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Medicine Buddha Mantra

(黃慧音) Imee Ooi - (大悲咒) Great Compassion Mantra - Chú Đại Bi (Tibetan Version)

Vajrasattva Mantra

Lyrics & Melody by Dawn Chen Peiqi
Music Arrangement: Wang Yuxuan

Inspired by 《赞佛偈-天上天下无如佛》，I wrote this song of prayer to give praise and express my awe and gratitude towards Buddha, my true refuge.

"In the beginning a person who is to become a buddha develops the spirit of enlightenment; in the middle, this person accumulates the collections of merit and sublime wisdom; and in the end, this person actualizes perfect buddhahood. All these actions are solely for the welfare of living beings. Therefore, all the teachings given by a buddha simply accomplish the welfare of living beings." ~ Lam Rim Chen Mo

"佛陀开演八万四千法，讲说三藏十二部，生生世世，因地苦行种种，所有行迹，都是为了利益苦海的有情。万古慈恩，直透今生的你我." ~四家合註浅释

Dear Buddha, thank you for your great love for me and for all that you have done for me, beyond all that I could ever know.

Lyrics:
In all the heavens and earth,
There is none like you.
In all that I've encountered in this world, 
There is none like you Buddha.

There is None Like Buddha

Wrote this song during a time when a dear sister of mine was going through a bad patch. She is a brilliant brilliant young lady yet she told me she felt worthless. Feeling her anguish and pain, I supplicated to the Three Jewels and my spiritual teachers and this song came to me. 
If you are feeling all alone, worthless or just never enough, I give this song to you and from the bottom of my heart, I pray that you will see how deeply loved you are and how much you are truly worth. 


ALL THAT YOU ARE (Featuring The Odds and Dawn Chen)

If I knew how much u love me, 
I will be strong
If I knew what you did for me 
I will not worry	
I pray, with all I am, that I will come to know 
To know your heart and all that u are.

If I knew what you thought of me, 
I would be whole.
If I knew you're always with me, 
I won't feel lonely
I pray, with all that I am, that all that lives will come to know 
To know your heart and all that u are.

Chorus: 
The grounds will shake, the stars will fall
At your greatness we are awed			
You make me want to be like you	 
You make me want to be just like you
The grounds will shake, the stars will fall
At your greatness we are awed			
You make me want to be like you 	 
You make me want to be just like you
Forevermore.

With the embrace of your compassion I will be strong
With the sword of your great wisdom I will be fearless
You took me into the light and scared away the darkest nights
I’m blessed for all that you are

With your love and your compassion, I will be strong
And you helped me up when I was feeling down
You took me into the light and scared away the darkest nights


Chorus: 
The grounds will shake, the stars will fall
At your greatness we are awed			
You make me want to be like you 	 
You make me want to be just like you
The grounds will shake, the stars will fall
At your greatness we are awed			
You make me want to be like you 	 
You make me want to be just like you
Forevermore.
 

You break down the world, I thought I knew, to show me the truth
And raised me to heights that I thought I’d never knew 
With folded palms,  I prostrate unto you, 
For me, all that you have gone through

Chorus:
The grounds will shake, the stars will fall
At your greatness we are awed			
You make me want to be like you 	 
You make me want to be just like you
The grounds will shake, the stars will fall
At your greatness we are awed			
You make me want to be like you 	 
You make me want to be just like you
The grounds will shake, the stars will fall
At your greatness we are awed			
You make me want to be like you 	 
You make me want to be just like you
Forevermore.

Credits:
Original Lyrics and Melody by Dawn Chen
Music Arrangement: Wang Yuxuan
Lyrical Adaptation: Jing Bo, Jing Kai
Melody Adaptation: Yien Ning, Jing Bo

Special thanks to these amazing people and The Odds for this collaboration. You are awesome! 
Most importantly, my deepest gratitude to the Three Jewels, my spiritual teachers, Venerable Jing Yuan and the Venerables of BW Monastery. Thank you for believing in me and showing me how amazing life can be...

