Verses of Refuge and Bodhicitta (Śākyaśrībhadra 2008)

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Verses of Refuge and Bodhicitta

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Extracted from Śākyaśrībhadra's Seven Branches for Practising the Sacred Dharma (Saptāṅgasaddharmacaryāvatāra), these verses for taking refuge and generating bodhicitta are often recited independently of their original source.

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Rigpa Translations, trans. "Verses of Refuge and Bodhicitta." By Śākyaśrībhadra. Lotsawa House, 2012. https://www.lotsawahouse.org/indian-masters/shakyashribhadra/verses-refuge-and-bodhichitta.

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Śākyaśrībhadra (kha che'i paN+Di ta chen po shAkya shrI b+ha dra). saptāṅgasaddharmacaryāvatāra [सप्ताङ्गसद्धर्मचर्यावतार]. dam pa'i chos spyod la 'jug pa'i yan lag bdun pa [དམ་པའི་ཆོས་སྤྱོད་ལ་འཇུག་པའི་ཡན་ལག་བདུན་པ།]. [The Seven-branches of Entering into Proper Dharma Practice (84000)]. Tengyur, RKTST 3320 http://www.rkts.org/cat.php?id=3320&typ=2.

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Śaraṇagamana - The foundational act of entering the Buddhist path by formally seeking protection and guidance from the Three Jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Saṅgha. Skt शरणगमन  Tib སྐྱབས་འགྲོ་  Ch 皈依  

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Bodhicitta - The altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. It is said to have two aspects: compassion aimed at sentient beings and their problems and the wisdom of enlightenment as the solution. Skt बोधिचित्त  Tib བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས།  Ch 菩提心  

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Bodhicitta - The altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. It is said to have two aspects: compassion aimed at sentient beings and their problems and the wisdom of enlightenment as the solution. Skt बोधिचित्त  Tib བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས།  Ch 菩提心  

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