Saptāṇga pūja
(Redirected from Seven branches)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
saptāṇga pūja [alt. saptāṅgavidhi] (T. yan lag bdun pa ཡན་ལག་བདུན་པ་; C. qizhi zuofa 七支作法). Translated as "seven branch practice", "seven-limbed practice", etc. A set of practices found in many textual forms for recitation, often daily.[1] The seven limbs are often recited as a preliminary for carrying out other Dharma practices.[1]
The seven limbs are:[1]
- paying homage to the buddhas,
- presenting them with offerings,
- disclosing one’s negative deeds,
- rejoicing in the positive deeds of all beings,
- requesting the Dharma,
- supplicating the enlightened ones to remain with us, and
- dedicating all virtues to the benefit of sentient beings.
The Sanskrit and Tibetan terms for the seven limbs are:[1]
- prostration - vandanā ཕྱག་འཚལ་བ།
- offering - pūjanā མཚོད་པ་ཕུལ་བ།
- confession - deṡaya བཤགས་པ་ཕུལ་བ།
- rejoicing - anumoda རྗེས་སུ་ཡི་རང་བ།
- requesting - saṃcodana བསྐུལ་བ།
- supplication - adhyeṣaṇa གསོལ་བ་འདེབས་པ།
- dedication - pariṇāmana བསྔོ་བ།
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
ཡན་ལག་བདུན་པ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
Further reading
Seven limb prayer, StudyBuddhism- Merit Field, Seven-Limb Prayer, Mandala and Requests, StudyBuddhism
Seven Branches Series, Lotsawa House
Seven branches, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
