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Prayers for Peace
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Dom John Main OSB (1926-1982)
Bodhicharyavatara by Shantideva
Thrangu Rinpoche's Prayer for the New Millennium
The Words of the Truth Pacifying the Dangers of Weapons, Guru Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Special Appeal from His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche April 5, 2002
"HUNA PRAYER ON TERRORIST ATTACK"
THE GREAT INVOCATION*
Excerpt from: Method, Wisdom and the Three Paths by Geshe Lhundrub Sopa

"The wonderful beauty of prayer is
that the opening of our heart is as
natural as the opening of a flower.
To let a flower open and bloom it
is only necessary to let it be; so if
we simply are, if we become and
remain still and silent, our heart
cannot but be open, the Spirit
cannot but pour through into our
whole being. It is for this that we
have been created."

Dom John Main OSB (1926-1982)

"As long as space exists
And as long as beings endure
May I too remain
To dispel the misery of the world."

Bodhicharyavatara
by
Shantideva

May I become at all times, both now and forever
A protector for those without protection
A guide for those who have lost their way
A ship for those with oceans to cross
A sanctuary for those in danger
A lamp for those in need of light
A refuge for those in need of shelter
And a servant to all those in need.

- Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from Ethics for a New Millenium

Thrangu Rinpoche's Prayer for the New Millennium

May all our defilements be dispelled completely
Allowing our goodness and happiness to flourish unceasingly
In the presence of altruism and wisdom in this living world
May all these become a cause for attaining enlightenment

Special Appeal from His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche April 5, 2002

To all my dear disciples:

Today I became aware that I had completely run out of the 10,000 refuge cards that my disciples in Taiwan printed for me some four hears ago! This means that I had the good fortune of giving refuge ordination to over 10,000 brothers and sisters since.

Now, I appeal to all those to whom I had given refuge ordination, and to all the others who had received teachings from me in the last four years to do something for me. I ask all of you to extend your love towards those who are undergoing tremendous pain, suffering, anguish and fear in the world. I then ask you to please recite green Tara mantra.

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SVA HA.

If you can, I ask each of you to recite the Tara mantra 500,000 times. If this is too much, will each of you please say at least 300,000 times? I thank you very much, and I shall always keep you all in my humble prayers.

The Words of the Truth Pacifying the Dangers of Weapons

The following was translated by the incomparably kind Guru Lama Zopa Rinpoche, scribe Holly Ansett, at Kachoe Dechen Ling, Aptos, CA, USA on the 11 September 2001, on the day that World Trade Center in New York and Pentagon in Washington were attacked and many people killed and injured. ===

The Words of the Truth Pacifying the Dangers of Weapons

Om mani padme hum

Great loving Victorious (Maitreya Buddha), Sublime Compassion Eye looking one, Wrathful Victorious Hayagriva, Lord Pure Ethical Tara and so forth. Merely by hearing the holy name eliminates all the dangers. Object of refuge, nature of compassion, please pay attention!

The sentient beings of the quarrelling time, five degeneration sentient beings, The great ocean of evil karma and jealousy exploded, suffering by intensive fighting. Please make it dry by the strength of transcendental wisdom and compassion, By letting fall a great nectar rain of loving-kindness.

To the transcendental migratory beings whose hatred fire is blazing, By making fall the great nectar rain of loving kindness. With the recognition of each other like parents. Please bless to increase happiness and auspiciousness.

May the multitudes of the vicious evil spirits, Who by entering the mental continuum, Changes it instantly to the mind of asura. From now on may they never run in these areas (country/world).

I am requesting even all the sentient beings who have died in the war, Abandoned by the evil karma, cause and the result. Even after entered, born in the blissful field (Amitabha pure land) And lead all others in that pure land.

Please bless all those who born and die (samsaric beings) To have long life and to not have sicknesses, pacify all the quarrelling and fighting, Enjoy the life in ten virtues, rainfall at right times and to always have good harvests. All the habitat and inhabitants to be auspicious and increase.

By the ultimate reality that which is pure nature, And having ultimate reality, the cause and result, unbetrayable, And the compassionate Guru, mind seal Deity and rare sublime ones, May the pure extensive prayers be completed.

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When there was unceasing war in Tibet, in Kham (Me Nyak) and nobody was able to create harmony, the Great Lord Yogi came to Kham and generated bodhichitta and just merely by saying these true words and sprinkling flowers all the vicious minds (jealousy and anger) all were completely pacified and the war that had been continuous, stopped. There was prosperity in the harvests and so forth. The country became auspicious and peaceful.

