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Buddha to Flourish
བན་འབར་མ།
བན་འབར་མ།
Homage to the seven hero buddhas:
Vipashyin, Shikhin, Vishvabhu,
Krakucchanda, Kanakamuni, Kashyapa,
And Gautama Shakyamuni, the lord of lords.
Colophon:
This prayer is an extract from the Essence of the Moon Sutra by Panchen Sonam
Dragpa, who was tutor to the third Dalai Lama. The last two verses of homage and
dedication are added in the Tibetan version.
Translated by Carol Savvas and Lodro Tulku, and appearing in Transformation into
the Exalted State: Spiritual Exercises of the Tibetan Tantric Tradition, Tibetan Institute,
Rikon, Switzerland, 1987, pp. 179–184. Lightly edited by Ven. Constance Miller,
FPMT Education Department, November 2000.
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