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The following are all available as MP3 downloads bundled with supporting digital materials from the Foundation Store:
Swift Fulfillment of Wishes in Dependence of the Great Jetsun Tsongkhapa
In March 2020, Lama Zopa Rinpoche did an observation and the prayer Swift Fulfillment of Wishes in Dependence on the Great Jetsun Tsongkhapa, composed by Serkong Rinpoche Ngawang Tsultrim Donden, came out to be a powerful prayer to pacify epidemic disease. Listen to Lama Zopa Rinpoche recite this prayer in the MP3 download Swift Fulfillment of Wishes in Dependence of the Great Jetsun Tsongkhapa.
The Array of Sukhavati Pure Land—A Concise Mahayana Sutra
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gives the oral transmission of a prayer that came from Buddha Amitabha, The Array of Sukhavati Pure Land: A Concise Mahayana Sutra, in the MP3 download The Array of Sukhavati Pure Land: A Concise Mahayana Sutra. According to the root text, “In this eon, all Dharma practices that are sealed with this prayer of dedication are greatly meritorious. If those who write, recite, keep, or disseminate it, read or recite it three times, they will not experience sickness or (untimely) death. May all of their wishes be fulfilled, and may they meet with those who are propitious and endowed with the fortunate karma to be reborn in Sukhavati Pure Land.”
The Five Powerful Mantras for Liberating Sentient Beings from the Lower Realms
The Five Powerful Mantras for Liberating Sentient Beings from the Lower Realms MP3 download contains Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s oral transmission of the five powerful mantras: the Kunrig Mantra, the Stainless Pinnacle Essence Mantra, the Lotus Pinnacle of Amoghapasha Mantra, the Namgyalma mantras (long and short), and the Buddha Mitrugpa Mantra. These powerful mantras, mentioned in Giving Breath to the Wretched by Kusali Dharmavajra, can be recited to benefit individuals who are dying or have died. Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches that they liberate not only those who are dying, but also those already dead, even those in the lower realms.
The Flowing Water of the Ganga—A Practice of Prostrations to the Thirty-Five Buddhas
Listen to Lama Zopa Rinpoche give the oral transmission of Ngulchu Dharmabhadra’s The Flowing Water of the Ganga: A Thorough Praise of the Thirty-Five Sugatas in the MP3 download The Flowing Water of the Ganga—A Practice of Prostrations to the Thirty-Five Buddhas. This prayer is a versified homage to the Thirty-Five Confession Buddhas, which has been expanded by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to include the recitation of the names of the Medicine Buddhas, as well as the confession prayer from the Bodhisattva’s Confession of Moral Downfalls (also known as the Confession of a Bodhisattva’s Downfalls to the Thirty-Five Buddhas).
The Four Dharmakaya Relic Heart Mantras
Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches, “The Four Dharmakaya Relic Mantras are a sacred relic. They are the highest relics of Buddha, relics of the dharmakaya. Other relics, the ones that we normally see, such as relics of the robes or parts of Buddha’s holy body, are secondary relics. These four mantras are the highest relic.” Listen to Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s oral transmission of these mantras in The Four Dharmakaya Relic Heart Mantras MP3 download.
Vajra Armor Protection Wheel Short Practice by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Vajra Armor Protection Wheel Short Practice
The Vajra Armor Protection Wheel Short Practice MP3 download contains the oral transmission of the Vajra Armor Protection Wheel – Short Practice granted by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. This practice is associated with Vajrapani, according to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, “This is one of the most powerful mantras to cure cancer. It is also commonly used for any disease, black magic, and spirit harm. If you recite it many times every day, you can become a great healer helping other people. You can give others the water blessed with this mantra to drink and, in this way, heal them.”
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