PRAYER FOR REBIRTH IN SUKHAVATI

by Je Tsong Khapa (written in 1395)

Whose outstanding deeds give endless glory to beings

Whose mere remembrance banishes the terror of the Lord of Death
Who considers every living being as his child with constant love
I salute Amitayus, Boundless Life, the Teacher of Gods and Humans!

Out of love, I will articulate as best I can

This prayer for rebirth in the Sukhavati heaven
Supreme realm highly, excellently praised
Numerous times by the Lord of Sages.

The state of good and evil obscured by the fog of nescience,

Life of ascendance deprived by the weapon of hatred,
Bound in the prison of samsara by chains of lust and craving,
Swept into the ocean of existence by the rivers of evolution,
Tossed by the many billows of miseries of sickness and decay,
Crushed by the burdens of unwanted sufferings,
Mangled in the jaws of the intolerable sharks of the Lord of Death,
This is my cry of torment, I who am unprotected.

If I reverently invoke the Lord as witness to my prayer,

Amitabha, Boundless Light, Leader, sole friend of the destitude,
And the Bodhisattvas, Avalokiteshvara
And Mahasthamaprapta, with their retinues,
Who have never failed the promise of their conception of
the supreme spirit,
For our sakes, throughout limitless aeons,
Like the king of birds swooping through the sky,
May they come here by their love and their miraculous power!
Depending on the power of the combined focusing of the oceans of
the two stores gathered by myself and others in past, present, and
future, as I approach the time of death, may I behold directly the
Leader Amitabha surrounded by His retinue such as the two powerful
Sons, and may I feel intense faith directedto the Victor with His
retinue!

May I be free of sufferings of torment and being cut off, and may I remember without
forgetting my faith and its objects, and so at the moment after death, relying on the
miraculous advent of the eight Bodhisattvas to show me the proper path to go to Sukhavati,
may I be reborn on a jeweled lotus in the Sukhavati universe just as a person with acute
faculties in the Mahayana genealogy!

From the moment of rebirth there, may I attain retentions, samadhis, the unconditional spirit
of enlightenment, the inexhaustible eloquence, and the limitless store of such excellences,
and, pleasing the Unexcelled Teacher Amitabha and the other Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of
the ten directions, may I truly be favoured with the Holy Teachings of the Mahayana!

May I understand their import correctly, and then in each instant going without hindrance by
magic power to the superlative Buddha universes, may I completely fulfill all the energetic
deeds of the Bodhisattvas!
Then even though being born in a pure universe, still, motivated by the most intense love,
may I mainly proceed to the impure universes by means of unhindered magical powers, and
depending on teaching each living being the Dharma according to his special lot, may I be
able to establish him on the pure path praised by the Victor!

And by quickly accomplishing those miraculous deeds, may I easily attain the exaltation of
Buddhahood for the sake of the infinite beings!
When the creative energy of life is released,
May I behold clearly before my eyes,
Amitabha surrounded by His oceanic hosts,
And may my being be filled with faith and compassion!

From the moment when the visions of the Bardo arise,

May the eight Bodhisattvas show the unerring path,
And, being born in Sukhavati, thence by emanations,
May I lead all beings of the impure worlds!

And in all lives before attaining such supreme exaltation, may I

attain only that embodiment fit to practice the perfect learning,
thinking, and meditating on the verbal and realizational Teachings of the Victor!

May such embodiments not lack the ornaments of the seven excellences of ascendant status!
And in all those situations, may I attain the memory of lives that remembers accurately all
former lives!

And in all those lives, may I experience the hollowness in all existences and be motivated by
thoughts captivated by the excellence of liberation, and may I renounce the world in the
religious discipline well taught by the Lord!

Having renounced, may I discover the great spirit of enlightenment by ultimately

accomplishing the deeds of morality, untainted by even the smallest transgressions,
and may I become like an unshakable monk!

Further, in all those lives, understanding the processes of defilement and purification
accurately, may I attain the perfect retentions which retain without forgetting all the words
and meanimgs of the Teachings, the factors of perfection!

May I attain the unimpeded pure eloquence that teaches others what I have understood
myself! Further, in all those lives may I never lack attainment of the doors of samadhis such
as the "Hero's March", the eyes such as the physical eye, and the superknowledges such as
the knowledge of feats of magic!

May I attain the clear wisdom that can distinguish without confusion precisely the subtlest of
the subtle facets of defilement and purification! May I quickly attain the wisdom that can
completely cease at the moment of arising all non-understanding, misunderstanding, and
doubting considerations!

