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Whoever
cleans the dust around a Stupa
In the spring time with clean water,
Will be
pleasantly fanned by ladies
Holding golden handled fans.
| Concerning
the benefits of prostrating and circumambulating a Stupa, it is
said in the Avalokiteshvara Sutra: |
If
one
pays respect by kneeling before a Buddha Stupa,
One will become a heroic and powerful world
monarch.
One will
have an armor with golden emblems.
One will become a powerful teacher and take
delight in the Buddhas.
| In
the Saddharma Pundarika Sutra it is said: |
Whoever
joins their
palms before a Stupa,
Whether with two hands or just one;
Whoever just one time bows their body,
Or even briefly bends their head;
Whoever prostrates or merely says "Buddha"
with a distracted mind
Whether once or several times
Before places where relics are kept,
That one will attain supreme enlightenment.
| In
the Caitya Pradakshina Ghata it is said: |
The
qualities
of circumambulating a
Stupa
of the Protector of the World,
Cannot
be described properly
With
mere words.
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These and
other quotations from the sutras and tantras will generate confidence
and vast joy.
I urge all those who
aspire to happiness and fortune to use their human existence in
a meaningful way. Endeavor to their best of your abilities, to
gather the accumulations and purify the obscurations. With
a noble Bodhicitta attitude prostrate, offer, circumambulate,
make aspirations and so forth before these special supreme supports
(Stupas), which grant great meaningful benefits through seeing,
hearing and remembering.
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This
was written by the renunciant Buddha Vajra, Who in this day and
age of the five decadences Gives the appearance of guiding beings
Through the representations of Buddha's body, speech and mind.
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Through
this merit, may all beings attain the level which transcends the
limitations of samsara and nirvana. By defeating the armies of
the maras, may they hold the power of the great kingdom of Samantabhadra,
may the two benefits spontaneously manifest and may auspiciousness
and splendor blaze forth.
This was composed in the male-fire-horse year of the 16th sixty-year
cycle (1966), in the ninth month on the 22nd day. SARVA
MANGALAM !
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