༄༅།  །པཎ་ཆེན་ཤཱཀྱ་ཤྲིས་མཛད་པར་གྲགས་པའི་གནས་བརྟན་ཕྱག་མཆོད་དང་འབྲེལ་བའི་ཆོ་ག་མདོར་བསྡུས་ཙམ་བྱ་ཚུལ་གྱི་ངག་འདོན་བཞུགས་སོ།  །

An Abridged Puja of Homage and Offerings to the Sthaviras

This Abridged Puja to the 16 Arhats (Skt. Ṣoḍaśa Sthavirāḥ) assists us in successfully accomplishing our Dharma practice and in the propagation of the Dharma for the benefit of beings. Additionally, through our prayers combined with pure motivation the accomplishments of our holy Teachers’ aspirations will be fulfilled and their long and healthy lives ensured. The published text contains, in addition to the ritual itself, common preliminary, long life, dedication and aspiration prayers.

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v.1 An Abridged Puja of Homage and Offerings to the Sthaviras (with Supplementary Prayers)

Published by Sakya Phuntsok Ling (2018)

Size: 6 x 9 in

v.2 The Short Puja of Prostrations and Offerings to the Sthaviras

English only

Size: 8.27 x 11.69 in

v.3 The Short Puja of Prostrations and Offerings to the Sthaviras

English with Tibetan phonetics

Size: 11.69 x 8.27 in

v.4 The Short Puja of Prostrations and Offerings to the Sthaviras

Translated by Lama Choedak Rinpoche (1993), revised in 2002.

Published by Sakya Losal Choe Dzong (1993, 1998, 2002).

English with Tibetan phonetics

Size: 8.27 x 11.69 in

v.5 The Liturgy of the Concise Puja of Prostrations to the Sthaviras together with Offerings

Translated by the Ganesha Press Tibetan translation team (2008)

English with Tibetan phonetics

Size: 13.39 x 3.74 in

16 Arhat Ritual