This is a commentary on Samantabhadra's "Aspiration to Good Actions" composed by Ācārya Vasubandhu and translated by the Indian Upādhyāya Paṇḍita Ācārya Ānanda and the lotsāwa Bhadrapāla. The text systematically presents the aspiration prayer's "concise meaning" through ten main points: homage to the Tathāgatas, making offerings, confessing misdeeds, rejoicing in merit, requesting the Dharma wheel be turned, imploring Buddhas not to pass into nirvāṇa, dedicating roots of virtue, explaining its subdivisions, discussing its finality, and understanding its benefits. Vasubandhu then elaborates these into sixteen detailed aspects covering the bodhisattva path, including generating bodhicitta, maintaining it without forgetting, practicing without defilement, benefiting beings, donning the armor of practice, meeting spiritual companions, seeing Buddhas directly, upholding the sacred Dharma, and cultivating various powers and antidotes. The commentary emphasizes both present-life benefits (accumulating extraordinary merit, seeing Amitābha Buddha, purifying karmic obscurations) and future-life benefits (wisdom, excellent marks, swift enlightenment), concluding that this aspiration prayer leads practitioners to the pure land of Sukhāvatī and ultimately to perfect buddhahood.
| Citation | Vasubandhu (slob dpon dbyig gnyen). bhadracaryāpraṇidhānaṭīkā [भद्रचर्याप्रणिधानटीका]. bzang po spyod pa'i smon lam gyi 'grel pa [བཟང་པོ་སྤྱོད་པའི་སྨོན་ལམ་གྱི་འགྲེལ་པ]. [A Commentary on the Prayer for Good Conduct (84000)]. Tengyur, RKTST 3354 http://www.rkts.org/cat.php?id=3354&typ=2. |
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| Author | Vasubandhu |
