PRAYERS FOR ELIMINATING EPIDEMICS
March 24, 2020 by bhockman
Filed under Special Events
PRAYERS FOR ELIMINATING EPIDEMICS
The following information gives you dharma practices to help alleviate the sufferings of people and to subdue the virus epidemic.
(1) “The Prayer that Saved Sakya” transmission from His Holiness Kyabgon Gongma Trichen Rinpoche can be seen here. After receiving this transmission, you are encouraged to recite this prayer.
The Prayer that Saved Sakya from Epidemics
By Mahasiddha Thangthong Gyalpo
Lamas, tutelary deities, buddhas, and bodhisattvas,
All objects of refuge in general, and especially the greatly compassionate
Goddess dressed in leaves (Parṇaśabarī) and her encircling retinue,
Protect all beings from illness, negativity, and misfortune!
May all the ailments which oppress the minds of beings,
The attacks of diseases, negative forces, elemental spirits and the like,
Arising from karma and immediate circumstances
Never occur anywhere in the universe.
May all the painful sicknesses which snatch life away, Separating mind and body in a single instant Like an executioner dragging away his victim, Never occur anywhere in the universe.
May epidemics, temporary or chronic,
The mere sound of whose name engenders fear
Like falling into the jaws of Yama, lord of death,
Never harm any being.
May the eighty-thousand types of harmful obstacles, The three-hundred-sixty sudden dangers from evil spirits, The four-hundred-four types of disease and other ills, Never strike any being.
May all sufferings due to disturbances of the four elements,
Which plunder the well-being of body and mind be pacified;
May we have radiance, strength,
Health and happiness, and a long life free from sickness.
Through the compassion of the Teachers and Three Jewels, The ability and might of the dakinis and Dharma protectors, And the power of the unfailing law of cause and effect, May all our dedications and wishes be fulfilled.
(2) You may recite the following—Parnaśavari is a powerful mantra used for subduing epidemics.
The goddess Parṇaśavarī (or Parṇaśabarī), who is known in Tibetan as Loma Gyönma (lo ma gyon ma) or ‘Leaf-Clad’ is particularly associated with the healing of contagious disease.
Dharani of Goddess Parnaśavari
།ༀ་པི་ཤཱ་ཙི་པརྣ་ཤ་བ་རི་སརྦ་ཛྭ་ར་པྲ་ཤ་ན་ཡེ་སྭཱ་ཧཱ།
Oṃ piśaci parnaśavari sarva jvara praśamana svāhā.
The transliteration given to us by Ven. Lama Kunga Rinpoche is the following:
OM PI SHATSE PARNA SHAWARI SARVA ZOWARA PARSHA MANAYA SVAHA
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CANCELLATION OF ALL EVENTS AT EWAM CHODEN until further notice – posted on 3/13/20
March 13, 2020 by bhockman
Filed under Completed Special Events
Ven. Lama Kunga RInpoche wants you to know that he is sorry we have to do this.
He wants everyone to be as safe and healthy as possible.
On the other hand, we want our precious Lama to be as safe and healthy as possible.
Therefore, Sunday compassion meditation, empowerments, classes, and all other activities at Ewam Choden will not be conducted for the time being.
We’ll send an announcement of any change.
Meanwhile, you may do the (Sunday) Chenrezig meditation at home, saying prayers and mantras for the benefit of all sentient beings.
Send an email if you have any comment or question. info@ewamchoden.org
