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ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་གྱི་རྒྱལ་པོའི་མདོ།

The King of Samādhis Sūtra
Teaching the Aggregate of Correct Conduct

Samādhi­rāja­sūtra
འཕགས་པ་ཆོས་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱི་རང་བཞིན་མཉམ་པ་ཉིད་རྣམ་པར་སྤྲོས་པ་ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་གྱི་རྒྱལ་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ།
’phags pa chos thams cad kyi rang bzhin mnyam pa nyid rnam par spros pa ting nge ’dzin gyi rgyal po zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo
The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The King of Samādhis, the Revealed Equality of the Nature of All Phenomena”
Ārya­sarva­dharma­svabhāva­samatāvipañcita­samādhi­rāja­nāma­mahā­yāna­sūtra
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Toh 127

Degé Kangyur, vol. 55 (mdo sde, da), folios 1.b–170.b

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Table of Contents

ti. Title
im. Imprint
co. Contents
s. Summary
ac. Acknowledgements
i. Introduction
+ 4 sections- 4 sections
· History of the Sūtra
· The Contents
· The Translation
· Outline
tr. The Translation
+ 40 chapters- 40 chapters
1. The Introduction
2. Śālendrarāja
3. Praise of the Buddha’s Qualities
4. Samādhi
5. Ghoṣadatta
6. Cultivating the Samādhi
7. The Attainment of Patience
8. Buddha Abhāva­samudgata
9. The Patience of the Profound Dharma
10. The Entry into the City
11. Becoming a Keeper of the Sūtra
12. The Training According to the Samādhi
13. The Teaching of the Samādhi
14. The Buddha’s Smile
15. The Elucidation of the Buddha’s Smile
16. The Past
17. The Entranceway to the Samādhi That Is Taught by Many Buddhas
18. The Entrustment of the Samādhi
19. The Teaching of the Inconceivable Dharma of the Buddha
20. Indra­ketu­dhvaja­rāja
21. The Past
22. The Teaching on the Body
23. The Teaching on the Tathāgata’s Body
24. The Inconceivable Tathāgata
25. Engaging in Discernment
26. Rejoicing
27. The Benefits of Generosity
28. The Teaching on Correct Conduct
29. Ten Benefits
30. Tejaguṇarāja
31. Benefits
32. The Teaching on the Nature of All Phenomena
33. The Benefits of Possessing the Sūtra
34. Kṣemadatta
35. Jñānāvatī
36. Supuṣpacandra
37. Teaching the Aggregate of Correct Conduct
38. Yaśaḥprabha
39. Restraint of the Body, Speech, and Mind
40. [Untitled]
c. Colophon
ab. Abbreviations
n. Notes
b. Bibliography
+ 5 sections- 5 sections
· Tibetan Editions of the Samādhirājasūtra
· Sanskrit Editions of the Samādhirājasūtra
· Other canonical references
+ 2 sections- 2 sections
· Kangyur
· Tengyur
· Non-Canonical Tibetan Sources
· Western Publications
g. Glossary

s.

Summary

s.­1

This sūtra, much quoted in later Buddhist writings for its profound statements especially on the nature of emptiness, relates a long teaching given by the Buddha mainly in response to questions put by a young layman, Candraprabha. The samādhi that is the subject of the sūtra, in spite of its name, primarily consists of various aspects of conduct, motivation, and the understanding of emptiness; it is also a way of referring to the sūtra itself. The teaching given in the sūtra is the instruction to be dedicated to the possession and promulgation of the samādhi, and to the necessary conduct of a bodhisattva, which is exemplified by a number of accounts from the Buddha’s previous lives. Most of the teaching takes place on Vulture Peak Mountain, with an interlude recounting the Buddha’s invitation and visit to Candraprabha’s home in Rājagṛha, where he continues to teach Candraprabha before returning to Vulture Peak Mountain. In one subsequent chapter the Buddha responds to a request by Ānanda, and the text concludes with a commitment by Ānanda to maintain this teaching in the future.


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Acknowledgements

ac.­1

Translated from the Tibetan, with reference to Sanskrit editions, by Peter Alan Roberts. The Chinese consultant was Ling-Lung Chen. Edited by Emily Bower and Ben Gleason.

This translation has been completed under the patronage and supervision of 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.


ac.­2

The generous donation of an anonymous donor, which helped make the work on this translation possible, is most gratefully acknowledged.


i.

Introduction

i.­1

The Samādhi­rāja­sūtra, or King of Samādhis Sūtra, is one of the earlier Mahāyāna sūtras to appear in India. It contains teachings on emptiness, bodhisattva conduct, and mendicancy, as well as tales of previous lifetimes and prophecies for the future. Its teaching on emptiness is much quoted by such Mādhyamaka masters as Candrakīrti and Śāntideva, as well as in later Buddhist literature.

History of the Sūtra

The Contents

The Translation

Outline


The Translation
The Mahāyāna Sūtra
The King of Samādhis, the Revealed Equality of the Nature of All Phenomena

1.
Chapter 1

The Introduction

[F.1.b] [B1]


1.­1

I pay homage to all the buddhas and bodhisattvas.8


1.­2

Thus have I heard at one time: The Bhagavān was residing at Vulture Peak Mountain in Rājagṛha together with a great bhikṣu saṅgha of a full hundred thousand bhikṣus, and together with eighty quintillion9 bodhisattvas,10 all of whom had one rebirth remaining, were renowned for their higher cognitions,11 and had gathered there from the worlds in the ten directions; they had complete mastery12 of the dhāraṇīs13 and sūtras; they satisfied all beings with the gift of the Dharma; they were skilled in speaking of the wisdom of the higher cognitions; they had attained the highest perfection of all the highest perfections; [F.2.a] they were skilled in the knowledge of remaining in all bodhisattva samādhis and samāpattis; they had been praised, extolled, and lauded by all the buddhas;14 they were skilled in miraculously going to all buddha realms; they were skilled in the knowledge of terrifying all māras;15 they were skilled in the correct knowledge of the nature of all phenomena; they were skilled in the knowledge of the higher and lower capabilities of all beings; they were skilled in the knowledge of accomplishing the activity of offering to all the buddhas; they were unstained by any of the worldly concerns; they had perfectly adorned bodies, speech, and minds;16 they wore the armor of great love and great compassion; they had great undiminishing diligence throughout countless eons; they roared the great lion’s roar; they could not be defeated by any opponent;17 they were sealed with nonregression; and they had received the consecration of the Dharma from all buddhas.18 They were the bodhisattva mahāsattvas Meru, Sumeru, Mahāmeru,19 Meru­śikhara­dhara,20 Meru­pradīpa­rāja, Merukūṭa, Merudhvaja, Merurāja,21 Meru­śikhara­saṁghaṭṭana­rāja,22 Merusvara, Megharāja, Dundubhisvara, Ratnapāṇi,23 Ratnākara, Ratnaketu, Ratnaśikhara, Ratnasaṁbhava, Ratnaprabhāsa, Ratnayaṣṭi, Ratna­mudrā­hasta, Ratnavyūha, Ratnajāli, Ratnaprabha, Ratnadvīpa, [F.2.b] Ratiṁkara, Dharmavyūha, Vyūharāja, Lakṣaṇa­samalaṁkṛta, Svaravyūha, Svara­viśuddhi­prabha, Ratnakūṭa, Ratnacūḍa,24 Daśa­śata­raśmihutārci,25 Jyotirasa, Candrabhānu, Saha­cittotpāda­dharma­cakra­pravartin, and Śubha­kanaka­viśuddhi­prabha, the bodhisatta mahāsattva Satatam­abhayaṁdad,26 and all the bodhisattva mahāsattvas of the Good Eon, such as the bodhisattva mahāsattva Ajita,27 and the sixty with incomparable minds,28 such as Mañjuśrī, and the sixteen good beings,29 such as Bhadrapāla,30 and the Four Mahārājas and the other Cāturmahā­rāja­kāyika devas, and so on31 up until Brahmā and the other Brahmakāyika devas. In addition there were also devas, nāgas, yakṣas, gandharvas, asuras, garuḍas, kinnaras, mahoragas, humans, and nonhumans, who were all illustrious32 and renowned as being very powerful.33


2.
Chapter 2

Śālendrarāja

2.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Young man, I remember that in the past, when I was practicing the conduct of a bodhisattva, I became a cakravartin. I desired this samādhi and I desired to attain quickly the highest, complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood. For many hundred thousand quintillions172 of eons on this Vulture Peak Mountain I served, venerated, revered, honored, worshiped, and made offerings to many countless, innumerable tathāgatas, arhats, perfectly enlightened buddhas with the presentation of many hundred thousand quintillions of every kind of jewel, and various kinds of beautiful flowers, incense, perfume, garlands, ointments, powders, parasols, banners, flags, music, musical instruments, flags of victory, and precious monasteries.173


3.
Chapter 3

Praise of the Buddha’s Qualities

3.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Young man, therefore, if bodhisattva mahāsattvas wish to teach the buddha qualities as described by the Tathāgata, the arhat, the perfectly enlightened Buddha, without any loss of meaning or words, and for all their words to come forth as those of the Buddha, then those bodhisattva mahāsattvas, young man, [F.10.a] should, for the sake of all beings, obtain197 this samādhi, understand198 it, preserve it,199 recite it to others,200 promote it,201 proclaim it,202 chant it,203 meditate on it with unadulterated204 meditation, promulgate it,205 and make it widely known to others.206


4.
Chapter 4

Samādhi

4.­1

Then the youth Candraprabha [F.12.b] rose from his seat, removed his robe from one shoulder, and, kneeling on his right knee with palms placed together, he bowed toward the Bhagavān and made this request: “If the Bhagavān will give me an opportunity to seek answers to them, I have a few questions for the Bhagavān, the tathāgata, the arhat, the perfectly enlightened Buddha.”


5.
Chapter 5

Ghoṣadatta

5.­1

Then the Bhagavān again addressed the youth Candraprabha, saying, “Therefore, young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas who wish for this samādhi, and wish to attain quickly the highest, complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood, should think that they are like someone whose hair and clothes are on fire, and they should cast off father, mother, [F.14.b] son, daughter, family, kinsmen, relatives, kindred, wife, and so on, as if they were fire, throw away all the pleasures of a kingdom as if they were a lump of phlegm, turn toward solitude, and depart from home.


6.
Chapter 6

Cultivating the Samādhi

6.­1

The Bhagavān now said to the youth Candraprabha,300 “Therefore, young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas who wish for this samādhi, and wish to attain quickly the highest, complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood, should cultivate this samādhi.

