Prostration to the Thirty-five Buddhas in the morning
BODHISATTVA’S CONFESSION OF MORAL DOWNFALLS
from: Making Life Meaningful by Ven. Lama Zopa Rinpoche www.lamayeshe.com/lamazopa/mlm/mlm.pdf
Ven. Lama Zopa Rinpoche: "No matter what vows you might have broken (tantric root vows, or pratimoksha vows, or bodhisattva vows, or samaya vows) no matter what negative karma you have created, everything can be purified. Out of his incomparable kindness, Guru Shakyamuni Buddha revealed different purification methods, such as prostrations to the 35 Buddhas, who are all manifestations of Guru Shakyamuni Buddha, and recitation of their names. Recitation of each buddha’s holy name purifies tens of thousands of eons of negative karma. If for some reason you cannot do prostrations, it is still good to at least recite holy names of the 35 Buddhas every day. No matter how heavy the negative karma you have accumulated, the Buddha has revealed a method to purify it."
1. Begin by visualizing the 35 Confession Buddhas in space in front of you.
2. Think of all the negative karma you have created in this and in all previous lives.
3. Generate the four opponent powers in your mind.
Generate strong faith that the nectar beams emitted by all the holy objects in the merit field and your recitation of the buddhas’ holy names will completely purify you of all defilements, negative karma and downfalls. It is very important to feel very strongly that you have been completely purified and that nothing negative whatsoever is left in your mental continuum. The names of the 35 Buddhas are unbelievably powerful; reciting each one once purifies tens of thousands of eons of negative karma. Remember this from time to time while you are prostrating. It is important to generate strong faith that this is so. Lama Je Tsong Khapa did this practice. The strength of your faith determines how much negative karma you have purified. Your mind creates negative karma, and your mind purifies it as well.
( to increase the benefit of each prostration, first prostrate three times while reciting with each prostration )
OM NAMO MANJUSHRIYE NAMO SUSHRIYE NAMO UTTAMA SHRIYE SVAHA (3x)
( continue to prostrate )
I, ( say your name ) throughout all times, take refuge in the Gurus I take refuge in the Buddha I take refuge in the Dharma I take refuge in the Sangha
1. to the founder, bhagavan, tathagata, arhat, perfectly completed buddha, Glorious Conqueror Shakyamuni Buddha, I prostrate
2. to tathagata Thoroughly Destroying with Vajra Essence, I prostrate
3. to tathagata Radiant Jewel, I prostrate
4. to tathagata King, Lord of the Nagas, I prostrate
5. to tathagata Army of Heroes, I prostrate
6. to tathagata Delighted Hero, I prostrate
7. to tathagata Jewel Fire, I prostrate
8. to tathagata Jewel Moonlight, I prostrate
9. to tathagata Meaningful to See, I prostrate
10. to tathagata Jewel Moon, I prostrate
11. to tathagata Stainless One, I prostrate
12. to tathagata Bestowed with Courage, I prostrate
13. to tathagata Pure One, I prostrate
14. to tathagata Bestowed with Purity, I prostrate
15. to tathagata Water God, I prostrate
16. to tathagata Deity of the Water God, I prostrate
17. to tathagata Glorious Goodness, I prostrate
18. to tathagata Glorious Sandalwood, I prostrate
19. to tathagata Infinite Splendor, I prostrate
20. to tathagata Glorious Light, I prostrate
21. to tathagata Sorrowless Glory, I prostrate
22. to tathagata Son of Non-craving, I prostrate
23. to tathagata Glorious Flower, I prostrate
24. to tathagata Pure Light Rays Clearly Knowing by Play, I prostrate
25. to tathagata Lotus Light Rays Clearly Knowing by Play, I prostrate
26. to tathagata Glorious Wealth, I prostrate
27. to tathagata Glorious Mindfulness, I prostrate
28. to tathagata Glorious Name Widely Renowned, I prostrate
29. to tathagata King Holding the Victory Banner of Foremost Power, I prostrate
30. to tathagata Glorious One Totally Subduing, I prostrate
31. to tathagata Utterly Victorious in Battle, I prostrate
32. to tathagata Glorious Transcendence Through Subduing, I prostrate
33. to tathagata Glorious Manifestations Illuminating All, I prostrate
34. to tathagata All-Subduing Jewel Lotus, I prostrate
35. to bhagavan, tathagata, arhat, perfectly completed buddha, King of the Lord of Mountains Firmly Seated on Jewel and Lotus, I prostrate
35. to bhagavan, tathagata, arhat, perfectly completed buddha, King of the Lord of Mountains Firmly Seated on Jewel and Lotus, I prostrate
