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From The Prayer of the Lord of Sutras, Holy Golden Light

from Mahayana Prayers and Poetry by Jason Espada

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From The Prayer of the Lord of Sutras, Holy Golden Light

By the sound of the great drum
of the Holy Golden Light,
in these three worlds,
the three thousands of worlds,
May the sufferings of cruel migrations,
the sufferings of the Lord of Death’s domain,
and the sufferings of privation be brought to an end.

By the thunder of that mighty drum
May all want in the world be ended,
and just as the Lords of Subduers are without fear,
their fears allayed,
so too may all sentient beings be without fear,
parted from their fears.
Just as the All-knowing Able Lords,
though dwelling within the cycles of existence,
possess all holy qualities,
so too may the meditative concentrations of all beings
possess the qualities of the Harmonies of Enlightenment
and may those qualities become oceans of qualities.

By the thunder of that mighty drum,
May all beings come to possess the voice of Brahma,
May they attain the most blessed Enlightenment of the Buddhas,
May they turn the virtuous Wheel of Doctrine,
May they live for unimaginable eons,
May they teach the way for the welfare of wanderers,
May they relieve suffering and destroy afflictions,
and may they extinguish desire, hatred and delusion.

May those beings who abide in places of tortured existence,
those whose bodies and bones are burning in flames of pain,

May they hear the beating of the drum
and may they cry, ‘I bow to you, the Buddhas.’
May all beings remember their births
in hundreds of lives,
in thousands of lives,
in tens of millions of lives.
May they be ever mindful of the Lords of Sages
and may they heed their vast words.

By the thunder of that mighty drum
May all beings find constant companionship in the Buddhas,
May they abandon actions of ill deed,
May they practice those of good.

May all the suffering
of all that lives
in all the lands of all the worlds
be forever stilled,
And those creatures
crippled in their limbs,,
impaired of sense,
all be made whole.

May those afflicted with sickness,
weak and frail,
without refuge in the ten regions,
all swiftly be relieved of their ills,
and be renewed in their organs and strength.

May those threatened with death by rulers and thieves,
those who lie at the mercy of a hundred different miseries,
those living beings besieged and suffering
all be freed
from their hundreds of unendurable fears.

And those tortured by bonds,
bound and beaten,
those who live amid manifold poverty,
oppressed by many thousands of afflictions,
incurring all manner of misery
and terrors which they cannot bear,

May they be released from their bonds,
May the scourged be delivered from their beatings,
May the condemned have life,
and the troubled be unafraid.

May those who hurt with hunger and thirst
partake of a feast;
May the blind see a myriad of shapes,
the deaf hear a symphony of sounds,
the naked be clothed,
and the poor find a treasure.

May all have the pleasure
of possessing many precious jewels;
May none be tormented by feelings of pain;
May they all be fair of face and figure,
their bodies subdued,
their minds abounding with unremitting bliss.

By the mere thought,
May their wishes for merit and riches,
food and drink,
at once be made manifest.

May their longings for the melodies of lute and drum,
for streams, lakes, and ponds,
pools full of golden lotus and utpala,
their dreams of clothes and wealth,
pearls, gems, exquisite golden ornaments,
and lapis lazuli
all be instantly be fulfilled.

May there not arise
an anguished cry
in any world.
May none know unhappiness,
May they all be beautiful,
and may they be a light for one another.

Whatever is held most high by humanity
May it be theirs simply through thought.
May all their desires
immediately upon conception
be altogether realized
as the fruit of their merit.

Throughout the three times,
may they have incense and garlands,
scented oils, aromatic powders,
variegated flowers, and flowering trees.
May they take them and
May they be happy.

May they worship in the ten directions
all the inconceivable Ones Gone Thus,
the Bodhisattvas,
the Hearers,
and the immaculate, pure teachings of Dharma.

May migrators shun all that is unworthy,
pass beyond the eight states of unrest,
and attain crowning, kingly leisure.

May all beings always have the Buddhas at their side;
May they always be born into noble families
May their affluence and fortune flourish
May they be richly adorned for endless eons
with praise and fame,
and with lovely, radiant bodies.

May they be brave
May they be strong
May they be wise and lucid

May they ever strive for Enlightenment
May they engage in the Six Perfections
May they behold in the ten quarters
the Buddhas beatifically seated
upon thrones of precious lapis lazuli
before the supremely sanctified Tree of Enlightenment,
and there may they hear
the Truth revealed.

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from Mahayana Prayers and Poetry, released October 19, 2017

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