CENTER CLOSED UNTIL END
MARCH IN A PROACTIVE
RESPONSE TO COVID-19
MARCH IN A PROACTIVE
RESPONSE TO COVID-19
Coronavirus Prayers and Practices...
....From HE Garchen Rinpoche
Our beloved HE Garchen Rinpoche has given his students messages about the coronavirus that contain teachings and advice for practice. In his message of March 7, he urges us to practice Medicine Buddha:
"So with trust in cause and effect, supplicate single-pointedly: "I prostrate to the Medicine Buddha, the King of Lapis Lazuli Light!" Or, "I prostrate to the Tathāgata, Arhat, perfectly complete Buddha, the Medicine Buddha, the King of Lapis Lazuli Light!" If you [want] to recite the mantra in Sanskrit:
TAYATA BEKHAZE BEKHAZE MAHA
BEKHAZE BEKHAZE RADZA SAMUNGATE SOHA
Recite this many times and listen to a recording of it. The Medicine Buddha's form has the color of space, so as you recite, think: "He is there, pervading space. Medicinal nectar falls down like rain and benefits the entire world." Do not at all think: "I will get sick." Also do not think [only] about your friends and [only] about your country. [Think]: "A rain [of nectar] falls down upon the entire world."
[And think] that this disease has purified the karmic obscurations of those who have died. Their mind cannot die; they only discard their bodies temporarily. So think: "May they again take birth in a precious human body in this world. May they trust in karma, cause and effect. May they be endowed with love and compassion. And may they engage in activities that will bring about the benefit and happiness of all the countries in the world!"*
*Many thanks to Ina Bieler for her translation.
Medicine Buddha
...and from Drikung Kyabgon
His Holiness Chetsang Rinpoche
His Holiness Chetsang Rinpoche
Drikung Kyabgon His Holiness Chetsang Rinpoche has urged us to practice Parnashavari for the coronavirus. Parnashavari is attired in the green leaves of medical plants.
She is the Tara who protects us from contagious diseases--
20 of the 21 Taras (connected with the wisdom of Amoghasiddhi).
The Collected Teachings of Lord Jigten Sumgön state that Parnashavari's mantra is very effective and powerful for healing, pacifying, and bringing pestilences under control.
Her mantra is:
OM PI-SHA-TSI PARNA-SHA-WARI SARVA
MA-RI PRA-SHA-MA-NI HUNG
For the benefit of all beings!
Parnashavari
Garchen Buddhist Institute
Chino Valley, Arizona
https://garchen.net/
Note: The Garchen Buddhist Institute will be temporarily closed as a precautionary measure to protect the welfare of ALL from coronavirus. Please check GBI's Web site for further information.
Guru Rinpoche Drubchen
March 13 to March 15
https://garchen.net/annual-events/
Garchen Buddhist Institute
Chino Valley, Arizona
https://garchen.net/
Note: The Garchen Buddhist Institute will be temporarily closed as a precautionary measure to protect the welfare of ALL from coronavirus. Please check GBI's Web site for further information.
Guru Rinpoche Drubchen
March 13 to March 15
https://garchen.net/annual-events/
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