the suffering of birth and death,

消除諸毒害。
Xiao Chu Zhu Du Hai.
and freed from all the many kinds of suffering.

南無大明觀世音。觀明觀世音。
Na Mo Da Ming Guan Shi Yin, Guan Ming Guan Shi Yin,
Namo the great wisdom Avalokiteshvara, the observant Avalokiteshvara,

高明觀世音。開明觀世音。
Gao Ming Guan Shi Yin, Kai Ming Guan Shi Yin.
the noble Avalokiteshvara, the expansively-minded Avalokiteshvara.

藥王菩薩。藥上菩薩。
Yao Wang Pu Sa, Yao Shang Pu Sa,
the Medicine King Bodhisattva,  the Supreme Medicine Bodhisattva,

文殊師利菩薩。普賢菩薩。
Wen Shu Shi Li Pu Sa, Pu Xian Pu Sa,
Manjushri Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva,

虛空藏菩薩。地藏王菩薩。
Xu Kong Zang Pu Sa, Di Zang Wang Pu Sa,
Akasagarbha Bodhisattva, Ksitigarbha Raja Bodhisattva,

清涼寶山億萬菩薩。
Qing Liang Bao Shan Yi Wan Pu Sa,
the billions of Clear Cool Treasure Mountain Bodhisattvas,

普光王如來化勝菩薩。
Pu Guang Wang Ru Lai Hua Sheng Pu Sa.
the Universal Light Venerable King Tathagata Bodhisattva.

念念誦此經。
Nian Nian Song Ci Jing,
Chanting this sutra continually,

七佛世尊。即說咒曰。
Qi Fo Shi Zun. Ji Shuo Zhou Yue:
the Seven World-Honored Buddhas recite this mantra:

(7x:) 離婆離婆帝。求訶求訶帝。陀羅尼帝。你訶羅帝。

Li Po Li Po Di. Qiu He Qiu He Di. Tuo Luo Ni Di. Ni He Luo Di.

毗黎尼帝。摩訶迦帝。真陵乾帝。梭哈。

Pi Li Ni Di. Mo He Jia Di. Zhen Ling Qian Di. Suo Ha.

10. Amitabha Rebirth Dharani

The Great Sea of Deliverance Mudra

Form the Great Sea Deliverance Mudra (like forming the Vajra Mudra and you turn the fingers inside).

We visualise Amitabha Buddha appears from the Universe.
From his heart chakra, a strong beam of pinkish light (combination of red, pink and white colours) radiates and blesses all the beings we knowingly or unknowingly harm during the course of our daily activities.
These are animals like pig, cow, lamb, chicken, duck, fish, crab, prawn, ants, cockroaches; bacteria, virus, and so on.

When all these beings receive light blessings from Amitabha Buddha, visualise their karma are cleansed by the light and their karmic differences are resolved (visualise they are shaking hands and hugging each other).
Their karmic negatives are neutralised and all unhappiness of other beings are neutralised too.
They become crystal-like pure, and we can visualise they happily sit upon lotus dharma boats.

Visualise these golden lotus dharma boats transform into golden dots of light, forming a golden river flowing into Amitabha's heart chakra.

Maintain this visualisation and recite the following dharani:

NAMO AMEE-TO POYE, TOTA KYA TOYE, TOTE YETA,
AMEE-LEE-TO POPEE, AMEE-LEE-TO SYE THAN POPEE,
AMEE-LEE-TO PEGYA-LANTE, AMEE-LEE-TO PEGYA-LANTO,
KYANEENEE, KYAKYANA, ZHEEDO KYALEE, SOHA. (7x)

11. The Four Immeasurable Vows

Visualise all beings around you as you sincerely share with all of them when making the following Bodhicitta vows:

May all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness; this is immeasurable loving-kindness.
May all beings be liberated from suffering and the causes of suffering; this is immeasurable compassion.
May all beings be free of suffering and always stay happy; this is immeasurable joy.
May all beings be free of grasping and aversion towards others, develop faith and equality; this is immeasurable equanimity.

