Om tayatha gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha!
This meal is in remembrance of our teachers, the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. This is in recognition of the infinite causes and conditions that went into making this meal possible, This is in recognition of the labor that went into making this meal possible, and to those sentient beings who are not as fortunate as we, in having a meal such as this, With this food we will use as fuel to help other beings in their attempts to stop suffering and to attain enlightenment, Whatever beings have been sacrificed or have suffered to make this meal possible, may they be reborn into a human realm in a land where the Dharma may be heard!
Bow with respect to the food.
Please bless this food that we may take it as a medicine,
With our minds free from attachment and desire.
May it nourish our bodies so that we can work
for the benefit of all sentient beings.
