The Candragomipraṇidhāna is an important Mahāyāna text attributed to Candragomin. The text is a praṇidhāna, which in Sanskrit means "vow," "aspiration," or "prayer." In Buddhist literature, praṇidhānas are typically aspirational prayers or bodhisattva vows that express the practitioner's dedication to achieving enlightenment for the benefit of all beings - a central concept in Mahayana Buddhism.
The Candragomipraṇidhāna survives only in fragmentary form in Sanskrit. The fragment survives in a bundle of scattered leaves in the Kaiser Library, Kathmandu.
| Citation | Candragomin. candragomipraṇidhāna. btsun pa zla ba'i smon lam [བཙུན་པ་ཟླ་བའི་སྨོན་ལམ]. [The Aspirational Prayer of the Venerable Candragomin (84000)]. Tengyur, RKTST 3720 http://www.rkts.org/cat.php?id=3720&typ=2. |
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| Author | Candragomin |