by Kathok Situ Chökyi Gyatso
Emaho!
In a realm above and to the West,
Lies Sukhāvatī, forged through bodhicitta and prayer,
In its centre, the blessed Lord Amitābha, ‘Boundless Light’,
Presides amidst a retinue of countless bodhisattvas.
Devotedly, with body, speech and mind, I pay homage,
I offer real and imagined gifts and confess my harmful acts and downfalls,
I rejoice in virtue, and request you to turn the wheel of Dharma,
I beseech you to remain, and dedicate all virtue towards enlightenment:
May all sentient beings, my very own parents, as infinite as space,
Attain the omniscient state of perfect Buddhahood!
To this end, from this moment on,
I shall train in the actions of a bodhisattva.
With this representing the virtues of past, present and future,
I dedicate it so that all beings may attain perfect enlightenment,
And, in all their lives until then,
Be born in Sukhāvatī, there to behold the Victorious One!
Translated by Adam Pearcey, 2015.
May all sentient beings, my very own parents, as infinite as space,
Attain the omniscient state of perfect Buddhahood! …
And, in all their lives until then,
Be born in Sukhāvatī, there to behold the Victorious One!
(Kathok Situ Chökyi Gyatso, A Prayer of Aspiration towards Sukhāvatī)