Sanghata Sutra Marathon

Wednesday 17 September 2008

Thank you very much for supporting us, thank you for participating and thank you for your practice of generosity. May all the merit created bring peace in the hearts of all sentient beings without exception !
156 recitations completed

October 7 - 17 2008

sangha sutraFor the second time, the monks of Nalanda will recite continuously the Sanghata Sutra for 10 days.

By reciting the Sutra a lot of positive karma will be created. This merit, the positive karma, will be dedicated to the welfare of all sentient beings. May all sentient beings find inner and outer peace. The positive energy will also be created in order to continue practicing Buddha’s teachings.

The whole Sutra recitation is being broadcast live via a webcam 24 hours a day to help raise the 108,888 Euros set as the target, and for all who view the event to receive the blessings of this Sutra. The recitation can be seen live anywhere at the bottom of this page.

Nalanda is donating half of the money to Tsetang Khangtsen, part of Sera Jay Monastery where our abbot comes from. They are one of the poorest Khangtsen’s of Sera and we’d like to help them build a gompa, kitchen, and library, but also to repay the kindness of our abbot for his teaching and compassionate service.

The other half raised will help towards repairing the large hole in the roof of Nalandas old building. Some of the monks could be getting wet in the winter, so we hope to be able to put a roof over their heads before they are swept away!

If you’d like to help either of these projects, you can do so via the donate button below.

You can join the recitation, and create extra merit, by downloading a free copy of the sutra and reading along with us. Even reading just one verse is amazingly beneficial.http://www.sanghatasutra.net/

May all living beings have only happiness

LIST OF BENEFACTORS

Nalanda wants to express it’s gratitude to all the following benefactors:

Stuart Banes10 eurosJohan Leen 10 euros
Alfred Leyens100 eurosGreg Sandoval10,80 euros
Chuck Archambault50 eurosHendrik Zacharias van der Pol 88,88 euros
Jeannine Asselin100 eurosnana bazelmans50 euros
Tay Sin Wee 10 eurosmarie-christine helari30 euros
Ségolène Ferandou10 eurosMarc ROBERT108 euros
Anonymous 108.88 eurosJose Antonio Ferrandez Mora20 euros
Kristy Roberts10 eurosFrank Giuffrida20 euros
O Planken 100 eurosGianni Tomasi10 euros
Rafael Herranz Fernandez 108 eurosJosé Carlos Alarcón20 euros
Marc Xo 50 euroslim lee nguan20 euros
Jose luis toribio lopez 20 eurosdavid bellos10,80 euros
Francesc Viladot10 eurosFiona O’Shaughnessy50 euros
Edelmiro Tudela Villaplana20 eurosTan Candy Sioh Choo10 euros
Simone Lau50 euros sandrine merot20 euros
michelle LE DIMNA 50 eurosEduardo Baixauli Furió20 euros
Xavier Duacastilla 20 euros Véronique Odon15 euros
Ismael Marzo Gimenez 30 eurosJosé López Fernández10 euros
Medicine Buddha Healing Center 10.80 euros Florian Bartscheit20 euros
Paola Tibaduiza100 euros janet yelowchan10 euros
Thomas Paradowski 50 euros Emerging Futures Foundation25 euros
Charlotte Théallet 15 eurosAlba Lucero Lopez Diaz50 euros
Jean Paul FENOUIL 40 eurosJean-Michel Pilaud200 euros
Stephan Wormland 100 eurosVen anonymous3460 euros
Paola Tibaduiza 100 eurosBiniam Zekiros 200 euros
Joëlle BERTHOUT50 eurosMirjana Ogrin20 euros
tiberij sezun50 euros
RAMSES CEFERINO MASO50 euros Aileen Barry10 euros
Maria Doehlen40 eurosCatherine CAVE200 euros
LESAULT Alain20 euroslucile , claude chabot10 euros
Will Manson75 euros Marvin de Hont15 euros
Mila Wilson25 eurosSylvain BESNARD100 euros
Simone Lau 50 eurosThomas Cerny20 euros
Stephanie v. Haldenwang11 eurosGlenice M Hursthouse50 euros
Lillian Hankel30 euros LESLIE SERNA15 euros
THUBTEN KUNYAB400 eurosIMI 108 euros
Edoardo Grandi100 eurosWIM VAN DEN DUNGEN15 euros
Valerie Harwood50 eurosKay Cooper50 euros
TK ONG10 eurosBob Hodgson10 euros
Benoit Martin15 eurosmaria verhorevoort20 euros
patrizia baldieri100 eurosK A Vickery-Howe25 euros
MARIA GUAL10 eurosIngrid Vickery-Howe100 euros
delphin-brunnen.de25 eurosMarie CREPIN50 euros
Michael Jolliffe10 eurosMARTA MASFERRER PUJOL30 euros
colette gérard50 eurosGABRIEL LEMUS LARA10 euros
Amigo mexicano15 eurosAriane Jones108 euros
Michele Schmalvogl10 eurosRay Ellis100 euros
heidi haltmeier30 eurosMarkus Rudolf Domula150 euros
Sylvie Bégué30 eurosWilliam en Iris Fransen - Vanhulst25 euros
jonathan katznelson108 eurosLaurent van Steenkiste100 euros
Laura Korkalainen5 euros Miriam Pokora10 euros
eve hardman30 eurosPaula de Wijs-Koolkin100 euros
Laura Gonzalez Alvarez100 eurosMichiel Gortzak10 euros
Upaya Solutions25 eurosCheong Fred30 euros
Yee Cyndi20 eurosMonica Lopez Fernandez12 euros
laurence declercq15 euros

TOTAL: 8972,08 euros


Forum

  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    18 October 2008
    Avec toute mon affection, merci à la sangha de Nalanda. Puissent tous vos voeux être exaucés.
  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    18 October 2008, by Serlingpa Retreat Center

    Muchas gracias por sus esfuerzos por éste magnífico maraton de Sanghatta Sutra. Les agradeceríamos compartir el ofrecimiento de sus méritos para la Paz en Mexico, ya que el surgimiento de conflictos entre narcotraficantes y la participacion del gobierno ha gestado una lucha armada

    We apreciate if you could share the merits of this magnificent Sangata Sutra marathon for the quick attainment of the Peace in Mexico

  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    18 October 2008
    che tutti gli esseri senzienti possano essere sopratutto delle persone che sappiano sviluppare il buon cuore, la tolleranza e le attitudini mentali positive per se e per gli altri, prima ancora di chiamarsi con un nome. Nel Dharma Salvatore
  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    17 October 2008, by rocio arreola
    Que bendicion mas grande poder escuchar el Dharma… impregnar todo, el tiempo y el espacio con el Dharma. Que gran bendicion. Gracias a todos los que hacen esto posible. Larga vida para nuestros maestros, en especial SS el Dalai Lama, Gueshe Lhundrup Sopa, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Yangsin Rinpoche, y todos aquellos de quienes recibimos inspiracion… en especial muchas gracias a lso traductores de este Santo Dharma, el grupo de Xalapa que trabajo tanto en esta traduccion…
  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    17 October 2008

    QUE SEA PARA EL BENEFICION DE TODOS LOS SERES, QUE ALNCANCEN LA ILUMINACION

    OM MANI PADME HUM Luna9

  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    16 October 2008, by Venerable Lobsang Namgyel
    Dear Sangha of Nalanda Monastery - what you are doing is very inspiring and even though I do not have the karma to live in Nalanada, I rejoice every day, thinking How Wonderful It Is that a monastery for western monks exists and is promoting Dharma education and through this website, offering that experience to the world. Thank you so much. I pray that you will reach the required amount of donations in order to completely finish the work that is necessary. With all best Dharma wishes, Venerable Namgyel.
  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    16 October 2008
    This is awesome. Thank you for doing this.
  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    16 October 2008, by isabelle serret
    Merci, merci, juste merci. Je ne peux m’exprimer mieux. merci de ce que vous faites, et ce que vous êtes et de la partager ainsi. Isabelle
  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    16 October 2008, by ros
    It lovely to hear the text whilst am working (Dorje is quietly reciting at the moment - amazing speed but still really clear) thank you, we are slowly working through it at home and its really inspiring to hear you all. Thank you so much. Ros
  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    16 October 2008, by Alba
    Gracias por hacer esta Maraton, fue la oportunidad de conocer la enorme grandeza del dharma, de saber que en este mundo aqui y ahora estamos unidos por una gran corriente de seres que deseamos y buscamos la felicidad. Gracias a todos los monjes por esta inspiradora oportunidad. Mi vida se viene transformado gracias a la puerta que ustedes estan abriendo…
  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    15 October 2008
    que este Sanghata Sutra Marathon aporte tantos beneficios a los seres del mismo modo que el bodhisattva Manjushri y del mismo modo que Samantabhadra, en especial para una larga vida a Su Santidad XIV Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso que todos los seres alcancen la felicidad y sus causas que todos los seres alcancen la Iluminación edelmiro
    • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
      16 October 2008, by rocio arreola
      Que maravilla oir este sagrado Dharma! que todos los seres se iluminen. que hermoso poder escuchar la voz del Buda!
  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    14 October 2008, by Angel

    Thank you for this. My three children and I are copying this sutra as we hear it every night. May all of our merits be tranferred to all sentient beings so they may be reborn in Buddha’s perfectly pure realm!

    Angel, Nicole, Natalie, Nathan

  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    13 October 2008, by Tenpa Rabgye
    How wonderful you undertake this marathon and share with us this marvelous Sutra. May all of your aspirations be fulfilled even beyond your wildest imagination. Wishing you every luck and goodness! Tenpa and all of the monks and nuns of Lerab Ling
  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    13 October 2008, by Wendy S. King, ESL, Ben L. Smith High School, Greensboro, NC, USA
    Hi! I’ve got the computer on in my class so that all my students can hear the sutra and be blessed by it. Thank you so much. Dedicate the merits to HHDL’s surgery and may he be well soon.
  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    13 October 2008, by Wendy S. King, ESL, Ben L. Smith High School, Greensboro, NC, USA
    Why do you have to read so fast that no one can understand what you are saying? We are not familiar with your accent and it would be nice to be able to understand the holy sutra. Otherwise, what difference is it from the chattering of squirrels reciting the Holy Squirrel Sutra? Thank you for all you do. It is a wonderful idea and I dedicate all your merits, but the point is to hear the sutra and understand it. "Not to be like the heathen, who think they will be heard for their much-speaking."
    • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
      15 October 2008
      To the monks of Nalanda Monastery : the speed at which you are reciting is just fine. All the words could be heard distinctly. If anyone wants to ponder on the text, they could always obtain a free copy of it, and ponder the text at their leisure at http://www.fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/advice/sanghatasutra.asp and also at http://www.sanghatasutra.net/index.html . Also, to recite the sutra in different languages affirms the universality of the sutra and its contents, apart from being thoughtful of the different languages of the different listeners. Thank you for spreading so many blessings ! Stephen Ho.
  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    11 October 2008, by Relics tour
    It would be preferred to hear the sutra being recited more clearly…here around the holy relics the visitors would appreciate that…we cannot make the image larger so that doesn’t matter….many thanks for doing this!!!!…many visitors have commented that they will keep this playing at their homes 24/7 as well!
  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    11 October 2008, by Tonden
    Many many thanks to all of you, it has been very inspiring to see all the Sangha of Nalanda reciting the Sutra. Thanks to all those who contributed to this moving event. I really rejoice… Gracias! Lobsang Tonden
    • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
      11 October 2008, by Henk van der Pol
      Dear Friends, Nalanda is a (w)holy place in both the meanings of the word. A place where the world comes together in Buddha Thoughts; Dharma and Sangha! A very special place as the monks come from all over the world. I have the advantage to know several of them and can assure everybody that they do good work! So there is no better thing than to support them,as their work must continue and behold for the future. It is in the benefit of all sentient beings and you can help too! So ask your friends, family to donate! Day and night we have our computer on and sometimes when we have time between the normal work we try to follow the Sutra as we downloaded it. Kindly regards Henk van der Pol, The Netherlands
    • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
      16 October 2008, by Alison Harr

      Thank you for this offering of recitation of this lovely sutra. You at Nalanda go slower than at my center during recitation. I work at Liberation Prison Project and Tse Chen Ling in SF, CA. We are writing 10 copies and reciting Sanghata Sutra to remove obstacles. Two days ago our Dharma center was robbed and computers and valuables were stolen. Many of Ven. Robina’s holy objects were taken, the most things were stolen from her. No one was hurt. In these hard times listening to this holy sutra uplifts us. Thank you for doing this and all you do. Om Ah Hung 

      Many Thanks, Alison K Harr

  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    11 October 2008, by Tenzin Sonam

    Namo Buddha!

    Thank you again for this wonderful blessing of the Buddhadharma. I find it so inconceivably miraculous that an event like this is taking place. In the days when Sakyamuni Buddha walked the earth, people traveled great distances to hear just a few words of the Dharma. We are truly blessed that we have access to the relics of the Dharmakaya, such as the Sanghatasutradharmaparyaya and the Heart Shrine Relic Tour. You can download the sutra and have it printed in a matter of minutes, if you have the capabilities! How wonderful is that!

    Thank you to the FPMT, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and lineage masters, and to the dedicated bhikhus of Nalanda and all of you listening and watching for helping to uphold the Dharma.

    Thank you to all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Taras and Dharma protectors of the Ten Directions and Three times!

    OM AH HUM

    ps. Is there going to be a recitation of the Sanghatasutradharmaparyaya in Sanskrit? :)

    • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
      12 October 2008, by Thubten Chokyi

      Thus have I heard at one time and at another time and at another time.

      Dear Venerable Thubten Gelek and all the monks at Nalanda - excellent! excellent! that you are making such an inspirational effort as this, at this time. Every best wish for the reciters, the recitations and the act of reciting to generate success in all virtuous actions.

      While you are reciting I am listening online as I write the Sanghatasutradharmaparyaya out in gold and dedicating for the removal of obstacles to the great success of the Happiness & Its Causes Conference in San Francisco, to all the projects of Liberation Prison Project, Tse Chen Ling, Sherab Plaza Trust, of Ven Robina Courtin and all our spiritual friends, FPMT and the vast vision and tireless dedication to relieve the suffering of all sentient beings manifested by Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche. May all the obstacles to their holy wishes be instantly removed and may the realisations of the Buddhadharma ripen in the minds of all mother migratory beings as swiftly as possible.

      OH AH HUM OH AH HUM OH AH HUM

      Thubten Chokyi

  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    11 October 2008, by Carmen
    Hi, we’ve been playing this at the relics exhibition in Asheville, North Carolina which people are really appreciating, unfortunately there seems to be some sound fluctuations as well as some extreme static coming through…our connections are good from this side…
  • Sanghata Sutra Marathon
    9 October 2008, by Carmen
    Is there another way that people can donate besides through the website?
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