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Printing Tse.do, the Long Life Sutra

This is so easy to do, to create merit. I wrote out the whole sutra before, but this took some time, while actually one can photocopy it and make many more copies very quickly. There’s so much more merit, and it is so much easier.

Writing the Prajnaparamita

By writing the Prajnaparamita we create more merit than making offerings to the three great thousand world systems (trichiliocosm) completely filled with Mount Merus of stupas made of the seven types of jewels.

How to Bless Texts

In your mind make a strong request to Guru, Buddha and Sangha to be absorbed into the text or images. Think that they have all been absorbed into the text or image.

Dedicating the Merit of Making Tsa-tsas

Students’ letterWe have made 2,756 tsa-tsas—stupas, Mitukpas, Herukas, Green Taras and long-life deities—to benefit sentient beings, to purify all negative karma, obstructions, diseases, spirit harms, broken and damaged commitment vows, and to fulfil

Making Tsa-tsas and Buddha Statues

My very dear James Rinpoche,I am not calling you Rinpoche with the normal meaning of incarnation. I am calling you Rinpoche because of your precious talents supported by a dedicated mind. So, you can receive the title Rinpoche.

Benefits of Making Tsa-tsas

Anyway, you should know that you two are the source of numberless sentient beings’ merit. Making tsa-tsas and making offerings to tsa-tsas and statues is your quick way of bringing sentient beings to enlightenment.

Making Tsa-tsas

My very dear June and Nick,Thank you very much for all your efforts in making statues.What a great thing that you can make so many statues of enlightened beings. Thank you very much.