May I attain the profound wisdom that mysteriously penetrates the words and meanings of the
Scriptures whose measure cannot be taken by any other!

In short, may I become like the Holy Manjughosha who consummates all the deeds of the
Bodhisattvas through his wisdom of skill in liberative technique which discerns the words and
meanings of the teachings, a wisdom free of all the faults of pretended wisdom!
Thus having easily found the deep, swift, clear, and great wisdom, may I attain transcendent
skill in explanation, argument and composition concerning all the Victor's teachings, which
are, respectively, the factors of sustaining the fortunate, chastising the false philosophers, and
gladdening the wise!

Further, in all lives stopping all attitudes that behold my own purposes most important and all
feelings of laziness and discouragement about the energetic deeds of the Bodhisattvas, while
reaching the ultimate of the supreme powerful heart that undertakes the purposes of others,
may I become like the Holy Avalokiteshvara, who consummates all Bodhisattva deeds
through the spirit of enlightenment which is skill in liberative technique!

Further, may I reach the ultimate in the deeds of the Bodhisattva by competent skill in
liberative technique in conquering all demons, fundamentalists, and antagonists, while I am
engaged in the purposes of myself and others, becoming like the Holy Lord of the Esoteric,
Vajrapani!

In all my lives, may I find the great enlightenment through the massive effort that never
deviates an instant from the moment of the spiritual conception to perfect the Bodhisattva
deeds whose energy abandons all laziness, and may I become like the incomparable King of
the Shakyas!

May I become in all my lives like the Buddha Medicine-King, Bhaishajya Guru, able to heal
all pains of body, speech, and mind, just by having His name pronounced, by conquering all
ills of mind and body that obstruct the achievement of enlightenment!

May I become in all my lives like the Victor Amitayus able to overcome all untimely deaths
just by having His name pronounced, having reached the ultimate in voluntary control of the
lifespan!

When an obstacle to life is approaching, may I behold my refuge Amitayus' manifestation of

the vision of His body which conforms to the Discipline by means of His four activities, and
may all such obstacles be eradicated the moment I see that body!

As for that manifestation of the vision of His body according to the Discipline, may I
recognize it as the protector Amitayus and generate a firm and non-artificial faith, and by the
power of that, may I never fail to have the Victors Amitayus work openly as my spiritual
friend in all my lives!

Furthermore, may the full-fledged spiritual friends of the Mahayana, the root of all mundane
and transcendent virtues, be pleased with me and look after me throughout all of my lives!

While he looks after me, may I attain unbreakable faith in that spiritual friend and may I only
please him through all doors of activity!

May I not bring about even an instant of his displeasure!

May I be not incompletely instructed by all the advice and instructions

of the spiritual friend!

May I be able to understand correctly all the meanings of those teachings

and to perfect them through practice!

May I not go under the influence of the non-spiritual and sinful friends even for an instant!
In all my lives, may I realise faith of confidence in the effects of evolution, the mind of
renunciation, the spirit of enlightenment, and the perfected view, and may I enter
uninterruptedly the experience of effortlessness!

Whatever root of virtue I have made through my physical, verbal, and mental actions
throughout all my lives, may it all serve as the cause of only the purposes of others and the
pure enlightenment!

Written by the learned Easterner, Tsong Khapa Losang Dragpai Pal, at Dzing-ji Temple, in 1395. Translated by
Robert Thurman and the staffs of Library of Tibetan Works & Archives.
THE BODHICARYAVATARA
CHAPTER X: THE POST-DEDICATION

May all sentient beings be graced with the Bodhisattva way of life by the virtue I have
obtained while reflecting on the Bodhicaryavatara.

Through my merit, may all those in all directions who are afflicted by bodily and mental
sufferings, obtain oceans of joy and contentment.

As long as the cycle of existence lasts, may their happiness never decline. May the world
attain the constant joy of the Bodhisattvas.

As many hells as there are in the world, may beings in them delight in the joys of contentment
in Sukhavati.

May those afflicted with cold, find warmth. May those oppressed by heat be cooled by oceans
of water springing from the great clouds of the Bodhisattvas.

May the forest of sword leaves become for them the splendor of a pleasure grove; and may
the sword-like Salmali trees grow as wish-fulfilling trees.

May the regions of hell become vast ponds of delight, fragrant with lotuses, beautiful and
pleasing with the cries of white geese, wild ducks, ruddy geese, and swans.

