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aspirational prayer

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term aspirational prayer
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.

TRANSLATION (Spanish)

Translation verso de aspiración
Definition (1) Plegaria para el logro de una meta espiritual o para las circunstancias conducentes para alcanzar dicha meta. (2) En el contexto de las diez actitudes mahayana de largo alcance, una conciencia discriminativa especial concerniente al fenómeno al que se aspira. Esta conciencia discriminativa está conectada a la aspiración de no separarse jamás de la finalidad de la bodichita durante la propia vida y de no romper jamás la continuidad de las propias actividades de largo alcance en beneficio de todos los seres.

OTHER TRANSLATIONS

Arabic الصلاة الطموحة
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