Prospero's righteous outrage notwithstanding, there is a Super Typhoon bearing down on a Buddhist nation right now. Here is a prayer from the Nyingma lineage, right on point:When the obstacles from earth, water, fire, or air
Endanger or destroy our illusory bodies,
Without hesitation or divided mind we pray to you:
Orgyen with the female deities of the four elements,
Without doubt will pacify the elements instantly.
Padmasambhava of Orgyen, to you we pray;
Please bestow the blessing of spontaneous fulfillment of our wishes.
OM AH HUM VAJRA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUM
We send our best to Melong, who is battening down the hatches in Hualien, where they have closed schools and ordered workers home in anticipation of the storm.