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Oh great, compassionate Buddha!
As your students and followers
We are sincerely kneeling here before you;
Please listen to these words from our heart.
The awful disease SARS, that brought us a lot of uncertainty
and misery.
The rumbling of war between nations,
The squabbling of bicker between people,
The roar of greed in the rapids of craving,
The growl of hatred among races:
These sounds are like tidal waves storming against our hearts!
These sounds are like hurricanes pounding against our hearts!
As we observe all of this,
We realize that all human suffering
Originates from our self-conceit, prejudice and delusion.
As we contemplate all of this,
We realize that all the worldly turmoil
Is caused by our attachment to thing,
Dharma, and relationship between self and others.
The disagreements among different people
Have caused so many arguments;
The discrimination among different races
Has caused so many disasters;
The intolerance between different religions
Has caused so many misfortunes;
The conflict of interests among different nations
Has caused so much chaos and upheaval.
Living in this kind of world,
Everyday we live in fear, with no ease,
Everyday we live in senselessness, with no peace.
Oh great, compassionate Buddha!
Please listen to our sincerest prayer:
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We sincerely wish that, in this world,
There be no jealousy, only admiration;
There be no hatred, only harmony;
There be no greed, only generosity;
There be no harm, only achievement.
Oh great, compassionate Buddha!
Let people of different
Ages live in harmony,
Let people of different
Social stations have mutual respect,
Let people of different
Professions work in cooperation,
Let people of different
Religions practice with tolerance.
Oh great, compassionate Buddha!
You once said,
The mind, Buddha, and all sentient beings
Are no different from each other.?? You, I, and others are
all equal.?
We need to learn from you
The wisdom to close the distance between self and others;
The selflessness to eliminate all of our attachments;
The truth to resolve the confrontations between races;
The compassion to reconcile the conflicts between nations;
The Buddha light to illuminate the darkness of the world.
Oh great, compassionate Buddha!
Please bestow peace upon the world!
Please bless all sentient beings with harmony!
Oh great, compassionate Buddha!
Please accept our sincere prayer!
Oh great, compassionate Buddha!
Please accept our sincere prayer!
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