May the heap of burning coal become a mound of jewels. May the burning ground become a
crystal marble floor; and may the mountains of “The Crushing Hell” become temples of
worship filled with Sugatas.

May the rain of burning coal, lava, and daggers from now on become a rain of flowers; and
may mutual battling with weapons now become a playful flower fight.

By the power of my virtue, may those whose flesh has completely fallen off, whose skeletons
are of the color of a white jasmine flower, and who are immersed in the river Vaitarani whose
water is like fire, attain celestial bodies and dwell with goddesses by the river Manakini.

May the horrifying agents of Yama, crows, and vultures suddenly watch here in fear. Those
looking upward behold blazing Vajrapani in the sky wonder: “Whose is this brilliant light that
dispels darkness all around and generates the joy of contentment?” May they depart together
with him, freed of vice through the power of their joy.

A rain of Lotuses falls mixed with fragrant waters. It is seen to extinguish the unceasing fires
of the hells. May the beings of the hells, suddenly refreshed with joy, wonder, “What is this?”
and may they see Padmapani.

Friends, come quickly! Cast away fear! We are alive! A radiant vanquisher of fear, a certain
prince in a monastic robe, has come to us. By his power every adversity is removed, streams
of delight flow, the Spirit of Awakening is born, as is compassion, the mother of protection of
all beings.

Behold him whose Lotus-Feet are worshipped with tiaras of hundreds of gods, whose eyes are
moist with compassion, on whose head a stream of diverse flowers rains down, with his
delightful summer palaces celebrated by thousands of goddesses singing hymns of praise.
Upon seeing Manjughosa before them, may the beings of the hells immediately cheer.
Through my virtues, may the beings of the hells rejoice upon seeing the un-obscured clouds
of Bodhisattvas, headed by Samantabhadra and bearing pleasant, cool, and fragrant rains and
breezes.

May the intense pains and fears of the beings of the hells be pacified. May the inhabitants of
all miserable states of existence be liberated from their woeful states.

May the animal’s risk of being eaten by each other disappear! May the Pretas be as happy as
the people in Uttarakura!

May the Pretas always be satiated, bathed, and refreshed by streams of milk pouring from the
hand of noble Avalokiteshvara.

May the blind always see forms, and may the deaf hear. May pregnant women give birth
without pains, as did Mayadevi.

May they acquire everything that is beneficial and desired by the mind: clothing, food, drink,
flower garlands, sandalwood-paste, and ornaments.

May the fearful become fearless and those struck with grief find joy. May the despondent
become resolute and free of trepidation.

May the ill have good health. May they be freed from every bondage. May the weak become
strong and have affectionate hearts for one another.

May all regions be advantageous to all those who travel on roads. May the purpose for which
they set out be expediently accomplished.

May those who journey by boat succeed, as they desire. May they safely reach the shore and
rejoice with their relatives.

May those who find themselves on wrong paths in dreary forests come upon the company of
fellow travelers; and without fatigue, may they journey without fear of bandits, tigers, and the
like.

May deities protect the dull, the insane, the deranged, the helpless, the young, and the elderly,
and those in danger from sickness, the wilderness, and so on.

May they be free from all lack of leisure; may they be endowed with faith, wisdom, and
compassion; may they be possessed of stature and good conduct; and may they always
remember their former lives.

May they be inexhaustible treasuries just like Sky Treasure. Free of conflict or irritation, may
they have an independent way of life.

May beings who have little splendor be endowed with great magnificence. May unattractive
wretched be endowed with great beauty.

May the women in the world become men. May the lowly obtain grandeur and yet be free of
arrogance.

Through this merit of mine, may all beings without exception abstain from every vice and
always engage in virtue.

Not lacking the Spirit of Awakening, devoted to the Bodhisattva way of life, embraced by the
Buddhas, and free of the deeds of Maras,
May all beings have immeasurable life spans. May they always live happily, and may even
the word death disappear.

May all quarters of the world be delightful with gardens of wish fulfilling trees, filled with the
Buddhas and the Children of the Buddhas, and be enchanting with the sound of Dharma.

May the ground everywhere be free from stones and rocks, smooth like the palm of the hand,
soft, and made of Lapis Lazuli.

May the great assemblages of Bodhisattvas sit on all sides. May they beautify the earth with
their own resplendence.

May all beings unceasingly hear the sound of Dharma from the birds, from every tree, from
the rays of light, and from the sky.

May they always encounter the Buddhas and the Children of the Buddhas. May they worship
the Spiritual Mentor of the world with endless clouds of offerings.

