Prayer of Kuntuzangpo

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The Primordial Buddha Samantabhadra

Prayer of Kuntuzangpo (Tib. Kunzang Mönlam; Wyl. kun bzang smon lam) — a famous Dzogchen aspiration prayer from the Gongpa Zangthal. It is to be recited especially during a solar or lunar eclipse, an earthquake or at the solstices.

Commentaries

  • a Tibetan commentary was written by the 15th Karmapa, Khakhyap Dorje (1870/1-1921/2)

English Translations

  • Bhakha Tulku and Steven Goodman in Quintessential Dzogchen: Confusion Dawns as Wisdom (Hong Kong: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2006), Ch. 9 'The Prayer of Kuntuzangpo'
  • Dowman, Keith, The Flight of the Garuda (Somerville: Wisdom, 1994 & 2003), 'The Wish-Granting Prayer of Kuntu Zangpo', pages 111-119
  • Lama Yeshe Gyamtso and The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche in Penetrating Wisdom: The Aspiration of Samantabhadra (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2006), 'The Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra', pages 1-6

Teachings on the Prayer of Kuntuzangpo

Further Reading

  • Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoche, Penetrating Wisdom: The Aspiration of Samantabhadra (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2006)
  • Keith Dowman, The Flight of the Garuda (Somerville: Wisdom, 1994 & 2003)
  • Matthew Kapstein, 'The Prayer of the Original Buddha' in Buddhism in Practice edited by Donald S. Lopez Jr. Princeton, 1995

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