Prayer of Kuntuzangpo

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The Primordial Buddha Samantabhadra

Prayer of Kuntuzangpo (Tib. Kunzang Mönlam; Wyl. kun bzang smon lam) — a famous Dzogchen aspiration prayer from the Gongpa Zangthal. It is to be recited especially during a solar or lunar eclipse, an earthquake or at the solstices.

Further Reading

  • Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoche, Penetrating Wisdom: The Aspiration of Samantabhadra (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2006)
  • Keith Dowman, The Flight of the Garuda, Wisdom, 1994
  • Matthew Kapstein, 'The Prayer of the Original Buddha' in Buddhism in Practice edited by Donald S. Lopez Jr. Princeton, 1995

Translations

  • Bhakha Tulku and Steven Goodman in Quintessential Dzogchen: Confusion Dawns as Wisdom (Hong Kong: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2006), Ch. 9 'The Prayer of Kuntuzangpo'

Teachings on the Prayer of Kuntuzangpo

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