Recite the Bodhicitta Verse:

Student Lotus [your name] shall take refuge in the Root Guru and Triple Jewels until reaching enlightenment. I will never recede on the path. May all my virtues be dedicated to all beings for their speedy enlightenment.

Recite the Bodhicitta Mantra:
OM, BODHICITTA, BEDZA, SAMAYA, AH HUM. (3x)

12. Repentance Verse & Mantra

Kneel and humbly repent. Visualise great white light cleansing all of our negative karma.

Recite the Repentance Verse:

All my transgressions committed since time immemorial which originated from countless greed, hatred, and ignorance; and that manifested through my body, speech, and mind; these I sincerely confess and repent them altogether. (3x)

Recite the Repentance Mantra:
OM, BEDZA, SAMAYA, SU-TE-A. (108x)

13. Guru Yoga

The Padmakumara Mudra

Form Padmakumara's hand mudra.

Visualise Padmakumara appears from the universe, blessing us with white (from his third-eye chakra), red (from his throat chakra) and blue lights (from his heart chakra). These lights cleanse the sins from the past lives and the present one.
Remember to sit up straight, keep your spine straight, then you can get the blessing!

Now visualise a HOM seed syllable from the mantra wheel in Padmakumara's heart chakra spinning and shooting a beam of great white light directed at your heart chakra.
The HOM seed syllable is now duplicated in your heart chakra (this seed is nurtured and will grow by your recitation of mantra and bodhicitta).

Optionally, you can transform the HOM syllable into a white-lighted lotus. It continues to emit great white light, filling you and spreading outwards. You are sharing this light with all.

Alternatively still, you can visualise yourself abiding serenely in the Maha Twin Lotus Pond of the Western Paradise.

We maintain this visualisation and we chant Guru's mantra.

Now remember, you are like the light bulb! 
Once you are lighted, you continue to give out lights.

You can actually time your breathing to draw in and give out the light.
It is up to how you want to do it, but once you are lighted, you stay lighted – like a bulb, when you switch on the electricity, it is lighted until you switch it off.
Once you light it, don't switch it off. Continue to stay lighted!

We start to chant mantra.

Recite: OM. GURU. LIEN-SHEN. SIDDHI. HOM. (108x)

[Feels good?
Once you’re lighted up, you feel lighter, feel brighter, there is a joy coming from within that oozes outwards, now maintain this visualisation.]

14. Vajrasattva Yoga of Purification

Recite the Emptiness (Shunyata) Mantra:
OM, SOBAWA, SUTA, SAERWA, DAERMA, SOBAWA, SUTO-HANG. (3x)

The Vajrasattva Mudra

Shri Bhagavan Maha Acharya Vajrasattva.
Image © Yoji Nishi

Form the Vajrasattva Mudra and cross it in front of the chest.
Visualise that Shri Vajrasattva appears from the universe, blessing us with white, red and blue lights.
You should have become very much brighter now!

The Tibetan "HOM" Syllable

The 100-Syllable Dharani Wheel

Now we visualise within His heart chakra there is a wheel of 100-syllable mantra. This mantra surrounds his heart chakra, revolves, and radiates brilliant white light, and within it there is a seed syllable HOM.

This great white light arcs over and down, pouring through your crown and flooding your entire body. Your whole body now exhibits a great white light, and negative karma and thoughts are expelled as black smoke through all skin pores.
Your body becomes crystal clear, radiating light.
You now enter into a state of joy in meditation.

Alternatively: You can just go straight to the transformation into a crystal-clear mani stone sitting upon a white lotus within our chakra., radiating brilliant and dazzling white light.

Or you can transform into the 100-syllable mantra wheel that keeps rotating in clockwise manner, churning and sharing lots of great white light.