35. to bhagavan, tathagata, arhat, perfectly completed buddha, King of the Lord of Mountains Firmly Seated on Jewel and Lotus, I prostrate
Ven. Lama Zopa Rinpoche: "I recite the last, 35th name three times. Why? Not because other people do, but because the 35th buddha’s name purifies broken samayas and negative karma created in relation to your gurus, which are the heaviest negative karmas of all. Therefore, I think it’s necessary to recite the last buddha’s name three times. By then adding the names of the seven Medicine Buddhas, all your prayers for special realizations from your Dharma practice, for good things to happen to you, for the benefit of others will be successful. Your own prayers will be successful and you will also receive the beneficial effects of all the prayers made by the seven Medicine Buddhas in the past. Therefore, it is very important to recite the names of the Medicine Buddhas in addition to those of the 35 Buddhas. Names of the 7 Medicine Buddhas are extremely powerful not only for healing but for success in general. This is because when those seven buddhas were bodhisattvas they prayed and dedicated for sentient beings to be able to overcome their problems and achieve all success. Therefore, praying to the Medicine Buddhas and reciting their names is an extremely precious practice and is very effective for both healing and success. Those who recite the 7 Medicine Buddhas’ names and the Medicine Buddha mantra in their daily lives will never be reborn in the lower realms and, no matter what happens, will have no fear of death. Any human being or animal who at the time of death simply hears the name or mantra of the Medicine Buddha will also not be reborn in the lower realms. This practice is very important. Kachen Yeshe Gyaltsen and other recent lineage lamas recited the names of the 7 Medicine Buddhas right after reciting the names of the 35 Buddhas. This addition makes this powerful purification practice even more powerful."
Om Bekanze Bekanze Maha Bekanze Randza Samungate Soha
1. to bhagavan, tathagata, arhat, perfectly completed buddha, Renowned Glorious King of Excellent Signs, I prostrate ( to tathagata Supari Kirti Tanama Sri Raja, I prostrate )
2. to bhagavan, tathagata, arhat, perfectly completed buddha, King of Melodious Sound, Brilliant Radiance of Skill, Adorned with Jewels, Moon and Lotus, I prostrate ( to tathagata Svara Gosa Raja, I prostrate )
3. to bhagavan, tathagata, arhat, perfectly completed buddha, Stainless Excellent Gold, Great Illuminating Jewel Who Accomplishes All Conduct and Vows, I prostrate ( to tathagata Suvarna Bhadra Vimala, I prostrate )
4. to bhagavan, tathagata, arhat, perfectly completed buddha, Glorious Supreme King Free from Sorrow, I prostrate ( to tathagata Asokotta Ma Sri Raja, I prostrate )
5. to bhagavan, tathagata, arhat, perfectly completed buddha, Melodious Ocean of Proclaimed Dharma, I prostrate ( to tathagata Dharma Kirti Sagara, I prostrate )
6. to bhagavan, tathagata, arhat, perfectly completed buddha, Delightful King Clearly Knowing by the Play of Supreme Wisdom of an Ocean of Dharma, I prostrate ( to tathagata Abhijya Raja, I prostrate )
7. to bhagavan, tathagata, arhat, perfectly completed buddha, Medicine Guru, King of Lapis Lazuli Light, I prostrate ( to tathagata Bhaisajya Guru Raja, I prostrate )
Om Bekanze Bekanze Maha Bekanze Randza Samungate Soha
CONFESSION
All you 35 Buddhas and others, as many tathagatas, arhats, perfectly completed buddhas as there are existing, sustaining, and residing in all the world systems of the ten directions; all you buddha-bhagavans, please pay attention to me: In this life and in all the states of rebirth in which I have circled in samsara throughout beginningless lives, whatever negative actions I have created, made others create, or rejoiced in the creation of; whatever possessions of stupas, possessions of the Sangha, or possessions of the Sangha of the ten directions that I have appropriated, made others appropriate, or rejoiced in the appropriation of; whichever among the five actions of immediate retribution I have done, caused to be done, or rejoiced in the doing of; whichever paths of the ten non-virtuous actions I have engaged in, caused others to engage in, or rejoiced in the engaging in: whatever I have created, being obscured by these karmas causes me and sentient beings to be born in the hell realms, in the animal realm, and in the preta realm; in irreligious countries, as barbarians, or as long-life gods; with imperfect faculties, holding wrong views, or not being pleased with Buddha's descent.
