Ritual of Giving Food

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Refuge

Repeat each line three times:

    Namo Ever-Abiding Buddhas of the Ten Directions.
    Namo Ever-Abiding Dharma of the Ten Directions.
    Namo Ever-Abiding Sangha of the Ten Directions.
    Namo Guru.
    Namo Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.
    Namo Earth-Treasury Bodhisattva.

Confession and Repentance

Recite one time:

    May all sins done by others and by me,
    Resulting from the poisons three,
    Involving Body, Mouth, and Mind,
    All be cleansed, no sin to find.

Purification

Repeat the Mantra of Purification three times

OM AROLA CHI SOHA

Prepare the Food: Take a cup of pure water into which is put at least seven grains of rice.

Transformation

Recite the Mantra of Transformation at least three times

NAMO SARVA TATHAGATA WALO SUTI OM SAMBALA SAMBALA HUM.

To change food to nectar, causing the ghosts' throats to become smooth. Recite the mantra

NAMO SURUPAYA TATHAGATAYA DAGITA OM SURU SURU PAYA SURU PAYA SURU SOHA

Recite the Mantra of Milk-Ocean one time

MNAMO SAMANTA PANTALIN OM POM

Offer to Buddhas

Call their names

    Namo Lantala Buddha
    Namo Victory Buddha
    Namo Mystic Body Buddha
    Namo Vast Body Buddha
    Namo Fearless Buddha
    Namo King of Nectar Buddha
    Namo Amitabha Buddha

Recite stanzas of Praise

    This Mantra-blessed food is given
    To those numberless sentient beings.
    May all be satisfied without lust.
    Be quickly freed from hell
    And get good rebirth in the Pure Land.
    While repeating Buddha's Name
    Take refuge in the three Gems and develop Bodhicitta,
    Finally attain the Supreme Path and get the Endless Merit.
    May every sentient being share the Dharma food.

Place the food on a pure place. (Do not put on a peach or pomegranate tree).

Turn the merit to all beings

    To you, all sentient beings
    This food I give in offering.
    May it fill the universe,
    Each being received a share.
    May this little merit be turned to all sentient beings.
    May all who take it attain Buddha's full Enlightenment.

Source

Summarized and translated from Chinese "Meng Shan"
The Buddhist Yogi C. M. Chen
yogichen.org