Item #57637 Samantabhadra's Prayer Volume II. Tony DUFF.

Samantabhadra's Prayer Volume II.

Kathmandu: Padma Karpo Translation Committee, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xxx + 192pp, b&w illustrations, glossary, index. From the publisher: "The Prayer of Samantabhadra, also known as 'a prayer of excellent conduct' is one of the five great prayers of the Great Vehicle tradition and one of the most popular prayers in that tradition. While using the prayer in Tibetan and English, the author discovered that existing English translations from Tibetan sources have many mistakes and he undertook a major study of the sutra in order to provide practitioners with a reliable translation and a complete set of explanations that would explain correctly and in depth every facet of meaning contained of therein. This volume ( Volume II) is taken up with a single, very large Tibetan commentary. There are a number of commentaries by Tibetan masters. The one was chosen for this second volume is by Ontrul Tenpa'i Wangchuk, who was regarded as one of the greatest living scholars and Dzogchen masters in Tibet until his recent passage. His commentary goes through the verses word by word, in a level of detail not seen in any of the other Tibetan commentaries. More than that, it is unique amongst all of the Indian and Tibetan commentaries in that it was not given as a scholarly exploration of the meaning of the verses but was given as practical advice to his lay disciples on how to follow the excellent conduct of a bodhisatva. Therefore, his commentary is particularly useful for anyone wanting to use the prayer not only for recitation but as a basis for developing himself as a bodhisatva." Very light rubbing to covers - otherwise appears unread - thus a tight, clean near Fine copy. Item #57637
ISBN: 9789937572835

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