The success of the puja depends on the strength of one’s own karma…
The following is one of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama’s favourite dedications, extracted from Chapter 10 of the Bodhicharyavatara of Master Shantideva…
To all Buddhas I pay homage. To the Bodhisattvas – rishis endowed with the divine eye, and also to listeners I pay homage…
Homage to the Perfection of Wisdom, the Blessed Mother. Thus I have heard. At one time the Blessed One was dwelling in Rajagriha on Massed Vultures Mountain together with a great assembly of monks and Bodhisattvas…
I offer this boundless prayer with the purest of minds, To free countless beings from cycles of existence. By the power of the unfailing Three Jewels…