Choose one from the above alternatives, as this also means that you have transformed into the Yidam deity itself and entered into Samadhi already.

We maintain the chosen visualisation, we recite the hundred-syllable dharani.

Please sit up straight, draw in the goodness and share it with all around you.
Remember: you are lighted up, and getting brighter and brighter as you chant mantra.

ཨོཾ་བཛྲ་སཏྭ་ས་མ་ཡ་མ་ནུ་པ་ལ་ཡ།  བཛྲ་སཏྭ་ཏྭེ་ནོ་པ་ཏིཥྛ།

དྲྀ་ཌྷོ་མེ་བྷ་བ།   སུ་ཏོ་ ཥྱོ་མེ་བྷ་བ།  སུ་པོ་ ཥྱོ་མེ་བྷ་བ།

ཨ་ནུ་ར་ཀྟོ་མེ་བྷ་བ།  ས་རྦ་སི་དྡྷི་མེ་པྲ་ཡ་ཙྪ།  ས་རྦ་ཀ་རྨ་སུ་ཙ་མེ

ཙི་ཏྟཾ༌ཤེ་ཡཿ་ཀུ་རུ་ཧཱུྂ།  ཧ་ཧ་ཧ་ཧ་ཧོཿ  བྷ་ག་བ་ན  ས་རྦ

ཏ་ཐཱ་ག་ཏ་བཛྲ་མཱ་མེ་མུ་ཉྩ།  བཛྲཱི་བྷ་བ་མ་ཧཱ་ས་མ་ཡ་སཏྭ  ཨཱཿ །།

ཧཱུྂ ཕ་ཊ

Om, bedza, sato samaya, manu palaya, bedza sato tenupa teecha, 

checo meebawa, suto kayu meebawa, supo kayu meebawa,
annulato meebawa, saerwa, siddhi, meebulayecha,
saerwa, kaerma, suchamee, cheetamu, sheleeren, 

guru hom, ha ha ha ha he, 

bagha-wen, saerwa, tathagata, bedza, mamee mencha, pechebawa, 

maha samaya, sato a, hom, phei! 

(21 or 49x)

15. Emergence from Samadhi and the Praise

Recite the following praise:

Living Buddha Lian-sheng teaches the Great Tantric Practice,
Vajrasattva transforming into Vajra-Heart (Vajracitta),
An authentic spiritual response when the two merge into one,
Eradicating negative hindrances, therefore attaining purity. 

16. The Heart Mantra of the Eight Principal Deities 

OM, AMI TEHWAH SEH.
(Amitabha Buddha Heart Mantra)

OM, MANI PEMI HUM.
(Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Heart Mantra)

OM, PENLAMO LEEN-TO-LEEN, SOHA.
(Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Mantra that Removes Fixed Karma) 

OM, HA HA HA, WEI, SAMMODEI, SOHA.
(Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Heart Mantra)

OM, CHALE CHULE, CHUNDEE, SOHA.
(Maha Cundi Bodhisattva Heart Mantra) 

OM, CEMPALA, CHALEN CHANAYA, SOHA.
(Yellow Jambhala Heart Mantra)

OM AH HUM, BEDZA GURU PEMA SIDDHI, HUM, SEH.
(Guru Padmasambhava Heart Mantra) 

OM AH HUM, GURU BEI, AH-HE-SHA-SA-MA-HA, LIEN-SHEN SIDDHI HUM.
(Padmakumara Bodhisattva Heart Mantra – the long version) 

TEYATHA, OM, BEKACHE-YE, BEKACHE-YE, MAHA BEKACHE-YE,
LADZA SAMOGATE-HEY, SOHA.
(Medicine Buddha Heart Mantra)

17. Homage to Amitabha Buddha

Recite the following:

Namo the 36 trillion 119 thousand and 500 Amitabha Buddhas with the same name and identification. (3x)

18. Dedication of Merits

Recite the dedication verse:

May all who uphold the name of Amitabha Buddha
Be born together in the Pure Land of His Western Paradise.
Repaying the Fourfold Generosity from above,
And aiding those who suffer in the Three Paths below.
Upon seeing the Buddha,
May I be liberated from the cycle of birth and death,
And may I develop the qualities of Buddhahood,
And thus free all who suffer.

