普賢菩薩行願讚

All within the worlds of the ten directions

All the Lions among Men (the Buddhas) of the three times

Now I pay homage to all without exception

Using a body, speech, and mind that are pure

With bodies as numerous as the fine dust-motes of the lands

To all the Tathāgatas I pay homage

Directing my whole mind and intent toward the Buddhas

By the power of this Practice and Vow of Samantabhadra

Upon the tip of a single dust-mote, Buddha-lands as numerous as dust-motes

The Buddhas and their Buddha-sons are seated therein

The Dharma-realm in this way, without any remainder

I trust that the Buddhas wholly fill it all

In that place, an ocean of Merit and Virtue is inexhaustible

Using all the sounds in that ocean of Merit and Virtue

To proclaim and extol the Merit and Virtue of the Tathāgatas

I forever praise all the Sugatas

With supreme garlands of flowers and anointing perfumes

With music and beautiful canopied parasols

All adorning implements, every one supreme

I make offering to all the Tathāgatas

With beautiful garments and every kind of incense

With powdered incense, heaped up like Mount Sumeru

With supreme bright lamps and burning incense

I make offering to all the Tathāgatas

All these vast, unsurpassed offerings

I, with supreme resolve, offer to all the Tathāgatas

By the power of supreme resolve in the Practice of Samantabhadra

I pay homage and make offering to all the Tathāgatas

The karmic offenses I have committed in the past

All arising from greed, hatred, and delusion

Through body, speech, and mind likewise

I now lay bare and confess them all

All the merit of the beings of the ten directions

Those still in training, those beyond training, the Pratyekabuddhas

Together with the Buddha-sons and the Tathāgatas

In all of it I rejoice along with them

All the Lamps of the World (the Enlightened Ones) of the ten directions

Who have realized Bodhi, attaining the unstained

Now I exhort and entreat all the World-Honored Ones

To turn the wondrous, unsurpassed Wheel of the Dharma

All those who wish to manifest Nirvāṇa

I, with palms joined, beseech you

May you long abide for kalpas as numerous as the dust-motes of the lands

For the benefit and joyful peace of the multitude of beings

Paying homage, making offerings, and confessing offenses

Rejoicing in Merit and Virtue, and exhorting and entreating

The Merit and Virtue I have gathered and amassed

I dedicate it all toward Bodhi

With all the Tathāgatas I cultivate and learn

So as to perfect the Practice and Vow of Samantabhadra

May I make offering to the Buddhas of the past

And to all who now abide throughout the ten directions

May all the lands of the ten directions

Become vast and likewise pure

May the Buddhas all come to the Bodhi-tree (the Royal Tree of Enlightenment)

