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Advice for fires in CA

Here is a letter from our own Shankha Mitra who is now Vajrapani's new SPC:

Dear all,
As you may know, there's a large fire near VPI (Vajrapani Institute) due to which we had to evacuate a ten day Mahamudra retreat with Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa. It has burned 270 acres, some homes destroyed and firefighters and residents hurt. It's 10% contained.
VPI isn't in immediate danger at present, but of course things can change quickly. I'm enclosing Rinpoche's advice for the fire, for VPI and for all affected sentient beings. If you can ask you members to make prayers it'll be of great help.

Thank you.

Shankha
VPI SPC

ADVICE FROM LAMA ZOPA RINPOCHE with regards to the fire at VPI and in CA.
We received advice last night from Rinpoche. We were able to hold a session last night at LMB with the staff there and all the Mahamudra refugees. If you'd like to participate, here it is below. It's still a critical situation - all your prayers help.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s exact words:

Everybody make strong prayer to Chenrezig to purify all the six-realm sentient beings, the negative karma and defilements collected from beginningless rebirths up to now, so then in particular this world, in particular California. Therefore we need to make strong prayer to Chenrezig, nectar like waterfall on the six realms in particular on this world, on California, fire immediately stop, wind control, make strong prayer

Long Dharani

NAMO RATNA TRAYAYA / NAMA ARYA JNANA / SAGARA VAIROCHANA VYUHA RAJAYA / TATHAGATAYA / ARHATE / SAMYAKSAM BUDDHAYA / NAMAH SARVA TATHAGATEBHYAH / ARHATBHYAH SAMYAKSAM BUDDHEBHYAH / NAMA ARYA AVALOKITE SHVARAYA / BODHISATTVAYA / MAHASATTVAYA / MAHAKARUNIKAYA / TADYATHA / OM DHARA DHARA / DHIRI DHIRI /
DHURU DHURU / ITTE VATTE / CHALE CHALE / PRACHALE PRACHALE / KUSUME / KUSUMA / VARE / ILI MILI / CHITI JVALAMAPANAYA SVAHA

Recited 60 x

After recitation - all the people’s negative karma to get fire is totally purified, the karma is very strong then ripened, so all the negative karma to be burned and killed by fire is totally stopped, purified. Then those people, the people who died in the fire, all their negative karma is purified at the same time. I request Chenrezig to not be reborn in the lower realms and to be born in the pure land of a buddha where they can become enlightened. At least receive perfect human body, meet Mahayana teachings, meet a perfectly qualified Mahayana guru revealing unmistaken path to enlightenment and may they achieve enlightenment as quickly as possible.