Yan lag bdun

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Key Term	yan lag bdun
Hover Popup Choices	seven branches
In Tibetan Script	ཡན་ལག་བདུན་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	yan lag bdun
English Standard	seven branches
Richard Barron's English Term	seven-branched prayer
Ives Waldo's English Term	sevenfold service
Alternate Spellings	yan lag bdun pa
Term Type	Noun
Source Language	Tibetan
Basic Meaning	The seven branches, or sections, of devotional religious services, or prayers, recited consecutively in order to accumulate merit. The typical set of seven are prostrations, offering, confession, rejoicing in virtue, requesting to turn the wheel of Dharma, requesting to not pass into nirvāṇa, and the dedication of merit, presented in that order.
Definitions
Rangjung Yeshe's English Term	Seven branches. The seven branch practice of prostrating to the Three Jewels, confessing negative actions, making offering, rejoicing in the virtue of others, requesting to turn the wheel of Dharma, beseeching to not pass into nirvana, and dedicating the merit to the enlightenment of all sentient beings

The seven branches, or aspects, of devotional religious services, or prayers, recited consecutively in order to accumulate merit. The typical set of seven are prostrations, offering, confession, rejoicing in virtue, requesting to turn the wheel of Dharma, requesting to not pass into nirvāṇa, and the dedication of merit, presented in that order.