6.­2

“Young man, what is the cultivation of this samādhi? [F.18.b] Young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas with a compassionate mind are dedicated to making offerings to the tathāgatas, whether living or passed into nirvāṇa, of Dharma robes, alms, seat and bedding, medicines for when ill, and of monastic utensils, and of flowers, incense, perfume, garlands, ointments, aromatic powders, clothing, parasols, banners, and flags, and of music and musical instruments. They dedicate that root of merit to the attainment of samādhi. They do not make offerings to a tathāgata with the hope for anything at all‍—not with the hope for anything they desire, nor with the hope for any enjoyment, nor with the hope for a higher existence, nor with the hope for followers‍—but do so with the Dharma in mind. They do not even, with that wish, perceive the Tathāgata as the dharmakāya, let alone perceiving him as the rūpakāya.


7.
Chapter 7

The Attainment of Patience

7.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Therefore, young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas who wish for this samādhi, and wish to attain quickly the highest, complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood, should become skilled in the wisdoms of the three kinds of patience. They should know the first patience. They should know the second patience. They should know the third patience. They should become skilled in the differences between the three kinds of patience and skilled in the differences between the wisdoms of the three kinds of patience.


8.
Chapter 8

Buddha Abhāva­samudgata

8.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas who wish for this samādhi, and wish to attain quickly the highest, complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood, should become skilled in the wisdom of the nonexistent nature of all phenomena.

8.­2

“Young man, what is being skilled in the wisdom of the nonexistent nature of all phenomena? Bodhisattva mahāsattvas know that all phenomena have no existence, have no essence, have no attributes, have no characteristics, have no origin, have no cessation, have no words, are empty, are primordial peace, and are pure by nature.


9.
Chapter 9

The Patience of the Profound Dharma

9.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, [F.24.b] “Young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas who wish to attain quickly the highest, complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood and liberate all beings from the ocean of existence should hear this king of samādhis, in which the equality of the nature of all phenomena is revealed, which is praised by all the buddhas and is the mother of the tathāgatas. They should obtain it, preserve it, understand it, recite it to others, promote it, proclaim it, chant it, meditate on it with unadulterated meditation, promulgate it, and make it widely known to others.


10.
Chapter 10

The Entry into the City

10.­1

The Bhagavān then said to the youth Candraprabha, “Therefore, young man, you should be someone who makes practice essential, and always trains in that way. Why is that? Young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas who make practice essential will not even find it difficult to attain the highest, complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood, not to mention attaining this samādhi.”


11.
Chapter 11

Becoming a Keeper of the Sūtra

11.­1

The Bhagavān came to the street on which was the home of the youth Candraprabha, and soon arrived at the home of the youth Candraprabha. Once he had arrived, he sat on the seat prepared for him. The saṅgha of bodhisattvas and the saṅgha of bhikṣus also sat on the appropriate seats that had been arranged for each of them.

11.­2

Then the youth Candraprabha, knowing that the Bhagavān, the saṅgha of bodhisattvas, and the saṅgha of bhikṣus were seated, [F.39.b] himself presented and served a series of great offerings: numerous excellent foods, with hundreds of flavors to savor as they chewed, licked, sucked, and drank.


12.
Chapter 12

The Training According to the Samādhi

12.­1

“Young man, those are the qualities and benefits that bodhisattvas who know the nature of all phenomena will have. They will describe the true, excellent qualities of the tathāgatas. They will not falsely say that which is untrue about the tathāgatas. Why is that? It is because they know perfectly that nature, which is the nature through which a tathāgata comes to be.531 They know the infinite qualities of a buddha. Why is that? Young man, the qualities of a buddha are infinite, inconceivable, beyond thought. They cannot be conceived or measured. Why is that? The mind, young man, is taught to be without a nature of its own,532 to be without form.533 Young man, that nature of the mind is also the nature of the qualities of a buddha. That nature of the qualities of a buddha is also the nature of the tathāgatas, and that is the nature of all phenomena.


13.
Chapter 13

The Teaching of the Samādhi

13.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Therefore, young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas who wish for this samādhi, and wish to attain quickly the highest, complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood, should be skilled in teaching this samādhi.

13.­2

“Young man, what is the teaching of this samādhi? It is the true nature of all phenomena; it is equality; it is the absence of inequality; it is devoid of notions; it is devoid of concepts; it is devoid of creation; it is devoid of arising; it is devoid of production; it is devoid of cessation; it is the termination of notions, concepts, and assumptions; it is devoid of an object for the mind; it is devoid of a focus of the mind;547 it is the termination of designations; it is the termination of concepts from analysis; it is the termination of desire, anger, and ignorance; it is without a limited or limitless focus of the mind; it is the termination of any focus of the mind; it is the knowledge of the nature of the skandhas, dhātus, and āyatanas; it is the state of accomplishing the field of activity that is the performance of the conduct of mindfulness, understanding, comprehension, conscience, and stability; it is the level of freedom from corruptions;548 it is the level of peace; it is the termination of all conceptual elaboration; it is the training of all bodhisattvas; it is the field of activity of all tathāgatas; [F.45.a] and it is the perfection of all good qualities.


14.
Chapter 14

The Buddha’s Smile

14.­1

Then the youth Candraprabha rose from his seat, removed his robe from one shoulder, and, kneeling on his right knee, [F.46.b] with palms placed together he bowed toward the Bhagavān and said to him,569 “Bhagavān, it is marvelous that the Bhagavān, the tathāgata, the arhat, the perfectly enlightened Buddha has taught the equality that is the nature of all phenomena, which is the samādhi that all bodhisattvas train in.


15.
Chapter 15

The Elucidation of the Buddha’s Smile

15.­1

At that time the Bhagavān spoke these appropriate verses to Bodhisattva Maitreya:

15.­2
“This youth, Candraprabha,
Has praised the Buddha with unequaled joy.
He described the unique superior qualities of the buddhas.
All the time he is reciting their praises.613 {1}
15.­3
“In this very city of Rājagṛha in the past
He has seen ten thousand million buddhas.
In the presence of all those jinas
He asked about this supreme samādhi of peace. {2}

16.
Chapter 16

The Past

16.­1

The Bhagavān then said to the youth Candraprabha, “Young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas thus wish to liberate all beings from all the suffering of existence. They wish to establish beings in the noble, unsurpassable bliss and joy of samādhi. Therefore they should hear this king of samādhis, the revealed equality of the nature of all phenomena, obtain it, understand it, preserve it, recite it to others, promote it, proclaim it, chant it, meditate on it with unadulterated meditation, promulgate it, and make it widely known to others.


17.
Chapter 17

The Entranceway to the Samādhi That Is Taught by Many Buddhas

17.­1

When the Bhagavān had finished speaking, the bodhisattva mahāsattva Maitreya, who was seated there, in his mind recited this verse to the Bhagavān.637

17.­2
“I am going, Tathāgata,638 to the king of mountains,
Gṛdhrakūṭa, which is always the residence of the buddhas.
When I have gone there, lamp of the world,639
I will make inconceivable offerings to you.” {i}
17.­3

The Bhagavān knew the thoughts that were in the bodhisattva mahāsattva Maitreya’s mind, and from his own mind sent this verse to the bodhisattva mahāsattva Maitreya:


18.
Chapter 18

The Entrustment of the Samādhi

18.­1

The Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Young man, in that way know that there are four beneficial qualities possessed by bodhisattva mahāsattvas who obtain this samādhi, understand it, preserve it, recite it to others, promote it, proclaim it, chant it, and make it widely known to others.

18.­2

“What are those four beneficial qualities? They will be unsurpassable in merit, they will be undefeatable by opponents, they will have unlimited wisdom, and they will have unending confidence of speech.


19.
Chapter 19

The Teaching of the Inconceivable Dharma of the Buddha

19.­1

The Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Young man, in that way bodhisattva mahāsattvas, having heard the inconceivable and measureless benefits of the qualities that come from the samādhi, the revealed equality of the nature of all phenomena, through wishing not to be fearful, wishing not to be terrified, and not to be gripped by terror, will become learned in the teaching of the inconceivable Dharma of the Buddha. Aspire to the inconceivable Dharma of the Buddha. Be wise in asking questions about the inconceivable Dharma of the Buddha. Be wise in seeking the inconceivable Dharma of the Buddha. Do not be fearful, do not be terrified, and do not be gripped by terror on hearing the inconceivable Dharma of the Buddha.” [F.67.b]


20.
Chapter 20

Indra­ketu­dhvaja­rāja

20.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Young man, in that way bodhisattva mahāsattvas who wish for this Dharma teaching of entering great compassion and wish to attain the highest, complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood quickly should rely upon all roots of merit, training, qualities, and completely pure conduct.

20.­2

“Bodhisattva mahāsattvas who have few involvements, avoid bad companions, rely on kalyāṇamitras, have an inquiring nature, unrelentingly seek the Dharma, have the Dharma as their goal, desire the Dharma, delight in the Dharma, obtain the Dharma, and practice the Dharma in accord with the Dharma will, young man, develop great compassion for beings and will develop the aspiration for the highest, complete enlightenment.


21.
Chapter 21

The Past

21.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Therefore, young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas should entertain no misgivings about all the teachings on the root of merits, the training, and the qualities.759 They should have few involvements, avoid bad companions, rely on kalyāṇamitras, have an inquiring nature, unrelentingly seek the Dharma, have the Dharma as their goal, desire the Dharma, delight in the Dharma, obtain the Dharma, and practice the Dharma in accord with the Dharma. They should perceive every buddha and bodhisattva as the teacher. They should with joy and veneration perceive as the teacher the person from whom they hear this Dharma teaching.


22.
Chapter 22

The Teaching on the Body

22.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Therefore, young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas who wish for this samādhi, and wish to attain quickly the highest, complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood, should have no attachment to their life or body. Why is that? Because, young man, beings accomplish bad actions due to attachment to their lives and bodies.783


23.
Chapter 23

The Teaching on the Tathāgata’s Body

23.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Therefore, young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas who wish for this samādhi, and wish to attain quickly the highest, complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood, should not know the Tathāgata to be the rūpakāya.785 Why is that? It is because the Buddha Bhagavān manifests because of the dharmakāya and does not manifest because of the rūpakāya. [F.74.a]


24.
Chapter 24

The Inconceivable Tathāgata

24.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, [F.76.b] “Young man, aspiring bodhisattva mahāsattvas think, ‘How can I make manifest the four discernments? What are these four? They are the discernment of meaning, the discernment of phenomena, the discernment of definitions, and the discernment of eloquence. I shall manifest these four!’ On having this thought, young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas should obtain this samādhi, understand it, preserve it, recite it to others, promote it, proclaim it, chant it, meditate on it with unadulterated meditation, and make it widely known to others.


