Budismo

Buddhist Prayer
An Anthology
Jason Espada, editor

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Buddhist Prayer – An Anthology

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Preface An Introduction in Three Parts: Buddhism and Prayer An Outline of Buddhist Traditions, and Buddhism in the West The Contents, in brief:

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Part I. The Prayers of the Historical Buddha, and Prayers in the Theravada Tradition Part II. The Bodhisattva Vow, and Producing the Mahayana Motivation. Part III. Prayer in Zen; Prayer in Japanese Buddhism; Prayer in the Chinese, and Vietnamese Mahayana Tradition; and, Prayer in Pure Land Buddhism Part IV. Prayers in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition Part V. Dedication Prayers Sources

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The Contents, in more detail Part I (A) The Prayers of the Historical Buddha, and (B) Prayers in the Theravada Tradition

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I (A) The Prayers of the Historical Buddha  The Discourse on Love - The Metta Sutta, Suttanipata  Selections from The Dhammapada  From the Mahasihanada Sutta  Verses of Homage to the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha, from the Anguttara Nikaya. X.92  A Reflection from The Dhammapada  A Selection from the chapter called ‘Happiness’, from the Dhammapada  The Jewel Sutta, The Sutta Nipata, 2.1  The 'Banner' Sutta - The Top of the Standard, Samyutta Nikaya, 11.3  The Transference of Merit, from the Tirokudda Kanda 45 46 48 48 49 49 50 54 57

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page I (B)    Prayers in the Theravada Tradition

From 'A Chanting Guide' of the Dhammayut Order The Sublime Attitudes; Blessings From 'The Book of Protection', by Piyadassi Thera The Value of Paritta From Bhavana Vandana, compiled by Gunaratana Mahathera: Offering; Closing Recollection; Asking for Pardon; Great Verses of Joyous Victory; Verses on The Buddha's Joyous Victories; Protection by The Factors of Enlightenment

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 Practicing Loving Kindness, By Dr. Henepola Gunaratana Nayaka Thera  From ‘The