This is blessed vajra holy speech. This is one of the prayers of the Great Tantrika Tang Tong Gyalpo. The other prayers that he composed were to stop famine and epidemics. His Holiness Choegye Trichen Rinpoche, who is a Guru of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and also one of the main teachers of His Holiness Sakya Trizen, received the Sakya Lamdang teachings and initiations, including Dorje Phurba. His Holiness Choegye Trichen Rinpoche was invited to some part of Nepal by the Nepalese Government.

Rinpoche checked what could be most beneficial for them and what prayer was most needed to benefit them. It came out the best practice for them to do was these three prayers composed by Tang Tong Gyalpo. So then Rinpoche decided to give the oral transmission of these three prayers. That's how I found out about these prayers and I received the oral transmission from His Holiness Choegye Trichen Rinpoche.

Whatever merits have come from making this translation available may wherever this text is (whichever country) and also by reading this prayer, may all the peoples hearts be filled with loving kindness, bodhichitta and the thought to only benefit and not harm. May the sun of peace and happiness arise and may any wars that are happening stop immediately. May there be harmony, peace and may there never be war or violence again.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche September 11, 2001 Bob Gould ICQ#: 47932674 http://home.iprimus.com.au/bobgould/peacecam/

"HUNA PRAYER ON TERRORIST ATTACK"

BY DR. JOSHUA DAVID STONE

BELOVED PRESENCE OF GOD, CHRIST, H0LY SPIRIT, MELCHIZEDEK, THE MAHATMA, METATRON, DIVINE MOTHER, ARCHANGELS MICHAEL AND FAITH, ARCHANGEL GABRIEL, THE SILENT WATCHER OF THE COSMOS, SAI BABA, LORD BUDDHA, LORD MAITREYA, SAINT GERMAIN, ALLAH GOBI, LORD OF ARCTURUS AND THE ARCTURIANS, MELCHIOR, HELIOS AND VESTA, MOTHER MARY, QUAN YIN, ISIS, LADY MASTERS, ARCHANGELS AND ANGELS OF THE LIGHT OF GOD, ELOHIM COUNCILS, THE SIX BILLION HIGHER SELVES AND MONADS CONNECTED WITH EARTHS EVOLUTION, MOTHER EARTH , PAN, ARCHANGEL SANDALPHON, KARMIC BOARD, ALLAH GOBI, SAINT GERMAIN, GREAT DIVINE DIRECTOR, EL MORYA, MASTER KUTHUMI, SERAPIS BEY, PAUL THE VENETIAN, MASTER HILARION, SANANDA, LADY PORTIA, MASTER LANTO, LADY NADA, THE SEVEN ASHRAMS OF THE CHRIST, THE ARCHANGELS AND ANGELS OF THE LIGHT OF GOD, DJWHAL KHUL, GANESHA, THE INTER-PLANETARY CONFEDERATION OF LOVE AND LIGHT, THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL GUARDIAN ALLIANCE, COMMANDER ASHTAR AND THE ASHTAR COMMAND, THE EAGLE COMMAND, THE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN ROBE, THE CELESTIAL COMMAND TRIBUNAL COUNCIL OF THE GALACTIC COMMAND, OFFICE OF THE CHRIST, OFFICE OF THE DIVINE MOTHER! BELOVED PRESENCE OF GOD AND GODFORCE! WE ASK THIS DAY FOR HEALING AND BALANCING ENERGY FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD. IN TERMS OF THE TERRORIST BOMBING IN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON.

WE ASK AND PRAY THAT SPIRITUAL/MELCHIZEDEK/CHRIST/BUDDHA/- GOD CONSCIOUSNESS PREVAIL! WE ASK THAT PEOPLE NOT FALL INTO FEAR OR ANGER, BUT INSTEAD RETAIN THE PROPER CENTEREDNESS, SELF MASTERY, CALMNESS, INVOLVED DETACHMENT, EVENMINDEDNESS, COMPASSION, AND STAY OUT OF REVENGE AND MINDLESS RETALITORY ENERGY, TO FEED THE NEGATIVE EGO'S DESIRE AND NEED TO ATTACK BACK AND FIND A CULPRIT EVEN IF IT IS NOT THE RIGHT ONE OR REAL ONE! WE ASK AND PRAY THAT THOSE WHO DID THIS EVIL ATTACK, BE EXPOSED AND BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.