May a god send rain in time, and may there be an abundance of crops. May the populace be
prosperous, and may the king be righteous.

May medicines be effective, and may the mantras of those who recite them be successful.
May Dakinis, Rakasas, and other ghouls be filled with compassion.

May no sentient being be unhappy, sinful, ill, neglected, or despised; and may no one be
despondent.

May monasteries be well established, full of chanting and study. May there always be
harmony among the Sangha, and may the purpose of the Sangha be accomplished.

May monks who wish to practice find solitude. May they meditate with their minds agile and
free of all distractions.

May nuns receive provisions and be free of quarrels and troubles. May all renunciations be of
untarnished ethical discipline.

May those who are of poor ethical discipline be disgusted and become constantly intent on the
extinction of their vices. May they reach a fortunate state of existence, and may their vows
remain unbroken there.

May they be learned and cultured, receive alms, and have provisions. May their mind streams
be pure and their fame be proclaimed in every direction.

Without experiencing the suffering of the miserable states of existence and without arduous
practice, may the world attain Buddhahood in a single divine body.

May all sentient beings worship all the Buddhas in many ways. May they be exceedingly
joyful with the inconceivable bliss of the Buddhas.

May the Bodhisattvas’ wishes for the welfare of the world be fulfilled; and whatever the
protectors intend for sentient beings, may that be accomplished.

May the Pratyekabuddhas and Sravakas be happy, always worshipped by the lofty gods,
asuras, and humans.

Through the grace of Manjughosa, may I always achieve ordination and the recollection of
the past lives until I reach the Joyous Ground.
May I live endowed with strength in whatever posture I am. In all my lives may I find
plentiful places of solitude.

When I wish to see or ask something, may I see the Protector Manjunatha himself, without
any impediment.

May my way of life be life be like that of Manjusri, who lives to accomplish the benefit of all
sentient beings throughout the ten directions.

For as long as space endures and for as long as the world lasts, may I live dispelling the
miseries of the world.

Whatever suffering there is for the world, may it all ripen upon me. May the world find
happiness through all the virtues of the Bodhisattvas.

May teaching that is the sole medicine for the suffering of the world and the source of all
prosperity and joy remain for a long time, accompanied by riches and honor!

I bow to Manjughosa, through whose grace my mind turns to virtue. I salute my spiritual
friend through whose kindness it becomes stronger.

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THE GREAT PRAISE TO MAITREYA BUDDHA
Written by Je Lama Tsongkhapa at the hermitage of Lho Brag in 1395.

May the fire of great loving kindness

Burn away the fuel of anger and hatred;
May the radiance of the transcendental wisdom
Illuminate the darkness of ignorance;
May the holders of the Dharma enact the deeds
Of protecting transmigratory sentient beings.
I prostrate to you who is residing
In the blissful realm heaven of Tushita.

Even though you are moistened forever

With the affection of loving kindness,
However you burn away all black relationships
Even though you have cut through all bondage
Which is so difficult to sever.

However you bind us tight in your compassion

Even though you are endowed forever
With an equanimity of peace, however you cherish
Cherishing others amid renouncing yourself.
I humbly bow at the Holy Feet of Manjugosha and
Offer admiring praise to the Invincible Protector
You are esteemed in the speech of the four faced Brahma
And gazed at by Indra's thousand eyes of devotion
Lord of Love - Kama, possessor of the beautiful Rati
Bows to you without any pride and I humbly bow
In respect, at the feet of the Conqueror's Regent.

Like a hundred petal lotus in a clear lake

Opened by the radiance of the rising sun,
Like a garden of kundali-lily flowers blooming
In the clear sky is the Lord of the constellation of stars,
So also is the sight of your Holy Body
Wreathed with signs and exemplifications
Capturing the hearts of all migrators, the moment it is seen.

May I be born at Your Lotus Feet, Oh Protector Maitreya

And in all my lives may you adorn the crown of my head
Destroyer of evil, you are free from the surroundings of all states of fear,
Supreme Teacher, You are an incomparable Hero of the three realms
Please watch us continuously, for we are migrators who have fallen into the dangers.

I prostrate at Your Lotus Feet O Compassionate Leader.

