Prayers for World Peace - Buddhist Prayers and Meditation
Amitabha Buddhist Centre, 174 Albert St, Palmerston North
Sunday 19 May 2024 7:00pm – 7:30pm ... more
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Prayers for World Peace, every Sunday
with David Kelly and Kelsang Phunwang
“World peace is very important; we cannot ignore this now. Once something happens, it will be too late. This world is now, as you know, very delicate, very fragile, and very sensitive. It is almost as delicate as the life of a single person; the world situation is so delicate. This is because there are so many disagreements. Political leaders are ready to fight; everybody is preparing weapons ready to fight and are challenging each other. So, we religious practitioners need to offer prayers because prayers are very powerful. This is because of our pure motivation, the powerful words of the prayers themselves, and especially at such times enlightened beings will bestow their blessings upon us, our environment and other living beings. So, we should pray for world peace. We have had two world wars. If there is a third world war this will almost destroy the world because every country has very powerful weapons, and it is very easy to destroy the world. So, I would like to suggest that every center organizes prayers for world peace at any time when local people can gather and pray for world peace.” - Venerable Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche 2002
Everyone is welcome to join. These prayers are free of charge.