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Authors: Jeffrey Hopkins
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O
ṃ
sarvatath
ā
gata-avalokite
ś
vara-sapariv
ā
ra sarvadevat
ā
-acinta-am
ṛ
ta sv
ā
h
ā
.
Mentally offer clothing and adornments; offer music, and mentally raise up melodies of praise.
With the perfume seal (seal 31), offer perfume, saying:
With faith I offer these perfumes
O
ṃ
sarvatath
ā
gata-avalokite
ś
vara-sapariv
ā
ra
ā
hara
ā
hara sarvavidy
ā
dhari p
ū
jite sv
ā
h
ā
.
With the flower seal (seal 32), offer flowers, saying:
With faith I offer these flowers
O
ṃ
sarvatath
ā
gata-avalokite
ś
vara-sapariv
ā
ra
ā
hara
ā
hara sarvavidy
ā
dhari p
ū
jite sv
ā
h
ā
.
With the incense seal (seal 33), offer incense, saying:
With faith I offer divine substances
O
ṃ
sarvatath
ā
gata-avalokite
ś
vara-sapariv
ā
ra
ā
hara
ā
hara sarvavidy
ā
dhari p
ū
jite sv
ā
h
ā
.
With the seal of divine food (seal 34), offer food, saying:
With faith I offer
O
ṃ
sarvatath
ā
gata-avalokite
ś
vara-sapariv
ā
ra
ā
hara
ā
hara sarvavidy
ā
dhari p
ū
jite sv
ā
h
ā
.
With the lamp seal (seal 35), offer lamps, saying:
With faith I offer these dispellers
O
ṃ
sarvatath
ā
gata-avalokite
ś
vara-sapariv
ā
ra
ā
lok
ā
ya
ā
lok
ā
ya vidh
ā
dhare p
ū
jite sv
ā
h
ā
.
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Repeat one hundred times the mantra of blessing the place into magnificence:
Nama
ḥ
sarvatath
ā
gat
ā
n
āṃ
sarvath
ā
udgate sphara
ṇ
ahima
ṃ
gaganakha
ṃ
sv
ā
h
ā
.
Praise the Three Jewels—Buddha, his doctrine, and the spiritual community:
Praise the lords of the three lineages—Mañjushr
ī
, who is the physical manifestation of the wisdom of all Buddhas; Avalokiteshvara, who is the physical manifestation of the compassion of all Buddhas; and Vajrap
āṇ
i, who is the physical manifestation of the power of all Buddhas:
Make praises specifically of Avalokiteshvara, and repeat one hundred times the mantra of bringing forth praise:
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Nama
ḥ
sarvabuddha-bodhisattv
ā
n
āṃ
, sarvatra sa
ṃ
kurumita avijñ
ā
- r
āś
ini namo stute sv
ā
h
ā
.
Disclose ill deeds with an attitude of contrition and future restraint:
Ones-Gone-Thus residing
Take refuge in Buddha, his doctrine, and the spiritual community with strong intent:
The Practice
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Admire your own and others’ virtues:
Set in equipoise, I take admiration
Entreat the Buddhas to remain teaching and supplicate them not to withdraw physical appearance so beneficial to the world:
Make prayer-wishes:
Cultivate the four immeasurables—compassion, love, joy, and the equanimity that is devoid of the conceptions of subject and object as inherently existent:
Generate an altruistic intention to become enlightened such that it definitely suffuses your mental continuum:
Foundational Step: Equality
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