You access without obstruction all the limitless objects of knowledge.
You conquer with your powerful omniscience the evil army horror
Whose thunder bolt weapons fall before you like fresh flowers and
You defeat them with the radiant glory of your ten powers
You scorch the haughty brains of your opponents
Who have the pride of an elephant.
You spread the great sound of your excellent sayings
Amidst them and in their retinue.
You put an end to the foxes
With the speech of their false philosophy.
Endowed with the four states of fearlessness,
You are a lion amongst men
The supreme wheel of Dharma which cannot be expressed by anyone,
Unturnable even by the proud World-Creator, lord of passions,
And not even by priests, ascetics, those training in virtue and so forth,
But You as a Guardian with loving kindness,
Turn the wheel of Dharma for migrators.

Not even the name of "error" affects Your Holy Body and Speech.
You abide in equipoise forever, with a memory which never declines.
Your equanimity, without conceptual thoughts is free of discrimination.
Because of Your isolation Your activities are completely pure.
Your aspiration, perseverance and Your memory,
Concentration and wisdom are completely liberated.
You have long gone beyond all occasions for failure
Therefore your realizations are unsurpassable.

You know all three times without obstruction and attachment.

Your holy body, speech and mind's activities are completely pure.
You fulfill benefits for migrators until the end of cyclic existence.
You engage with joy in the responsibilities of your deeds.

You have fully perfected the aggregates of extensive qualities.

You have destroyed any chance of incurring the slightest fault.
Please consider for a moment the lamentable plight of me
Who has become the object of you loving kindness.

Although I have a basis of life complete with freedom and richness,

Like a ship capable of liberating from the great ocean of suffering,
I am saturated with the faults of carelessness and laziness,
The stupor of frivolous gossip and the desire for gain and fame.
In directing this birth of great value in pursuing what is meaningless,
I waste away this good body which can accomplish ultimate happiness.
Thus I inhabit this human flesh with an attitude of a beast.

Please look upon me with Your great compassion.

Although I have found freedom and richness,
Which is difficult to find and great in meaning,
When the powerful Lord of Death sends his messenger,
There is no power to reverse it nor can I ever escape from it.
Although I can see myself caught in sickness and death,
I am still uncertain when I will die, even at the time of death
While knowing that I have to go leaving everything behind,
I still spend meaninglessly all the years, months and days.

Please bestow upon me, who is so deluded, your timely compassion.

What need is there to mention the state of definite liberation
When I do not have the confidence to attain even a high rebirth
Which is praised by the Capable Ones as the basis of the path?
Will You not bestow upon me your equanimity?
Although I have a body endowed in the glory of a higher rebirth
With the wisdom that precisely investigates the entire teachings,
If I am unable to find the unmistaken path of fortune
Once again I fall into the causal ocean of cyclic existence
And in that great killer darkness of ignorance
For a long time I am obscured from the points of practice
and completely confused as to how to do so.

Please bestow upon me your illuminating light of wisdom.

Faces covered with hair and with thirsty mouths
Running to drink wherever seeing a flow of water
But are stopped by beings wielding swords and spears
And before their eyes even the water changes to blood and puss.
Mouth like the eye of a needle and a goiter choking the neck,
Unable to partake or enjoy even when food or drink is found.
Whenever eating or drinking a blazing fire burns within me.

Thus in order to survive I even cut and eat my own flesh.

Enveloped by a great darkness of ignorance
Without the capacity to discriminate right from wrong
Killing each other, controlled by goals and hungry beings
Showered by the sufferings of being beaten and burdened.
All peace of mind is destroyed by a burning fire
Of a consuming jealousy, disturbed by the glory of the gods.
The body is slashed and lost from the fighting
Deceived by trickery, with no fortune to see the truth.

Not to mention the experience, merely hearing about these realms

Produces terror in my heart and shudders of fear
Of the complete fall into these great abysses
Of the hell, hungry ghost, animal and demi-god realms.
Having accumulated since beginningless time and still accumulating
Those unbearable evil actions condemned by the holy beings,
I am trembling in the face of this great abyss.
Please save me in time, from this fate of bad migration.

Even in the human realm, with the riches of power and possession,
There is the fear of losing these very high estates.

When ruined by parting from the excellent fortune of higher rebirth,

I am physically exhausted searching for the happiness of my desire.
When I do fulfill the means to the wishes for happiness,
Much worse than attaining the happiness, is instead
The physical pain and the mental anguish
Which is experienced in all the various aspects.

With beautiful bodies adorned bejeweled ornaments

In celestial palaces, surrounded by gardens of pleasure,
Enjoying for long the pleasures of the desire.

Even as the deva-gods, sporting the glory of higher rebirth,

When I am gripped by the signs of unwanted death,
I lose my mind and my heart just stops.

