The Seven Limbs – How to Accumulate merit and purify negativities
The Seven Limbs – How to Accumulate merit and purify negativities
Join us for explanations and practice on the 7 limbs, the seven-line prayer that is a fundamental practice of Tibetan Buddhism. WHEN: Saturday, March 18, 10:00 am – 5.00 pm CET WHERE: Onsite only, Gablerstrasse 51 LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: Intermediate. Some basic understanding of Mahayana Buddhism is of benefit. Beginners are welcome as well! REGISTER: HERE The seven limbs (yan lag bdun pa; saptāṅga) are a set of practices that is paramount importance in many Tibetan Buddhist practice texts. These limbs offer ways to purify negativities and accumulate merit and are therefore an important aspect of the method side of the Buddhist path. We often tend to overlook and rush through them but potentially miss out on valuable aspects of the practice. Taken by themselves, the limbs make a complete and powerful practice, and practicing the seven lines of the prayer as part of other practices imbue these practices with profound meaning. During this day we will take time to become more familiar with the seven limbs, explore the various steps of the prayer and practice them together. Reverently, I prostrate with my body, speech, and mind; I present clouds of every type of offering, actual and imagined; I declare all my negative actions accumulated since beginningless time And rejoice in the merit of all holy and ordinary beings. Please, remain until the end of cyclic existence And turn the wheel of Dharma for living beings. I dedicate my own merits and those of all others to the great enlightenment. Without all seven limbs, there is no way for your practice to carry you to enlightenment. – Lama Zopa Rinpoche About the Teacher Christian Steinert has been a Dharma-Practitioner since 2002 and completed a 5-year study of the “Systematisches Studium des Buddhismus” (systematic study of Buddhism) at Tibetan Center Jangchub...