In the presence of the buddha-bhagavans, who are transcendental wisdom, who are eyes, who are witnesses, who are valid, and who see with omniscient consciousness, I am admitting and confessing all these negativities collectively, as well as individually. Every single one I now confess. I do not conceal them nor hide them, but I reveal them, and from now on I abstain and refrain from committing them again.
All buddha-bhagavans, please pay attention to me: In this life and in all other states of rebirth in which I have circled in samsara throughout beginningless lives, whatever roots of virtue I have created by generosity, even as little as giving just one mouthful of food to a being born in the animal realm; whatever roots of virtue I have created by guarding morality; whatever roots of virtue I have created by following pure conduct; whatever roots of virtue I have created by fully ripening sentient beings; whatever roots of virtue I have created by generating bodhicitta; and whatever roots of virtue I have created by my unsurpassed transcendental wisdom: all these assembled and gathered, combined together, I fully dedicate to the unsurpassed, the unexcelled, that higher than the high, that superior to the superior. Thus, I completely dedicate to the highest, perfectly complete enlightenment. Just as the previous buddha-bhagavans have fully dedicated, just as the future buddha-bhagavans will fully dedicate, and just as the presently abiding buddha-bhagavans are fully dedicating, like that I too dedicate fully. I confess all my broken vows collectively, as well as individually. Every single broken vow I now confess. I rejoice in all merits.
I urge and implore all Buddhas to grant my request: may I fully and directly realize the highest, most sublime, transcendental, ultimate Wisdom.
In the conquerors, the best of humans (those who are living in the present time, those who have lived in the past, and those who will likewise come) in all those who have qualities as vast as an infinite ocean, with hands folded, I take refuge.
CONCLUSION
Rather than simply stopping when you have finished reciting and prostrating, remain silent for a little while, generating strong faith that the nectar beams emitted by all the holy objects in the merit field and your recitation of the buddhas’ holy names have completely purified you of all defilements, negative karma and downfalls. It is very important to feel very strongly that you have been completely purified and that nothing negative whatsoever is left in your mental continuum. This practice is much more powerful if you conclude by concentrating strongly in this way. Lama Je Tsong Khapa did this practice. The names of the 35 Buddhas are unbelievably powerful; reciting each one once purifies thousands of eons of negative karma. Remember this from time to time while you are prostrating, but especially when you finish the session. In a commentary to the Vajrasattva practice, Pabongka Dechen Nyingpo mentions that at the end, when Guru Vajrasattva declares that your negative karma has now been purified, it is important to generate strong faith that this is so. The same thing applies in the practice of the 35 Buddhas. Lama Je Tsong Khapa did this practice. The strength of your faith determines how much negative karma you have purified. Your mind creates negative karma and your mind purifies it as well.
DEDICATION
( first, meditate on emptiness )
The Heart Sutra
"In emptiness, there is no I, creator of negative karma; there is no action of creating negative karma; there is no negative karma created”. ( i.e. negative karma is empty, and that is main reason why it can be purified )
( with this awareness, dedicate the merits )
"Due to all the merits collected by having done prostrations, made offerings, confessed, rejoiced, requested the gurus to have stable lives and to turn the Dharma Wheel, may I achieve Enlightenment in order to firmly establish all sentient beings in that Enlightenment.”