I, [your name], dedicate the merits of this practice to the Root Guru, Living Buddha Lian-sheng. May the Root Guru always be happy, healthy, and at ease
I also dedicate the merits to all sentient beings. May all beings live in harmony. May all beings leave the evil path and enter the right path. May all beings cultivate to attainment; be happy, healthy and at ease.

Now draw a circle of white light with your vajra dorje and visualise white-lighted lotus with the lighted crossed-dorje sitting upon it.

While holding your vajra dorje with your right hand and vajra bell with your left hand, recite the following:

O gods of the heaven, O gods of the earth, may we be far from all calamities and may all calamities abandon us. May all disasters turn into dust and enmities begone.

We beam light from the dorje we are holding that the crossed dorje and the lotus burst into great light and spreading wider and wider with the sound of the vajra bell. [Shout “WUN!”]

19. The Great Homage 

The same as step 5.

[Great prostration to all Buddhas] We thank all buddhas for blessing us all the time.

[Great prostration to all Bodhisattvas] We thank all bodhisattvas for blessing us all the time.

[Great prostration to all Dharmapalas] We thank all dharmapalas for guiding us and protecting us all the time.

20. The Completion Mantras

Recite:
OM, BU LIN. (3x)
OM MANI PADME HOM.

Dismissal mudra:
Clap twice, then cross hands and snap thumbs and middle fingers.

End of Practice:
May all endeavors be auspicious.
Xiu-fa yuan-man, ru-yi ji-xiang.


[The End Part of the Sadhana]

———

Verses of dedication and the vow of salvation from The High King Avalokiteshvara Sutra

The following part is the continuation of the sutra, elucidating the dedication and the vow of salvation from reciting the High King Avalokiteshvara sutra. You may recite it if you wish so:

十方觀世音　　一切諸菩薩　　誓願救眾生　　稱名悉解脫
Shí fāng guānshìyīn yīqiè zhū púsà shìyuàn jiù zhòngshēng chēng-míng xī jiětuō
Avalokiteshvaras of the ten directions, together with the bodhisattvas, have vowed to guide sentient beings, liberating them through the method of reciting the holy epithets.

若有智慧者　　慇懃為解說　　但是有因緣　　讀誦口不綴
Ruò yǒu zhìhuì zhě yīnqín wèi jiěshuō dànshì yǒu yīnyuán dú-sòng kǒu bù zhui
Sentient beings with wisdom shall propagate it, and those with affinity shall recite perpetually.

誦經滿千遍　　念念心不絕　　火燄不能傷　　刀兵立摧折
Sòng jīng mǎn qiān-biàn niàn-niàn xin bù-jué huǒyàn bùnéng shāng dāobīng lì cuīzhé
With the completion of 1000 times of recitation, and yet keeping constant recitation in the heart, fires hence cannot injure one, and all weapons shall be rendered harmless.

恚怒生歡喜　　死者變成活　　莫言此是虛　　諸佛不妄說
Huì-nù shēng huānxǐ sǐzhě biànchéng huó mòyán cǐ shì xū zhū fo bù wàngshuō
The furious shall turn joyful, and the dead be resurrected. Never say that these all are falsity, as all Buddhas do not lie.

高王觀世音　　能救諸苦危　　臨危急難中　　死者變成活
Gāo-wáng guānshìyīn néng jiù zhū kǔ wēi lín wéi jínàn zhōng sǐzhě biànchéng huó
The High King Avalokiteshvara is capable of succouring one from any kind of sufferings and perils; and bestowing firm conviction.

