Saptāṅgasaddharmacaryāvatāra/Full text
Texts/Saptāṅgasaddharmacaryāvatāra/Full text
Lists of the seven branches (yan lag bdun; saptāṅga) vary. In this short text by the influential Kashmiri scholar Śākyaśrībhadra, which is included in the Tengyur (Toh 3980), the seven are: 1) prostration, 2) offering, 3) taking refuge, 4) confession, 5) rejoicing, 6) generating bodhicitta, and 7) making prayers of aspiration. (Source Accessed June 8, 2026)
| Reference | 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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| People | Śākyaśrībhadra, Tropu Lotsāwa Jampai Pal |