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Niguma’s Mystical Wishes

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All beings who have taken a wrong way,
the powerful, the arrogant,
Those who could not be taught by buddhas
throughout all space and time,
May I teach each and every one of them
And lead them in an instant to buddhahood.

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Opening a Path to the Sea of Awakening Mind

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I and all beings, in their infinities,
Whether demonic, crippling or alien,
Are, in the end, the same in emptiness.
Confused is the person who takes what is empty as real.

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Traditional Session Prayers

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[…] Buddha, dharma, and the supreme assembly.Through the goodness of generosity and other virtuesMay I awaken fully in order to help all beings. Say three times The Four Immeasurables May all beings enjoy happiness and the seeds of happiness.May they be free from suffering and the seeds of suffering.May they not be separate from true […]

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Four Immeasurables – practice

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Verses for the practice of the four immeasurables (or the four brahmaviharas). These verses incorporate elements from Theravada, Mahayana, and Dzogchen approaches to the four immeasurables.

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Contemporary Session Prayers

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[…] release them all. Doors to experience are infinite: may I enter them all. Ways of awakening are limitless: may I know them all. Repeat three times Four Immeasurables May all beings enjoy happiness and the seeds of happiness. May they be free from suffering and the seeds of suffering. May they not be separate […]