Precept Dedication Prayer- Free Download
Precept Dedication Prayer- Free Download
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This is an excellent Buddhist prayer for the relief of the suffering of all beings, revised by His Holiness, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and Rev. Keith Hall of www.inner-tranquility.com The Precept Dedication Prayer is attributed originally to Shantideva (Santideva) who was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist scholar and renowned as the author of the Bodhicaryavatara (aka Bodhisattvacaryavatara).
Shantideva, author of Bodhicaryavatara
This download is free and is in a PDF format. The antidote to difficult emotions and the world’s hatred, violence, and greed lies in exercising compassion for all beings, in all situations. Downloading and reading / meditating on this mantra is considered to be a form of Compassion in action.
There are three available formats all in the same download: Print, Greeting Card, and E-Card, complete with images of Golden Buddhas. The text font in the cards is a Garamond script. Here are some screen shots of the cards (not full size) below:
Print:
This is an 8 1/2 inch by 11 inch print of the Precept Dedication Prayer as an annotated photo suitable for framing and hanging on a wall, or placing on your home altar.
Greeting Card.
This is an 8 1/2 inch by 11 inch PDF with the text of the Precept Prayer and photo formatted on two pages so it can be printed on both sides of 24 lb. paper or card stock to create a greeting card. Folded in half, the dimensions of the greeting card are 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches.
E-Card
This is the same card formatted to be a one page e-card, approximately 11 1/2 inches by 6 inches, a suitable size for viewing in your Adobe Reader or Email browser window. You can send it as an attachment. You can also imbed it in the body of your email by opening it in Adobe Reader, clicking “select all”, then copy and paste into an email as an embedded image. Click on the image and drag to resize within the email. You can send it to yourself and use it as a mantra to help focus your Right Thinking throughout the day. Keep it in a minimized window while you are at work, then maximize it occasionally to center your heart and mind.
Precept Dedication Prayer e-card
This format can also be printed out and framed or put on your altar or hang on a wall (you will need to use legal size paper to print it, then crop and / or mat to fit your frame.)
Send it to your Buddhist and non-Buddhist friends alike and help spread the Light!
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May you obtain an ocean of happiness and joy,
Keith
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Whatever joy there is in this world
All comes from desiring others to be happy,
And whatever suffering there is in this world,
All comes from desiring myself to be happy.
But what need is there to say much more?
The childish work for their own benefit,
The Buddhas work for the benefit of others.
Just look at the difference between them
– Shantideva
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Tags: compassion, Dalai Lama, Enlightenment, gratitude