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Consecration of Supplies

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Maṅgala​

Blessing.

Mālā​

Recite the prayer, gently blow on the mālā and rub it lightly.
oṃ rucirā maṇi pravartamānaye svāhā॥
3x

The prayer beads blessing is a short dedication blessing that gathers the heart around the mālā and asks that each touch of the beads deepen the recitation. A mālā is a garland or string of beads used to count repetitions of a mantra or sacred phrase, and moving through it with each repetition is understood to settle the mind and mark the completion of a round.

माला
ॐ रुचिरा मणि प्रवर्तमानये स्वाहा॥

Japa​

oṃ sambhara sambhara vimānasara mahājapa hūṃ । oṃ smara smara vimānaskara mahājapa hūṃ॥
3x

The blessing of prayer is a short dedication that gathers the heart around recitation and asks that each repetition deepen the practice.

Source: Recitation Manuals Series - Lotsawa House
जप
ॐ सांभारा सांभारा विमानसारा महाजप हूं । ॐ स्मरा स्मरा विमानस्कारा महाजप हूं॥

Dharma​

oṃ dhuru dhuru jayaṃukḥe svāhā॥
3x

Dharma is the Sanskrit term for the Buddha's teaching, the truth of how things are, and the virtuous qualities that follow from understanding it; its scope includes both the doctrine and the practice that embodies it. The Buddha's first discourse, the Rolling Forth of the Dhamma, presents the four noble truths as the foundation of that teaching.

The blessing of virtue is a short dedication that gathers the heart around the Dharma and asks that the teaching continue to shine through the practitioner's actions.

Source: Rolling Forth the Dhamma (SN 56.11) - SuttaCentral
धर्म
ॐ धुरु धुरु जयामुखे स्वाहा॥

Namaskāra​

oṃ namo mañjuśrīye । namo suśrīye । namo uttamaśrīye svāhā॥
3x

The prostration blessing is a short dedication that gathers the heart in veneration and lets the body follow. Namaskāra means homage or prostration, a gesture offered to buddhas, bodhisattvas, and teachers with body, speech, and mind. It commonly opens the seven-branch service, expresses respect and the taking of refuge, and begins many sessions of practice or devotion.

Source: Seven Branches Series - Lotsawa House
नमस्कार
ॐ: नमो मंजुश्रिये । नमो सुश्रिये । नमो उत्तमश्रिये स्वाहा:॥

Supplies Empowerment​

oṃ sarva tathāgata abhiṣekate samaya śrīye hūṃ॥
7x

The prayer of empowerment invites the awakened qualities of body, speech, and mind into the sacred objects of practice. It is the invocation through which those objects are made ready to serve as supports of the practice, so that the qualities of awakening are understood to be present within them.

Source: Empowerment Series - Lotsawa House
अभिषेक
ॐ सर्वतथागता अभिषेकते समय श्रीये हूं॥

Śūnyatā​

oṃ svabhāva śuddhā sarva dharmāḥ svabhāva śuddho 'ham॥
7x

The Buddha nature. This mantra recalls the intrinsic purity of all phenomena and of one's own mind. By reciting it, practitioners remember that all dharmas are empty and pure by nature, cutting through confusion and ego-grasping. It brings awareness into the present moment, settles the mind, and opens the way to recognizing the natural clarity that has always been there.

Source: Emptiness Series - Lotsawa House
शून्यता
ॐ स्वभाव शुद्धाः सर्व धर्माः स्वभाव शुद्धो ऽहं॥

Pratītyasamutpāda Gāthā​

ye dharmā hetuprabhavā hetuṃ teṣāṃ tathāgata uvāca । teṣāṃ-ca yo nirodha evaṃvādi mahāśramaṇaḥ । ajñānāc cīyate karma janmanaḥ karma kāraṇam । jñānān na cīyate karma karmābhāvān na jāyate॥
7x

Pratītyasamutpāda Gāthā is the verse on dependent origination, the teaching that phenomena arise from causes and conditions rather than independently. Dependent origination can be contrasted with the classic Western concept of causation, in which an action by one thing is said to cause a change in another; instead it sees the change as arising from many factors - not one, not a few, but a whole web of conditions coming together. The teaching is held throughout the Buddhist tradition to be the Buddha's most essential and foundational teaching, associated with the Buddha's awakening and with the formula that seeing dependent origination is seeing the teaching, and the verse is recited to contemplate cause and effect and the possibility of cessation.

"yo paṭiccasamuppādaṁ passati so dhammaṁ passati; yo dhammaṁ passati so paṭiccasamuppādaṁ passatī"ti.

"One who sees dependent origination sees the teaching. One who sees the teaching sees dependent origination."

-- Mahāhatthipadopamasutta (MN 28), Majjhima Nikāya

Source: Mahāhatthipadopama Sutta (MN 28) - SuttaCentral

Those dharmas which arise from a cause, the Tathāgata has declared their cause.
And that which is the cessation of them, thus the great renunciant (sramana) has taught.
Through ignorance, karma is accumulated, karma is the cause of (re)birth.
Through knowledge, karma is not accumulated, through absence of karma, one is not (re)born.

The additional verse is Southeast Asia specific (fifth century date) and does not have an equivalent in any Buddhist text, whether in the original Indic language or Tibetan or Chinese translation.

