MEAL PRAYER

Offering to the Triple Gem before meal

Here is a short and simple prayer/blessing from Tibetan Buddhism which can be done before meals. It’s a small but valuable way to bring the mind of Buddha-Dharma good thinking into our daily activities. (You can choose to do in English, in Tibetan, or translate into the language of your choice)

Offering to the Triple Gem

The Excellent Teacher, the Precious Buddha;
The Excellent Protector, the Precious Dharma;
The Excellent Companion Guides, the Precious Sangha;
The Refuges, the Triple Gem, we make offerings.

With our associates, in all our successive lives,
May we not be separated from the Triple Gem;
By the power of continually making offerings to the Triple Gem,
May the blessings of the Triple Gem enter us.

Ton-pa La-med Sangye Rinpoche
Kyob-pa La-med Dam-cho Rinpoche
Dren-pa La-med Ge-dun Rinpoche
Kyab-ne Kon-chog Sum la Ch’od-pa Bul

Dag-sok Khor-che Tshe-rab Tham-ched Du
Kon-chog Sum-dang Nam-yang Mi-dral Zhing
Kon-chog Sum-po Gyun-du Ch’od-pe Thu
Kon-chog Sum-gyi Chin-lab Jug-par Shog