༄༅།  །མདོ་ལས་གསུངས་པའི་བསྟན་འབར་མ།  །

Prayer for the Flourishing of the Dharma – From the Word of the Buddha

This well renowned prayer is an extract from The King of Samādhis Sūtra (Sanskrit: Samādhirājasūtra; Tibetan: ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་གྱི་རྒྱལ་པོའི་མདོ།) aka: The Moon Lamp Sutra, from chapter 3, Praise of the Buddhas QualitiesThe King of Samādhis Sūtra is one Mahāyāna’s most famous and frequently cited sutras. Herein are presented two translations of the prayer. The translated sutra can be read on the 84000 website > click here.

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v.1 Prayer for the Flourishing of the Dharma – From the Word of the Buddha

Translated by Khenpo Kalsang Gyaltsen and the members of Sakya Phuntsok Ling (1988).

Tibetan, English, Transliteration

Size: 6 x 9 in

v.2 Prayer for the Flourishing of the Dharma – From the Word of the Buddha

Translated by Upasaka Jeff Schoening, PhD (Gelek Rabten).

Tibetan, English, Transliteration

Size: 7 x 9 in

Prayer for the Flourishing of the Dharma – From the Word of the Buddha