These
pages describe only a few of the ways people have found their lives,
their minds, and their hearts affected by the
Sanghāta. To share your own experiences, or
read about
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In the Words of the Sanghāta:
“Blessed One, 84,000 light rays have come forth from
your face, and this galaxy of a billion world systems and everything in
it is suffused with these light rays. All thirty-two great hells are
suffused with them, too. They are also illuminating thirty-two deva
realms. These light rays are of a great variety of colors, such as
green, yellow, red, white, crimson, crystal and silver. These light
rays, after emerging from the face of the Blessed One, did everything
to bring about the happiness of the sentient beings of the galaxy of a
billion world systems, and after that they returned, circumambulated
the Blessed One seven times and disappeared into the Blessed
One’s crown.?
- Ārya Sanghāta Sūtra
Stories and Experiences
The Sanghāta
promises to change those who hear or read it in many ways.
Many of the changes the Buddha describes take place on a karmic level,
and so are not immediately apparent. But many of the Sanghāta's readers
and reciters have undergone powerful transformative experiences already
in this lifetime—some
even during the very act of reading or reciting.
Among the experiences that have been reported thus far, are of two
women who were cured
of cancer after intensive recitations of the Sanghāta Sūtra and
the 'Vajra Claw' mantra. Another is of a doctor who had a
transformative vision, immediately after reciting the
text once, that led him to give up
eating meat, while an editor relates how she quit smoking
under similar circumstances. Others have reported rapid results in
terms of receiving
wealth, including one who won
the lottery after reciting the Sanghāta.
And wondering how to deal ethically with a rodent infestation? A
homeowner in Australia found that her rodents
disappeared after a recitation of the
sutra!
Finally, among the stories in our personal encounters section is a lovely account of Lama Zopa Rinpoche's reaction to receiving a handwritten copy of this amazing and life-altering Sanghata Sutra.
