The sense of offering a beautiful lamp

By H.H.The 17th Karmapa,

By H.E.The 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche

By H.E.The 12th Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche
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A Feast for the Fortunate, a Lamp Aspiration

Om Svasti Dharmakaya, unchanging unity of appearance and emptiness,

Vast expanse of youthful, great bliss,

Sky of spontaneously present joy free of defilement,

Bestow a feast of unchanging goodness upon us.

Through the seeds of inherently pure virtue

That arise from even a bit of glorious goodness

And the bright smile of virtue revealed

By offering the light of these lamps to the three jewels,

May the well-being of a golden age arise

In this realm of the thousand-petalled lotus.

May this time of warfare and disputation be pacified.

May auspicious excellence, prosperity and goodness flourish.

Especially, in South East Asia,

May the youthful lotus of teaching and practice bloom.

May innumerable oceans of realms be filled

With the melodious roar of the profound secret.

In response to the request of Tenzin Chonyi, whose good intentions are pearless, this was written by Ugyen Trinley, who nears the crown of the name Karmapa, on the 16th of August 1999. May it be auspicious.
The ground, self-awareness, is utterly luminous wisdom.
It is Prajnaparamita, which thoroughly distinguishes among things.
Its nature is awareness unobscured by ignorance.
It is emptiness and lucidity united, the very nature of luminosity.
The radiant rays of this light fill and quarters of space.
May the merit of this light bring happiness to all beings.
The nature of this light is the very nature of all things.
May the light of the Buddha's wisdom be revealed.
Written by H.E.The 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche
By offering these tranquil and beautiful lamps
In the joyous presence of the perfect Buddha, the King of Illumination;
Gyalwang Karmapa, the Lord of the World;
And all Buddhas with their children,
May the poison of malicious enmity
Never arise in the mind of any one of us.
With loving minds, like the meeting of mother and child,
May all the world be filled with peace and happiness.
Written by H.E.The 12th Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche