About The Sutra of Golden Light
 | To these sentient beings I shall reveal This sutra called Sublime Golden Light, Which rids one of every harmful misdeed And expounds upon the profound. |  |
At the beginning of the Sutra of Golden Light, Buddha Shakyamuni calls to anyone experiencing misery and affliction, bad health, poverty, loss, abuse, ill will, fear, nightmares, or other harms. He says to make the mind virtuous and to come and listen to the Sutra of Golden Light.
This “Sovereign King of Sutras” contains everything needed, from daily happiness to complete Enlightenment. It contains a heart-rending practice of confession and rejoicing, profound teachings on dependent arising, reliable assurances of protection, guidelines for ideal government, and awe-inspiring stories of the Buddha’s previous lives, in which the Buddha shows how, even before he had completely eliminated the delusions, he liberated countless beings from the ocean of suffering through compassion and personal courage. The Sutra of Golden Light moves us to do what has to be done and clearly describes the result.
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| This sutra is inconceivable, For its ocean of virtue is without end; It frees every being From countless oceans of suffering. | |
| This King of Glorious Sutras Fully destroys external enemies, Turns back legions of foreign armies, Removes the fear of the terrified and poor And causes supreme virtue. | |
| For beings without merit, The store of their merit Will grow into a limitless, incalculable, inconceivable mass. | |
Benefits of
the Sutra of Golden Light
The benefits from reciting, listening to, or even hearing the name of the sutra are immeasurable, from eliminating conflict, terrorism, torture and famine to achieving full enlightenment.
Dedicating
| By the sound of this majestic drum of golden light, May the suffering of lower migration, Yama and the poverty of the three realms Of the triple thousand worlds cease to be. | |
The sutra manifested as a drum in a Bodhisattva’s dream. From the drum came verses of aspiration and dedication.
Recording Recitations
In the Sutra of Golden Light,
Buddha Shakyamuni gives this advice:
Buddha Shakyamuni gives this advice:
| The one who wishes to make unimaginable offerings to all buddhas, and who wishes to know the profound sphere of tathagatas should go to that place – whether monastery or dwelling – where this sublime sutra is explained. | |
Even reciting one page a day is of great benefit, and it adds up. Read and recite alone or with others.
Keep a record of recitations, and share it with others.
Keep a record of recitations, and share it with others.
Experiences with the Sutra of Golden Light
Contact with the Sutra of Golden Light can produce new thoughts, changed understanding, interesting dreams, strengthened motivation, and who knows what else!
In the Sutra, the four great kings themselves say that when one offers even one stick of incense, the fragrance calls forth all of the protectors and draws them to the place where the sutra is being honored!
Tell us about your experiences with hearing, reading, reciting, giving or receiving, or just thinking about the Sutra of Golden Light, and to respond to other’s experiences.Questions about Sutra of Golden Light
As you read, recite, and think about this profound sutra, questions will arise. Email us if you have any questions about the Sutra.
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Sutra of Golden Light Oral Transmission
by Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche
by Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche
Why is the Sutra of Golden Light So Important?
- In the first chapter of the Sutra of Golden Light, Buddha Shakyamuni lists the benefits of contact with this sublime sutra. He says:
“Those who hear this sutra,
Those who cause others to hear it,
Those who rejoice upon hearing it
And make offerings to it,
For tens of millions of eons
Shall be venerated by gods and nagas, Humans and kinnaras,
Asuras and yakshas.”
-from the Sutra of Golden Light
- Lama Zopa Rinpoche urges everyone to recite the Sutra of Golden Light for these reasons:
- The Sutra of Golden Light itself says:
“This sutra is inconceivable,
For its ocean of virtue is without end;
It frees every being
From countless oceans of suffering.”
“This Sovereign King of Sutras
Fully destroys external enemies,
Turns back legions of foreign armies,
Removes the fear of the terrified and poor
And causes supreme virtue.”
“For beings without merit,
The store of their merit
Will grow into a limitless,
incalculable, inconceivable mass.”
and
“The one who wishes to make unimaginable offerings to all buddhas, and who wishes to know the profound sphere of tathagatas should go to that place – whether monastery or dwelling – where this sublime sutra is explained.”
- Lama Zopa Rinpoche also said:
If you recite the Sutra of Golden Light, you will have good health, energy, and power. All materials needs will be satisfied. One will be listened to and respected by others. Whenever a question arises, the Guru will answer. One will purify eons of negative karma, meet perfect teachers, develop realizations, and definitely benefit others.
