Do you have a prayer to Chenrezig? To get perfect health and good luck throughout the year? This is an ancient Tibetan Buddhist prayer for Chenrezig (pronounced Chen-ay-rig), who is considered the Buddha of Compassion, or the Buddha of Healing.
First recite one of the various Chenrezig prayers:
Begin your session with one of these prayers, then recite the longest Chenrezig dharani three times. [If you would like to listen to Rinpoche chanting this dharani, you can find links to the audio recording in the FPMT Catalogue.
opening prayer for prayer line
Then do one mala of the long mantra, as in the nyung-nä text.
Then do ten malas of OM MANI PADME HUM. During the first five malas concentrate on purifying yourself; you then become Chenrezig and with the last five malas you concentrate on purifying others. At the end of each mala, think that all sentient beings have become Chenrezig.
After your mantras do the requesting prayer from the nyung-nä:
(Kneel down on your right knee and) request your desired goals by repeating the following with great fervor:
O Arya Avalokiteshvara, treasure of compassion
Together with your retinue, please pay attention to me.
Please quickly free me and all mother and father sentient
Beings of the six realms from the ocean of cyclic existence.
Please enable the profound and extensive peerless
Bodhicitta to quickly grow in our mindstreams.
Please quickly cleanse our delusions and actions accumulated
Since beginningless time, with the water of compassion
And, with your compassionate hand, lead me
And all migrators to the blissful pure land.
May Amitabha and Avalokiteshvara act
As our spiritual friends in all lifetimes,
Show us the excellent unmistaken path, and
Quickly place us in the state of buddhahood.
Then dedicate with:
Due to all the past, present and future merits collected by me and all sentient beings, may bodhicitta be generated in the hearts of all the six realm sentient beings, especially in the hearts of the sentient beings in this world and especially in the hearts of the FPMT students, myself and my family members without delay for even a second. May the bodhicitta which has already been generated in the hearts of others be developed more and more.
Due to all the past, present and future merits collected by me and all sentient beings, in all our lifetimes may Lama Tsongkhapa be my direct Mahayana guru and may I never be separate from the pure path admired by all the buddhas. May I be able to meet Lama Tsongkhapa’s teaching, which is to live in pure morality and develop the brave heart doing the extensive deeds for sentient beings and generate the yoga of the two stages whose essence is the transcendental wisdom of non-dual bliss and voidness.
In all my lifetimes may I be like Lama Tsongkhapa, who offered extensive benefit to sentient beings and the teachings of Buddha. May I become like you, the glorified Guru. Whatever your body, your entourage, whatever your holy name and pure land, may I become only like that. Without effort and zeal may my wishes be auspicious and may they be fulfilled like a wish-granting jewel or a wish-granting tree to fulfill sentient beings’ wishes and hopes.
Due to the three time merits of myself, sentient beings and buddhas, which exist in mere name but are totally empty from their own side, may the I, which exists but is totally empty from its own side, achieve the full enlightenment of Chenrezig, which exists but is totally empty from its own side, and lead all sentient beings, who exist but are totally empty from their own side, to Chenrezig’s full enlightenment, which exists but is totally empty from its own side, by myself alone, which exists but is totally empty from its own side.
Then dedicate with:
JANG CHHUB SEM CHHOG RIN PO CHHE
MA KYE PA NAM KYE GYUR CHIG
KYE PA NYAM PA ME PA YI
GONG NÄ GONG DU PHEL WAR SHOG
May the precious supreme bodhicitta
Not yet born arise.
May that arisen not decline,
But increase more and more.
JAM PÄL PA WÖ JI TAR KHYEN PA DANG
KÜN TU ZANG PO DE YANG DE ZHIN TE
DE DAG KÜN GYI JE SU DAG LOB CHHIR
GE WA DI DAG THAM CHÄ RAB TU NGO
I fully dedicate all these virtues
To be able to train just like
The hero Manjushri, who knows reality,
And just like Samantabhadra as well.
At the end of the last session of the day also do His Holiness’ long-life prayer and the Prayer that Spontaneously Fulfills all Wishes:
GANG RII RA WÄ KOR WÄI ZHING KHAM DIR
PHÄN DANG DE WA MA LÜ JUNG WÄI NÄ
CHÄN RÄ ZIG WANG TÄN DZIN GYA TSHO YI
ZHAB PÄ SI THÄI BAR DU TÄN GYUR CHIG
In the land encircled by snow mountains
You are the source of all happiness and good.
All-powerful Chenrezig, Tenzin Gyatso,
Please remain until samsara ends.
