

| VERSES OF PRAYER TO THE EIGHT NOBLE AUSPICIOUS ONES by MIPHAM RINPOCHE is published to benefit all beings and to plant the seeds of Enlightenment in everyone. Short description of Mipham Rinpoche´s work is published in previous comment.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS :
1. Recite this wonderful Verses of Prayer regularly with concentration and wisdom awareness.
2. Try to merge your awareness with wisdom awareness of all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas invoked with the Verses of Prayer :
* Eight Sugatas are : Tara-Raja, Sthira-kaushala-madhashaya,Shri-maitreya-alankara, Shri-vara-subha-kirti,Sarva-shayodhara-kirti-man,Shri-sumeru
-vadaya-kaushala-kirti,Shri-sarva-sattva-shaya-kirti and Shriman-tushakara-kaushala-sukirti.
* Eight Bodhisattvas are : Manjushri, Vajrapani, Avalokiteshvara, Maitreya, Kshitigarbha, Nirvanaviskambin, Akashagarbha and Samantabhadra.
* Goddesses of good fortune are : Goddess of garlands, of music, of dance, of flowers, of incense, of light and of parfume.
* Eight Guardians of the world are : Mahabrahma, Shambhu, Narayana, Sahasrajna and the Four great Kings : Dhritishtra, Virudhaka, Virupaksha and Vaishravana.
3. Contemplate the meaning of the Verses (i.e." merely hearing your name increases all glory and auspiciousness").
4. Study about the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas invoked with the Verses of Prayer. They are right here and one should develop stable faith.
5. Prostrating with devotion to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas purifies arrogance which is the most common experienced obstacle of ?modern people". Prostrating in a right way means to subdue one´s ego.
6. Teach your children to recite and sing Verses of Prayer. All obscurations and unwanted harm will be pacified. Modern children are intelligent and respect those who teach them by their own example.
7. These Verses of Prayer are recited at the beginning of the Collective Prayers and meditations of the Open Buddhist Forum International (since 1989), practiced every Sunday from 3-4 pm (Wintertime) or 4-5 (Summertime). By reciting or singing the Verses of Prayer also at that special time increases all that is noble and meaningful. Buddhist meditators around the world are encoraged to meet at that time and to actively partitipate in the Collective Prayers and meditations of the OBFI. Other parts of Collective prayers and meditations (Sampa Nyur Drupma, Vajrasattva mantra/Shitro sadhana, Wish-granting Prayer of Samantabhadra, dedication of merit and Long-fife Prayer) will be published soon.
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10. Comments : focus on the meaning of this Verses for you and engage in online study which is offered by OBFI.
Mipham Rinpoche wrote in the Afterword of the Verses :
?All these accomplishments are the supreme words of the Conmquerors." May it be auspicious for everyone !
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