Maitreya's Aspiration

Posted on February 22, 2021

On this Guru Rinpoche Day Lhasey Lotsawa is pleased to share with you this beautiful translation of an aspiration made by Buddha Maitreya, when he was a bodhisattva on the path aspiring to accomplish the six perfections and reach the ten bodhisattva levels.

བྱམས་པའི་སྨོན་ལམ།

byams pa'i smon lam

Maitreya's Aspiration

In the sūtra The Question of Maitreya (Toh. 85, Maitreya­paripṛcchā, byams pas zhus pa), Buddha Śākyamuni recounts this prayer made by Buddha Maitreya, when he was a bodhisattva on the path aspiring t.....