Sanghata Sutra

JohnMac

Does anyone use the Sanghata Sutra as part of their daily practice? I have read that Lama Zopa Rinpoche encourages students to copy out the sutra in gold pen, the merit thus accumulated being tremendous!

From Lama Yeshe, "The Sanghata Sutra is one of a special set of sutras called dharma-paryayas, or 'transformative teachings' that function to transform those who hear or recite them in particular ways. One very powerful benefit is that at the time of death, any person who has recited the Sanghata Sutra will have visions of Buddhas who will come to comfort them during the death process. A further benefit is that wherever the Sanghata Sutra is established, the Buddhas are always present, as explained in the text itself. As such, the recitation can bestow a powerful blessing on the place where it is recited"

As a fledgling Tibetan practitioner, and as yet without a teacher ( although this may soon change....), I would like to know how others have used and/or any interesting experiences with what seems to be a very magnificent sutra.

DairyLama

http://www.sanghatasutra.net/english_translation_final.pdf

JohnMac

Thanks for the link, I've got the fpmt version, it will be interesting to compare them!