Lamp /Light Offerings
Light a Lamp with a prayer and a wish for developing inner peace, kindness, love, compassion and for world peace. Let the light glow until the ultimate happiness for all sentient beings is attained.
In the Tune of Brahma Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha mentioned the 10 benefits of offering lights:
One becomes like the light of the world
One achieves clairvoyance of the pure eye as a human
One achieves the Deva’s eye
One receives the wisdom to discriminate virtue from non-virtue
One is able to eliminate the concept of inherent existence
One receives the illumination of wisdom
One is reborn as a human or deva
One receives wealth of great enjoyment
One quickly becomes liberated
One quickly attains enlightenment
The offering of light is a means of dispelling the darkness of our own ignorance, giving rise to clarity and wisdom. We offer the lamps with the wish that their light will illuminate the lower realms and the bardo, assuaging the torment of beings who suffer in darkness. We also aspire that all beings will develop greater mental clarity in order to discover the causes of long-lasting happiness in virtuous actions of body, speech and mind. Finally, we offer them so that the inner light of great knowing will arise in the minds of all beings and remove the darkness of ignorance and intellectual obscuration.
For benefit of the deceased – We make light offerings to ease their passage after death, with the wish that they make a positive future connection with a true spiritual path.
For benefit of someone undergoing suffering – We offer lamps with the wish that suffering and its cause may be dispelled and dedicate the merits who are suffering.
As a prayer for someone’s long life – We can offer lamps on the occasion of someone’s birthday or anytime, with the wish that they remain long in this world with good health to bring benefit to beings.
Lamp/Light Offerings Prayer in Tibetan/Chinese
點燈祈願文：
Light a Lamp with a prayer and a wish for developing inner peace, kindness, love, compassion and for world peace. Let the light glow until the ultimate happiness for all sentient beings is attained.
In the Tune of Brahma Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha mentioned the 10 benefits of offering lights:
One becomes like the light of the world
One achieves clairvoyance of the pure eye as a human
One achieves the Deva’s eye
One receives the wisdom to discriminate virtue from non-virtue
One is able to eliminate the concept of inherent existence
One receives the illumination of wisdom
One is reborn as a human or deva
One receives wealth of great enjoyment
One quickly becomes liberated
One quickly attains enlightenment
The offering of light is a means of dispelling the darkness of our own ignorance, giving rise to clarity and wisdom. We offer the lamps with the wish that their light will illuminate the lower realms and the bardo, assuaging the torment of beings who suffer in darkness. We also aspire that all beings will develop greater mental clarity in order to discover the causes of long-lasting happiness in virtuous actions of body, speech and mind. Finally, we offer them so that the inner light of great knowing will arise in the minds of all beings and remove the darkness of ignorance and intellectual obscuration.
For benefit of the deceased – We make light offerings to ease their passage after death, with the wish that they make a positive future connection with a true spiritual path.
For benefit of someone undergoing suffering – We offer lamps with the wish that suffering and its cause may be dispelled and dedicate the merits who are suffering.
As a prayer for someone’s long life – We can offer lamps on the occasion of someone’s birthday or anytime, with the wish that they remain long in this world with good health to bring benefit to beings.
Lamp/Light Offerings Prayer in Tibetan/Chinese
點燈祈願文：
點燈手冊：
http://www.sutra.org.tw/ebook/c/book_c_05.htm
願燈具 成為等同三千大千世界，
願燈炷 僅成須彌山王，
願燈油 僅成汪洋，
此燈之數，億盞得現於每尊佛前，
願此光明，消除三有頂以下，
無間地獄以上，所有無明之黑暗，
願十方諸佛菩薩之淨土，皆得顯明親見。
嗡、班雜、阿羅給、阿、哞。
噯瑪霍！
願燈具 成為等同三千大千世界，
願燈炷 僅成須彌山王，
願燈油 僅成汪洋，
此燈之數，億盞得現於每尊佛前，
願此光明，消除三有頂以下，
無間地獄以上，所有無明之黑暗，
願十方諸佛菩薩之淨土，皆得顯明親見。
嗡、班雜、阿羅給、阿、哞。
噯瑪霍！
稀有光明此燈燭，供獻賢劫千佛等，
無餘廣大十方境，師尊空行護法眾。
壇城聖眾盡奉獻，父母為首有情眾，
此生以及各所生，皆能親見佛淨土。
願與彌陀合為一，三寶三根眾諦力，
吾等如此所發願，祈請加被速得成。
德雅他 班雜支雅 阿哇波達 那耶梭哈 (三遍)
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