25.
Chapter 25

Engaging in Discernment

25.­1

“Young man, how do bodhisattva mahāsattvas who practice that discernment of phenomena, who view phenomena as phenomena, attain the highest, complete enlightenment?

“Young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas who practice that discernment of phenomena, who view phenomena as phenomena, do not perceive enlightenment as other than form. They do not approach enlightenment as other than form. They do not seek enlightenment as other than form. They do not attain enlightenment as other than form. They do not inspire beings to an enlightenment that is other than form. They do not see a tathāgata as other than form. They see a tathāgata in this way: ‘The Tathāgata is the fearlessness that is the nature of form.’ They do not see the tathāgata as other than form, as other than the nature of form. They do not see the nature of form as other than the tathāgata. The nature of that which is called form and that of the tathāgata are nondual. The bodhisattva mahāsattvas who see in that way are engaging in the discernment of phenomena.


26.
Chapter 26

Rejoicing

26.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Therefore, young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas who wish for this samādhi, and wish to attain quickly the highest, complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood, should be skillful in methods. [F.87.a]882

26.­2

“Young man, in what way should bodhisattva mahāsattvas be skillful in methods? For that, young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas focus their minds upon all beings. Those bodhisattva mahāsattvas rejoice in whatever roots of merit and accumulations of merit all beings have. Three times every day and three times every night they rejoice in whatever roots of merit and accumulations of merit all beings have, and the roots of merit and accumulation of merit that come from their taking omniscience as the focus of their aspiration they donate to all beings.


27.
Chapter 27

The Benefits of Generosity

27.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Young man, as it has been said, ‘Be careful,’ you, young man, should consequently train in that way. Why is that? Because, young man, for bodhisattva mahāsattvas who are careful, the highest, complete enlightenment is not difficult to attain, let alone this samādhi.

27.­2

“Young man, in what way should bodhisattva mahāsattvas be careful? For that, young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas should have perfectly pure conduct. Young man, in what way should bodhisattva mahāsattvas have perfectly pure conduct? For that, young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas who have perfectly pure conduct, never separating from an all-knowing mind, should practice the six perfections. Listen, for I shall teach you their benefits.


28.
Chapter 28

The Teaching on Correct Conduct

28.­1

“Young man, there are ten benefits for bodhisattva mahāsattvas from perfectly pure, correct conduct. What are the ten benefits? They are: [1] they devote890 themselves to wisdom and perfect it; [2] they follow the example of the buddhas; [3] they do not criticize the wise; [4] they do not waver from their vows; [5] they maintain their practice; [6] they turn away891 from saṃsāra; [7] they are led to attain nirvāṇa;892 [8] they live without faults arising; [F.89.a] [9] they attain samādhi; and [10] they will never be poor.893


29.
Chapter 29

Ten Benefits

29.­1

“Young man, there are ten benefits for bodhisattva mahāsattvas from maintaining patience and being kind. [F.89.b] What are these ten? They are: [1] they are not burned by fire; [2] they are not slain by weapons; [3] they are not affected by poison; [4] they do not drown in water; [5] the devas protect them; [6] they attain a body adorned by the primary signs of a great being; [7] all the doorways to their rebirth in lower existences are closed; [8] it is not difficult for them to be reborn in the paradise of Brahmā; [9] they are happy day and night; and [10] their physical sensations of comfort and pleasure are never lost.


30.
Chapter 30

Tejaguṇarāja

30.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Therefore, young man, you should train in this way, thinking, ‘I will abandon even the pleasures of the kingship of a divine cakravartin and enter homelessness.’

30.­2

“Young man, having entered homelessness you should maintain the disciplines of mendicancy, live in solitude, and develop perfect mildness and patience.


31.
Chapter 31

Benefits

31.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Therefore, young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas who think, ‘I shall understand the languages of all beings and, knowing their higher or lesser capabilities, I will teach them the Dharma,’ those bodhisattva mahāsattvas should listen to the samādhi, the revealed equality of the nature of all phenomena, learn it, understand it, keep it, recite it to others, promote it, proclaim it, chant it, meditate on it with unadulterated meditation, promulgate it, and make it widely known to others.”


32.
Chapter 32

The Teaching on the Nature of All Phenomena

32.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Therefore, young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas who wonder, ‘How can I know the nature of all phenomena?’ should listen to this samādhi, the revealed equality of the nature of all phenomena, learn it, understand it, keep it, recite it to others, promote it, proclaim it, chant it, meditate on it with unadulterated meditation, promulgate it, and make it widely known to others.”


33.
Chapter 33

The Benefits of Possessing the Sūtra

33.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Therefore, young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas who wish to train in purifying1056 the great higher cognition of all phenomena should listen to the samādhi, the revealed equality of the nature of all phenomena, learn it, understand it, keep it, recite it to others, promote it, proclaim it, chant it, meditate on it with unadulterated meditation, promulgate it, and make it widely known to others.1057


34.
Chapter 34

Kṣemadatta

34.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha,1161 “Young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas who wish for this samādhi, and wish to attain quickly the highest, complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood, should abide in the absence of attributes and be dedicated to making vast offerings to a present tathāgata or to the stūpa of a tathāgata who has passed into nirvāṇa.


35.
Chapter 35

Jñānāvatī

35.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas who wish for this samādhi, and wish to attain quickly the highest, complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood, should plant roots of merit and apply themselves to practicing generosity through the Dharma or generosity through material things.

35.­2

“Those bodhisattva mahāsattvas should dedicate that generosity through four prayers of dedication.


36.
Chapter 36

Supuṣpacandra

36.­1

Then at that time Brother Ānanda rose from his seat, [F.125.b] removed his robe from one shoulder, and, kneeling on his right knee, with palms placed together he bowed toward the Bhagavān and made this request: “If the Bhagavān will give me an opportunity to seek answers to them, I have a few questions for the Bhagavān, the tathāgata, the arhat, the perfectly enlightened Buddha.”

36.­2

The Bhagavān addressed Brother Ānanda, saying, “That is why, Ānanda, I am seated upon this seat. Ask whatever question you wish to the Tathāgata, the arhat, the perfectly enlightened Buddha, and I shall gratify you with answers to each and every question you have asked.”


37.
Chapter 37

Teaching the Aggregate of Correct Conduct

37.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Therefore, young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas who wish to attain quickly the highest, complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood should hear the samādhi, the revealed equality of the nature of all phenomena, should obtain it, study it, keep it, recite it, disseminate it, transmit it, chant it, meditate on it with unadulterated meditation, and in other ways make it widely known. They should also maintain the aggregate of correct conduct.”

Thereupon the Bhagavān recited the following verses:

37.­2
“Bodhisattvas who maintain the aggregate of correct conduct,
Who practice the conduct wishing for benefit,
Will quickly go to the Abhirati buddha realm,
Attain patience, and become kings of the Dharma. {1}
37.­3
“Therefore, be agreeable without malice,
And always be pleasant to everyone.
Having seen countless glorious buddhas
You will reach enlightenment and become a lord of Dharma. {2}
37.­4
“Therefore, having heard this supreme benefit,
And having seen bhikṣus who have excellent correct conduct,
A wise person would always depend upon them
And quickly become one who has attained the samādhi. {3}
37.­5
“If there were an incalculable, immeasurable treasure
Filled with the seven precious jewels, [F.142.a]
And if there were realms as numerous as the sands of the Ganges
That were filled with those precious jewels, {4}
37.­6
“And if there were a bodhisattva who aspired to generosity,
Who made a gift of these every single day,
And made this gift continuously
For as many eons as there are sands of the Ganges, {5}
37.­7
“That entire gift would not produce a fraction
Of the accumulation of merit that is obtained
By the bodhisattva who, having heard this samādhi,
Becomes a holder of this supreme treasure of the sugatas. {6}
37.­8
“This supreme, incomparable accumulation of merit
Is the source of the immeasurable treasure of wisdom.
A person who has the appropriate faith
Should possess this supreme, stainless samādhi. {7}
37.­9
“Bodhisattvas will have great riches
Through possessing this stainless peace of samādhi.
They will be a great ocean of the wealth of hearing the Dharma.
The merit of this is beyond any measure. {8}
37.­10
“Bodhisattvas are said to be those who have become developed1319
Through the supreme, inconceivable Dharma.1320
The ones who teach this samādhi
Never doubt enlightenment. {9}
37.­11
“The ones who have become teachers for the world, guides,
Buddhas, self-arisen, having great compassion,
Have attained a supreme accumulation of merit,
Which is inconceivable and beyond any measure. {10}
37.­12
“In this billion-world universe there is not to be found
Any being superior1321 to them,
Or who is their equal in the accumulation of merit
And unrivaled, inconceivable wisdom. {11}
37.­13
“There is no one who can equal their wisdom
Other than one who has heard this samādhi,
Possesses it, recites it, and understands it,
And seeks the unequaled enlightenment of buddhahood.1322 {12}
37.­14
“Young man, if the amount of merit that is obtained
By those who possess and recite this samādhi
Were to become a phenomenon that has form,
It would be too great to be contained within these many worlds. {13}
37.­15
“Therefore, young man, the bodhisattvas
Who wish to make an offering to all the buddhas,
The tathāgatas of the past and present, [F.142.b]
Should possess and recite this samādhi. {14}
37.­16
“This is the enlightenment of the tathāgatas.
Young man, have faith in my words.
The tathāgata does not speak untrue words;
He does not tell lies, like beings do. {15}
37.­17
“Throughout countless hundreds of eons in the past
I purified myself of believing in a self
And practiced the supreme bodhisattva conduct
Because I was seeking this samādhi. {16}
37.­18
“Therefore listen to this treasure of the Dharma
From which trillions of sūtras arise.
This is a vast, inconceivable aggregation of merit
Through which buddha wisdom will quickly be attained. {17}
37.­19
“That which is taught by the wise, fearless ones
Is the supreme sūtra among all sūtras
And the source of inconceivable virtues.
It is a Dharma for which no end can be found. {18}
37.­20
“It may be possible to break apart and cut to pieces
A billion-world universe and count its atoms,
But it is not possible to count the innumerable
Hundreds of sūtras that they constantly teach. {19}
37.­21
“It may be possible to count the inhalations and exhalations
Of all the beings that are in this buddha realm,
But it is not possible to know the limit of the sūtras
Taught by those who are established in this samādhi. {20}
37.­22
“It may be possible to count the beings
In as many buddha realms as there are Ganges sands,
And the thoughts that arise in those beings’ minds,
But the sūtras constantly taught by such people cannot be counted. {21}
37.­23
“One may be able to count, over millions of eons,
All the grains of sand in the great ocean,
And of sand in the rivers, ponds, and pits,
But one cannot know the extent of the sūtras they expound. {22}
37.­24
“One may be able to count out, with the tip of the hundredth part of a hair,
The masses of water ever present
In many millions of buddha realms,
But one cannot count the different aspects of their speech. {23}
37.­25
“One may be able to count after many millions of eons
All the beings who have appeared in the past
Who have cherished their own bodies,
But one cannot know the extent of the sūtras they have accomplished. {24}
37.­26
“It may be possible to count all the sounds made by all creatures,
By all beings who are living in the ten directions,
But one cannot count the number of sūtras
That are uninterruptedly taught by them. {25} [F.143.a]
37.­27
“They know how to teach the entire Dharma.
They are skilled in etymologies, teaching, and the meaning of words.
They have trained in the way of definitive knowledge,
Have vast understanding, and constantly have joyful wisdom. {26}
37.­28
“They have analytic comprehension, cognize vast meaning,
And they always know the conceivable and inconceivable.
They know all the languages spoken on the earth
And with those words teach without attachment to them. {27}
37.­29
“The dharmabhāṇakas teach unobstructedly.
They teach all beings without attachment.
They are skilled in the words of answering questions,
And thus they know the ultimate truth. {28}
37.­30
“Without attachment they teach
Countless millions of teachings from within one sūtra.
Without attachment they are skilled in teaching and the meaning of words;
Without attachment they teach in the middle of the assembly. {29}
37.­31
“The ones who are established in this samādhi
Have become unshakable bodhisattvas.
They have attained unique strength in the Dharma
So that they can benefit many millions of beings. {30}
37.­32
“Just as Sumeru, unshakable and immovable,
Cannot be shaken by the winds,
In that way the dharmabhāṇaka bhikṣus
Cannot be shaken by any opponent. {31}
37.­33
“It may be possible for the winds to shake
Those mountains declared to be unshakable
In the worlds of this billion-world universe,
But the bhikṣus dwelling in emptiness cannot be shaken. {32}
37.­34
“The ones who are constantly engaged with emptiness
Are those who certainly dwell with the buddhas.
They know with certainty the emptiness of phenomena
And cannot be swayed by any opponent. {33}
37.­35
“They cannot be shaken by any opponent,
And they cannot be overcome by any opponent.
They teach this peace, this samādhi,
And are invincible and irreproachable. {34}
37.­36
“Having taught this peace, this samādhi,
They have the realization of emptiness
And they have no doubt in any of the Dharma,
And continuously remain in endless wisdom. {35}
37.­37
“Attaining the strengths and the aspects of enlightenment
Is not difficult for those who have obtained and recited this samādhi.
It is not difficult to attain the inconceivable
Discernments, miracles, and higher cognitions. {36} [F.143.b]
37.­38
“Within created existences, with infinite wisdom
It is not difficult for them to see the jinas.
The ones who possess this samādhi will see
Countless quintillions of buddhas. {37}
37.­39
“They will hear this peace, this samādhi,
Directly from all of those jinas.
They will reach the perfection of the discernments and powers,
And will possess the supreme wisdom of the buddhas. {38}
37.­40
“If all the worlds in the billion-world universe
Were to be filled with precious jewels,
With the wealth of divine, supreme precious jewels
From the depths to the summit of existence, {39}
37.­41
“And if all of the various, infinite realms
Were covered with gold from the Jambu River
From the depths to the summit of existence,
And all of it were given as an offering to the jinas, {40}
37.­42
“And if all of the various beings there are
Made this offering to them for endless eons,
Making this gift, giving constantly to the buddhas
And creating this accumulation of generosity for the sake of enlightenment, {41}
37.­43
“And if there were a bhikṣu who rejoiced in emptiness
And with hands together paid homage to those with the ten strengths,
Then the former accumulation of generosity would not even be a fraction
Of that of the bodhisattva who rejoiced in emptiness. {42}
37.­44
“The supreme being has given the example
Of a person with merit who has that attainment,
Develops vast faith, and performs acts of generosity
In seeking the unequaled enlightenment of buddhahood. {43}
37.­45
“All that generosity cannot be even a hundredth
Of the accumulation of merit that is acquired
By someone who with a pleased mind obtains
One four-line verse of this supreme excellent samādhi. {44}
37.­46
“Bodhisattvas who, wishing to benefit, practice generosity,
But who have not heard this peace, this stainless samādhi,
Will not quickly attain the wisdom of buddhahood;
But having heard it they will quickly attain the wisdom of buddhahood. {45}
37.­47
“Bodhisattvas who rejoice in this lineage
Of those who, having attained this level of supreme peace,1323
Have heard1324 the stainless samādhi, will gain understanding
And will quickly attain the wisdom of buddhahood.1325 {46}
37.­48
“They have obtained such a treasure as infinite realms
That are as numerous as the Ganges sands, [F.144.a]
Filled with precious jewels
Both human and divine. {47}
37.­49
“Bodhisattvas who obtain this samādhi
And who always insatiably study it
Have gained a wealth, a treasure of precious jewels.
That is a treasure difficult to acquire. {48}
37.­50
“Someone with knowledge will never rejoice
In gaining a kingdom that has vast wealth,
But bodhisattvas are overjoyed and thrilled
To have obtained this stainless samādhi.1326 {49}
37.­51
“They become constant holders of
The Dharma of all the omniscient buddhas
And thus they hold the supreme way of the Dharma
During the final age of degeneration.
They are holders of the treasure of the Dharma and great realization;
They are holders of the treasure of omniscience.
They bring happiness to quintillions
Of beings through the words of the Dharma.1327 {50}
37.­52
“They are people who have gained the wealth of correct conduct,
Who have understanding and the wealth of the trainings.
They maintain the discipline of correct conduct
And they rejoice in seedlings of the tree of the Dharma.
They are holders of the precious orange Dharma robes
And they are constantly happy in homelessness.
They are unequaled in benefiting beings
And they are established in omniscience. {51}
37.­53
“They are tamed and are tamers of untamed beings.1328
They are constantly in the state of being tamed.
They are tamed and follow those who are perfectly tamed.1329
They have pacified senses‍—perfectly pacified.
They constantly awaken with the sound of the Dharma
Those beings who are asleep, who are fast asleep,
And having awakened those beings they establish them
In the supremely good jewel of the Dharma. {52}
37.­54
“They become lords of generosity
Who are constantly giving freely.
They are wise and do not associate with the envious,
And they always rejoice in great generosity.
When they see poor and suffering beings
They content them with possessions.
They are constantly focused on omniscience
In order to bring benefit and happiness to beings. {53}
37.­55
“They constantly train in wisdom
And beat loudly the drum of the Dharma.
They cut through the creepers of doubt in all beings
And are constantly engaged in wisdom.
They are stainless, well-learned holders of the Dharma.
They are wise and have understanding.
They sit upon a seat within the assembly [F.144.b]
And they teach millions of sūtras. {54}
37.­56
“They are greatly learned and hold what they have learned;
They are holders of the Dharma of the buddhas.
They are holders of the treasure that is the Dharma
And they rejoice in the treasury of the Sage.
They have become possessors of immense wisdom
And they are constantly giving rise to vast joy.
They teach the peace of the supreme Dharma,
Which is subtle, liberating,1330 and difficult to see. {55}
37.­57
“They know what is Dharma and what is not.
They are gentle, wise, and remain within the Dharma.
They are unequaled teachers of the kingdom of the Dharma
And constantly practice the supreme, unequaled Dharma.
They are devoted to the excellent Dharma
And maintain veneration of the guru.
They dwell in the supreme city of the Dharma.
They who are wise raise up the banner of the Dharma. {56}
37.­58
“When they see beings who are proud,
Arrogant,1331 and constantly heedless,
Who are on a destructive, wrong path,
Who are following the path of saṃsāra,
They have vast love and compassion for them
While remaining in joy and equanimity.
They teach them the supreme eightfold path
Of peace that is difficult to see. {57}
37.­59
“They build the strong ship of the Dharma
To save and carry the many beings
Who have fallen into the great ocean
And into the rivers of saṃsāra.
Armored in the strengths, powers, and aspects of enlightenment,
They set out upon the ship of the Dharma,
And they always easily and without fear
Bring beings to the far shore.1332 {58}
37.­60
“They practice the discipline of the supreme medicine.
They are physicians who possess the supreme medicine.
They have perfectly attained liberation through knowledge and wisdom,
And they dispense the medicine of the good Dharma.
When they see sick beings
Afflicted by many illnesses,
They give them the medicine of the Dharma
And they heal them through the Dharma. {59}
37.­61
“They are lords of the world, sovereigns of speech,
And they defeat their adversaries in debate.
They shine with the light of omniscience.
They have understanding and are on the level of the highest wisdom.
They are heroes with the strength of wisdom that defeats other strengths. [F.145.a]
They are praised by those who have wisdom.
With their wisdom they bring happiness to many
Trillions of beings, establishing them in the Dharma. {60}
37.­62
“They are the masters, the leaders of merchant caravans,1333
Who are dedicated to protecting beings from misfortune.1334
When they see beings bewildered on a path of jewels
Who are constantly caught in the trap of Māra,
They explain to them the supreme path
Of constant peace, happiness, and emancipation.
Through that path of wisdom
The wise ones guide many billions of beings. {61}
37.­63
“They are a sanctuary, they are a shelter,
They are a refuge; they are eyes and a lamp.
They give freedom from fear to those who are afraid.
They constantly bring relief to those who are fearful.
When they know of beings in great suffering,
Of beings who have been completely blind from birth,1335
With the precious teachings on correct training
They shine the light of the Dharma. {62}
37.­64
“They are the best artisans in the world,
Who benefit beings with their craft.
They always make beings happy
Through being well trained in their craft.
They have attained perfection in the supreme training
And are completely skilled, with wondrous attainment in the world.
They who are established in enlightenment
Have realization and give sight to the world. {63}
37.­65
“They never cease longing to listen
To the supreme, unequaled Dharma of the buddhas.
They have perfected conduct, patience, and samādhi,
And have heard the profound Dharma.
They never cease wishing to teach
The precious Dharma of peace.
They send down a rain of methods for liberation,
Satisfying beings with the rain of the Dharma. {64}
37.­66
“However many beings, wise ones,
Come to them for the sake of the Dharma,
Thinking, ‘We will listen to the true, honest path
Of the supreme jewel of the excellent Dharma,’
The realized ones cut through their doubts
And bring them happiness through the Dharma.
They have perfect conduct, patience, and samādhi,
And they know the aspirations of beings. {65}
37.­67
“They have wisdom, the perfection of the highest wisdom,
And they are wise concerning the aspirations of beings.
They know the motivations and conduct of other beings [F.145.b]
And they know what should be said to them.
Through their speaking words of wisdom
Millions of beings attain the sight of the supreme Dharma.
They have attained the perfection of the highest wisdom
And they give the teachings of the path. {66}
37.­68
“Even billions of māras cannot know
The minds of those wise ones,
Just as no one can know the path
That a bird has flown through the air.
They are peaceful, tamed, tranquil, have the power of wisdom,
And are established in superior wisdom.
They are heroes, leaders who have destroyed Māra
And realized the peace of enlightenment. {67}
37.­69
“They have attained perfect miraculous powers
And are always traveling to hundreds of realms.
They see many quintillions of buddhas,
As numerous as the sands of the Ganges.
Their sight is free of impediment
And they see many forms in the ten directions.
They are guides for all the beings
Who are present throughout the ten directions. {68}
37.­70
“If one were to describe the entirety of their benefits,
Even if one spoke with eloquence
For many billions of eons,
One could not finish praising their past conduct.
Any human who possesses
This unequaled, stainless samādhi
Has the inexhaustible wealth of the buddhas
And an extremely vast ocean of wisdom.”1336 {69}
37.­71

Conclusion of the thirty-seventh chapter, “Teaching the Aspect of Correct Conduct.”


