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Poetry, Song, and Prayer

Tibetan Buddhist poetry, song, and prayer in source-conscious editions, including Gendun Drub's Gelug praise and four independent Degé Tengyur prayer translations with complete Tibetan sources.

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Texts

A Prayer and Statement of Truth from The Great Peahen, Queen of DhāraṇīsAn anonymous prayer and statement of truth invoking the seven past buddhas, their associated trees and plants, and wishes for the well-being of beings, travelers, and returners. Independently translated from the Tibetan of Tengyur D4409.A Vajra Aspirational Prayer — D4384A tantric aspiration attributed to Nāgārjuna: devotion to Vajrasattva and the guru, vajra song and dance, mastery of the tantras, compassionate activity, and the transformation of all beings.Minor Tibetan Texts I — The Song of the Eastern Snow-MountainGendun Drub's complete Tibetan devotional poem in Johan van Manen's 1919 Tibetan-English edition, with variants, translation, glossary, notes, and errata.Reader's Guide to the Song of the Eastern Snow-MountainA guide to Gendun Drub's fifty-six-line Gelug devotional poem, Johan van Manen's complete 1919 Tibetan-English edition, its living ceremonial life, and its narrow coverage boundary.Verses of Auspiciousness by the Lord of the Gods, Śakra to the BhagavanTen verses in which Śakra invokes the auspiciousness of ten past buddhas entering divine halls. Independently translated from the Tibetan of Tengyur D4402 and checked against its local Kangyur parent passage.Verses of Auspiciousness to the Blessed One by Pramudita, Lord of the Gods — D4404Ten verses in which Pramudita, king of Tuṣita Heaven, invokes the auspiciousness of ten past buddhas entering divine halls. Independently translated from Degé Tengyur D4404 and checked against its Buddhāvataṃsaka parent passage.
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Begin with [[Buddhist/Tibetan/Poetry, Song, and Prayer/A Vajra Aspirational Prayer — D4384|the D4384 vajra aspiration attributed to Nāgārjuna]], [[Buddhist/Tibetan/Poetry, Song, and Prayer/Verses of Auspiciousness to the Blessed One by Pramudita, Lord of the Gods — D4404|Pramudita's D4404 auspicious verses]], the [[Buddhist/Tibetan/Poetry, Song, and Prayer/Reader's Guide to the Song of the Eastern Snow-Mountain|poem reader's guide]], or [[Buddhist/Tibetan/Poetry, Song, and Prayer/A Prayer and Statement of Truth from The Great Peahen, Queen of Dhāraṇīs|the D4409 prayer]].