Making Wishes
May the enlightened attitude
develop where it has not arisen. Where it has arisen may it never
weaken but only mature. Having the enlightened attitude may all beings
act bravely like bodhisattvas. Following the Buddhas, may all beings
abandon harmful actions.
In the Lankavatara Sutra, Buddha declares:
"In the northern country will appear the one
who increases virtue, the supreme spiritual friend. The one who possesses
the greatest enlightened power, who has the greatest ascetic ability,
who many will listen to. He will carry the name of 'the knower of
the three times' or 'the holder of all the Buddhas' activity: Karmapa.'
Whoever sees his face, be it only once, will be freed from their obscuring
veils, as it is prophesied that simply seeing him brings liberation."