When I see that very soon I unwillingly will have to separate

From the beautiful goddesses capturing my heart
And the delightful gardens for pleasure
From food of nectar, finest clothing and ornaments of beauty
And from the other youthful sons of the gods
More than the happiness of being born in this realm
Is the extraordinary great suffering of the mind
I am burnt by the fiery tongues of the sorrow generated.

By exhausting the joy of fruits accumulated with much effort

Through my actions of goodness, undertaken over many lifetimes
Overpowered by carelessness, I accomplish causes for lower migration
And thus once again I fall into the hellish realms.

Without notions longing for desire and the thoughts of malice,

Having abandoned all deeds of sleep and mental anguish,
By being free of the sufferings from physical and mental harm,
Abiding for long in bliss, through the power of concentration,
Even though I attain the form and formless realms of the gods,
One to not being free from bondage and the compounded suffering
When I exhaust the benefits of my past concentration
Again I fall low down and continue with the circulation.

Thus, even the Lords of life's migration, the gods and the humans
Are also caught in birth, death, sickness, aging and so forth
And carried by the waves of suffering in the ocean of existence.

What need is there to mention that it is improper

To be attached to the pleasures of cyclic existence?
But my eye of awareness is still obscured to life
Having the wrong wisdom, grasping at suffering as happiness.
I, who am so obscured by such perverse concepts,

Please free me from the great current of existence.

Sunk in the quagmire of desire,
I have strayed from the path of liberation.
Possesses by the darkness of ignorance,
I am separated from the eye of wisdom.
Caught in the trap of fabrications,
I am chained to the prison of samsara.
Tormented by my karmic actions,
I am the object in need of your compassion.
In order to stop at the fearful cliff of cyclic existence,
I must rely upon stainless forms of extensive listening.

Through the power of pure reason of correct analysis

Of definitive and interpretive methods of the boundless teachings,
By discerning rightly and by depending on no other
When I definitely need to find the state of impeccable learning,
What need is there to mention the subtle intentions of the Victorious Ones?
When even the most gross points of involvement and cessation
Are not clear and open to the vision of my intellect
Still, the enemy of gross delusion obscures my heart.

And for a long while I have no chance of liberation

Considering this situation, please clear the darkness from my heart.
In the presence of the sciences taught by the Conquerors and their Sons,
I will extend an ocean of learning over many different lifetimes
And then excellently awaken the imprints of practices again and again.
You are the sole eye revealing the fortunate path for transmigrators.
Abandoned by all the pure beings of the past,
I am at a loss of being separated from a protector
In becoming like a guest arriving from a distant region.

It is time that you cared for me with your great kindness.

You are the refuge I humbly turn to again and again.
You are Love-Maitreya, with Your great love for all transmigrators,
In coming quickly and more quickly, please become mine.
My Mahayana-virtuous friend in lifetime after lifetime.

Before the presence of your look without interruption

At all embodied going, with your great love forever;
Whoever recalls with a mind of faith your excellent qualities
Daily, you will come to them.

In a place far away, in order to experience all

The taste of solitude in the place of a fortunate field,
Even though I wish to engage, I am physically unable to do so;
Thus You are the holiest field of merit.

