2 Commentary by Khenpo Sodargye
And knower of all things as they are— Blessed One, together with your retinue, please come here to this place. With your compassion for me and other beings, And your magical powers, Blessed One, for as long as I make offerings, Please remain here.
D. Make the Seven-Branch Offerings to Accumulate Merit We’ve visualized the entire field being utterly pure, and then visualized all buddhas being invited to our world. They would remain in our world to witness the ritual of receiving the bodhisattva vow. Before formally receiving the vow, we should perform the seven branches of offering in front of buddhas and bodhisattvas to accumulate merit.
(1) Prostration
First is the prostration. We should fold our palms together as the physical homage, pray respectfully as the verbal homage, and recollect the qualities of tathagatas as the mental homage. We are not in only one physical form, but have boundless manifestations of our body to pay homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas. Besides our own
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