Term | aspirational prayer |
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Tibetan | smon-lam |
Sanskrit | pranidhana |
Pali | |
Definition | (1) A prayer for the attainment of a spiritual goal or of the circumstances conducive for reaching that goal. (2) In the context of the ten Mahayana far-reaching attitudes, a special discriminating awareness concerning phenomena toward which to aspire. This discriminating awareness is in connection with the aspiration never to be parted from a bodhichitta aim in all one's lifetimes and for the continuity of one's far-reaching activities for benefiting all beings never to be broken. |
Arabic | الصلاة الطموحة |
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German | Gebet der Aspiration |
Spanish | verso de aspiración |
Italian | preghiera d’aspirazione |
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... | [wish-path]; wishes; prayer-wishes; prayer; supplication; aspirational prayer; prayer petition |
Russian | устремлённая молитва |