Contents

            Publisher's Note                                                                       v

            Compiler's Introduction                                                            vii

I.          The Preliminaries         

1.  Refuge                                                                                 3

2.  Generating the bodhimind                                                     3

3.  Engendering the four immeasurable aspirations                      4

4.  Verses of homage                                                                4

5.  Purifying the environment                                                     5

6.  Consecrating the offering materials                                       5

7.  Calling upon the powers of truth                                           5

II.         The Invocation                                                                          7

III.       Making Offerings                                                                     

            1.  Offering the mystical bath                                                     9

            2.  Offering oils, clothing, ornaments, etc.                                  12

            3.  The offerings of two waters, five enjoyments and music         14

            4.  The five sensory offerings                                                     15

            5.  Offerings of the seven royal possessions                               15

            6.  Offering the universe                                                            16

            7.  Offerings to produce the bodhimind                                      18

IV.       Purification of Negativity          

1.  Contemplating Refuge, evil and death                                   21

2.  A Sutra to the Thirty-Five Buddhas:

Confessing a Bodhisattva's Downfalls                            26

V.        Stabilizing the Bodhimind                                                          31

VI.       Various Eulogies of Buddha Shakyamuni

            1.  Ornament of the Mahayana                                                  37

            2.  In Praise of Buddha Shakyamuni                                          39

            3.  Hymn to Buddha the Supreme                                             42

VII.      Recitation of the Buddha Shakyamuni Mantra                            47

VIII.    Various Prayers

            1.  The Vow of Universal Goodness                                          49

            2.  A Prayer Giving Rise to Enlightenment                                  54

            3.  A selection from the Precious Garland                                  57

            4.  An Aspiration in Seventy Stanzas                                         59

            5.  The Bodhisattva's Dedication                                               69

            6.  Prayer for the Doctrine to Flourish for Long                         77

IX.        Verses of Auspiciousness

1.  Auspicious Verses on the Twelve Deeds of Buddha             79

2.  Auspicious Verses on the Seven Past Buddhas                     81

Notes                                                                                                   85