TONG NYI NYING JE ZUNG DU JUG PÄI LAM
CHHE CHHER SÄL DZÄ GANG CHÄN TÄN DRÖI GÖN
CHHAG NA PÄ MO TÄN DZIN GYA TSHO LA
SÖL WA DEB SO ZHE DÖN LHÜN DRUB SHOG
Savior of the Land of Snows teachings and transmigratory beings,
Who extensively clarifies the path that unifies emptiness and compassion,
To the Lotus Holder, Tenzin Gyatso, I beseech.
May all your holy wishes be spontaneously fulfilled.
prayers for a prayer line
The nuns, monks and students of Chenrezig Institute take part in regular prayers and pujas for the benefit of all beings. They are conducted by members of the monastic and lay communities in careful accordance with Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Everyone welcome! See the calendar for more details.
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DAILY
MORNING DHARMA PRACTICE
Morning practice includes practices for strengthening the connection to our spiritual teachers, and reviewing the stages of the path (Guru Puja).
EVENING DHARMA PRACTICE
Evening practice includes protecting from harm and clearing obstacles to practice (Protector Prayers), and strengthening the connection to our spiritual teachers (Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga).
WEEKLY
IMI THANGTONG GYALPO PRAYERATHON
The Blessed Prayer Known as “Liberating Sakya from Disease” and recitations. Recommended by Lama Zopa Rinpoche as practices we can do to stop epidemic disease. This 24 hour event is happening every week around the world, hosted by Chenrezig Institute.
MONTHLY
TARA PUJA
Tara Puja is an energising practice that provides protection from fears and dangers and brings success to projects, as well as physical and emotional wellbeing.
MEDICINE BUDDHA PUJA
Medicine Buddha Puja is a powerful healing practice for physical and mental ailments and benefits those who are ill or have recently passed.
DZAMBHALA PUJA
Dzambhala Puja is considered to manifest spiritual and material abundance.
GURU PUJA
Guru Puja celebrates the kindness of our teachers and the richness of the Buddhist path. This puja is considered to bring about general good fortune.
FIRE PUJAS
Fire Pujas are also celebrated each month on an auspicious day. They are a precious opportunity for the community to come together to reflect on any harmful actions of body, speech and mind, and to putify them.
PROTECTOR PRAYERS
Protector Prayers are made daily to protect from harm and remove obstacles.
YAMANTAKA SELF INITIATION AND VAJRAYOGINI SELF-INITIATION PRACTICES
Yamantaka self-initiation and Vajrayogini self-initiation practices are done by those who have received empowerments and completed the approach retreat. By dedicating to these practices, full enlightenment is considered attainable within a lifetime, in order to benefit all sentient beings.
ANNUAL CELEBRATIONS
Great holy days of the Buddhist calendar
SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA PUJA
Celebrated on all the four great holy days, Shakyamuni Buddha Puja is considered to remove obstacles and create conducive conditions for spiritual practice.
THE FIFTEEN DAYS OF MIRACLES
On the 15 days from Tibetan New Year/Losar to the final Day of Miracles, Chotrul Duchen, Guru Shakyamuni Buddha displayed miraculous powers in order to subdue six tirthikas (non-Buddhist teachers) who lacked faith in him, as well as to inspire more faith in his followers.
CHOTRUL DUCHEN
Meaning “Great Day of Miraculous Manifestations”, Chotrul Duchen is one of the four great holy days observed by Tibetan Buddhists, always occurring on the full moon, fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the Tibetan calendar. During this time, it is believed that the effects of both positive and negative actions are multiplied ten million times.
SAKA DAWA
Guru Shakyamuni Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and parinirvana.
CHOKHOR DUCHEN
Guru Shakyamuni Buddha’s first teaching.
LHABAB DUCHEN
Guru Shakyamuni Buddha’s return to earth from the God Realm of the Thirty-Three after teaching Dharma for several months to the gods, including his mother Mahamaya.
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Prayer and puja dedications
Chenrezig gives you the opportunity to dedicate prayers or pujas for yourself, friends, or relatives. You may request prayers for those who are ill, those who have died, and those who need to overcome difficulties and obstacles. You may also dedicate prayers to create auspicious circumstances.
Prayers are completed daily by our community, while pujas are held on specific days in the Tibetan lunar calendar. If you sponsor a puja, it will be carried out on the next scheduled date according to the tradition.
You may like to send us a picture of your friend or relative, together with the reason why practices are being requested. This would be read out during the practice.
When someone passes away, we say prayers for 49 days following the death and make feast (tsog) offerings on their behalf.
By making a donation, a tangible connection is established between the person who is in need of prayers and those who are reciting the prayers on their behalf. Your donations contribute to the cost of the offerings made at each ceremony, including flowers, lights, saffron, tea, incense and food. There is no set amount for donations. Offer as much as you are inspired to.