The Aspiration of Samantabhadra

[johnny dangerous]

http://www.lotsawahouse.org/words-of-th ... od-actions

[Nicholas]

Another translation with commentary:

http://kalachakranet.org/teachings/com- ... 006-A4.pdf

[johnny dangerous]

This is great, thanks.

[Nicholas]

The Aspiration, plus more from the Avatamsaka Sutra:

http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/samantabhadra.pdf

[Nicholas]

Not sure why this thread is in the Vajrayana area, this text is just plain Mahayana.

There is a Dzogchen text with the same title or called the Prayer of Samantabhadra.

[johnny dangerous]

Not sure why this thread is in the Vajrayana area, this text is just plain Mahayana.

There is a Dzogchen text with the same title or called the Prayer of Samantabhadra.

Yes but it's practiced heavily in Vajrayana. I am unaware of non-Tibetan traditions that practice the prayer by itself, do they?

And yeah I'm familiar with the "other Samantabhadra".

[Nicholas]

Not sure why this thread is in the Vajrayana area, this text is just plain Mahayana.

There is a Dzogchen text with the same title or called the Prayer of Samantabhadra.

Yes but it's practiced heavily in Vajrayana. I am unaware of non-Tibetan traditions that practice the prayer by itself, do they?

And yeah I'm familiar with the "other Samantabhadra".

Sure, in China, Japan, Korea the verse section is recited alone or as part of bodhisattva practices, like the link from BuddhaNet above.

[johnny dangerous]

Not sure why this thread is in the Vajrayana area, this text is just plain Mahayana.

There is a Dzogchen text with the same title or called the Prayer of Samantabhadra.

Yes but it's practiced heavily in Vajrayana. I am unaware of non-Tibetan traditions that practice the prayer by itself, do they?

And yeah I'm familiar with the "other Samantabhadra".

Sure, in China, Japan, Korea the verse section is recited alone or as part of bodhisattva practices, like the link from BuddhaNet above.

I didn't realize it was recited commonly by itself elsewhere, thanks!

[Nicholas]

This vital practice of recitation is so important to encourage altruistic, Mahayana tendencies that it is time to add another translation of these 60 or so verses.

http://www.siddharthasintent.org/assets ... rayers.pdf