WE PRAY THAT GEORGE BUSH, THE WORLD LEADERS, AND CONGRESS SHOW THE APPROPRIATE RESTRAINT, AND ACT WITH A LEVEL MIND , HEAD AND HEART, AND NOT STRIKE OUT INAPPROPRIATELY, JUST TO SHOW A MEANINGLESS ACT OF STRENGTH.

WE ALSO PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED AND THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING ON ALL LEVELS. WE ALSO PRAY FOR THE WORLDS ECONOMY! THE ECONOMY WAS NOT IN SUCH GOOD SHAPE BEFORE THIS TERRIORIST BOMBING OCCURRED.

WE ASK FOR YOUR HELP IN PREVENTING THIS SITUATION FROM THROWING THE ECONOMY INTO A RECESSION AND CAUSING THE STOCK MARKET TO CRASH. THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN THIS COUNTRY IS EXTREMELY SERIOUS AND WE ARE TEETERING ON A MAJOR COLLAPSE OF THE ECONOMY, AND AS THE UNITED STATES GOES SO GOES THE REST OF THE WORLD.

WE ASK AND PRAY FOR AN ALL OUT EFFORT TO BOLSTER THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD ON ALL LEVELS! HELP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO BE CENTERED AND STRONG, AND TO KEEP THIS SITUATION IN THE PROPER GOD PERSPECTIVE. GUIDE THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO SET UP THE PROPER EARTHLY PROCEDURES TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, AND TO PREVENT ALL TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE FUTURE WITHOUT TAKING THE BILL OF RIGHTS AWAY FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND CREATING A RIGHT WING BIG BROTHER TYPE OF GOVERNMENT. HELP THEM TO FIND THE APPROPRIATE BALANCE HERE.

WE PRAY THAT THE SPIRITUAL/MELCHIZEDEK- /CHRIST/BUDDHA/-GOD CONSCIOUSNESS PREVAIL AND THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD NOT GO INTO A CONTRACTED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS BECAUSE OF WHAT HAS OCCURED.

WE ASK AND PRAY THAT PEOPLE BE MASTERS AND NOT VICTIMS AND THAT UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND FORGIVENESS REIGN SUPREME, IN BALANCE WITH APPROPRIATE RIGHT ACTION AS GOD WOULD HAVE IT! WE ASK AND PRAY FOR A PLATINUM NET TO CLEAR THE ENERGY OF THE UNITED STATES AND ALL PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF ALL NEGATIVE EGO AND IMBALANCED THINKING ENERGY AS WELL AS THE WORLD EVERY DAY THREE TIMES A DAY FOR THE NEXT 21 DAYS IF THIS PRAYER BE IN HARMONY WITH GOD'S WILL!

WE ASK AND PRAY FOR YOUR HELP IN PREVENTING ANY FUTURE TERRORIST ATTACKS FROM WORKING. WE ASK AND PRAY THAT YOU PREVENT ANY TYPE OF MORE SERIOUS WAR FROM TAKING PLACE! WE PRAY THAT YOU EASE THE TENSIONS AROUND THE WORLD AND THAT YOU "SEAL THE DOOR WHERE EVIL DWELLS, AND LET LIGHT AND LOVE AND POWER RESTORE THE PLAN ON EARTH!

LASTLY WE PRAY FOR THE HAND OF YOU GOD AND YOU THE ENTIRE GOD FORCE TO ENTER THIS ENTIRE SITUATION CONTINUALLY AND UNCEASINGLY IN ALL WAYS AND ALL THINGS TO UNDO IT, HEAL IT, AND TO HELP USE IT AS THE SPIRITUAL TEST AND SPIRITUAL LESSON IT IS. HELP ALL PEOPLE LEARN THEIR SPIRITUAL LESSON SO THAT THIS EXPERIENCE MAY BE USED FOR THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE SPIRITUAL GROWTH FOR ALL CONCERNED! WE ASK AND PRAY THAT CENTEREDNESS, CALM AND BALANCE BE BOUGHT BACK TO ALL ASPECTS OF PEOPLES CONSCIOUSNESS AND EARTHLY LIFE IN AMERICA AS YOU GOD AND THE GODFORCE WOULD HAVE IT BE! IN DEEP GRATITUDE WE THANK THEE AND ACCEPT THIS DONE!

SO LET IT BE WRITTEN! SO LET IT BE DONE!
KODOISH, KODOISH, KODOISH ADONAI TSABAYOTH!
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS

http://www.drjoshuadavidstone.com/nywash09112001.htm

THE GREAT INVOCATION*

From the point of Light within the mind of God
Let light stream forth into human minds
Let Light descend on Earth.

