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Prayer After Meal:
After a meal, we have to pray with sincerity,
because we are indebted toward all the living beings
who have contributed to the good functioning of our organism.
We direct our thoughts toward these flows of vital energy
while invoking silently, and not loudly,
the following prayer that we have to learn by heart:
NAM MO BAT NHA May the energy, concentrated
BA LA MAT DA from the top of my head, which is related
SAC BAT DI KHONG, to the authentic universal power,
KHONG BAT DI SAC be converged to its origin;
THOI NHUT KIEN, color and form return to emptiness.
NGU UAN GIAI KHONG Grant that living beings inside
THO TUONG HINH THUC, this micro-universe be blessed
DIET PHUC NHU THI and unified with me so that
DO NHAT THIET KHO ACH all suffering will disappear.)
Only through this prayer can these flows of vital energy elevate
to the top of our head. Advanced practitioners who feel
the concentration of spiritual energy on the top of their head should
guide these flows of vital energy toward higher and lighter planes.
When the living beings from our food transcend to the higher spheres,
we'll also harmonize with their evolution, and we'll feel lighter and purer.
Invoking this prayer after a meal allows all beings to advance in common.
Praying before a meal is just dependency, and is useless.
We must be responsible for what we have eaten
and elevate this energy. Only then are we truly righteous.
When invoking NAM MO BAT NHA BA LA MAT DA,
we immediately feel the saliva flowing and
the energy concentrating on the top of the head .
This is the progression toward the higher spheres.
SAC BAT DI KHONG, KHONG BAT DI SAC:
All beings are equal; all have the opportunity
to elevate toward higher planes. Form and color return to emptiness.
THOI NHUT KIEN, NGU UAN GIAI KHONG:
We no longer feel the presence of our head.
All sense organs have sublimated
into the sphere of lightness and purity.
Only then, will we be able to bring all living beings to the lighter spheres.
THO TUONG HINH THUC, DIET PHUC NHU THI:
Every being in the micro-universe is
progressing along with the soul to advance on the path of spiritual perfection.
Invoke NAM-MO-A-DI-DA-PHAT three times. Then bow and pause.