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བསྔོ་བ། | Glossary of Terms
བསྔོ་བ།
yongs su bsngo ba
pariṇāmana
- Term
- Dedication
- བསྔོ་བ།
- ཡོངས་སུ་བསྔོ་བ།
- bsngo ba
- yongs su bsngo ba
- pariṇāma
The establishment of the correct motivation at the beginning of any practice or endeavor and the altruistic dedication at the end are regarded as highly significant. The most popular objects of the dedication are the flourishing of the sacred teachings of Buddhism throughout the universe and the attainment of full enlightenment by all sentient beings.
- Dedication
- ཡོངས་སུ་བསྔོ་བ།
- yongs su bsngo ba
- pariṇāmana
This refers to the bodhisattva’s constant mindfulness of the fact that all his actions of whatever form contribute to his purpose of attaining enlightenment for the sake of himself and others, i.e., his conscious deferral of the merit accruing from any virtuous action as he eschews immediate reward in favor of ultimate enlightenment for himself and all living beings.
- Dedication
- བསྔོ་བ།
- ཡོངས་སུ་བསྔོ་བ།
- bsngo ba
- yongs su bsngo ba
- pariṇāma
- pariṇāmana
Dedication of the merit at the end of a spiritual practice or virtuous action, usually for the attainment of full enlightenment by all sentient beings. In this way the actions thus dedicated contribute to the purpose of attaining enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings.
- Dedication
- བསྔོ་བ།
- ཡོངས་སུ་བསྔོ་བ།
- bsngo ba
- yongs su bsngo ba
- pariṇāma
- pariṇāmana
Dedication of the merit at the end of a spiritual practice or virtuous action, usually for the attainment of full enlightenment by all sentient beings. In this way the actions thus dedicated contribute to the purpose of attaining enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Dedicate the merit
- བསྔོ་བ།
- bsngo ba
- pariṇāma
Transformation; in the context of a sādhana, this is the dedication of merit.
- Dedication of merit
- ཡོངས་སུ་བསྔོ་བ།
- yongs su bsngo ba
- pariṇāmanā
- pariṇata