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Ārya Saïghàñasåtra Dharmaparyāya

The Ārya Sanghāta Sūtra is a Mahāyāna Buddhist scripture that promises to transform all those who read it.

The Sanghāta is a text that talks about itself by name—and talks in great detail about what it will do to anyone who encounters it. It is also an extraordinary literary adventure, full of stories of death, discovery and magical transformations. It is about many things, but first and foremost, theSanghāta is about what can happen to its readers. That is to say: Most of all, the Sanghāta is about you.

In 2002, the text was re-introduced to Buddhist practitioners by academic scholars in North America. In the 14 years that have passed the Sanghāta has become the subject of intense activity. Due in large part to the efforts of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, the text  has been translated into many other languages, recited, studied and copied by thousands of Buddhists worldwide. After over one thousand years of quiet slumber, this discourse of the Buddha has again taken a vibrant place at the center of the spiritual life of practicing Buddhists around the world. To learn more about the Sanghāta, click here, or to read the story of how the Sanghāta was rediscovered in recent years, click here.