All That You Are

Credits:
Melody by Dawn Chen Peiqi
Music Arrangement: Wang Yuxuan

I am free and safe, for you are my refuge. 
I take refuge in the Buddha.
I take refuge in the Dharma.
I take refuge in the Sangha

"Since beginningless time, I and all sentient beings, who have been my mothers, have been born into samsara and for a long while, up until now, have experienced the very many different sufferings of samsara, in general, and those of the three lower realms in particular. Even now, it is hard to understand the extent and depth of that suffering. 
But I have gained something that is difficult to achieve, and once achieved is most beneficial: the optimum human rebirth. It is difficult to meet with the precious teachings of the Buddha. Now that I have met with these teachings, if I do not achieve pure and complete Buddhahood, the best form of liberation from all the sufferings of samsara, I must again experience the whole range of sufferings that samsara in general involves and, more importantly, the sufferings of the three lower realms. The power to protect me from these sufferings resides in the guru and the Three Jewels. So for the sake of all sentient beings, my former mothers, I shall achieve complete Buddhahood. I therefore take refuge in the guru and the Three Jewels. " 

~ Jampael Lhuendrub, Ornament for the Throats of the Fortunate.

Refuge To The Three Jewels

Melody by Dawn Chen Peiqi
Lyrics reference: The Great Stages of the Path to Enlightenment [Lam-rim Chen-mo]
Music Arrangement: Wang Yuxuan

May these profound merits and virtues, 
Be dedicated to all sentient beings.
May we eliminate all karmic obstacles
And may all attain enlightenment.
May sentient beings be free from suffering
And may all attain enlightenment.

"Just as a drop of water of water poured into a great ocean, 
Will not disappear until the ocean runs dry,
So too will virtue dedicated to perfect enlightenment
Not disappear before enlightenment is gained."
~ Sutra Requested by Sagaramati

Merit Dedication Verse

Melody by Dawn Chen Peiqi
Music Arrangement: Wang Yuxuan

Manjusri's Mantra
Om A Ra Pa Tsa Na Dhi


Praise to Manjusri(Gang-Lo-Ma)

Homage to my guru and protector, Manjushri!

You, whose intelligence shines forth as the sun, unclouded by delusions or traces of ignorance,
Who hold to your heart a scriptural text symbolic of seeing all things as they are,
Who teaches in sixty ways, with the loving compassion of a mother for her only son,
To all creatures caught in the prison of samsara,
Confused in the darkness of their ignorance, overwhelmed by their suffering.

You, whose dragon-thunder–like proclamation of Dharma arouses us from the stupor of our delusions
And frees us from the iron chains of our karma,
Who wields the sword of wisdom hewing down suffering wherever its sprouts appear,
Clearing away the darkness of all ignorance;
You, whose princely body is adorned with the one hundred and twelve marks of a Buddha,
Who has completed the stages achieving the highest perfections of a bodhisattva,
Who has been pure from the beginning.
To you, oh Manjushri, I bow.

OM A RA PA TSA NA DHI

With the brilliance of your wisdom, O compassionate one,
Illuminate the darkness enclosing my mind,
Enlighten my intelligence and wisdom
So that I may gain insight into the Buddha’s words and the texts that explain them.

Manjusri's Mantra

Melody by Dawn Chen Peiqi
Music Arrangement: Wang Yu Xuan

When I was young, I looked forward to going to the Monastery near my place every Friday night for mass recitation of the Amitabha Sutra. I immersed myself in the splendour of the promised land generated from Amitabha's compassion as it was vividly described in the Sutra. 

Dear Amitabha, thank you. Thank you for giving me golden memories in my childhood and for making me feel safe in this samsara world, for I know I can turn to you for refuge.

To all who hears this, I hope you can feel the great compassion of Amitabha and I hope you feel safe and loved too. :)

"Amitabha’s body is the color of gold.
The splendor of his hallmarks has no peer.
The light of his brow shines around a hundred worlds.
Wide as the seas are his eyes pure and clear.
Shining in his brilliance by transformation
are countless Bodhisattvas and infinite Buddhas.
His 48 vows will be our liberation.
In nine lotus stages we reach the farthest shore."

Homage to the Buddha of the Western Pure Land, kind and compassionate Amitabha!

