At last, a recitation of the new English
translation has been produced and is available for free download from
this site. Make as many copies as you like of this new
recitation of the Sangháta or listen online. And
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Audio
Recording of Sanghata in English Now Available:download here
Welcome to the Wondrous World of the
Sanghāta
The
Sangháta Sutra is a teacher,
manifesting in the form of a sage. -
Ārya Sanghāta Sūtra
The Ārya Sanghāta Sūtra
is a Mahāyāna Buddhist scripture
that promises to transform all those who read it. Like other
sutras, the Sanghāta records
a discourse given by the Buddha, but unlike other sutras,
Buddha tells us he himself had heard the Sanghāta from a
previous buddha. The Sanghāta
is a text that talks about itself by name—and
talks in great detail about what it will do to anyone who encounters
it.
It is also an extraordinary literary adventure, full of stories of
death, discovery and magical transformations. It is about many
things, but first and foremost, the Sanghāta is about
what can happen
to its readers. That is to say: Most of all, the Sanghāta is about
you.
Although it was visited often and with great enthusiasm for centuries
by Mahāyāna Buddhists in India and Central Asia, the wondrous world of
the Sanghāta Sūtra was largely
forgotten by Buddhist communities from the
eleventh century onwards… until very recently. In 2002, to
be
precise, the text was re-introduced to Buddhist
practitioners by
academic scholars in North America. In the three years that have passed
since then, the Sanghāta
has become the subject of intense activity:
the text has been translated into seven languages (and
counting),
recited, studied and copied by thousands of Buddhists worldwide, due in
large part to the efforts of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. After
over one thousand years of quiet slumber, this discourse of the Buddha
has again taken a vibrant place at the center of the spiritual life of
practicing Buddhists around the world. To learn more about
the
Sanghāta, click
here, or to read the story of how the Sanghāta was
rediscovered in recent years, click
here.
To continue your own exploration of the world of the Sanghāta, you can:
