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The text is without exception a manual which shows us how to engage in the path of the bodhisattvas, and therefore he dedicates all of the merit from its composition so that every single living being is able to start out on their journey to full enlightenment. | The text is without exception a manual which shows us how to engage in the path of the bodhisattvas, and therefore he dedicates all of the merit from its composition so that every single living being is able to start out on their journey to full enlightenment. | ||
Dedication of merit is part of an important and widespread Mahāyāna liturgy known as the ''anuttara- | Dedication of merit is part of an important and widespread Mahāyāna liturgy known as the ''anuttara-pūja'', the supreme worship. The arrangement of practices in this liturgy may date back to around the second century CE. It is a traditional practice for accumulating merit and is often arranged in seven limbs or branches. | ||
These branches are paying homage, making offerings, confession of negativity, rejoicing in all good actions, requesting for teachings, beseeching the teachers to remain in the world and not pass into nirvāṇa, and dedication. | These branches are paying homage, making offerings, confession of negativity, rejoicing in all good actions, requesting for teachings, beseeching the teachers to remain in the world and not pass into nirvāṇa, and dedication. | ||
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