Light Offering Prayer
Composed by Lama Atisha
One can recite this prayer when making an individual light offering, or after lighting a candle, a
butter lamp, or any form of light, this prayer can be recited in conjunction with the
visualization described below.
May the light of the lamp be equal to the great three thousand worlds and their environments,
May the wick of the lamp be equal to the king of mountains – Mount Meru.
May the butter be equal to the infinite ocean.
May there be billions of trillions of lamps in the presence of each and every buddha.
May the light illuminate the darkness of ignorance of all sentient beings
From the peak of samsara down to the most torturous hell,
Whereby they can see directly and clearly all the ten directions’
Buddhas and bodhisattvas and their pure lands.
OM VAJRA ALOKE AH HUM
E MA HO
I offer these beautifully exalted clear and luminous lights
To the thousand buddhas of the fortunate eon,
To all the buddhas and bodhisattvas of the infinite pure lands and
of the ten directions,
To all the gurus, meditation deities, dakas, dakinis, dharma protectors,
and the assembly of deities of all mandalas.
Due to this, may my father, mother, and all sentient beings in this
life and in all their future lives,
Be able to see directly the actual pure lands of the complete and
perfect buddhas,
May they unify with Buddha Amitabha in inseparable oneness,
Please bless me and may my prayers be actualized as soon as possible,
Due to the power of the truth of the Triple Gem and the assembly
of deities of the three roots.
TADYATHA OM PÄNCHA GRIYA AVA BODHANI SVAHA (7x)
Visualization
The light transforms into single brilliant five-color wisdom.
On a lotus and moon disk the syllables OM and DHI appear.
From them, one hundred and eight beautiful goddesses of light,
Marmema, appear, wearing beautiful garments and precious
garlands.
Every goddess holds lights in her hands and from them emanate
billions of trillions of infinite replicas of light-offering goddesses.
All of them make light offerings uninterruptedly to all the buddhas
in the buddha-fields throughout all of space and to the peaceful
and wrathful deities.
Dedication
Thus, due to the merits of having made such a light offering
May all the benefactors, the deceased and migrating beings of the
six realms benefit;
May all their degenerated samaya and broken vows be restored;
May all their superstitious obscurations be purified;
May all their bad karma, negativities, and obscurations be purified;
May the three realms of samsara become empty immediately.
Please grant control, power, and realization.
Colophon
This Light Offering Prayer composed by Lama Atisha was translated by Ven. Pemba Tenzing
Sherpa.
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Source of this prayer text: http://www.fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/advice/pdf/extoffringprctce_bl.pdf
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