Light Offering Prayers

• Light Offering Prayer by Atiśa Dīpaṃkara

This aspiration prayer to accompany the offering of butter-lamps is said to have been recited by Atiśa and his disciples in the shrines they visited throughout the central and southern provinces of Tibet.

• Light Offering Prayer by Dezhung Tulku Ajam

A four-verse prayer of aspiration to accompany the offering of butter lamps.

• Lamp Aspiration Prayer (from the Tsok Offering 'A Rain of Blessings') by Fourteenth Karmapa

This brief prayer of aspiration to accompany the offering of a butter lamp (mar me'i smon lam) is part of the feast offering (tshogs mchod) for the Accomplishing the Land of Great Bliss (bde chen zhing sgrub) cycle of practices based on the original Namchö (gnam chos) revelation of Tertön Mingyur Dorje (1645–1667).

• Ocean of Offering Clouds: A Light Offering Prayer by Gatön Ngawang Lekpa

This short light offering prayer (mar me'i smon lam) by Gatön Ngawang Lekpa, which is commonly recited in the Sakya tradition, encourages the practitioner to visualize a lamp that is as vast as the universe and that shines with the light of a billion suns, as the basis for infinite 'offering-clouds'.

• A Spontaneous Vajra Song by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

This spontaneous vajra song makes reference to offering the lamp of wisdom or awareness and employs the terminology of Dzogpachenpo, the Great Perfection.

• Aspiration for Electric Lamps by Jigme Tenpé Wangchuk

In these two verses of aspiration, the celebrated throneholder of Labrang Tashikhyil extols the virtues of electric lamps (glog sgron), which unlike traditional butter lamps (mar me) do not emit smoke or unpleasant burning smells.

• Brief Light Offering Prayer by Khenpo Pema Vajra

A short prayer of aspiration to accompany the offering of a butter lamp (mar me).

• Light Offering Prayer by Mipham Rinpoche

A short prayer of aspiration to accompany the offering of a butter lamp (mar me).

• Marmé Mönlam: The Light Offering Prayer by Rigdzin Nyima Drakpa

This light offering prayer is commonly recited in conjunction with Narak Kongshak within the Nyingma tradition. It is extracted from Casket of Siddhis: A Framework for Attainment (sgrub pa'i khog dbub dngos grub sgrom bu), which is part of Tertön Nyima Drakpa's revelation known as Dispelling the Darkness of Ignorance (Marig Munsel), a collection of Avalokiteśvara practices.

• Light Offering Aspiration Prayer by Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol

In this short text to accompany the offering of a butter lamp or candle, the great yogi Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol offers an inspiring visualisation and series of aspirations.

• Lamp Aspiration Prayer by Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal

A very simple four-line prayer of aspiration to accompany the offering of a butter lamp (mar me).

• The Torch of Wisdom: A Method of Offering Butter Lamps Based on Ārya Mañjuśrī by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

This method of offering butter lamps on a large scale in connection with the Highest Yoga tantra practices of Mañjuśrī is for use on major anniversaries related to the Buddha’s life and other special occasions.

• Aspiration Prayers

• Offering Series