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Buddha Śākyamuni

Buddha Śākyamuni

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With your great compassion, you chose this world of conflict and degeneration,

And made five hundred vast aspirations.

You are praised like the immaculate white lotus, for whoever hears your name will never fall back into saṃsāra—

Most compassionate teacher, to you I pay homage!

Texts related to Buddha Śākyamuni (shākya thub pa):

Aspiration Prayers

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse composed this prayer of aspiration at the request of his student Yakzewa Gyurme Drakpa at the Mahābodhi temple in Bodhgaya in January 1958.
Pilgrimage India 5 Apr 2018

Commentaries

by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche adapted this teaching on śamatha and vipaśyanā from The White Lotus, Mipham Rinpoche's supportive teaching (rgyab chos) for the Treasury of Blessings sādhana of Buddha Śākyamuni. The text explains how to accomplish both śamatha and vipaśyanā in the context of that practice and clarifies the relationship between Buddha Śākyamuni, the yidam deity and the guru.
Meditation 28 Jan 2016

Guru Yoga

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A simple guru yoga based on Buddha Śākyamuni, which Jamyang Khyentse composed at the sacred site of Bodhgaya in December 1957.
Guru Yoga 3 Jun 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse wrote this guru yoga focusing on Buddha Śākyamuni (including his sambhogakāya form as Vajradhara and dharmakāya as Samantabhadra) in January 1958 at Rajgir (ancient Rājgṛha) following a visionary experience several days earlier at Bodhgayā.
Guru Yoga 28 Feb 2020

History

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Notes on a number of topics, including how Buddha Śākyamuni generated bodhicitta and completed the accumulation of merit over three incalculable aeons, the four kāyas, the twelve deeds, and the three councils. The text is undated and has no colophon, but it is possible that Jamyang Khyentse drew upon Zhuchen Tsultrim Rinchen's (1697–1774) catalogue (dkar chag) to the Derge Tengyur or a similar source.
History Jātaka Bodhicitta 8 Dec 2021

Inscriptions

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Mantras and verses to be inscribed on a set of thangka paintings depicting the twelve deeds (mdzad pa bcu gnyis) of Buddha Śākyamuni.
Inscriptions 16 Jun 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A four-line aspiration that was apparently inscribed on the back (verso) of a painted image of Buddha Śākyamuni.
Inscriptions 16 Jun 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This short aspiration was inscribed on the back (verso) of a painted image of Buddha Śākyamuni.
Inscriptions 7 Jun 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This short inscription is taken from the back (verso) of a painted image of Buddha Śākyamuni turning the Wheel of Dharma.
Inscriptions 7 Jun 2022

Praise

attributed to Āryaśūra
Although not to be found in the Tengyur, this short praise of Buddha Śākyamuni's deeds is commonly attributed to the Indian master Āryaśūra and became very popular in Tibet.
Praise
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A poetic praise of the Buddha's qualities, which Jamyang Khyentse composed at the Mahābodhi Temple, Bodhgaya, in 1956.
Praise 24 Jun 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse composed these verses of praise, prayer and aspiration when travelling to India for a second time, in or around January 1958.
Praise India 26 Jun 2022
by Jigme Lingpa
In a series of poetic verses Jigme Lingpa pays homage to the Buddha Śākyamuni by recalling his most significant deeds, from his initial descent from the heaven of Tuṣita to his final attainment of parinirvāṇa.
Praise 23 Sep 2012
by Nāgārjuna
This text (Toh 1133) is the longer of Ārya Nāgārjuna’s two short eulogies praising the stūpas at the eight great sacred places commemorating significant events in the life of the Buddha.
Praise Tengyur 7 Sep 2023
by Nāgārjuna
This text (Toh 1134) is the shorter of Ārya Nāgārjuna’s two short eulogies praising the stūpas at the eight great sacred places commemorating significant events in the life of the Buddha.
Praise Tengyur 7 Sep 2023
by Nāgārjuna
This is the version of Dvādaśakārastotra found in the Tengyur (Toh 1135). The text, which is attributed to Nāgārjuna, is a praise of the twelve great deeds performed by the Buddha Śākyamuni.
Praise Tengyur
by Nāgārjuna
Popularly known as "With Skilful Means and Compassion..." (thabs mkhas thugs rje ma), this is the liturgical arrangement of the Dvādaśakārastotra, Nāgārjuna's praise of the twelve great acts performed by Buddha Śākyamuni.
Praise Compendium of Sādhanas 24 Oct 2011
by Trulshik Rinpoche
Trulshik Rinpoche compiled these brief verses of praise and mantras so that all those connected with him could recite them daily or on special occasions. The deities included are Buddha Śākyamuni, Vajrasattva, Amitāyus, Amitābha, Ratnaśikhin, Medicine Buddha, Maitreya, Avalokiteśvara, Mañjuśrī, Vajravidāraṇa, Vijayā, Tārā, Guru Padmasambhava, and the union of Hayagrīva, Vajrapāṇi and Garuḍa.
Praise Vajrasattva Amitāyus Amitābha Mañjuśrī Uṣṇīṣavijayā Avalokiteśvara Tārā Vajravidāraṇa 12 Jul 2010

Prayers

attributed to Āryaśūra
This prayer for the accomplishment of the transcendent perfections was adapted from the summarizing verses that appear at the conclusion of each chapter in Jātakamālāṭīkā, Dharmakīrti's extensive commentary on Āryaśūra's famous Jātakamālā, or Garland of Birth Stories. (This covers the first four transcendent perfections only; additional verses for the remaining perfections and birth stories were composed by the Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje).
Jātaka 3 May 2008
by Drimé Özer
This short prayer occurred to Drimé Özer as he prayed before the Buddha statue at Lhasa's Jokhang Temple around 1907. Though most of Drimé Özer's treasures have been lost, some fragments survive, such as these verses, which were reproduced in Pema Ösal Tayé's shorter biography of the master.
Prayers 3 Apr 2025
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
A simple four-line prayer to Buddha Śākyamuni and a retinue of the sixteen elders.
Sixteen Arhats Prayers 12 Mar 2019
by Mipham Rinpoche
This eight-line prayer to the Buddha, Eight Great Bodhisattvas and Sixteen Arhats was written at the end of the Fire Sheep year (early 1908).
Prayers Sixteen Arhats 18 Mar 2020

Quotations

from the Words of the Buddha
Commonly cited verses from the Lalitavistara Sūtra (rgya cher rol pa, Toh 95).
Quotations 25 Sep 2025
from the Words of the Buddha
Commonly cited lines from the Sūtra of the Meeting of Father and Son (Skt. Pitāputra-samāgamana Sūtra; Tib. yab sras mjal ba'i mdo, Toh 60).
Quotations Two Truths 6 Oct 2025

Rites

by Mipham Rinpoche
Ju Mipham composed this sādhana of Śākyamuni Buddha, or '[Śākya]muni-ritual' (thub chog), at the request of Orgyen Tendzin Norbu (1841–1900). Both the sādhana and its vast 'supporting teaching' known as The White Lotus (rgyab chos padma dkar po) are among the most popular of Mipham's works.
Sādhanas Rinchen Terdzö Nyingma Mönlam 1 Jun 2008

Related Topics

Jātaka Kangyur Sixteen Arhats

Buddha Śākyamuni

Courtesy of Himalayan Art Resources

Further information:

BDRC T1AT489 (shākya thub pa)
Himalayan Art Resources

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