( of course, there is a dedication already included within the 35 Buddhas prayer, but you should still make this extra dedication in emptiness at the very end )
BENEFITS
from: Making Life Meaningful by Ven. Lama Zopa Rinpoche www.lamayeshe.com/lamazopa/mlm/mlm.pdf
Ven. Lama Zopa Rinpoche: "If you are doing this practice in a group and one person leads the chanting while the others do not recite the names of the 35 Buddhas because they have not memorized them, only one person gets the benefit of the recitation. Those who haven’t memorized the names will get the benefits of making prostrations, but they won’t get the benefit of reciting the names. This is a great loss. How? Take the very first name, that of Guru Shakyamuni Buddha, for example. By reciting Guru Shakyamuni Buddha’s name, you purify 80,000 eons of negative karma; if you don’t recite his name, this doesn’t happen. Reciting each of the 35 Buddhas’ names purifies a certain number of eons of negative karma or a particular negative karma. Reciting each name just one time purifies thousands of eons of negative karma. If someone told you that you would not get cancer for six eons, you would think that that was fantastic. Forget about the six eons, even if someone told you that you would not get cancer in this life, you would think it fantastic, unbelievably good fortune. Now here, in relation to the practice of the 35 Buddhas, we are talking about your not getting cancer or any other problem for thousands of eons because you have purified that many eons of negative karma, which is the cause of not only sickness but that of all other problems and obstacles. Cancer is just a tiny drop in the ocean of samsaric suffering. Purifying even two thousand eons of negative karma is incredibly advantageous. If you were going to die right now, in the next moment, the most important thing, the most urgent thing, you could do would be to purify your negative karma. If you were about to die, which would you prefer to be given: a billion dollars or the chance to purify this life’s negative karma? Which is more important? Which is more precious? Of course, purifying even one negative karma before you die is much better than receiving a billion or even a trillion dollars. My point is that if only one person recites the names of the 35 Buddhas, only that person receives the advantage of all this purification. Those who don’t recite the names don’t receive the benefit. It’s like one person trying to eat a meal on behalf of a group of people while they don’t eat. The food that person eats doesn’t fill the other people’s stomachs, doesn’t satisfy their hunger. The great advantage of having memorized the names of the 35 Buddhas is that you can recite them in the car or train while going to work. Since you spend so much time going back and forth between home and work, it is good to spend that time doing prayers or reciting the names of the 35 Buddhas. You can also recite them when you are flying in an airplane. It’s all right to read them from a book, but it is much easier if you know the names by heart, because then you can purify at any time. Since reciting these buddhas’ names even once purifies thousands of eons of negative karma, it’s a great loss if you don’t recite them. It will take you longer to purify your negative karma and gain realizations, and longer to achieve enlightenment, which means that the numberless other sentient beings who are karmically connected to you will have to experience more suffering. Therefore, you must realize what a precious opportunity you have right now. This present time is the most precious time. If you don’t take this opportunity to practice, it is a great loss. There is no greater loss than this; it’s a greater loss than losing a million dollars, zillions of dollars. Some people, when their business collapses or they lose a million dollars, become crazy and want to jump off a bridge or the roof of a building. Such losses are nothing, just something material, meaningless. But here, if you don’t take this incredible opportunity to practice confession with the 35 Buddhas, to purify your negative karma and collect merit in such an easy way, you have suffered the greatest loss. Even if you owned skies of diamonds, gold or wish-fulfilling gems, that alone could not purify your negative karma or stop you from being reborn in the lower realms. However, even if you don’t own any of this wealth, if you recite Guru Shakyamuni Buddha’s name just once, you purify 80,000 eons of negative karma. Reciting the name of any of the 35 Buddhas purifies many thousands of eons of negative karma. Even if you were to lose that much wealth, it would be nothing compared to losing the chance of practicing the 35 Buddhas. This is such an easy way to purify and to collect extensive merit. Simply by reciting the names of the 35 Buddhas, you can achieve unbelievable purification."
http://www.bodhipath.org/practice/35Buddhas.html
List of 35 Buddhas
No.
Sanskrit Name
Tibetan Name
01..
Amoghadarsin
Mthon-ba-don-yod
02.
Anantaujas
Gzi-brjid-mthah-yas
03.
Asokasri
Mya-nan-med-pahi-dpal
04.
Bhadrarsi
Dpal-bzan
05.
Brahman
Thansa-pa
06.
Brahmadatta
Tshans-pas-sbyin
07.
Brahmajyotis
Tshans-pahi-hod-zer
08.
Candanasri
Tsan-dan-dpal
09.
Dhanasr
Nor-dpal
10.
Indraketu-dhvaja
Dban-pohi-tog-gi-rgyal-mtshan
11.
Kusumasri
Me-tog-dpal
12.
Nagesvaraja
Klu-dban-gi-rgyal-po
13.
Narayana
Sred-med-kyi-bu
14.