38.
Chapter 38

Yaśaḥprabha

38.­1

Then the Bhagavān said to the youth Candraprabha, “Therefore, young man, bodhisattva mahāsattvas who wish for these and countless other wonderful1337 and marvelous bodhisattva qualities, and wish to attain quickly the highest, complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood, should hear this revealed equality of the nature of all phenomena samādhi and obtain it, understand it, preserve it, recite it to others, promote it, proclaim it, chant it, meditate on it with unadulterated meditation, promulgate it,1338 and make it widely known to others. [F.146.a]


39.
Chapter 39

Restraint of the Body, Speech, and Mind

39.­1

Then the Bhagavān [F.151.a] said to the youth Candraprabha, “Therefore, young man, you should train by thinking, ‘I shall have self-control through physical restraint.’

39.­2

“Young man, what is meant by physical restraint? That which is called ‘physical restraint’ is the physical restraint through which bodhisattva mahāsattvas are free of attachment to all phenomena.


40.
Chapter 40

[Untitled]

40.­1

“Young man, what is purity of action? Seeing the three existences as being like a dream and becoming free of desire. Young man, that is purity of action.

40.­2

“Young man, what is the transcendence of the mind’s fixation on perceptions? It is knowing that the skandhas, dhātus, and āyatanas are like illusions, and renouncing them. That is the transcendence of the mind’s fixation on perceptions.


c.

Colophon

c.­1

The Indian preceptor Śrīlendrabodhi, and the chief editor Lotsawa Bandé Dharmatāśīla, translated and revised this work. It was later modified and finalized in terms of the new translation.


ab.

Abbreviations

BHS Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit.
Chinese Sixth century Chinese translation by Narendrayaśas (see introduction, i.­7).
Commentary Mañjuśrīkīrti (see bibliography).
Gilgit Sixth to seventh century Sanskrit manuscript (see introduction i.­9 and bibliography under Dutt).
Hodgson Later Nepalese Sanskrit manuscript (see introduction i.­9 and bibliography under Dutt).
Matsunami Matsunami’s Sanskrit edition (see bibliography).
Shastri Later Nepalese Sanskrit manuscript (see introduction i.­9 and bibliography under Dutt).
Vaidya Vaidya’s Sanskrit edition (see bibliography).

n.