And the ranks of Buddha-sons fill it in abundance

May all the beings of the ten directions

Be at peace and joyful, free of every calamity

May all the multitude of beings gain the benefit of the Dharma

May they attain the accord with mind as they wish

When I am cultivating the Practice toward Bodhi

In every realm of existence may I remember my former lives

If, throughout my many lives, I undergo birth and death

May I always become one who has gone forth into homelessness

Keeping moral conduct undefiled, ever pure

Ever practicing without lack and without breach

The speech of the Devas, the Nāgas, the Yakṣas

Of the Kumbhāṇḍas, and the speech of humans

All the speech of the multitude of beings

Using all these sounds, may I expound the Dharma

May I ever practice and increase the Wondrous Pāramitās

Never, within the Mind of Bodhi, giving rise to confusion

All offenses together with all obstructions

May they all be extinguished without any remainder

From karma and afflictions and the realm of Māra

In the path of the world may I attain liberation

Just as the lotus flower is unstained by the water

And just as the sun and moon are unattached to empty space

May the sufferings of the evil destinies be stilled

May all the multitude of beings be made joyful and at peace

Bringing benefit to all the multitude of beings

Even to all the lands in the ten directions

Ever practicing in accord with all sentient beings

May the Wondrous Practice of Bodhi be brought to perfection

The Practice and Vow of Samantabhadra, I cultivate

In the kalpas of the future I shall cultivate and practice

All those who travel together with me

May we always come together and gather as one

In the karma of body and speech, and the karma of mind

Sharing one and the same Practice and Vow, may we cultivate

All the good friends who bring me benefit

Who reveal for me the Practice of Samantabhadra

May I always come together and gather with them

And toward this may all attain a mind that never tires

May I ever behold all the Tathāgatas

Surrounded together by all the Buddha-sons

In that place may all raise up great offerings

In all the kalpas of the future, never wearied

Ever upholding the subtle and wondrous Dharma of the Buddha

May all cause the Practice of Bodhi to shine forth

May all alike purify the Practice of Samantabhadra

In all the kalpas of the future may I cultivate and practice

While circling and flowing through all the states of existence

May Merit, Virtue, and Wisdom become inexhaustible

Prajñā, skillful Means, Samādhi, and liberation

May I attain the inexhaustible Treasury of Merit and Virtue

Like the dust-motes upon a single dust-mote, so are the lands

The Buddha-lands within them are beyond conceiving

The Buddhas and their Buddha-sons seated therein

Ever beholding the supreme and wondrous Practice of Bodhi

In this way, throughout all the immeasurable directions

Within a single hair-tip are contained the three times

Oceans of Buddhas together with oceans of lands

I enter and cultivate the practice through oceans of kalpas

Within a single sound, an ocean of Merit and Virtue

All the pure voices of the Tathāgatas

Every sound that the minds of the multitude of beings delight in

May I always gain entry into the eloquence of the Buddhas

Within those inexhaustible sounds

All the Tathāgatas of the three times

When they turn the wondrous Wheel of Principle and Meaning

By the power of Wisdom may I enter everywhere

In a single instant, all that is to come

May I enter all the kalpas of the future

All the immeasurable kalpas of the three times

In an instant may I enter koṭis of kalpas

All the Lions among Men of the three times

In a single instant may I behold them all

May I always gain entry into those realms

By the majestic power of the Practice of Liberation, like an illusion

All the wondrously adorned lands of the three realms

May they appear and arise upon the tip of a dust-mote

Thus, throughout the inexhaustible places of every direction

May I enter the adorned lands of the Buddhas

All the Lamps of the World (the Buddhas) of the future age

May they all be enlightened and turn the Wheel of the Dharma

Manifesting the Ultimate, Quiescent Nirvāṇa

May I come to the presence of those World-Honored Ones

By the power of supernatural travel, swift and pervading

Relying upon the universal gate of majestic power

By the Merit and Virtue of the Majestic Power of Practice

The pervading practice of the Majestic Power of Loving-Kindness

By the Majestic Power of Merit, with adornment everywhere

The unattached practice of the Majestic Power of Wisdom

By the Majestic Equanimity of the power of Prajñā and skillful Means

May the Majestic Power of Bodhi all be gathered and amassed

May all be purified within the power of karma

Now I crush and shatter the power of the afflictions

May I subdue and overcome the power of Māra (the obstructing Demon)

And perfect every power of Samantabhadra

Causing the ocean of lands everywhere to become pure

May I liberate all sentient beings everywhere

May I contemplate all the oceans of the Dharma

And attain the source within the ocean of Wisdom

Causing the ocean of Practice everywhere to become pure

And causing the ocean of Vows all to be fulfilled

Making offerings to the oceanic assemblies of all the Buddhas

In the kalpas of the Practice of Samantabhadra, never wearied

All the Tathāgatas of the three times

The Vows of Bodhi in all their distinctions

May I fulfill them all without any remainder

By the Practice of Samantabhadra, awakening to Bodhi

The Buddha-Tathāgatas have an eldest son

Whose name and title is the Honored Samantabhadra

By that same Wisdom and equal Wondrous Practice

I dedicate all the roots of goodness

May the karma of body, speech, and mind be made pure

May the practices be pure, and the lands be pure

Like that Wisdom whose name is Samantabhadra

May I this very day become equal to that rank

The Practice and Vow of Samantabhadra, adorned everywhere

May I practice the Practice of Mañjuśrī

In the kalpas of the future, never wearied

Bringing all to perfection, leaving nothing undone

Having cultivated supreme Practices beyond all counting

All the Merit and Virtue beyond all measuring

Abiding in immeasurable cultivation

May I come to know all those Spiritual Penetrations

So long as empty space reaches its end

So long as beings reach their end without remainder

And so long as karma and afflictions reach their end

So long shall my vows likewise reach their end

If there were boundless lands of the ten directions

Adorned with jewels and offered to the Buddhas

The most exquisite of heavenly and human supreme bliss

Given as alms throughout kalpas as numerous as dust-motes

If a person, upon this King of Supreme Vows

Hearing it but once, can give rise to a mind of supreme resolve

Yearning and thirsting for the supreme Bodhi

The mass of merit they attain surpasses the former by far

Such a person becomes free of the evil destinies

And departs far away from all evil companions

Swiftly they come to behold Amitāyuḥ (Infinite Life)

Merely by recollecting the supreme Practice and Vow of Samantabhadra

They gain great benefit and an increase of lifespan

Well does this person come to live their human life

Like the Great Bodhisattva Samantabhadra

That person before long shall attain it

The karmic offenses of the Five Heinous Acts that one has committed

Done through the absence of Wisdom

When one recites the Practice and Vow of Samantabhadra

They are swiftly extinguished without any remainder

Wisdom, beauty of form, and excellent marks

Family lineage and noble character shall be accomplished

Against Māra and the heretics one becomes hard to destroy

Ever within the three realms one is honored with offerings

Swiftly one goes to the Bodhi-tree

And arriving, sits down, benefiting sentient beings

Awakening to Bodhi, turning the Wheel of the Dharma

Crushing and subduing Māra together with his retinue

If there is one who upholds this Vow of Samantabhadra

Reading, reciting, receiving, and upholding it, and expounding it

The Tathāgatas all know the fruit and recompense

Of attaining supreme Bodhi—let no doubt arise

Like the valiant Wisdom of Mañjuśrī of Wondrous Auspiciousness

And like Samantabhadra, such is the Wisdom

When I am training and learning in that place

I dedicate all the roots of goodness entirely

All the Tathāgatas of the three times

By this dedication, made their supreme vow

I take all the roots of goodness

And dedicate them all to the Practice of Samantabhadra

At the time of approaching death, when casting off this life

May all karmic obstructions be transformed

Drawing near to behold Amitābha (Infinite Light)

