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| − | '''Samantabhadra''' (Skt.; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ཀུན་ཏུ་བཟང་པོ་]]}}, ''[[Kuntuzangpo]]''; [[Wyl.]] ''[[kun tu bzang po]]'') is one of the [[eight great bodhisattvas]], renowned for the vastness of his [[offerings]]. He is depicted as reddish-green in colour, and holding a corn-ear of jewels as a sign that he fulfills the wishes of all beings. His story is recounted in the ''[[Gandavyuha Sutra]]'', which includes his famous prayer of aspiration, ''[[Samantabhadra's Aspiration to Good Actions]]''. | + | '''[[Samantabhadra]]''' (Skt.; Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ཀུན་ཏུ་བཟང་པོ་]]}}, ''[[Kuntuzangpo]]''; [[Wyl.]] ''[[kun tu bzang po]]'') is one of the [[eight great bodhisattvas]], renowned for the vastness of his [[offerings]]. He is depicted as reddish-green in {{Wiki|colour}}, and holding a corn-ear of [[jewels]] as a sign that he fulfills the wishes of all [[beings]]. His story is recounted in the ''[[Gandavyuha Sutra]]'', which includes his famous [[prayer]] of [[aspiration]], ''[[Samantabhadra's Aspiration to Good Actions]]''. |
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
Revision as of 18:16, 21 November 2020
Samantabhadra (Skt.; Tib. ཀུན་ཏུ་བཟང་པོ་, Kuntuzangpo; Wyl. kun tu bzang po) is one of the eight great bodhisattvas, renowned for the vastness of his offerings. He is depicted as reddish-green in colour, and holding a corn-ear of jewels as a sign that he fulfills the wishes of all beings. His story is recounted in the Gandavyuha Sutra, which includes his famous prayer of aspiration, Samantabhadra's Aspiration to Good Actions.
Further Reading
- Jamgön Mipham, A Garland of Jewels, (trans. by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso), Woodstock: KTD Publications, 2008
