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One day [[Ashvaghosha]] was travelling through a forest, and he met a tiger. The tiger ate his limbs, but not completely, and [[Ashvaghosha]] continued to crawl along although he was losing blood and dying. Every time he saw a stone, he wrote a poem, and after seventy verses, he died. This poem is called [[Seventy Aspirations]], and they are prayers you can recite. | One day [[Ashvaghosha]] was travelling through a forest, and he met a tiger. The tiger ate his limbs, but not completely, and [[Ashvaghosha]] continued to crawl along although he was losing blood and dying. Every time he saw a stone, he wrote a poem, and after seventy verses, he died. This poem is called [[Seventy Aspirations]], and they are prayers you can recite. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:38, 10 June 2014
The Seventy Aspirations is a prayer composed by Ashvaghosha. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche tells the story of this prayer:
One day Ashvaghosha was travelling through a forest, and he met a tiger. The tiger ate his limbs, but not completely, and Ashvaghosha continued to crawl along although he was losing blood and dying. Every time he saw a stone, he wrote a poem, and after seventy verses, he died. This poem is called Seventy Aspirations, and they are prayers you can recite.