Notes

n.­1
According to the BHS vipañcita. The Tibetan translates as rnam par spros pa.
n.­2
See Dharmachakra Translation Committee, trans., The Teaching on the Effulgence of Light, Toh 55 (84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2022).
n.­3
Toh 129, see bibliography.
n.­4
Brian Houghton Hodgson (1801–1894) was a linguist, ethnologist, naturalist, and diplomat who lived in Nepal from 1824 to 1844, becoming British Resident; among his many other activities, he studied and collected Sanskrit Buddhist texts. Haraprasad Shastri (1853–1931) was an Indian Sanskrit scholar and historian who visited Nepal several times, also collecting and publishing manuscripts. Both scholars were associated with the Asiatic Society in Kolkata. The Sanskrit edition of the sūtra published by Dutt (as one of a series centered on the Gilgit manuscripts; see bibliography) is not only based on the Gilgit manuscript, but also represents the Hodgson and Shastri manuscripts, which Dutt refers to, respectively, as manuscripts A and B.
n.­5
Vibhuticandra; dpal bde mchog gi dkyil ’khor kyi cho ga; Śrī-samvara-maṇḍala-vidhi. Toh 1511, Degé Tengyur, Vol. 22, (rgyud, zha), 322b. 308b–334a.
n.­6
The Yogacāra tradition of Asaṅga and his followers has philosophical viewpoints quite distinct from those of the Mādhyamika tradition, of which Candrakīrti was perhaps the most uncompromising proponent.
n.­7
The Tibetan of the quote is: nga ’das lo ni nyis stong na / gdong dmar yul du bstan pa ’byung / spyan ras gzigs kyi gdul byar ’gyur / de yi bstan pa’i snyigs ma la / byang chub sems dpa’ seng ge’i sgra / karma pa zhes ba ba ’byung / ting ’dzin dbang thob ’gro ba ’dul / mthong thos dran regs bde la bkod (Rinchen Palzang, p. 650).
n.­8
This line of homage, as is customary for Kangyur texts, was added by the Tibetan translators, and therefore does not appear in the Sanskrit or Chinese. The Gilgit Sanskrit manuscript has 12 initial verses, Hodgson 14 verses, and Shastri 43 verses, none of which are in the Tibetan.
n.­9
This number depends on whether niyuta is taken to mean “one million,” as in Classical Sanskrit, or “a hundred thousand million,” as is found in BHS. The Tibetan has chosen the latter meaning, translating it as khrag khrig. Therefore the resulting number in Tibetan is “ten million [times] a hundred thousand million times eighty,” i.e., eighty million million million (eighty quintillion in the American or short scale system) (bye ba khrag khrig phrag brgyad bcu, apparently translating koṭiniyutena aśityā). The translation of the commentary by Mañjuśrīkīrti, however, has khrag khrig phrag brgyad bcu: “a hundred thousand million times eighty,” which would be eight million million, i.e., eight trillion. The Vaidya Sanskrit edition has niyuta­śata­sahasrena aśītyā which would be literally “a hundred thousand million [times] a hundred [times] a thousand times eighty,” which comes to eight hundred thousand million million, i.e., eight hundred thousand trillion. However if niyuta is taken as only one million, this would be eight million million, i.e., eight trillion, which would agree with the resulting number in Mañjuśrīkīrti’s commentary. The Dutt edition of the Gilgit manuscript has aśityā ca bodhisattva-niyutaiḥ and accordingly the translation of Gómez et al. is “eighty million,” where niyuta has presumably been given the value of one million. The Chinese simply transliterates as na-yo-ta. The Chinese tradition gives numerous, widely differing explanations of what this number means.
n.­10
In the Chinese the description of the bodhisattvas and the list of names do not appear. The Chinese continues at this point with Ajita.
n.­11
According to the BHS abhi­jñābhijñātair. The Tibetan, translating both abhijña and abhijñāta as mngon par shes pa, has mngon par shes pas mngon par shes pa. However, the translation of the commentary has a preferable translation of the second abhijñāta: rab tu grags pa.
n.­12
According to the BHS gatiṃgata. The Tibetan translates as rtogs par khong du chud pa.
n.­13
According to the commentary these are not only the dhāraṇī in recited form, but comprise the four kinds of retention (dhāraṇī): the recited dhāraṇī sentences and phrases themselves, the retention of the memory of the words of all teachings given, the retention of the memory of the meaning of these teachings, and the retention of the realization gained through meditation on that meaning.
n.­14
According to the Tibetan, though the Sanskrit compound could also be interpreted to mean “who had praised, extolled, and lauded all the buddhas.”
n.­15
According to the Tibetan and the commentary. The Sanskrit could also be interpreted, as in Gómez et al., as “knowing all the terrors [that come from] the māras.”
n.­16
According to the commentary, this means “adorned by the ten good actions: three of body, four of speech, and three of mind,” or, among the primary and secondary signs of a great being: “the voice of Brahmā, and the mind’s realization of the nature of beings so that they may be guided.”
n.­17
According to most Kangyurs, the commentary, and the Sanskrit. The Degé has kyi instead of kyis.
n.­18
According to the commentary, this means the bodhisattvas are on the tenth bhūmi, as taught in the Sūtra of the Ten Bhūmis. The ten-bhūmi system does not appear in the Gilgit version or the Chinese but does in the later Sanskrit versions and the Tibetan.
n.­19
According to the Sanskrit. Absent from the Tibetan.
n.­20
According to the Tibetan lhun po’i rtse mo ’dzin and Matsunami. Vaidya: Meruśikhariṁdhara. Dutt: Meruśikharindhara.
n.­21
According to the Tibetan lhun po’i rgyal po and Matsunami. Dutt: Merugāja. Does not appear in Hodgson.
n.­22
According to the Tibetan and Matsunami. Dutt: Meruśikhare saṁghaṭṭanarājena. Hodgson: Meruśikhare saṃghaḍanagajena. Shastri: Meruśikhare saṃghaṭanagajena.
n.­23
According to the Sanskrit. Absent in the Tibetan.
n.­24
According to the Sanskrit. Absent in the Tibetan.
n.­25
According to the Tibetan (nyi ma me’i ’od ’phro can) and the Hodgson. The Tibetan takes daśaśataraśmi, “a hundred thousand rays,” as an epithet of the sun and translates it simply as nyi ma (“sun”). Gilgit and Shastri: Daśaśataraśmikṛtārci with huta (“fire,” equivalent to the Tibetan me) replaced by kṛta (“made,” “created”).
n.­26
According to the Tibetan and Hodgson. Vaidya: Satatam­abhayaṁdadāna. Dutt has both versions.
n.­27
Another name for Maitreya, the bodhisattva who will be the fifth buddha of the Good Eon.
n.­28
According to the Sanskrit anupamacitta. The Tibetan has dpe med sems dpa’, whereas one would expect dpe med sems pa. The Sūtra of the Samādhi of the Seal of the Wisdom of the Tathāgatas (see bibliography) refers to this group as sems dpa’ dpe med pa, naming two of them: Pramodyarāja (mchog tu dga’ ba’i rgyal po) and Mañjuśrī (Degé Kangyur, vol. 55, F.248.a). The Sūtra of Possessing the Roots of Goodness (see bibliography) refers to byang chub sems dpa’ dpe med pa sems pa (“bodhisattvas with incomparable minds”), with Bhadrapāla being the one that is named (Degé Kangyur, vol. 48, F.48.a). Bhadrapāla is also listed as one of a group of five hundred bodhisattvas in that sūtra (F.22.b).
n.­29
This is referencing a group of beings that is listed in the White Lotus of the Good Dharma Sūtra (Degé Kangyur, vol. 67, 2.b). In that sūtra Bhadrapāla is also listed as one of a group of fifty bodhisattvas (F.142.b).
n.­30
A bodhisattva who appears prominently in certain sūtras, such as The Samādhi of the Presence of the Buddhas, and perhaps also the merchant of that name who is the principal interlocutor in the Sūtra of the Questions of Bhadrapāla the Merchant (see bibliography).
n.­31
This refers to the standard list of god realms beginning with the lowest, that of the Four Mahārājas.
n.­32
According to the Sanskrit udārodārair, which repeats udāra. The Tibetan translates as “vast and illustrious.”
n.­33
According to the Sanskrit, which uses repetition to state that each one of them has that quality, maheśākhya­maheśākhyair. The Tibetan translates as “very powerful and renowned to be very powerful.”
n.­172
Literally, “ten million times a hundred thousand times a hundred thousand million.”
n.­173
According to the Sanskrit vihāra. Tibetan: gtsug lag khang. These are equivalents in the Mahāvyutpatti, but gtsug lag khang can also mean “temple” in Tibetan.
n.­197
From the Sanskrit udgrahītavya. Tibetan: gzung.
n.­198
From the BHS paryavāptavya. Tibetan: kun chub pa.
n.­199
From the Sanskrit dhārayitavya. Tibetan: bcang.
n.­200
From the Sanskrit vācayitavya. Tibetan: klog.
n.­201
From the Sanskrit pravartayitavya. Tibetan: rab tu gdon pa.
n.­202
From the Sanskrit uddeṣṭavya. Tibetan: lung mnod par bya.
n.­203
From the Sanskrit svādhyātavya. Tibetan: kha ton du bya.
n.­204
From the Sanskrit araṇa, which also means “passionless, sinless, without impurity.” This is regularly translated into Tibetan as nyon mongs, which is also used to translate kleśa. Gómez et al. have interpreted it as “being in solitude,” presumably from an edition with araṇya (“solitude”).
n.­205
From the Sanskrit bahulīkartavya. Tibetan: mang du bya.
n.­206
From the Sanskrit parebhyaśca vistarena saṃprakāśayitavya. Tibetan: gshan dag la yang rgya cher rab tu bstan par bya. This entire list is simplified in the Chinese to three elements: “should recite, uphold / retain, and explain it to others widely.”
n.­300
Not in the Gilgit or Chinese.
n.­531
From the Sanskrit prabhāvyate. The Tibetan appears to have translated from a manuscript with something like pravbhidyate or prabhedyate (“divide,” “categorize”).
n.­532
According to the Sanskrit, the commentary, and the Chinese. The Tibetan translates as “the nature of the mind is without form,” presumably translating from svabhāvam arūpyam as a corruption of niḥsvabhāvam arūpyam.
n.­533
The Chinese adds “and cannot be seen.”
n.­547
The Sanskrit manasikāra and the Tibetan yid la byed pa can mean, according to context, “fixed attention,” “concentration,” “focused reflection,” etc. The commentary states that the samādhi being devoid of such factors is in relation to mind and thoughts, subject and object, action and object, and so on. The negative of the term (amanasikāra, yid la mi byed pa) was later adapted into the mahāmudrā tradition.
n.­548
The BHS term raṇā is synonymous with kleśa, and both are translated into Tibetan as nyon mongs.
n.­569
Chinese: “Then the youth Candraprabha said these words to the Bhagavān.”
n.­613
The Chinese has 47 consecutive verses: the first 16 verses are in chapter 15 of the Tibetan-Sanskrit version and the remaining 31 verses are in chapter 16.
n.­637
This entire opening section about Maitreya and his miraculous activities does not appear in the Gilgit manuscript and therefore not in the Vaidya either. The Tibetan follows the version in the Hodgson manuscript.
n.­638
According to the Sanskrit, where tathāgata is clearly in the vocative and the verb “to go” is in the first-person singular.
n.­639
According to the Tibetan. Sanskrit: “Lamp of the three worlds.”
n.­759
According to the Tibetan, in which the verb here is gdon mi za bar bya’o. The Sanskrit of the Hodgson and Shastri manuscripts has “…should depend upon the duties and qualities of the training that is the root of all merit” (śikṣāguṇa­dharmaniśrita). They also have at this point “…should have pure conduct through depending on roots of merit…” and so on. The Gilgit manuscript chapter is composed only of the verses.
n.­783
The Chinese adds: “Therefore, bodhisattvas should know about the dharmakāya and the rūpakāya.” The rest of this chapter does not appear in the Chinese.
n.­785
This paragraph does not appear in the Chinese.
n.­882
Beginning of fascicle 6 of the Taisho ed., and fascicle 7 of the Song, Yuan, Ming, Gong, and Sheng eds.
n.­890
From the BHS anuparivārayati and according to the definition in the commentary. The Tibetan translates with the alternative meaning of “encircling” or “surrounding.” The Gilgit version has pariśodhayati (“purifies”). The Chinese translates this sentence as “They will perfect wisdom of all kinds.” 滿足一切智 (man zu yi qie zhi).
n.­891
According to the Sanskrit, the commentary, and most Kangyurs, except for the Degé which has ’byor pa in error for ’byol ba. Chinese: “They abandon all concern about life and death.” 棄捨生死 (qi she sheng si).
n.­892
Tibetan: thob par byed pa (“cause to obtain”). Sanskrit: arpayati (see Mahāvyutpatti 7428). Chinese: “They long for the joy of nirvāṇa,” 慕樂涅槃 (mu le nie pan).
n.­893
Chinese: “They will not lack faith or wealth,” 不乏信財 (bu fa xin cai).
n.­1056
According to the Tibetan byi dor bya ba yongs su sbyang ba. The Sanskrit pari­karma­dhāraya could be translated as “maintaining or gaining the preparation for.”
n.­1057
This paragraph is in a simpler form in the Gilgit and Chinese.
n.­1161
In the Gilgit manuscript, the prose is absent from this point until “Young man, in the past…” (34.­7).
n.­1319
According to the sūtra translation, Chinese, Shastri, and Gilgit susamvṛta. The commentary translates as bsdams (“restrained”), which is in accordance with the Dutt saṃbṛhita.
n.­1320
The Chinese has: “the bodhisattva is learned in the Dharma, which is like a vast ocean, and has limitless merit.”
n.­1321
According to the Sanskrit and the commentary. The sūtra translation has “below them.” The Chinese has “comparable.”
n.­1322
The division of the lines into verses in this passage differs in the Chinese. The last line of this verse is the first of a Chinese verse that has three additional lines not present in the Sanskrit or the Tibetan.
n.­1323
The Degé has zhing (“realm”) in error for zhi (“peace”).
n.­1324
Translated according to the Sanskrit śrutasya and the Tibetan thos in the Narthang, Coné, Peking, Lithand and Yongle Kangurs. The Degé, Lhasa, and Stok Palace Kangyurs have stong (“thousand” or “empty”).
n.­1325
This verse does not appear in the Chinese.
n.­1326
In the Chinese this verse is followed by a short prose passage.
n.­1327
From this point to the end of the chapter, each four-line Sanskrit verse is rendered in Tibetan as an eight-line verse.
n.­1328
According to the Tibetan, presumably translating from a Sanskrit text that read adānta instead of the extant Sanskrit text’s sudānta, according to which this line would be translated as “They are tamed, perfectly tamed, and tamers of beings.”
n.­1329
According to the Tibetan and the Hodgson. The Gilgit and the Shastri have, “pacified and follow the perfectly pacified.”
n.­1330
According to the Sanskrit nairyāṇika. The Tibetan has simply ’byung bar ’gyur ba (“arising”).
n.­1331
According to the Tibetan. The Sanskrit has “wild and intoxicated.”
n.­1332
This verse is followed by an additional verse in the Chinese.
n.­1333
The Chinese has, “They are supreme ones, leaders of the three realms.”
n.­1334
According to the Sanskrit and Chinese. The Tibetan has gsal (“clarity”).
n.­1335
According to the Sanskrit jātyandha and the Chinese 生盲無所睹 (sheng mang wu suo du). The Tibetan has just “blind.”
n.­1336
The Chinese has a different verse.
n.­1337
According to the Tibetan. Sanskrit: “immeasurable.”
n.­1338
According to the Sanskrit bahulīkartavya. The Tibetan mang du bya, a regular element in this list elsewhere, is missing here.

b.

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Kangyur

da ltar gyi sangs rgyas mngon sum du bzhugs pa’i ting nge ’dzin gyi mdo (Pratyutpanna-buddha-samukhāsthita-samādhi-sūtra) [The Sūtra, The Samādhi of Being in the Presence of the Buddhas of the Present]. Toh 133, Degé Kangyur vol. 56 (mdo sde, na), folios 1.a–70.b.

dam pa’i chos pad ma dkar po’i mdo (Saddharma­puṇḍarīka-sūtra) [The Sūtra of the White Lotus of the Good Dharma]. Toh 113, Degé Kangyur vol. 67 (mdo sde, ja), folios 1.a–180.b. English translation in Roberts 2018.

de bzhin gshegs pa’i ye shes kyi phyag rgya’i ting nge ’dzin gyi mdo (Tathāgata-jñāna-mudrā-samādhi-sūtra) [The Sūtra of the Samādhi of the Seal of the Wisdom of the Tathāgatas]. Toh 131, Degé Kangyur vol. 55 (mdo sde, da), folios 230.b–253.b. English translation in Dharmachakra Translation Committee 2020b.

dge ba’i rtsa ba yongs su ’dzin pa’i mdo (Kuśala-mūla-saparigraha-sūtra) [The Sūtra of Possessing the Roots of Goodness]. Toh 101, Degé Kangyur vol. 48 (mdo sde, nga), folios 1.a–227.b. English translation in Dharmachakra Translation Committee 2020c.

de bzhin gshegs pa thams cad kyi sku gsung thugs kyi gsang chen gsang ba ’dus pa zhe bya ba brtag pa’i rgyal po chen po (Sarva-tathāgata-kāyavākcitta-rahasyo guhyasamāja-nāma-mahā-kalparāja) [The Great King Entitled the Union of the Great Secrets: the Secret of the Body, Speech, and Mind of all the Tathāgatas]. Also known as the Tathāgata­guhyaka Sūtra [The Sūtra of the Secret of the Tathāgatas] and the Guhysamaja-tantra. Toh 442, Degé Kangyur vol. 81 (rgyud, ca), folios 90.a–157.b.

