This is an edited and shortened version of a teaching, recorded on May 25, 2020, at Kopan Monastery in Nepal, in which Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered the eight Mahayana precepts with commentary, giving special permission to receive the lineage of the eight Mahayana precepts from Rinpoche to anyone who wishes to do so. The opportunity to receive precepts from Lama Zopa Rinpoche is precious. In order to fully receive the lineage, it is necessary to actually take the precepts. To help facilitate this, we’ve created this hour-long video of Rinpoche offering the precepts specifically for students to watch, take the precepts, and receive the lineage.
The eight Mahayana precepts are taken from early morning until sunrise the next day. Therefore this video is meant to be watched early in the morning, before dawn. Together with Rinpoche, you will go through the Ritual for Taking the Eight Mahayana Precepts.
To receive the lineage, it is necessary to repeat the words of the following prayers after Lama Zopa Rinpoche:
*Prayer for Taking the Precepts
*Commitment Prayer to Keep the Precepts
*Mantra of Pure Morality
*Prayer to Keep Pure Morality
Please be aware that by taking the lineage of the eight Mahayana precepts from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Rinpoche will become one of your gurus.
The eight Mahayana precepts can be taken on any day of the year, but their karmic effects are particularly powerful on merit multiplying days.
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