To please You with extraordinary pure thoughts,

With jewels, gold nuggets and celestial silks,
With the tree robes, monk's staff and ascetic's bowl,
Practiced by the Capable One for all those training in virtue,
Also emanated through prayers and concentration,
An excellent array of exquisite offerings pervading space
Thus completely filled in offered to the Chief Lord of Humans,
With a mind detached and free of expectations.
THE ASPIRATION OF
SAMANTABHADRA
With purity of body, speech, and
mind, I bow to all the heroic
Buddhas of the past, present, and
future without exception in every
world in all the ten directions.
By the power of this Aspiration of
Samantabhadra, I bow with as
many bodies as there are atoms in
the pure lands of all those
victorious Buddhas manifest in
my
mind, and I pay homage to all of
them.
I conceive the entire realm of truth
to be completely filled with
enlightened ones. On each atom I
imagine there to be as many
Buddhas as atoms in the pure
lands, each Buddha surrounded by
many bodhisattvas.
I honour all these blissful lords,
praising their perfections with all
the sounds of an ocean of varied
melodies, an ocean of endless
praise.
I offer to those heroic Buddhas the
finest flowers, garlands, music,
and ointments, excellent canopies,
choice lamps, and the best
incense.
I offer as well to those victorious
ones the finest array of all
excellent things, the finest robes
and fragrances, and heaps of sweet
smelling powers as high as Mt.
Meru.
By the power of my faith in the
deeds of Samantabhadra, I
prostrate and present vast and
unequalled offerings to each of
the victorious Buddhas.
I confess every type of wrong that
I have done in thought, word, or
deed, under the influence of
desire, anger, or ignorance.
I rejoice in the meritorious deeds
of all the Buddhas of the ten
directions, the bodhisattvas,
Pratyeka Buddhas, Arhats,
practioners, and all sentient
beings.
I request the enlightened
protectors who have attained the
detachment of buddhahood and
illumined the worlds of the ten
directions to turn the peerless
wheel of dharma.
With folded hands, I beseech
those who intend to manifest the
final nirvana, to remain for as
many eons as there are atoms in
all the pure lands, for the benefit
and happiness of all living beings.
May whatever small amount of
virtue I may have gained from
prostrating, offering, confessing,
rejoicing, requesting, and
beseeching, be dedicated to
attaining perfect enlightenment.
May I worship the Buddhas of the
past and those now present in the
worlds of the ten directions; may
those to come quickly fulfill their
aspiration and reach buddhahood
by traversing the stages of
enlightenment.
May all the worlds of the ten
directions become pure and filled
with bodhisattvas and victorious
Buddhas who proceed to the royal
tree of enlightenment.
May all living beings in the ten
directions always be happy and
free of sickness. May the display
of the dharma be in harmony with
the needs of all living beings and
fulfill their hopes.
May I perform all the deeds of
enlightenment and remember all
my lives in all states of existence.
And in all my lives, after death,
migration, and rebirth, may I
always embrace spiritual life.
May I follow all the victorious
Buddhas and perfect all the deeds
of Samantabhadra.
Pure in the immaculate deeds of
morality, may my conduct always
be flawless and without fault.
May I teach the dharma in every
tongue, in whatever sounds are
understood by living beings, in the
language of the gods, nagas,
demons, spirits, and human
beings.
May I always diligently and
patiently perform the perfections.
May I never disregard my
intention to attain enlightenment
and completely remove whatever
faults may obscure it.
Freed from karma, defilements,
and actions of demons, as a lotus
is unsoiled by the mire, so in
every rebirth in the world may I
proceed unhindered, like the sun
and moon in a clear sky.
Throughout all the lands in all the
directions, may the sufferings of
the lower realms be completely
relieved.
Establishing beings in
happiness, may I work for the
benefit of all living beings.
Fully accomplishing the
activities of enlightenment,
may I work in harmony with
the activities of all beings. May
I practice and demonstrate the
deeds of Samantabhadra,
through all future eons.
May I associate with those
whose activities are similar to
mine. May we act alike in
thought, word, and deed, and
may our aspirations be as one.
May those friends who wish to
help me, and also demonstrate
the deeds of Samantabhadra,
always meet me again, and may
I never cause them pain.
May I always personally
behold the victorious Buddhas,
those guardians surrounded by
bodhisattvas. And without
tiring, in all future eons, may I
always present them
magnificent offerings.
May I always uphold the
Buddhas' sacred dharma and
illuminate the deeds of
enlightenment. May I train in
the practice of Samantabhadra
in all future
eons.
Through rebirth in all states of
existence, may I gather endless
stores of merit and wisdom.
May I become an inexhaustible
treasure of all virtues of
method, wisdom,
concentration, and liberation.
May I always behold as many
pure lands as there are atoms
present in each pure land, with
inconceivable Buddhas sitting
in the midst of their
bodhisattvas and performing
the activities of enlightenment.
In this way may I be able to see
everywhere, even on every
mote of dust, countless
Buddhas of the past, present,
and future, limitless pure lands,
and endless eons.
May I always heed the pure
speech of the victorious
Buddhas, which holds within
each word the totality of the