gser ’od dam pa mdo sde’i dbang po’i rgyal po’i mdo (Suvarṇa-prabhāsottama-sūtrendrarāja-sūtra) [The Sūtra of the King Who Is the Lord of Sūtras: The Supreme Golden Light]. Toh 556, Degé Kangyur vol. 89 (rgyud, pa), folios 151.b–273.a.

lang kar gshegs pa’i mdo (Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra) [Entry into Laṅka Sūtra]. Toh 107, Degé Kangyur vol. 49 (mdo sde, ca), folios 56.a–191.b.

sangs rgyas rjes su dran pa (Buddhānusmṛti) [Being Mindful of the Buddha]. Toh 279, Degé Kangyur vol. 68 (mdo sde, ya), folios 55.a-55.b.

rab tu zhi ba rnam par nges pa’i cho ’phrul gyi ting nge ’dzin gyi mdo (Praśanta-viniścaya-prāthihārya-samādhi-sūtra) [The Sūtra of the Absorption of the Miraculous Ascertainment of Peace]. Toh 129, Degé Kangyur vol. 55 (mdo sde, da), folios 174.b–210.b. English translation in Dharmachakra Translation Committee 2020.

rgya cher rol pa’i mdo (Lalitavistara-sūtra) [The Play in Full]. Toh 95, Degé Kangyur vol. 46 (mdo sde, kha), folios 1.b–216.b. English translation in Dharmachakra Translation Committee 2013.

sa bcu pa’i mdo (Daśabhūmika-sūtra) [The Sūtra of the Ten Bhūmis]. Chapter 31 of the Avataṃsaka, Toh 44. Degé Kangyur vol. 36 (phal chen, kha), folios 166.a–283.a. English translation in Roberts 2021b.

sdong po bkod pa (Gaṇḍavyūha) [The Stem Array]. Chapter 45 of the Avataṃsaka, Toh 44-45. Degé Kangyur vols. 37 and 38 (phal chen, ga-a), folios ga 274.b–363.a. English Translation in Roberts 2021a.

shes rab pha rol tu phyin pa brgyad stong pa (Aṣṭa-sāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra) [The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines]. Toh 12, Degé Kangyur vol. 33 (brgyad stong pa, ka), folios 1.b–286.a.

’od dpag med kyi bkod pa’i mdo (Amitābha­vyūha­sūtra) [The Array of Amitābha]. Also known as The Longer Sukhāvatīsūtra. Toh 49, Degé Kangyur vol. 39 (dkon brtsegs, ka), folios 237.b-270.a.

’od zer kun du bkye pa’i bstan pa’i mdo (Raśmi­samantamukta­nirdeśa­sūtra) [The Teaching on the Effulgence of Light]. Toh 55, Degé Kangur vol. 40 (dkon brtsegs, kha), folios 195.a–255.b.

tshong dpon bzang skyong gyis zhus pa’i mdo (Bhadrapāla-śreṣṭhi-paripṛccha-sūtra) [The Sūtra of the Questions of Bhadrapāla the Merchant]. Toh 83, Degé Kangyur vol. 44 (dkon brtsegs, cha), folios 71.a–94.b.

yang dag par spyod pa’i tshul nam mkha’i mdog gis ’dul ba’i bzod pa’i mdo (Saṃyagacārya-vṛtta-gagana-varṇa-vinaya-kṣānti-sūtra) [The Sūtra on Patience with the Discipline Through Practicing in a Way that is Like The Colour of the Sky]. Toh 263, Degé Kangyur vol. 67 (mdo sde ’a), folios 90.a–209.b.

Tengyur

Candrakīrti. dbu ma la ’jug pa (Madhyamakāvatāra) [Entering the Middle Way]. Toh 3861, Degé Tengyur vol. 102 (dbu ma ’a), folios 201.b–219.a.

‍—‍—‍—. dbu ma rtsa ba’i ’grel pa tshig gsal ba (Mūla­madhyamaka­vṛtti­prasanna­padā) [Clear Words: A Commentary on the Root Middle Way]. Toh 3860, Degé Tengyur vol. 102 (dbu ma, ’a), folios 1.a–200.a.

Dārika. ’khor lo sdom pa’i dkyil ’khor gyi cho ga de kho na nyid la ’jug pa (Cakra­saṁvara­maṇḍala­vidhi­tattvāvatāra) [Entering the Truth: A Maṇḍala Rite of Cakrasamvara]. Toh 1430, Degé Tengyur vol. 20 (rgyud ’grel, wa), folios 203.b–219.b.

Kamalaśīla. sgom pa’i rim pa (Bhāvanākrama) [Stages of Meditation]. Toh 3915, 3916, and 3917, Degé Tengyur vol. 110 (dbu ma, ki), folios 22.a–41.b, 41.a–55.b, and 55.b–68.b.

Mañjuśrīkīrti. ’phags pa chos thams cad kyi rang bzhin mnyam pa nyid rnam spros pa ting nge ’dzin gyi rgyal po zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo’i ’grel pa grags pa’i phreng ba zhes bya ba (Ārya-sarva-dharma-svabhāva-samatā-vipañcita-samādhi-rāja-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra-ṭika-kīrti-mālā-nāma) [The Garland of Fame: A Commentary on The Mahāyāna Sūtra Entitled The King of Samādhis: The Revealed Equality of the Nature of All Phenomena]. Toh 4010, Degé Tengyur vol. 117 (mdo ’grel, nyi), folios 1.b–163.b.

‍—‍—‍—. Idem, in bstan ’gyur (dpe bsdur ma) [Comparative Edition of the Tengyur], krung go’i bod rig pa zhib ’jug ste gnas kyi bka’ bstan dpe sdur khang (The Tibetan Tripitaka Collation Bureau of the China Tibetology Research Center). 120 volumes. Beijing: krung go’i bod rig pa dpe skrun khang (China Tibetology Publishing House), 1994–2008, vol. 117 (mdo ’grel, nyi), 752–1181.

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Śāntideva. byang chub sems dpa’i spyod pa la ’jug pa (Bodhi­sattva­caryāvatāra) [Entering the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas]. Toh 3871, Degé Tengyur vol. 105 (dbu ma, la), folios 1.a–40.a.

‍—‍—‍—. bslab pa kun las btus pa (Śikṣasamuccaya) [Compendium of Training]. Toh 3939, Degé Tengyur vol. 111 (dbu ma, khi), folios 3.a–194.b.

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Pekar Sangpo (pad dkar bzang po). bstan pa spyi’i rgyas byed las mdo sde spyi’i rnam bzhag bka’ bsdu ba bzhi pa zhes bya ba’i bstan bcos. Beijing: mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 2006.

Rinchen Palzang (rin chen dpal bzang). mtshur phu dgon gyi dkar chag kun gsal me long. Beijing: mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1995.

Tsongkhapa (tsong kha pa). lam rim chen mo. In rje tsong kha pa chen po’i gsung ’bum vol. 8, Zi ling: mtsho sngon mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1999.

Western Publications

Bailey, D. R. Shackleton. The Śatapañcāśatka of Mātṛceta. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1951.

Cüppers, Cristoph. The IXth Chapter of the Samādhirājasūtra: A Text-Critical Contribution to the Study of Mahāyāna Sūtras. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1990.

Dharmachakra Translation Committee, trans. (2013). The Play in Full (Lalita­vistara, Toh 95). 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.

‍—‍—‍—, trans. (2020a). The Absorption of the Miraculous Ascertainment of Peace (Praśānta­viniścaya­prātihārya­samādhi, Toh 129). 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.

‍—‍—‍—, trans. (2020b). The Absorption of the Thus-Gone One’s Wisdom Seal (Tathāgata­jñāna­mudrā­samādhi, Toh 131). 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.

‍—‍—‍—, trans. (2020c). Upholding the Roots of Virtue (Kuśala­mūla­saṃparigraha, Toh 101). 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.

‍—‍—‍—, trans. (2022). The Teaching on the Effulgence of Light (Raśmisamanta­mukta­nirdeśa, Toh 55). 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.

Dimitrov, Dragomir. “Two Female Bodhisattvas in Flesh and Blood,” in Aspects of the Female in Indian Culture. Marburg: Indica et Tibetica, 2004, pp. 3–30.

Gómez, Luis O. and Silk, Jonathan A. Studies in the Literature of the Great Vehicle: Three Mahāyāna Buddhist Texts. Ann Arbor: Collegiate Institute for the Study of Buddhist Literature and Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, The University of Michigan, 1989.

Leslie, Julia. “A Bird Bereaved: The Identity and Significance of Valmiki’s Krauñcha,” in Journal of Indian Philosophy 26.5 (1998): 455–87.

Régamey, Konstanty. Philosophy in the Samādhirājasūtra. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1990.

Roberts, Peter Alan, trans. (2018). The White Lotus of the Good Dharma (Saddharma­puṇḍarīka, Toh 113). 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.

‍—‍—‍—, trans. (2021a) The Stem Array (Gaṇḍavyūha, Toh 44-45). 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.

‍—‍—‍—, trans. (2021b). The Ten Bhūmis (Daśabhūmika, Toh 44-31). 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.

Rockwell, John Jr. Samādhi and Patient Acceptance: Four Chapters of the Samādhirāja-sūtra, Translated from the Sanskrit and Tibetan. M.A. thesis, Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado, 1980.

Skilton, Andrew. “Dating the Samādhirāja Sūtra,” In Journal of Indian Philosophy 27: 635–52. Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.

Tatz, Mark. “Revelation in Mādhyamika Buddhism: Chapter Eleven of the Samādhirāja-sūtra (On Mastering the Sūtra).” Translated from the Tibetan with commentary. University of Washington, 1972.

Thrangu Rinpoche. King of Samadhi: Commentaries on the Samadhi Raja Sutra and the Song of Lodrö Thaye. Hong Kong, Boudhnath & Århus: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1994.


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Glossary

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Ābhāsvara

  • —
  • —
  • Ābhāsvara

The highest of the three paradises that are the second dhyāna paradises in the form realm.

1 passage contains this term:

  • 10.­121

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Abhāva

  • dngos po med pa las byung
  • dngos po med pa las byung ba
  • དངོས་པོ་མེད་པ་ལས་བྱུང་།
  • དངོས་པོ་མེད་པ་ལས་བྱུང་བ།
  • Abhāva
  • Abhāva­samudgata

A buddha countless eons in the past.

1 passage contains this term:

  • 8.­22
g.­3

Abhirati

  • mngon par dga’ ba
  • མངོན་པར་དགའ་བ།
  • Abhirati

The realm of Buddha Akṣobhya, beyond countless buddha realms in the eastern direction.

