Key Terms/Dharmacakrapravartanādhyeṣaṇā
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धर्मचक्रप्रवर्तनाध्येषणा dharmacakrapravartanādhyeṣaṇā
requesting the turning of the wheel of Dharma
ཆོས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ་བསྐོར་བར་བསྐུལ་བ་
chos kyi 'khor lo bskor bar bskul ba
請轉法輪
qǐng zhuǎn fǎlún
Sanskrit - Noun
1·Discover
Basic Meaning
The request for the buddhas to teach in order to help guide living beings away from suffering and towards enlightenment
In other languages
Tibetan
ཆོས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ་བསྐོར་བར་བསྐུལ་བ་
chos kyi 'khor lo bskor bar bskul ba
chö kyi khorlo korwar külwa
Sanskrit
धर्मचक्रप्रवर्तनाध्येषणा
dharmacakrapravartanādhyeṣaṇā
Chinese
請轉法輪
qǐng zhuǎn fǎlún
Japanese
shinten bōrin
Korean
청전법륜
How translators render it
requesting the turning of the wheel of DharmaBuddha-nature Standard
2·Explore
Has the sense of
This request is part of the seven-limb prayer which is also know as Supreme Worship
3·Study
Study details
- Abhidharma (Indo-Tibetan): Within the context of mental processes, this practice is related to the mental factor of intention (cetanā) and attention (manasikāra). It serves as a stimulus or impetus that rouses the mind toward virtuous activity. As a formal practice, it counteracts the 'obscuration of Dharma-neglect,' creating a karmic connection that ensures the practitioner will continue to encounter and receive teachings in future lives.
- Mahāyāna (Indo-Tibetan): In the Mahāyāna path, requesting the turning of the wheel of Dharma is established as the fifth of the seven branches of supreme worship (anuttarā-pūjā). It is modeled after the historical event where Brahmā Sahampati entreated the Buddha to teach, arguing that while some beings have 'much dust in their eyes,' others have little and would benefit from the path. Practically, it involves visualizing the Buddhas of the ten directions and requesting them to teach in accordance with the varied needs and capacities of sentient beings. This branch is specifically designed to clear away the negative karma associated with having criticized the Dharma or having prevented others from hearing the teachings.
- Vajrayāna (Indo-Tibetan): In Tantric ritual and sādhana practice, this entreaty is often used as a liturgical exhortation to rouse the deity's activity or to request the guru to grant empowerments and instructions. After the generation of the deity or the arrival of the lineage masters, the practitioner formally petitions them to remain active and to provide the 'nectar of the teachings' for the sake of all beings. It is a vital component in maintaining the samaya connection between the student and the teacher, ensuring that the flow of blessings and wisdom remains uninterrupted.
- Theravāda/Pāli Tradition Context: In the Pāli tradition, ajjhesanā refers to the formal invitation or request for a monk to speak or for the Buddha to reveal a teaching. The most significant instance is the Brahmā-yācanā, the request by the Great Brahmā for the newly enlightened Buddha to teach the world. This established the tradition that monks generally wait for a formal request before delivering a formal sermon, signifying respect for the Dharma and the readiness of the audience.
In other languages
Tibetan
ཆོས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ་བསྐོར་བར་བསྐུལ་བ་
chos kyi 'khor lo bskor bar bskul ba
chö kyi khorlo korwar külwa
Sanskrit
धर्मचक्रप्रवर्तनाध्येषणा
dharmacakrapravartanādhyeṣaṇā
Chinese
請轉法輪
qǐng zhuǎn fǎlún
Japanese
shinten bōrin
Korean
청전법륜
How translators render it
requesting the turning of the wheel of DharmaBuddha-nature Standard
Term type
Noun
Source language
Sanskrit
Topic
dharmacakrapravartanādhyeṣaṇā
Alternate spellings
adhyeṣaṇā, bskul ba, requesting the turning of the wheel of Dharma, entreaty to teach
