A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.139
A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.139
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v2.c19.s6.t4.139
The prayer opens with verses in which homage is paid to all Jinas. Then come the pious wishes (praṇidhāna), in which the believer, after having renounced all evil, requests all the Buddhas to allow the wheel of the doctrine to revolve throughout all the aeons, in which he wishes good fortune and blessing for all beings, and prays on his own behalf, that he may ever lead a pious life, direct his thoughts to enlightenment, and that he may one day, as a Buddha, make an end to the sufferings of the world. In particular he implores the Bodhisattvas Samantabhadra and Mañjuśrī, whom he strives to imitate, and in conclusion he expresses the hope that he may at some future time behold Amitābha and attain to the Blessed Land (Sukhāvatī).