諸佛語不虛　　是故應頂禮　　持誦滿千遍　　重罪皆消滅
Zhū fo yǔ bù xū shì gù yīng dǐnglǐ chí sòng mǎn qiān biàn zhòngzuì jiē xiāomiè
What Buddhas say are no mendacity, therefore one should pay homage, recite it thousands times, thus all heavy sins get abolished. 

薄福不信者　　專貢受持經
Bo fú bùxìn zhě zhuān gòng shòu chí jīng
Those who have no conviction from lacking good merits are advised to pass this sutra to those who aspire to practise.

念八大菩薩名號
Niàn bādà púsà mínghào:
Chanting the names of the Eight Bodhisattvas:

南無觀世音菩薩摩訶薩　　南無彌勒菩薩摩訶薩
Námó guānshìyīn púsà móhēsà, Námó mílè púsà móhēsà
Namo Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Mahasattva, Namo Maitreya Bodhisattva Mahasattva

南無虛空藏菩薩摩訶薩　　南無普賢菩薩摩訶薩
Námó xūkōngzáng púsà móhēsà, Námó pǔxián púsà móhēsà
Namo Akasagarbha Bodhisattva Mahasattva, Namo Samantabhadra Bodhisattva Mahasattva

南無金剛手菩薩摩訶薩　　南無妙吉祥菩薩摩訶薩
Námó jīngāngshǒu púsà móhēsà, Námó miàojíxiáng púsà móhēsà
Namo Vajrapani Bodhisattva Mahasattva, Namo Manjushri Bodhisattva Mahasattva

南無除蓋障菩薩摩訶薩　　南無地藏王菩薩摩訶薩
Námó chú gàizhàng púsà móhēsà, Námó di záng wáng púsà móhēsà
Namo Sarva-nivarana-viskambhin Bodhisattva Mahasattva, Namo Ksitigarbha-raja Bodhisattva Mahasattva

南無諸尊菩薩摩訶薩
Námó zhū zūn púsà móhēsà
Namo Sarva Bodhisattva Mahasattva

願以此功德　　普及於一切　　誦滿一千遍　　重罪皆消滅
Yuàn yǐ cǐ gōngdé pǔjí yú yīqiè sòng mǎn yīqiān biàn zhòngzuì jiē xiāomiè
May all the good merits be dedicated to all sentient beings, that with the completion of 1000 times of recitation, all heavy sins disappear.

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How to Take Refuge in Buddha Guru Lian-sheng

(1) In person

Make an appointment ahead of time to visit the True Buddha Quarter in Redmond, Washington, USA or to travel to the location where His Holiness will be teaching the dharma to receive a direct empowerment from him.

(2) By “Remote Empowerment”

It is not often possible for someone who lives far away to take refuge in person. Students who desire to take refuge can, on the first or fifteenth of any lunar month, at 7:00 a.m., while facing the direction of the rising sun, recite the Fourfold Refuge Mantra three times: “Namo Guru bei, Namo Buddha ye, Namo Dharma ye, Namo Sangha ye. Seeking Living Buddha Lian-sheng’s guidance, I am taking refuge in the True Buddha” and prostrate three times.

On the first or fifteenth of every lunar month, His Holiness performs a ceremony of “remote empowerment” at the True Buddha Quarter to give the empowerment to all students who could not journey there in person.

A student who takes refuge from a distance after performing the rites at home, only needs to send a letter to the True Buddha Quarter stating one’s intent to seek refuge, along with one’s name, address, age, and an offering in any amount to the Buddhas.

Upon receiving the letter, His Holiness will send a certificate, a picture of the guru, and a note stating the level of practice that one should begin with.

(3) Through local chapters of True Buddha School

Contact nearby local chapters of True Buddha School to request assistance in taking refuge.

Address of the True Buddha Quarter:

Living Buddha Lian-sheng, Sheng-yen Lu

17102 NE 40th Ct.

Redmond, WA 98052-5479

U.S.A.