Kashmiri Śākyaśrībhadra

Indian Masters Śākyaśrībhadra

Texts by and about the Kashmiri master Śākyaśrībhadra (shā kya shrī bzang po, 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

The Viśuddhadarśanacaryopadeśa (lta spyod rnam dag gi man ngag) is a very brief work included in the Tengyur (Toh 2464). It 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).

Advice Tengyur Emptiness

Practices

A Brief Practice for Paying Homage and Making Offerings to the Buddha together with his retinue of 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).

Sixteen Arhats Nyingma Mönlam

Taking the Vows of Sojong

This liturgy, which is included in the Kriyātantra section of the Tengyur (Toh 2863), consists of verses for taking refuge and generating bodhicitta followed by a brief ritual for taking the eight vows of sojong with the mahāyāna motivation of wishing to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all beings.

Sojong Tengyur

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, which is included in the Tengyur (Toh 3980), the seven are: 1) prostration, 2) offering, 3) taking refuge, 4) confession, 5) rejoicing, 6) generating bodhicitta, and 7) making prayers of aspiration.

Seven Branches Tengyur

Verses of Refuge and Bodhicitta

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.

Taking Refuge Bodhicitta

Kashmiri Śākyaśrībhadra

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