In order for ourselves to improve in our life, we required to improve in our accumulation of Hock (福). This is the Teaching of Buddha and also the Chinese culture. The following prayer will help us to accumulate Hock (福) if we can recite everyday from our heart.
7 Noble Branch Prayer
1. With complete faith and trust, I bow,
to all the Victorious Ones and their sons
who dwell in the ten directions and three times.
2. I array the offering at the holy shrines,
Water, flowers, incense, lights,
Scented water, food, and music,
along with many other things.
I offer them in real and with imagination.
I request the kind Noble Assembly to accept them.
3. I confess and repent all the evil deeds that I have done,
from the past until now.
Influenced by defilements,
The non-virtuous acts were done through body, speech and mind.
4. I rejoice in delight from the merits gained by
Sravakas, Pratyeka Buddhas, Bodhisatvas and ordinary beings,
throughout the three times.
5. I pray that The Dharma Wheel continue to be turned;
The teachings of the Mahayana and Hinayana continue to be flourished,
and benefit all beings with different aptitudes and motivations inside them.
6. I beseech the Buddhas of ten directions not to pass away into Nirvana,
But to stay until Samsara is empty;
To save all sentient beings
who drown themselves in the ocean of Samsara.
7. May whatever merits I have accumulated
Become a seed for Enlightenment for all beings,
Without delay,
May I become a splendid leader to lead all beings across the ocean of samsara.
I recommend you to do the above prayer 3 times a day, morning, noon time, and before sleep. You may read this prayers aloud or silently at anywhere.
7 Noble Branch Prayer
1. With complete faith and trust, I bow,
to all the Victorious Ones and their sons
who dwell in the ten directions and three times.
2. I array the offering at the holy shrines,
Water, flowers, incense, lights,
Scented water, food, and music,
along with many other things.
I offer them in real and with imagination.
I request the kind Noble Assembly to accept them.
3. I confess and repent all the evil deeds that I have done,
from the past until now.
Influenced by defilements,
The non-virtuous acts were done through body, speech and mind.
4. I rejoice in delight from the merits gained by
Sravakas, Pratyeka Buddhas, Bodhisatvas and ordinary beings,
throughout the three times.
5. I pray that The Dharma Wheel continue to be turned;
The teachings of the Mahayana and Hinayana continue to be flourished,
and benefit all beings with different aptitudes and motivations inside them.
6. I beseech the Buddhas of ten directions not to pass away into Nirvana,
But to stay until Samsara is empty;
To save all sentient beings
who drown themselves in the ocean of Samsara.
7. May whatever merits I have accumulated
Become a seed for Enlightenment for all beings,
Without delay,
May I become a splendid leader to lead all beings across the ocean of samsara.
I recommend you to do the above prayer 3 times a day, morning, noon time, and before sleep. You may read this prayers aloud or silently at anywhere.
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