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BUDDHIST PRAYERS
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Prayer replaces the negative with virtue and points to the blessings of Life. It allows
us to turn our hearts and minds to the beneficial, inspiring our thoughts and actions
What is Buddhist Prayer?
The purpose of Buddhist
prayer is to awaken our
inherent inner capacities
of strength, compassion
and wisdom rather than to
petition external forces
based on fear, idolizing,
and worldly and/or
heavenly gain. Buddhist
prayer is a form of
meditation; it is a practice
of inner reconditioning.
Buddhist prayer replaces
the negative with the
virtuous and points us to
the blessings of Life.
For Buddhists, prayer
expresses an aspiration to
pull something into one's
life, like some new energy
or purifying influence and
share it with all beings.
Likewise, prayer inspires
our hearts towards
wisdom and compassion
for others and ourselves.
It allows us to turn our
hearts and minds to the
beneficial, rousing our
thoughts and actions
towards Awakening. If we
GOLDEN CHAIN
PRAYER Buddhist Mealtime Prayer
We are a link in This food is the gift of the
Amida's golden whole universe,
chain of love that Each morsel is a sacrifice
stretches around of life,
the world, we will May I be worthy to receive
keep our link bright it.
and strong. May the energy in this
food,
We will be kind and
Give me the strength,
gentle to every
To transform my
living thing and
unwholesome qualities
protect all who are
weaker than into wholesome ones.
ourselves.
We will think pure I am grateful for this food,
and beautiful
thoughts, say pure May I realize the Path of
and beautiful Awakening,
words, and do pure
For the sake of all beings.
and beautiful
deeds. Namo Amida Buddha.
May every link in wheelbuddha.gif
Amida's chain of
love be bright and Metta Karuna Prayer
strong, and may we
all attain perfect O Amida,
peace. Oneness of Life and Light,
Namo Amida Entrusting in your Great
Buddha. Compassion,
May you shed the
prayer3.jpg foolishness in myself,
believe in something
enough, it will take hold of
us. In other words,
believing in it, we will
become what we believe.
Our ability to be touched
like this is evidence of the
working of Great
Compassion within us.
What's more, it can a
function as a form of self-
talking or self-therapy in
which one mentally talks
through a problem, or talks
through it aloud, in the
hope that some new
insight will come or a
better decision can be
made. Prayer therefore
frequently has the function
of being part of a decision-
making process.
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Refuge Prayer
O Amida, I take refuge in
you,
Ocean of Oneness, Eternal
Life and Light;
Entrusting with my whole
heart and mind
In your Primal Vow;
I am empowered by you to
live a full, Compassionate
and creative life,
I dedicate myself to the
service of all beings,
Striving to help others
realize,
Their human potential and
Enlightenment;
May your Teachings guide
Pure Land Prayer Transforming me into a
conduit of Love.
Pure Land
May I be a medicine for the
Buddhists venerate
sick and weary,
Amida Buddha
Nursing their afflictions
because her Sacred
until they are cured;
Story and existence
May I become food and
is the story of our
drink,
inner lives. She is
not an "idol" or During time of famine,
"God" to be May I protect the helpless
supplicated or and the poor,
appeased but is a May I be a lamp,
means for reflection
and the true catalyst For those who need your
for inner change Light,
and spiritual May I be a bed for those
awakening. Many who need rest,
Pure Land prayers and guide all seekers to
involve self- the Other Shore.
reflection, including May all find happiness
a sometimes through my actions,
painful and let no one suffer
confrontation with because of me.
our own deeply- Whether they love or hate
rooted destructive me,
tendencies. As a Whether they hurt or wrong
result, we begin to me,
discover who we May they all obtain true
really are. We entrusting,
recognize our Through Other Power,
inherent foolish and realize Supreme
nature at the same Nirvana.
time awakening Namo Amida Buddha
ourselves to the
Vow of Great
Compassion,
symbolized as
Amida Buddha. In
essence, prayer
practice is a
process by which
our intensely felt
desires and
sufferings are
transformed into
compassion and
wisdom.
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Throughout the day, in my

relationships, work and
play. Namo Amida Buddha

"Daily prayer is an important practice that serves to internalize the ideals of the
Buddhist Path. It should be part of our spiritual journey, transforming confusion into
clarity and suffering into joy. Some mistakenly believe that the Absolute is separate
and different from us. Believing this, their prayers ask for favors, such as health,
salvation, fame or the winning lottery numbers. They use prayer in order to
manipulate their God to work for their benefit. Wanting Him to play favorites, they
beg to be blessed by Him at the expense of others. However, this attitude defeats th
power of prayer. We believe that in order for prayer to be effective it must be devoid
of any self-centeredness and calculation, relying strictly on the Other Power."

From "On Amida, Practice, Faith and Realization"

by Source of Wisdom

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"Let the wise person do righteousness: A treasure that others can not share, which
no thief can steal; a treasure which does not pass away."

Khuddakapatha 8:9