Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
The provided fragment of The Jeweled Lamp of Dedication (Tibetan: Bsgo ba nor bu’i sgron ma) serves as the introductory invocation of a text focused on the practice of dedication. The text begins by establishing its bilingual identity, providing both the Sanskrit title (Maṇi-āloka-parināma-nāma) and the Tibetan translation. It opens with a formal homage to Vajrasattva and a direct appeal to the Vajra-holder and other spiritual entities to grant their attention. By framing the work through a request for divine kindness and attention, the text commits the reader to a ritualized process of merit transference. The fragment suggests a structure rooted in the tradition of dedication prayers, where the practitioner seeks to direct the results of spiritual practice toward a broader goal, though the specific objective of this dedication is not reached within the provided passage.
Provenance
About this text
A prayer focused on the practice of dedication, the Maṇyālokapariṇamanā is attributed to the Indian author Ajitacandra. The work entered the Tibetan tradition through the efforts of the translators Subhāśrīśānti and bod kyi lo tsa ba byams pa’i dpal, appearing in the classical Tibetan period. It is preserved in the Tengyur, volume ཚི, where it occupies one page and is categorized within the Other Skillful Means Tantras. In its Tibetan form, the work is known as the bsngo ba nor bu'i sgron ma. The text enacts a ritualized process of merit transference, beginning with a formal homage to Vajrasattva and an appeal to the Vajra-holder and other spiritual entities for their attention and kindness to overcome the enemy of afflictions. A scholar or serious reader consults this work today to examine the structure of dedication prayers and the specific invocations used to direct the results of spiritual practice toward a broader goal.
Cite thisAnuvāda, “The Jeweled Lamp of Dedication” (Toh 2127), machine draft, 2026.https://naxiai.com/tibetan/works/toh2127
Summary & commentary
Significance
The work is significant as an example of the Indo-Tibetan tradition of dedication (parinama), which is essential for transforming individual merit into universal benefit. Its bilingual titling reflects the scholarly effort to maintain the authority of Sanskrit originals within the Tibetan canon.
Structure
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Section
Description
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Introduction
Contains the Sanskrit and Tibetan titles, a homage to Vajrasattva, and an initial invocation to the Vajra-holder.
Themes
Dedication of Merit (1)
Invocation and Homage (1)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
In the language of India: Maṇi-āloka-parināma-nāma. In the language of Tibet: Bsgo ba nor bu’i sgron ma (The Jewel Lamp of Dedication). Homage to the glorious Vajrasattva!
O Vajra-holder and others, please turn your attention to me! By the measure of your kindness, O Great Glorious One, we have triumphed over the enemy of the afflictions. Excellent, O Protector, excellent! Ema ho! Vajra mind, the Buddha! Ema ho! E-vam, the Vajra Dharma! Ema! The assembly of the Sangha who accomplish that! To you, the single Vajra of the Three Refuges, I bow.
To the three levels, the three celestial abodes, and the three doors of the Vajra Body, Speech, and Mind; to you, the Teacher who reveals them as directly manifest, profound, peaceful, and stainless, I rejoice. Therefore, may this great virtue performed and to be performed by myself and all beings reach the ultimate purity of the three bodies—the non-conceptual, great bliss of clear light.
In birth after birth, may I be born into the [Buddha] family, possess the samaya, hold the vajra and bell in my hands, and drink the uncontaminated nectar. By the truth of the stainless, self-arisen Protector, the bliss, the unconditioned mantra of joy, and the infallible supreme assembly of the maṇḍala, may the supreme siddhi be attained!
The Jewel Lamp of Dedication for the Vajrayāna, composed by the master Mipham Dawa, is complete. Translated by the Indian paṇḍita Suśrīśānti and the Tibetan translator Jampai Pal.
Translation status: Not among 84000's published translations, and not in progress there. Translations published elsewhere have not been searched for, so one may exist. (source: 84000 catalogue + registry; checked 2026-11-10).
Set in Newsreader and EB Garamond; Tibetan in Noto Serif Tibetan; Chinese in Noto Serif SC.