Meal Offering In Five Breaths

This beautiful meal offering prayer was brought to you by my teacher.  May you enjoy it as much as I do.
om mani padme hum

Meal Offering in Five Breaths

(devotion)  In breath: Thank you my kind teacher

Good morning {afternoon,evening} Lama Chenrezig

Thank you for your presence in my life.

Thank you for pacifying my Karmic-negativities

increasing my virtuous merit...

lavishing me with your blessings of

body, speech and mind

and guiding me directly and in-directly

in the most wonderful way.

(devotion) in breath: Thank you my kind teacher

I partake of this delicious meal

as an offering to Lama Chenrezig

who emanates...

in his Grape-sized four-armed aspect

of bliss-inducing light

upon this throat center,

om mani padme hum!

(love)  Inbreath: May all beings now benefit!

May all who have perished over the last forty-nine days,

especially all who have perished in the provision of this meal,

or at my hands

now take immediate and auspicious Po-ta-la rebirth

without any other rebirths intervening

and once there quickly accomplish full enlightenment

so they can better aid and liberate all others;

om mani padme hum!

(love)  inbreath: May all beings now benefit!

May all the hunger and thirst

of every tortured spirit

now be sated in the most wonderful way!

(wisdom) in-breath: Completely letting go

By this virtue may "I"quickly attain the enlightened state

of Lama Chenrezig

and then lead every living being without exception

to that ground

(love)  In Breath: May all beings now benefit

May everyone be: healthy wealthy and happy,

may everyone practice skillfully and joyfully,

may everyone accomplish Chenrezig in THIS life

and then help many others do likewise;

In breath: May all beings now benefit

for truly that is the meaning of life

om mani padme hum!