May I swiftly reach that World of Utmost Bliss

Having arrived in that place, may these Supreme Vows

All become manifest before me, complete and fulfilled

I shall fulfill them all without any remainder

Bringing benefit to beings in the world

In that Assembly of the Buddha, most adorned

Born within a supreme lotus flower

There may I attain the personal prediction of Buddhahood

Drawing near to the Tathāgata of Infinite Light

Having attained that prediction there

I shall transform into koṭis of immeasurable kinds

Widely bringing benefit and joy to sentient beings

Throughout the worlds of the ten directions, by the power of Wisdom

If a person recites and upholds the Vow of Samantabhadra

All the roots of goodness they have gathered and amassed

In a single instant they attain it as they vowed

By this, may the multitude of beings attain the Supreme Vow

May I attain this Practice of Samantabhadra

A supreme, immeasurable accumulation of Merit and Virtue

May all the multitude of beings sunk in evil

Come to the palace of the Buddha of Infinite Light

Praise of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas

(Extracted from the end of the Sūtra of the Maṇḍala of the Eight Great Bodhisattvas)

The gateway to the citadel of Perfect Quiescence

Able to extinguish utterly the door

The Dharma that the Buddhas enjoy and partake of

Savior of the world, I bow my head in homage

From his hand flows pure water

Able to relieve the hungry and thirsty ghosts

The Wish-Fulfilling Tree of the three realms

I bow my head to Padma-pāṇi (the Lotus-Bearer)

The Water of Great Loving-Kindness he makes his heart

Able to quench the fire of anger

I bow my head to the Honored Maitreya

Able to cut the bowstring of Desire

Ākāśa-garbha, of Wondrous Wisdom

The Honored One Quiescent as Empty Space

Liberating from the stream of birth and death

I bow my head to the Heart-Son of the Buddha (the son of the Buddha's heart)

The delusion of boundless sentient beings

Able to sever the useless mind

I bow my head to Samantabhadra

The Foremost Son of the Sugata (the son who is the foremost leader among the Sugata's sons)

Toiling and laboring like a servant

Surpassing and overcoming the army of Māra (the obstructing Demon)

I bow my head to Vajra-pāṇi (the Vajra-Bearer)

Able to speak all the Vidyās (Mantras of Knowledge)

I bow my head to Mañjuśrī (Wondrous Auspiciousness)

In the wondrous form of a youth

Stretching out everywhere the Lamp of Wisdom

Seizing away the light of the three realms

Sarva-nīvaraṇa-viṣkambhin (Remover of All Hindrances)

For this reason I bow my head in homage

The Honored One of Inexhaustible Wisdom

Able to give rise to eloquence that never runs dry

Like the Earth, upon which sentient beings

Lean and rely without ever ceasing

The Treasury of Firm Wisdom and Compassion

Kṣitigarbha (Earth-Store), I bow my head in homage

These true Sons of the Sugata

In praising them, one reaps Merit

By means of these sentient beings

In this way one becomes a Vessel of Praise (an object worthy of praise)

PRAISE OF THE PRACTICE AND VOW OF SAMANTABHADRA BODHISATTVA

(The End)

The Dhāraṇī for Swiftly Fulfilling the Practice and Vow of Samantabhadra is:

Na-ma tất-đế-lý dã, địa-vĩ ca nam (1) đát đà nghiệt đá nam (2) Án (3) a tuất phộc la, vĩ nghĩ nễ, sa-phộc ha (4)

NAMAḤ STRIYA-DHVIKĀNĀṂ _ TATHĀGATĀNĀṂ (Homage to all the Tathāgatas of the three times)

OṂ (Gathering and summoning)_ ASU-VĀRA (the supreme wonder of life) VIGĀNA (Aversion to what is evil) SVĀHĀ (the accomplishment of what is good and auspicious).

Each day recite the Practice and Vow of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, and thereafter immediately recite this True Word (Mantra). As soon as one has recited it but a single time, the Practice and Vow of Samantabhadra are all fulfilled, becoming the Cause of Samādhi; one swiftly attains the manifestation of Samādhi before oneself, and the two kinds of adornment—Merit and Virtue, and Wisdom—attain the firm and steadfast Dharma, swiftly being accomplished.