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Texts by the Kashmiri master Śākyaśrībhadra (1127–1225), who in 1204 travelled to Tibet, where he became the teacher of a number of important lamas, including Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyaltsen:

Instructions

An Instruction on Pure View and Conduct | Advice

The Viśuddhadarśanacaryopadeśa (lta spyod rnam dag gi man ngag) is a very brief work included in the Tengyur. In it Śākyaśrībhadra discusses the empty, illusory nature of reality and recommends meditation on 'emptiness with compassion as its core' (stong nyid snying rje'i snying po can).

Practices

A Brief Practice for Paying Homage and Making Offerings to the Buddha together with his retinue of Arhats | Sixteen Arhats

Attributed to the great Kashmiri scholar Śākyaśrībhadra, this is the most famous rite of homage and offering (phyag mchod) to the Buddha and the Sixteen Elders (sthavira).

The Seven Branches for Practising the Sacred Dharma

Lists of the seven branches (yan lag bdun; saptāṅga) vary. In this short text by the influential Kashmiri scholar Śākyaśrībhadra, the seven are: 1) prostration, 2) offering, 3) taking refuge, 4) confession, 5) rejoicing, 6) generating bodhicitta, and 7) making prayers of aspiration.

Verses of Refuge and Bodhicitta | Refuge

Extracted from Śākyaśrībhadra's Seven Branches for Practising the Sacred Dharma (Saptāṅgasaddharmacaryāvatāra), these verses for taking refuge and generating bodhicitta are often recited independently of their original source.

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