The Showers of True Bliss:
A Long-Life Prayer for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso
OM AMARANI JIVANTAYE SVAHA!
For the hosts of beings caught in this
prison of projections and hallucinations,
you gently show the path of clearing
away the imprints resulting from dualistic
fixation. Avalokiteshvara, you pour the
nectar of cherishing others on the
seeds of our innate love and compassion.
Lord of Love, the 14th Dalai Lama, may you abide forever,
raining down the showers of true bliss.
OM MANI PADME HUM
Declaring peace and waging non-violence
in a world beset by the evil forces of
fundamentalist ideology and greed, you have made the
actual transmission of awakened mind
blow across the eight directions of the world.
Your example and influence brings tears to
the eyes of those with faith,
and to recall your face of unimaginable
benevolence makes fears scatter like the parting clouds.
Lord of Compassion, the 14th Dalai Lama, may you abide for kalpas upon kalpas,
raining down the showers of true bliss.
OM MANI PADME HUM
Wish-fulfilling Jewel, when the sprouts of
our bodhichitta shoot forth, we must look to you
in gratitude. When the suffering of cyclic
existence is weakened, we must acknowledge
the force of your enlightened intent. When
we at last begin to see the inseparable
nature of dependent arising and emptiness,
we must know that this was after all your
real wish. When the essence nakedly dawns as clear
light, we shall prostrate to you with
bodies as numerous as dust motes.
Lord of Joy, the 14th Dalai Lama, may you abide for aeons,
raining down the showers of true bliss.
OM MANI PADME HUM
Now a dark age has fallen upon the
people of the world. The armies of ignorance
have turned the world into a fortress of confusion.
The armies of attachment have turned the world
into a citadel of avarice. The armies of anger
have turned the world in a maelstrom of hatred.
The armies of jealousy have turned the world into
a machine of competition. The armies of pride
have turned the world into a swamp of conceit.
For the people of this great Earth, and especially for your
subjects of Tibet, summon forth the unexcelled power of
your extraordinary dynamic skill. We pray:
overwhelm the cold forces of negative emotions
with the warm light of your expedient means.
The time has come! Help all beings
to recognize eachother as their mothers and friends.
Lord of Equanimity, the 14th Dalai Lama, may you abide for as long as space endures,
raining down the showers of true bliss!
OM MANI PADME HUM
This prayer of longing for the longevity of the Victorious Precious One, His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, was written on the occasion of His Holiness’ 73rd birthday, a time of much celebration — an auspicious day, at an auspicious place, near the Great Stupa of Jalungkhashor, where all wishes can come true. It was written amongst the playing of Tibetan horns, drums, and other instruments, announcing the presence of victory. It was completed in Darjeeling, where the rain truly showers down (but its bliss is in the eye of the beholder!). May the Dalai Lama live long! May auspiciousness pervade the realms of all beings in all times, and may the nectar of deathlessness wash away the defilements of self-grasping! Sarva Mangalam!
Composed by Erick Sherab Zangpo.
© Erick Tsiknopoulos (Sherab Zangpo)
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