प्रतीत्यसमुत्पाद गाथा
ये धर्मा हेतुप्रभवा हेतुं तेषां तथागत उवाच । तेषांच यो निरोध एवंवादी महाश्रमणः । अज्ञानाच्चीयते कर्म जन्मनः कर्म कारणम् । ज्ञानान्नचीयते कर्म कर्माभावान्न जायते॥

Vairocana Sarvakatāḍanavidhiḥ​

oṃ sūkṣme sūkṣme same samaye śānte dānte samārope anālambe tarambe yaśovati mahāteje nirākulanirvāṇe sarvabuddhādhiṣṭhānādhiṣṭhite svāhā॥
3x

The central purpose of this ordinance is the invocation of Sarvavid Vairocana - the 'All-Knowing' form of the Buddha Vairocana - who embodies the omniscient, purifying wisdom of the Dharmakāya. In Vajrayāna Buddhism, Sarvavid Vairocana is revered as the cosmic Buddha whose practice purifies negative karma, averts lower rebirths, and restores clarity to beings obscured by afflictions. Originating from the Sarvadurgati Pariśodhana Tantra, this ritual cycle centers on the 37-deity maṇḍala of Vairocana and is traditionally performed for purification, healing, and guiding the deceased. As the personification of complete enlightenment, Sarvavid Vairocana represents the ultimate reason and foundation for the entire rite.

Source: The Tantra Purifying Bad Rebirths - 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha
वैरोचन सर्वकताडनविधिः
ॐ सूक्ष्मे सूक्ष्मे समे समये शान्ते दान्ते समारोपे अनालम्बे तरम्बे यशोवति महातेजे निराकुलनिर्व्वाणे सर्व्वबुद्धाधिष्ठानाधिष्ठिते स्वाहा॥

Ratnadhvaja Parikrama Dhāraṇī​

oṃ ratne ratne mahāratne ratnavijaye svāhā॥
3x

The Ratnadhvaja Parikrama Dhāraṇī is the circumambulation dhāraṇī, whose name joins ratna (jewel), dhvaja (banner), and parikrama (circumambulation); its mantra is oṃ ratne ratne mahāratne ratnavijaye svāhā. It is recited as one walks clockwise around a stupa, image, or sacred seat, so that each step gathers the heart toward the awakened object of veneration.

रत्नध्वज परिक्रम धारणी
ॐ रत्ने रत्ने महारत्ने रत्नविजये स्वाहा॥

Vimala Uṣṇīṣa​

oṃ namastryadhvikānāṃ । sarva tathāgata hṛdaya garbhe । jvāla jvāla । dharmadhātu garbhe । saṁbhara mama āyuḥ saṃśodhaya mama sarva pāpaṁ । sarva tathāgata samanta uṣṇīṣa vimale viśuddhe । hūṁ hūṁ hūṁ hūṁ । aṁ vaṁ saṁ jaḥ svāhā॥
21x

The Vimala Uṣṇīṣa, or Stainless Uṣṇīṣa, is a mantra recited for deep purification and the removal of heavy negative karma, and is widely regarded in Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna traditions as one of the most powerful dhāraṇīs for consecration. Its name joins vimala, meaning stainless, with uṣṇīṣa, the crown protuberance of a buddha, and it is also known as the Great Wisdom Vimaloṣṇīṣa Dhāraṇī. It is praised for its ability to purify even the five extremely negative karmas upon hearing, and is traditionally used to bless and consecrate sacred images, environments, and stūpas.

Historical evidence from sites such as Ratnagiri shows that copies of this dhāraṇī were placed inside stūpas for centuries, reflecting its long-standing role in Buddhist consecration practice. The Vimaloṣṇīṣa text itself states that inserting this dhāraṇī into a stūpa generates merit equivalent to filling it with the relics of countless Buddhas, making it one of the most revered dhāraṇīs for empowering and sanctifying holy objects.

Source: The Dhāraṇī, "The Stainless Uṣṇīṣa" - 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha
विमल उष्णीष
ॐ नमस्त्र्यध्विकानां । सर्वतथागता हृदय गर्भे । ज्वल ज्वल । धर्मधातु गर्भे । सांभारा मम आयु संशोधय मम सर्व पापं । सर्व तथागत समन्त उष्णीष विमले विशुद्धे । हूँ हूँ हूँ हूँ । अं वं सं जः स्वाहा॥

Consecration of Supplies​

Consecration blessing mudrā:
  • The left hand is held above the items being blessed, palm facing downward, with the thumb pressing the little finger.
  • The right hand is held below the items being blessed, palm facing upward, with the thumb pressing the little finger.
oṃ dharmadhātu ye svāhā dharmadhātu garbhe svāhā॥
7x

Pratiṣṭhā means consecration or installation, the rite that establishes a sacred image, stupa, or text as a proper support for practice. During the ritual the object is cleansed, empowered, and invited to receive the wisdom beings; the consecration prayer is recited to awaken the sacred objects of practice, so that the image, stupa, or text becomes a living vessel for the awakened qualities of body, speech, and mind. It precedes the object's use in worship and offering.

Source: Consecration Series - Lotsawa House
प्रतिष्ठा
ॐ धर्मधातु ये स्वाहा धर्मधातु गर्भे स्वाहा॥

Footnotes​

  1. Prayer Book (Sanskrit: पुस्त, Romanized: Pusta, Tibetan: དཔེ་ཆ, Wylie: dpe cha, THL: pecha) ↩