Prayers for the sake of victims in the 5-12 Earthquake in China

To see an animation of quakes on MSN World News.

Following the advices given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in his Letter From Lama Zopa Rinpoche Regarding the Disasters of the Elements, the following Dharma practices and prayers will be done at the Mt Awakening Aroman.

• Tea offering to the merit field (which includes all the Three Jewels [Buddha, Dharma, Sangha], mind-seal deities, bodhisattvas, arhats, dakas, dakinis, and protectors who are beyond samsara.)
  
• Offer tea to the eight worldly ones (de gye), especially, the eight groups of worldly devas, who are closely connected to the elements and who create the wind, water, earth, and fire and the violence and disasters that are created by these elements that are so destructive.
  
• Recite Kshitigarbha mantra.
  
• Medicine Buddha puja and mantra.
  
• Take the 24-hour eight Mahayana precepts.