Toh 1147The Hundred and Fifty Verse Praise
Pāli / Sanskrit:Śatapañcāśatakanāmastotra
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Explanation of the Scripture Praising in One Hundred and Fifty Reverential Verses
Context
The Scripture Praising in One Hundred and Fifty Reverential Verses (Śatapañcāśatakanāmastotra) belongs to the Northern Transmission canon of Mahayana Buddhism and is recorded in the Tengyur, the collection of treatises and practice materials of the Tibetan tradition. This work is a long praise (stotra), structured as one hundred and fifty reverential verses, whose noble purpose is to extol the perfect qualities of the Buddha or of a great bodhisattva.
In the Mahayana context, praises such as this are not merely expressions of reverence, but also profound means of practice. Through praising the immeasurable virtues of the one revered, usually the Buddha, practitioners form a connection with the profound truths of the Dharma, thereby developing faith or resolute confidence (adhimukti), and accumulating merit. This is one of the distinguished methods of practice in the Northern Transmission tradition.
Main Content
The scripture consists of one hundred and fifty reverential verses, each one a profound praise of the wondrous qualities of the Buddha, from the purification of ignorance (jñāna-āśuddhi) to the supreme Dharma bodies (dharmakāya). The content revolves around fundamental Mahayana themes: emptiness (śūnyatā), compassion (karunā), wisdom (prajñā), and the complete virtues of the Buddha.
Each praise is not flattery or formal eulogy, but a deep contemplation of the nature of bodhi, complete awakening. Through each reverential verse, the practitioner is guided to contemplate the realizations of the Buddha: how he transcends all concepts and positions, how he manifests for the benefit of beings, and how he displays countless forms in order to teach.
The scripture emphasizes that these virtues are not fixed, independent characteristics, but arise when the Buddha is completely liberated from ignorance (avidyā) and mental defilements.
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