Padmajyotis
Padmahi-hod-zer
15.
Parikirtita namasri
Mtshan-dpal-yons-sgrags
16.
Prabhasari
Hod-dpal
17.
Ratnacandra
Rin-chen-zla-ba
18.
Ratnacandraprabha
Rin-chen-zla-hod
19.
Ratnagni
Rin-chen-me
20.
Ratnarcis
Rin-chen-hod-hphro
21.
Ratnapadma
Rin-chen-padma
22.
Sailendraraja
Ri-dban-gi-rgyal-po
23.
Samantavabhasa
Kun-nas-snan-ba
24.
Shakyamuni
Sangs-rgyas shakya thub pa
25.
Smrtisri
Dran-pahi-dpal
26.
Suradatta
Dpal-sbyin
27.
Suvikranta
Sin-tu-rnam-par-gnon-pa
28.
Vajragarbha
Rdo-rje-shin-po
29.
Varuna
Chu-lha
30.
Varunadeva
Chu-lhahi-lha
31.
Vikranta
Rnam-par-gnon-pa
32.
Vimala
Dri-ma-med-pa
33.
Virananda
Dpal-dgyes
34.
Virasena
Dpah-boi-sde
35.
Yuddhaja
Yul-las-rgyal-ba
Benefits of the prayer to the thirty-five confessional buddhas
http://www.judahlynn.com/35/flash/index.html
It begins
I whose name is ... (such and such)... always go for refuge to the guru...
You mention your name where it says da ming in Tibetan. This causes some effect in the mind. In one way you could feel kind-of sad because you have created negative karma and are obscured. In another way you could feel happy because of having met a reliable object of refuge.
Reciting the first Buddha's (Guru Shakyamuni Buddha's) name purifies 40,000 eons of negative karma. Sometimes it is said that 80,000 eons is purified. Saying buddha Dorje Nyingpo's name, 10,000 eons of negative karma is purified.
Rinchen Oela—10,000 eons.Luwang gi Gyaelpola—1,000 eons.Pawoe Dela—1,000.Paelgyela—2,000. It is like inflation! Like the stock market! I'm joking. Rinchen Mela—2,000. Rinchen Daoela—8,000. Tongwa Doenyoela—it is got clear here. Rinchen Dawala—purifies the five uninterrupted negative karmas Dima Mepala—purifies the negative karmas near to the uninterrupted ones. For example, stepping over monks robes or the shadow of, or animals belonging to, the guru. Also the shadows of stupas. Paeljinla—the negative karmas accumulated with anger. Tsangpala—the negative karmas accumulated with attachment. Tsangpae Jinla—10,000 eons.Chulhala—1,000 eons.Chulhae lhala—5,000 eons.Paelzangla—5,000 eons.Tzaendaenla—7,000 eons. Ziji Tayaela—7000 eons.Oepaella—immeasurable benefits. Nyangaen Mepaepaella—all negative karmas accumulated with ignorance. Seme kyi Bula—the imprints of negative karma. Metogpaella—the negative karmas accumulated with the body. Tsangpae Oezer Nampar Roelpae Ngoenpar Kyenpala—the negative karmas accumulated with speech. Paemae Pezer Nampar Roelpae Ngoenpar Kyenpala—the negative karmas accumulated with the mind. Norpaella—the negative karmas accumulated with respect to the sangha by the sangha, and possibly by lay persons.Draenpaepaella—the negative karmas accumulated by criticizing holy beings. Tsaenpael Shingtu Yongdagla—the negative karmas accumulated with jealousy.Wangpoe Toggi Gyaeltsaen gyi Gyaelpola—the negative karmas accumulated with pride. Shintu Nampar Gyaelwala—it says subtle vices, karmas, mainly slander.Yuellae Shintu Nampar Gyaelwala—the negative karmas accumulated with all the delusions.Nampar Noenpaepaella—the negative karmas from causing others to create negative karma. Kuennae Nangwa Koepaepaella—the negative karmas accumulated by rejoicing in the negative karmas created by oneself and others. Rinchen Paemae Nampar Noenpala—the negative karma of avoiding dharma. Da Chompa Yang Dagpar Dzogpae Sanggyae Rinpoche dang Paemala Rabtu Zhugpa Riwanggi Gyaelpola—purifies the negative karma from degenerating samaya by criticising the guru
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