The Sutra of Golden Light is the car that will take you to enlightenment.”
- The Sutra of Golden Light also teaches in the Chapter on Samjnaya the Great General of the Yakshas:
"O Venerable Lord, now or in a future time, in villages, cities, towns, valleys, forest retreats, hilly medicinal valleys, or palaces, wherever the King of Glorious Sutras, the Sublime Golden Light exists, O Venerable Lord, I, Samjnaya, the great general of the yakshas, will go to those villages, cities, towns, valleys, forest retreats, hilly medicinal valleys, or palaces. Making our bodies invisible, we will protect the bhikshu who expounds the Dharma. We will give him protection, hold and nurture him, avert his retribution and make him peaceful and well. We will completely protect men, women, boys or girls who listen to this Dharma. We will completely protect those who listen and remember a stanza of four lines or even a single word from the King of Glorious Sutras, the Sublime Golden Light. We will completely protect those who hear and remember the name of a single bodhisattva from the King of Glorious Sutras, the Sublime Golden Light, the name of a single tathagata, or the name of this King of Glorious Sutras, the Sublime Golden Light. We will give them protection, hold and nurture them, avert their retribution and make them peaceful and well. We will also completely protect those classes of people, households, villages, cities, towns, forest retreats and palaces. We will give them protection, hold and nurture them, avert their retribution and make them peaceful and well."
- Lama Zopa Rinpoche's introduction to the Sutra of Golden Light: The 21 Chapter Version says:
The purpose of our lives is to benefit others. We can bring others the happiness of this life, but the happiness of all coming future lives is more important. More important than that is bringing sentient beings to liberation, which is free forever from the suffering of samsara. Most beneficial is to bring them to the ultimate, great liberation of full enlightenment. That is the greatest service and benefit for sentient beings. To do this, first we must achieve full enlightenment ourselves.
For the success of attaining the whole path to enlightenment, listen to the Sutra of Golden Light. This sutra directs our lives towards enlightenment. It helps us not be reborn in the lower realms. The very first thing, the immediate danger that we need to stop is rebirth in the lower realms. We need a higher rebirth so we can continue to practice Dharma. All negative karma is purified by listening to this sutra.
This text increases success and, especially for leaders like kings or presidents, it brings success to their guiding in virtue, the path to happiness. If you have problems, for anyone dying or dead of if the devas have turned against you and nothing is working; or if merely by expressing yourself, your friends, loved ones, husband, wife, family members and even servants get angry with you, if your wealth declines of if you have harm from black magic or spirits, of if you have bad dreams or fearful thiings happening, then for all of these problems you should wash, put on clean clothes, and with a peaceful mind listen to the transmission of this text. Then all will be pacified.
Anyone who hears it creates much merit and is highly admired by the Buddhas.
In whichever country this is taught, the whole country will benefit. The king of that country will not be attacked and disease will be eliminated, everyone will be happy, and the country will become harmonious and without quarrels. The king will give religious freedom and will always be protected by the devas. It is especially good to read this in places where there is a lot of fighting. As well, there will be prosperity and rains will come at the right time.
It would be excellent to go into countries where there is much killing and read this precious sutra one hundred times or any number of times. This would be very valuable, very beneficial.
Anyone who keeps, memorizes, or contributes to this text exceeds the eight worldly beings and all their wishes will be fulfilled. Shakyamuni Buddha told the four guardians to make offerings and serve this text, and to always protect the people who memorize or even just read it. The four guardians acknowledged they would protect those who read it and would help and fulfill all their wishes.
Memorizing or making offerings to this text is like making inconceivable offerings to the Buddha. Enlightenment will never be reversed for anyone into whose ears these holy words are spoken; their life will always be directed toward enlightenment and they will never fall back. The deva Hamachiwa Pala told the Buddha that she will protect the bhikshu who recites this text and he will receive all that is needed: property, a stable mind, and so forth. Whoever even tries to read or understand this text will experience the comfort and happiness of devas and humans for 100 billion eons, fame and perfect crops, and will become a buddha. The earth goddess definitely will help even if only one chapter or one bodhisattva's name is recited; she will protect those sentient beings who read and try to understand even one verse, and she will fulfill their wishes. Those sentient beings who hear only verse will never go to the lower realms. The Buddha told the earth goddess that even if a person hears only one verse, they will be born in the deva realms. Further, the Buddha told the earth goddess that the non-virtuous karma of the person who hears even one verse will be eliminated, and they will achieve enlightenment."
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