Humanity Bodhisattva Prayer

Prayer that is performed each morning by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It is also the unspoken prayer of my heart. I dedicate this to all my readers who have supported me through this month. I know that there were times when the subject matter was not of great interest to you, yet you still showed up in support of my efforts to play my part in bringing that little bit of extra healing to this world. One of you even ‘liked’ my Facebook page every day that I posted these writings. You’d already been to my blog site, yet you took the time to show me that the support had substance.

History

A bodhisattva’s practice is, at this time when we have obtained The great ship (of a human rebirth) with respites and enrichments, difficult to find, To listen, think, and meditate unwaveringly, day and night, In order to free ourselves and others from the ocean of uncontrollably recurring samsara. A bodhisattva’s practice is to leave our homelands, Where attachment to the side of friends tosses us like water; Anger toward the side of enemies burns us like fire; And naivety so that we forget what’s to be adopted and abandoned cloaks us in darkness. A bodhisattva’s practice is to rely on seclusion where, By having rid ourselves of detrimental objects, our disturbing emotions and attitudes gradually become stymied; By lacking distractions, our constructive practices naturally increase; And by clearing our awareness, our certainty grows in the Dharma.

The Prayer