From the point of Love within the Heart of God
Let love stream forth into human hearts
May the Coming One return to Earth.

From the centre where the Will of God is known
Let purpose guide all little human wills
The purpose which the Masters know and serve.

From the centre which we call the human race
Let the Plan of Love and Light work out
And may it seal the door where evil dwells.

Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.

*THIS IS A SLIGHTLY ADAPTED WORDING OF THE GREAT INVOCATION. MEN AND WOMEN OF GOODWILL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ARE USING THIS INVOCATION IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. WILL YOU JOIN THEM IN USING THE INVOCATION EVERY DAY - WITH THOUGHT AND DEDICATION?

Excerpt from: Method, Wisdom and the Three Paths by Geshe Lhundrub Sopa

Question: What is the role of prayer in Buddhism? Does Buddhism believe in prayer, and if so, since Buddhists don't believe in a God, to whom do they pray?

Answer: In Buddhism, prayer means some kind of wishing, an aspiration to have something good occur. In this sense a prayer is a verbal wish. The prayers of buddhas and bodhisattvas are mental and have great power. These beings have equal love and compassion for all beings. Their prayer is to benefit all sentient beings. So when we pray to them for help or guidance they have the power to influence us.
As well as these considerations, prayer produces a certain kind of buddha-result. Praying does not mean that personally you don't practice at all, that you just leave everything to Buddha. That is not the case. The buddhas have to do something and we have to do something. The buddhas cannot wash away our stains with water, like washing clothing. The root of misery and suffering cannot be extracted like a thorn from the foot. The buddhas can only show us how to pull out the thorn. The hand that pulls it out must be our own. Buddha cannot transplant his knowledge into our being. He is like a doctor who diagnoses our illnesses and prescribes the cure that we must follow through personal responsibility. If the patient does not take the medicine or follow the advice, the doctor cannot help, no matter how strong his medicines or excellent his skill. A doctor must give medicine to a patient who will take it and follow his advice in order that his efforts will be successful. If we take the medicine of Dharma as prescribed and observe the supportive advices, we can easily cure ourselves of the diseases of ignorance, attachment and the other obstacles to liberation, and also the obstacles to omniscience. To turn to the Dharma but then not to practice it is to be like a patient burdened by a huge bag of medicine while not taking any. Therefore Buddha said, "I have provided the medicine. It is up to you to take it."

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The September 11, 2001 tragedy

A Teaching on Compassion and Emptiness
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche (September 18, 2001)
After the tragedy of September 11, 2001, many students requested some words of advice from Khenpo Rinpoche about what has hapened. In response, Rinpoche directed the transcripion of this teaching about developing unbearable compassion in the face of extraordinary suffering. Translated by Ari Goldfield.

The Mahamudra Aspiration Prayer
The Third Gyalwa Karmapa, Ranjung Dorje
This classic text contains all the essential instructions of Mahamudra, simply and concisely presenting a very precise, clear, and complete teaching of ground, path, and fruition Mahamudra. Composed by the incomparably authoritative and renowned Mahamudra master, the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje. Under the guidance of Khenchen Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, translated by Ari Goldfield.
http://www.prayer4peace.net/

DR DAVID MOREHOUSE "THE PSYCHIC WARRIOR" & REMOTE VIEWER SPEAKS TO NEWS FOR THE SOUL ABOUT SEPT. 11th
Avoiding World War III
"We must transcend all fear, hate and anger..."
Former US Military Remote Viewer Dr David Morehouse cuts to the chase in this riveting interview - taped at NFTS September 15th, 2001.click here

The Great Invocation http://thegreatinvocation.com

There are many features on the site that might interest you:

* the "Music" page which includes downloadable MP3 files of different
recordings of the Great Invocation,
as well as a 60 second video of of the Invocation in 5 different
languages (Russian, French, Spanish, Japanese, and English).
http://www.thegreatinvocation.com/music.htm

* the "Books" page which contains information about several books about
the Great Invocation
http://www.thegreatinvocation.com/books.htm

* the "Commentary" page which contains several original essays on the
various aspects of this prayer
http://www.thegreatinvocation.com/commentary.htm

* the "Scripture" page which links key terms in the Great Invocation to
various world scriptures
http://www.thegreatinvocation.com/Scripture.htm

* the "Translations" page which has copies of the Invocation in over 70
languages.
http://www.thegreatinvocation.com/translations.htm

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