perfect dharma, and an ocean
of words and languages
precisely suited to the needs of
all beings.
May I possess perfect
intelligence so as to heed the
endless melody of speech when
the victorious Buddhas of the
past, present, and future turn
the wheels of dharma.
May I accomplish the
bodhisattva's practice of
entering the past, present, and
future in a fraction of a second.
May I enter all the future eons
in a single instant.
May I behold all the heroic
Buddhas of the past, present,
and future in a single instant.
May I always perform their
activities through the power of
liberation from illusion.
May I perceive upon a single
atom the perfect design of the
pure realms of the past, present,
and future. Thus may I enter
into the realms of the victorious
Buddhas in all directions.
May the illuminators of the
worlds of the future realize the
stages of buddhahood, of
turning the wheel, and of the
profound peace of nirvana, and
may I always be in
their presence.
May I acquire the perfectly
accomplished powers of
enlightenment: the power of
miraculous swiftness, the
power of perfection of every
spiritual path, the power of all
virtuous qualities.
May I acquire the power of all-
pervasive love, the power of
the merit of every virtue, the
power of all-transcendent
wisdom, and the powers of
perfect knowledge,
method, and meditation.
May the power of action be
utterly purified, the power of
passions utterly subdued, the
power of demons utterly
destroyed, and the power of the
deeds of Samantabhadra
perfected.
May the ocean of lands be
purified, the ocean of beings
liberated, the ocean of dharma
realized, and the ocean of
wisdom fully attained.
May the ocean of practice be
purified and the oceans of
aspirations accomplished.
May the oceans of Buddhas be
ceaselessly worshipped and the
deeds of enlightenment
tirelessly preformed.
May I completely fulfill all
perfect aspirations to
enlightned activities, in order to
attain the stage of the victorious
Buddhas of the past, present,
and future according to the
deeds of Samantabhadra.
The eldest son of the victorious
buddhas is called
Samantabhadra. I dedicate all
these virtuous actions, that my
deeds may be like his.
May my body, speech, mind,
activities, and environment
always be pure, and may I
become equal to this excellent
Aspiration of Samantabhadra.
May I tirelessly accomplish the
virtuous deeds of
Samantabhadra and the
aspirations of the bodhisattva
Manjusri, throughout all future
eons.
May there be no limit to my
activities. May there be no limit
to my virtues. Through
limitless perseverance may I
accomplish all miraculous
deeds.
The limit of living beings is
like the limit of open space.
May the limit of my aspirations
be equal to the limit of their
activities and passions.
Whoever offers to the
victorious Buddhas all the
perfect joys of gods and men,
and the infinite realms of the
ten directions adorned with
jewels, for as many eons as
there are atoms in those realms,
shall gain great merit.
But whoever hears this greatest
dedication prayer and is
inspired by faith to intensely
desire supreme enlightenment,
shall gain even higher and
holier merit.
Whoever recites this Aspiration
of Samantabhadra will never
again endure hellish rebirth,
will abandon all evil friends,
and will soon behold the
Buddha of Boundless Light.
They will gain all benefits, live
in happiness, attain precious
human rebirth, and soon
become like Samantabhadra
himself.
Even those who in ignorance
committed the five
unredeemable sins, will soon be
completely purified by reciting
this Aspiration of
Samantabhadra.
They will achieve perfect
wisdom, a radiant countenance,
ethereal form, auspicious
physical marks, and a noble
birth. Profane and devilish
beings will not trouble them,
and they will be honoured in
the three realms.
They will quickly reach the
royal
tree of enlightenment, residing
there to benefit all beings. As
enlightened buddhas, they will
turn the wheel of the dharma,
taming the demonic hosts.
Whoever knows, teaches, or
recites this Aspiration of
Samantabhadra, shall
ultimately attain perfect
buddhahood. May none despair
of complete enlightenment.
In whatever way valiant
Manjusri
and Samantabhadra know how
to transfer merit, so do I
dedicate all of my own virtues,
that I might train to be like
them.
Through this dedication,
praised as supreme by the
victorious Buddhas of the past,
present, and future, I dedicate
all of these roots of virtue to
accomplishing the deeds of
Samantabhadra.
At the moment of my death,
may all obscurations be
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go to the pure land of perfect
bliss.

In that blissful land, may I

completely fulfill all of these
aspirations, and benefit all
beings as long as the universe
remains.

Joyful there, in that blessed

assembly of the Buddhas, may
I be reborn like the holy ones,
from an exquisite lotus, and
may the Buddha Amitabha
himself foretell my own
enlightenment.

May I thereafter accomplish

countless benefits for living
beings in all the ten directions,
by the power of perfect wisdom
in its myriad incarnations.

Through whatever small virtue

I have gathered by reciting this
Aspiration of Samantabhadra,
may all the virtuous aspirations
of living beings be
accomplished in a single
instant.

Through the boundless merit

gained by so dedicating these
Aspirations of Samantabhadra,
may the countless beings
drowning in the torrent of
suffering reach the stage of
Amitabha.

May this greatest of dedication

prayers benefit countless living
beings. May reciting this
ornament of Samantabhadra
release all beings from the
sufferings of the lower realms.