Post by Neo on Oct 18, 2020 19:45:06 GMT -5
As Lama Zopa Rinpoche said about the Sanghāta Sūtra, “This is a very important sutra, and can be recited in many different situations, for example when a center or an individual has problems or obstacles. It is a direct blessing from Buddha to you.” Indeed, Rinpoche has repeatedly asked his Dharma centers to specifically recite the Sanghāta Sūtra to generate merit for special projects, especially for the success of the Maitreya Project. On the first anniversary of 9/11, Rinpoche requested his students to recite the sutra for world peace and to avert disaster. Rinpoche has given recitations of the Sanghāta Sūtra as a preliminary practice to students, including one senior monk who was asked to recite the sutra 500 times as a preliminary practice before beginning a long-term retreat.
Reciting the Sanghāta can be seen as an offering to Buddha and to the Sanghāta itself, as a form of purification, and as a way to bring all the benefits of the sutra to ourselves and to others who may be within earshot. The Sanghāta Sūtra can be recited any time and any place, but following some basic guidelines can help make the activity most beneficial—and most enjoyable!
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www.sanghatasutra.net/guide-to-reciting-the-sanghata.html
Reciting the Sanghāta can be seen as an offering to Buddha and to the Sanghāta itself, as a form of purification, and as a way to bring all the benefits of the sutra to ourselves and to others who may be within earshot. The Sanghāta Sūtra can be recited any time and any place, but following some basic guidelines can help make the activity most beneficial—and most enjoyable!
The Blessed One said, “An orator of the Dharma is to be understood to be equal to a tathāgata.”
Sarva-shúra said, “Blessed One, who is an orator of the Dharma?” “Anyone who reads out the Sanghāta sutra is an orator of the Dharma.”
“Whoever recites the Sanghāta Sūtra, that one is an expounder of the Dharma.”
Sarva-shúra said, “Blessed One, who is an orator of the Dharma?” “Anyone who reads out the Sanghāta sutra is an orator of the Dharma.”
“Whoever recites the Sanghāta Sūtra, that one is an expounder of the Dharma.”
www.sanghatasutra.net/guide-to-reciting-the-sanghata.html