Homage to Amitabha

作曲：陈珮琪
编曲：王雨轩

小时候的我，总向往每个星期五的到来。因为星期五晚上，妈妈都会带我到离家不远的寺院念诵阿弥陀经。阿弥陀经里描述的净土，让幼小的我感到无比地温暖，无比的幸福，随着经文感受阿弥陀佛的大悲心。

谢谢您，阿弥陀佛。因为您，我的童年充满了黄金的记忆。因为您，在娑婆世界的我有皈依处，能感到安全。感恩您的摄受，护佑。谢谢您。

挚心献给听着这曲子的您，愿您吉祥快乐。

"阿弥陀佛身金色，相好光明无等伦。 
白毫宛转五须弥，绀目澄清四大海。 
光中化佛无数亿，化菩萨众亦无边。
四十八愿度众生，九品咸令登彼岸。
南无西方极乐世界 大慈大悲阿弥陀佛
南无阿弥陀佛 南无阿弥陀佛"

南无阿弥陀佛

Lyrics & Melody by Dawn Chen Peiqi (Lyrics inspired by Shantideva)
Music Arrangement: Wang Yu Xuan

A few months back, I wrote this song. I very much wanted young people like myself, to see that our value is unimaginably great and there is no moment in life in which we should despair. We are fortunate to have woken up alive today. We are fortunate to have a precious human life. And with this human life, we can do so much to develop ourselves, expand our hearts out to others, to benefit others as much as we can and to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all.  

Who would have thought that this song that I wrote a few months back with the motivation to lift others, lifted me out of the rut today? So today, as I meditate with the song, I renew my aspiration:

"For as long as space remains,
For as long as sentient beings remain,
Until then may I too remain
To dispel the miseries of the world."
~A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life” by Shantideva

Sharing with you, my dear friend-  "I Will Live". 
Your value is unimaginable great, so... LIVE!


I WILL LIVE

On this day,
As I wake, 
I am blessed to be still breathing life today.

I have gained,
A great gem ,
I shan’t let this human life just go to waste.

Chorus:
I’ll exhaust each moment of my life to walk in Buddha’s ways. 
I’ll extend my heart to every being who once had cared for me.
For as long as space endures and sentient beings still remain,
May I too remain to take away their pain and miseries.
I will live.(x4)

On this day,
As I pray,
I am blessed to be still standing here today.

I have met, 
The Three Gems, 
I shan’t let this precious life just fade away.

Chorus (x2)

I Will Live

Lyrics: Medicine Buddha Mantra
Melody: Dawn Chen Peiqi
Music Arrangement: Wang Yuxuan Paige
Vocals: Dawn Chen, Wang Yuxuan, Chermaine Wong

Sickness is an inevitable part of cyclic existence. No one is spared from it. It breaks my heart to see so many people and sentient beings around me suffer day in day out due to illnesses. 

That anguish I felt drove me to seek refuge and liberation for myself and those inflicted with illnesses. And in the process of supplicating to the Medicine Buddha, I wrote a melody to the Medicine Buddha mantra. 

TADYATA OM BHEKHANDZYE BHEKHANDZYE MAHA BHEKHANDZYE RAJA SAMUDGATE SVAHA
HOMAGE TO THE MEDICINE BUDDHA!

I pray that whoever hears this mantra, will be free forever from sickness and attain enlightenment!

Below is an excerpt of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s advice for the sick or anyone who wishes to do the Medicine Buddha practice. His discourse moved me deeply and I hope that it can help you develop unshakeable faith in the Medicine Buddha too. May peace with you. 

Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche:

The Medicine Buddha stated that even an animal that hears his mantra, will never be reborn in the lower realms. 

So with full trust in the Medicine Buddha, recite the mantra, knowing that Medicine Buddha will completely take care of your life and heal you. With full trust, know how Medicine Buddha is always with you, in your heart, on your crown, in front of you. There is not one second that Medicine Buddha does not see you or have compassion towards you. 

As you listen to the mantra and chant along and pray in your heart: 
“The purpose of my life is to free all beings from suffering and lead them to enlightenment, therefore, I am going to do the Medicine Buddha practice, especially to purify the negative karma, defilements, disease and spirit harm, as well as to do healing, so that I can have a healthy and long life to offer service and actualize the path.”

Dedication the merits from chanting the mantra as follows:
“Due to all the merits of the past, present and future that I have collected and that others have collected, however many sick sentient beings there are may they be instantly liberated from their sicknesses and may sentient beings never get sick.”

Tibetan Peace Prayer

Vajrasattva mantra of 100 syllables

oṃ vajrasattva samayam anupālaya vajrasattva tvenopatiṣṭha dṛḍho me bhava sutoṣyo me bhava supoṣyo me bhava anurakto me bhava sarva siddhiṃ me prayaccha sarva karma su ca me cittaṃ śreyaḥ kuru hūṃ ha ha ha ha hoḥ bhagavan sarva tathāgatavajra mā me muñca vajrī bhava mahā samaya sattva aḥ (hūṃ phaṭ)