Thanks to Chief Billy Joe Laboucan for sharing this Buddhist prayer – along with the gorgeous photo of ôsisima, already hard at work as a leader in training. It seems they start them pretty young in Loubicon Lake! (Thanks to Solomon Ratt for audio!)
kiskinohtahin ita kahkiyaw mâyipayowin;
wiya êkota piko nikakî-mîskocipayihtân mâyi-kîkway ta-miyopayik.
ᑭᐢᑭᓄᐦᑕᐦᐃᐣ ᐃᑕ ᑲᐦᑭᔭᐤ ᒫᔨᐸᔪᐏᐣ;
ᐏᔭ ᐁᑯᑕ ᐱᑯ ᓂᑲᑮ ᒦᐢᑯᒋᐸᔨᐦᑖᐣ ᒫᔨ ᑮᑿᐩ ᑕ ᒥᔪᐸᔨᐠ᙮
Lead me to all hardship;
For that is where I can change what’s wrong to what’s right.
Buddhist ayamihāwin (Buddhist Prayer)
One Response
Thank you for the prayer. I have another ask. Did you or anyone know Mary Laboucan who married Albert in 1923? That was my grandmother. My dad’s birth certificate say born in Codotte Lake and
other home was Loubicon Lake. Any help would be great fully appreciated.