Whatever method of dedication
that the Buddhas of the three times have taught
I dedicate likewise all the roots of the wholesome merit
I have accumulated for obtaining a proper conduct.

Thus, by the power of the creation of this multitude of merits and virtues,
collected by myself and others,
May we take rebirth in the blissful lotus and
May we see the beautiful faces of the Lord and His entourage.

May we be fortunate to enjoy the Dharma of the Supreme Vehicle.
At the time of receiving the signs for an untimely death,
By seeing clearly the body of Lord Amitayus.

And by destroying the strength of the god of death,
May I attain the state of the deathless Knowledge Holder.
May I and others be transformed into the state of Lord Amitayus.

Whatever is Your body, may my body be like Yours.
Your entourage, your lifespan, your Buddha field, and your supreme signs and
characteristics, whatever there are,
May I be transformed into the same.

Mantra: OM AMI DEWA HRI

Adored throughout eastern Asia, devotees of Amitabha, Amitayus or Amida (as known in Japan), pray to be reborn from a Lotus in his Pure Land.

As the Buddha of Infinite Life and Infinite Light, Amitayus has special popularity amongst Buddhist practitioners due to the infinite benefits that can be received, the immediate result being the feelings of peace and joy within us.

In the sutras, Buddha Shakyamuni, at the request of Manjushri explained that before enlightenment Amitabha or Amitayus had made 12 great vows to benefit and help sentient beings. Thus Amitayus functions as the Buddha of Increase, not just for long life, but also in all things beneficial to our lives.

Outwardly, his practice grants us an abundance of necessities, good health, helpful friends, good family and good living conditions. Inwardly, we attain a greater understanding of Dharma, by practicing Morality within the Three scopes. And Secretly, we reduce the habituations of a self cherishing, grasping mind.

Thus, Amitayus helps us to dispel the darkness of Ignorance and to attain Wisdom and Compassion, which is represented in this icon by the father-mother union.

Amitayus usually holds a long-life vase filled with the nectar of immortality, the elixir of eternal life. It is a very significant and auspicious practice for Dharma students to offer Amitayus to their Lamas, as a request for the Lamas to live long and to spread the doctrine of the Buddha to the world.

His spiritual energy in the form of sound that helps to transform the mind (Mantra):

OM AMARANI ZEWONG DEYEE SOHA

The peaceful eleventh face of Buddha Amitabha signifies that Avalokita is a Buddha and that he represents the compassion of all the Buddhas.

The first pair of hands are held at the heart, holding a magic wish-fulfilling gem. The second right hand holds a rosary the meaning being, we must recite his holy mantra, the third eliminates the hunger and thirst of pretas, and the fourth holds the wheel of all spiritual teachings.

The second left hand holds the white lotus of compassionate action, the third a vase containing the nectar of immortality, and the fourth a bow and arrow symbolizing meditation and enlightenment.

There is a peaceful eye in the palm of each of the remaining 992 hands. His radiant body is adorned with all kinds of jeweled ornaments.

This form of Avalokita has a special fasting and purification practice associated with the eight Mahayana precepts. The precepts are upheld in order to purify our negative karma of body, speech and mind, and to pacify our strongest delusions arising from desirous attachment and hatred – two causes of our sufferings in all our lifetimes.

Another very special benefit is that this practice creates bountiful merits that lead us over time to let go of our self-cherishing tendencies thus filling us with Bodhicitta (Compassion) and bringing happiness to all sentient beings.

His spiritual energy in the form of sound that helps to transform the mind (Mantra):

OM MANI PADME HUNG

She is white in colour and has 3 faces, white, yellow and blue. Her faces have peaceful, semi-wrathful and wrathful demeanours.

She has eight arms, each holding different implements and sits in the meditative position on a lotus.

Her practice is extremely efficacious to remove obstacles for one’s long life. She bestows longevity on beings for the purposes of attaining Enlightenment and benefiting others.

Her spiritual energy in the form of sound that helps to transform the mind (Mantra):

OM DROOM SOHA