On March 14, 2006, the
Sanghata will be recited on the very spot where in India where it was
first uttered by the Buddha: at Vulture's Peak itself, in
Raja-griha. We invite you to join us to contribute your own voice
wherever you are, as a group of pilgrims and the
translator of the Sanghata bring the words of the Buddha
back to the very place from which they were first released on this
earth. March
14, 2006 is the Day of Miracles, and also a
full moon day on which a lunar eclipse will take place, making
this event particularly potent. For more information on this and other Global Sanghata Recitation Days in 2006,click here
In the Words of the Sanghāta:
Just as space is without bounds
and is not susceptible to being touched,
so it is not possible to go
to bow before the Teacher,
who gives forth nectar.
In just the way Mount Suméru abides,
so too is the Teacher in his abode.
Mount Suméru is susceptible to being measured,
as is the depth of the great ocean.
It is possible to count all the specks of dust
found in a galaxy of one billion worlds,
but there is no knowing the arising of buddhas.
Bodhisattvas from the ten directions
bow before him who illuminates the world.
- Ārya Sanghāta Sūtra
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News and Announcements
News:
Global Recitation Days Planned for 2006
(January 26, 2006)
Four days in 2006 have been set aside for the Sanghata community
worldwide to join to recite ths amazing and transformative sutra.
On the next upcoming global recitation day, March 14, a group will
travel to Vulture's Peak in India and recite on the very spot where
Buddha Shakyamuni first taught the sutra. Read more here.
News:
Portuguese translation now available
(October 25, 2005)
News:
Over a dozen countries join in reciting the Sanghāta Sūtra on
day of website launch (October 17, 2005)
This website devoted to the Ārya
Sanghāta Sūtra goes live on October 17, a full moon
day with a lunar eclipse. On this highly auspicious day, communities of
Buddhists worldwide joined in reciting the Sanghāta Sūtra, to
celebrate the launch of this site and generate extensive merit!
Devotees of the Sanghāta Sūtrain Italy,
Spain, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, Taiwan, Malaysia, Australia,
Washington, New York, Madison, Baltimore,
California,
Puerto Rico and Mexico all recited on
this day. Visit the discussion forum to read some of their reports.
News:
Recitation of Sanghāta
Sūtra broadcast over Internet in Spanish (October 17, 2005)
A group in Xalapa, Mexico, is broadcasting a recitation of
the sutra in Spanish over the Internet at 7:30 pm Mexican time (8:30 pm
EST), so that Spanish-speaking students in various locations could
unite and recite together. For more details in Spanish, click here.
News:
German translation now available in draft version
(October 17, 2005)
A graduate of the Lotsawa
Rinchen Zangpo Translators Program completed a
draft of a translation into German from the Tibetan, just in time for
German speakers to recite it on October 17. She has made this
provisional draft available for download, and welcomes
feedback. Download
by clicking here.
Announcement:
Spanish version of the Sanghāta
Sūtra Website on its way
(October 17, 2005)
The Mexican translator of the Sanghāta Sūtra from
English into Spanish has offered to translate the pages of this
Website, to make it available to the large number of Spanish speakers
who have taken lively interest in the sutra.
Announcement:
Dutch translation of the Sanghāta
Sūtra in progress
(October 17, 2005)
A group at the Maitreya Institut in Emst, Netherlands, is
currently working on producing a translation of the Ārya Sanghāta Sūtra
into Dutch. When the translation is completed, it will be available to download
by clicking here.
