Buddhists worldwide have been reciting the
Sanghāta Sūtra regularly over the past four years. To view locations
around the world where the presence of the sutra has been established
through recitation and copying, view the Global Sanghāta
Satellite Map, by
clicking here.
In the Words of the Sanghāta:
"And those sentient beings who engage in good
verbal
conduct and for whose mass of merit it is impossible to make an
analogy, they should be seen as under the power of virtuous friends.
When one sees a virtuous friend, a tathágata is seen. When
one
sees a tathágata, all one’s wickedness is
purified."
- Ārya Sanghāta Sūtra
Bringing
the Sanghata Back to Vulture's Peak
March 14 - Sutra Recited on Vulture's Peak Itself
(Day
of Miracles)
On March 14, 2006 - the Day of Miracles according to the Tibetan
calendar - the Arya Sanghata Sutra was
recited again on the very spot in India where it was first
uttered by
the Buddha, at Vulture’s Peak itself, in Raja-griha. A group
of
pilgrims from Puerto Rico joined by the translator of the
Sanghata into English, brought the words of the Buddha back to the very
place from which they were first released on this earth. The group
recited verses from the sutra in Sanskrit, Tibetan
and English,
and then the entire
sutra in Spanish, while the English translator recited in Sanskrit.
Most of the group had received the oral
transmission of the Sanghata from Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche, making their
recitations particularly potent. We recited during the late
morning hours, approximately 9 am to noon, Indian time. This highly
auspicious date marked the Day of Miracles. Making this day
particularly auspicious, it was a full moon day on which a lunar
eclipse
took place. This was marked in Buddhist calendars as a day for
precepts, doing posadha (sojong) and Medicine Buddha pujas.