5 passages contain this term:

  • 11.­74
  • 37.­2
  • n.­529
  • n.­1431
  • g.­14

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g.­5

Absence of attributes

  • mtshan ma ma mchis pa
  • mtshan ma med pa
  • མཚན་མ་མ་མཆིས་པ།
  • མཚན་མ་མེད་པ།
  • animitta

The absence of the conceptual identification of perceptions. Knowing that the true nature has no attributes, such as color, shape, etc. One of the three doorways to liberation.

19 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­45
  • 4.­23
  • 14.­86
  • 23.­3
  • 30.­23
  • 33.­20
  • 33.­269
  • 34.­1
  • 34.­2
  • 34.­5
  • 36.­109
  • 39.­6
  • 39.­25
  • 39.­26
  • 39.­96
  • 39.­128
  • 39.­144
  • g.­132
  • g.­145

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Aggregate of correct conduct

  • tshul khrims kyi phung po
  • ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་ཀྱི་ཕུང་པོ།
  • —

One of the five undefiled aggregates (zag med kyi phung po lnga), the others being the aggregates of concentration (samādhi), discriminative awareness (prajñā), liberation (vimukti), and insight of the primordial wisdom of liberation (vimukti­jñāna­darśana).

8 passages contain this term:

  • i.­74
  • 1.­14
  • 1.­17
  • 33.­2
  • 33.­295
  • 37.­1
  • 37.­2
  • n.­1060

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Ajita

  • mi pham pa
  • མི་ཕམ་པ།
  • Ajita

The other name of Maitreya (or Maitraka), the bodhisattva who will be the fifth buddha of the Good Eon.

9 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­2
  • 10.­58
  • 15.­5
  • 17.­4
  • 17.­13
  • 34.­63
  • n.­10
  • n.­640
  • g.­259

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Ānanda

  • kun dga’ bo
  • ཀུན་དགའ་བོ།
  • Ānanda

Buddha Śākyamuni’s cousin, who was his attendant for the last twenty years of his life. He was the subject of criticism and opposition from the monastic community after the Buddha’s passing, but eventually succeeded to the position of the patriarch of Buddhism in India after the passing of the first patriarch, Mahākaśyapa.

27 passages contain this term:

  • s.­1
  • i.­5
  • i.­73
  • i.­78
  • 2.­20
  • 10.­64
  • 36.­1
  • 36.­2
  • 36.­3
  • 36.­4
  • 36.­5
  • 36.­6
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  • 36.­8
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  • 36.­11
  • 36.­13
  • 36.­15
  • 36.­16
  • 36.­136
  • 36.­140
  • 36.­141
  • 36.­221
  • 40.­156
  • 40.­157
  • 40.­158
  • n.­1313

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Arhat

  • dgra bcom pa
  • དགྲ་བཅོམ་པ།
  • arhat

Used both as an epithet of the Buddha and to mean the final accomplishment of early Buddhism, or the Hīnayāna.

53 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­6
  • 2.­1
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  • 3.­1
  • 3.­3
  • 3.­5
  • 4.­1
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  • 5.­17
  • 5.­29
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  • 5.­34
  • 5.­36
  • 5.­40
  • 8.­11
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  • 8.­17
  • 9.­2
  • 9.­7
  • 14.­1
  • 17.­18
  • 17.­19
  • 18.­33
  • 18.­35
  • 19.­9
  • 34.­7
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  • 35.­9
  • 36.­1
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  • 36.­9
  • 36.­10
  • 36.­11
  • 39.­12
  • 39.­13
  • 39.­15
  • 39.­20
  • 40.­152
  • g.­55
  • g.­73
  • g.­225
  • g.­495

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Aspects of enlightenment

  • byang chub kyi phyogs
  • བྱང་ཆུབ་ཀྱི་ཕྱོགས།
  • bodhipakṣa
  • bodhi­pakṣa­dharma

The qualities necessary as a method to attain the enlightenment of a śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha, or buddha. There are thirty-seven of these: (1–4) the four kinds of mindfulness: mindfulness of body, sensations, mind, and phenomena; (5–8) the four correct exertions: the intention to not do bad actions that are not done, to give up bad actions that are being done, to do good actions that have not been done, and increase the good actions that are being done; (9–12) the foundations for miraculous powers: intention, diligence, mind, and analysis; (13–17) five powers: faith, diligence, mindfulness, samādhi, and wisdom; (18–22) five strengths: an even stronger form of faith, diligence, mindfulness, samādhi, and wisdom; (23–29) seven limbs of enlightenment: correct mindfulness, correct wisdom of the analysis of phenomena, correct diligence, correct joy, correct serenity, correct samādhi, and correct equanimity; and (30–37) the eightfold noble path: right view, examination, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and samādhi.

13 passages contain this term:

  • 6.­26
  • 26.­15
  • 29.­58
  • 33.­256
  • 36.­63
  • 36.­123
  • 37.­37
  • 37.­59
  • 39.­9
  • 39.­99
  • 39.­131
  • 40.­105
  • n.­145

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Asura

  • lha ma yin
  • ལྷ་མ་ཡིན།
  • asura

The asuras, sometimes called the demi-gods or titans, are the enemies of the devas, fighting with them for supremacy. They are powerful beings who live around Mount Sumeru, and are usually classified as belonging to the higher realms.

34 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­2
  • 2.­32
  • 7.­21
  • 10.­23
  • 10.­31
  • 10.­37
  • 10.­42
  • 10.­51
  • 10.­68
  • 10.­104
  • 10.­107
  • 10.­130
  • 10.­160
  • 10.­161
  • 11.­46
  • 11.­64
  • 14.­36
  • 14.­41
  • 17.­16
  • 31.­9
  • 34.­14
  • 34.­22
  • 36.­65
  • 36.­187
  • 36.­208
  • 38.­17
  • 40.­158
  • n.­452
  • g.­50
  • g.­303
  • g.­349
  • g.­393
  • g.­511
  • g.­518

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Āyatana

  • skye mched
  • སྐྱེ་མཆེད།
  • āyatana

Sometimes translated “sense-fields” or “bases of cognition,” the term usually refers to the six sense faculties and their corresponding objects, i.e. the first twelve of the eighteen dhātu. Along with skandha and dhātu, one of the three major categories in the taxonomy of phenomena in the sūtra literature.

15 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­27
  • 1.­29
  • 3.­4
  • 4.­5
  • 13.­2
  • 17.­89
  • 17.­94
  • 17.­95
  • 40.­2
  • 40.­5
  • 40.­22
  • 40.­44
  • n.­262
  • g.­124
  • g.­417

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g.­51

Bandé

  • ban de
  • བན་དེ།
  • (vanda)

A term of respect for Buddhist monks: bandé in Tibet and Nepal, bhante in the Pali tradition. A middle-Indic word, it is said to be derived from vande, the BHS vocative form of the Sanskrit vanda, meaning praiseworthy or venerable, although bhante is said to be a contraction of the vocative bhadante, derived from a respectful salutation.

1 passage contains this term:

  • c.­1

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Bhadrapāla

  • bzang skyong
  • བཟང་སྐྱོང་།
  • Bhadrapāla

Definition from the 84000 Glossary of Terms:

Head of the “sixteen excellent men” (ṣoḍaśasatpuruṣa), a group of householder bodhisattvas present in the audience of many sūtras. He appears prominently in certain sūtras, such as The Samādhi of the Presence of the Buddhas (Pratyutpannabuddha­saṃmukhāvasthita­samādhisūtra, Toh 133) and is perhaps also the merchant of the same name who is the principal interlocutor in The Questions of Bhadrapāla the Merchant (Toh 83).

3 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­2
  • n.­28
  • n.­29

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Bhikṣu

  • dge slong
  • དགེ་སློང་།
  • bhikṣu

Fully ordained Buddhist monk.

203 passages contain this term:

  • i.­23
  • i.­24
  • i.­36
  • i.­40
  • i.­43
  • i.­44
  • i.­51
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  • i.­53
  • i.­56
  • i.­60
  • i.­65
  • i.­73
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  • 1.­62
  • 3.­27
  • 5.­9
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  • 10.­42
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  • 17.­16
  • 17.­165
  • 17.­168
  • 18.­31
  • 18.­45
  • 18.­51
  • 20.­18
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  • 21.­14
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  • 21.­26
  • 21.­29
  • 21.­37
  • 25.­30
  • 30.­7
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  • 30.­119
  • 34.­44
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  • 40.­158
  • n.­171
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  • n.­241
  • n.­475
  • n.­492
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  • n.­1165
  • n.­1189
  • n.­1236
  • n.­1237
  • n.­1240
  • n.­1305
  • n.­1351
  • g.­170
  • g.­319

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g.­67

Bhūmi

  • sa
  • ས།
  • bhūmi

Literally “grounds” in which qualities grow, and also it means “levels.” Bhūmi refers specifically to levels of enlightenment, especially the ten levels of the enlightened bodhisattvas. Also translated here as “level.”

20 passages contain this term:

  • i.­29
  • 30.­122
  • 31.­12
  • 32.­27
  • 36.­184
  • n.­18
  • n.­549
  • n.­1091
  • n.­1451
  • g.­90
  • g.­102
  • g.­127
  • g.­175
  • g.­241
  • g.­263
  • g.­330
  • g.­331
  • g.­412
  • g.­424
  • g.­498

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g.­73

Bodhisattva

  • byang chub sems dpa’
  • བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ།
  • bodhisattva
  • buddhaputra

A person who is dedicated not merely to attaining liberation through attaining the state of an arhat, but to becoming a buddha. A name created from the Sanskritization of the middle-Indic bodhisatto, the Sanskrit equivalent of which was bodhisakta, “one who is fixed on enlightenment.”

562 passages contain this term:

  • s.­1
  • i.­1
  • i.­4
  • i.­19
  • i.­24
  • i.­28
  • i.­29
  • i.­30
  • i.­36
  • i.­41
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  • i.­43
  • i.­45
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  • i.­48
  • i.­52
  • i.­53
  • i.­59
  • i.­61
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  • i.­64
  • i.­67
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  • g.­182
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  • g.­449
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g.­74

Brahmā

  • tshangs pa
  • ཚངས་པ།
  • Brahmā

The personification of the universal force of Brahman, the deity in the form realm, who was, during the Buddha’s time, considered in India to be the supreme deity and creator of the universe.

28 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­2
  • 1.­50
  • 8.­13
  • 10.­54
  • 10.­68
  • 10.­103
  • 10.­122
  • 14.­41
  • 14.­42
  • 14.­82
  • 14.­96
  • 17.­137
  • 23.­32
  • 29.­1
  • 29.­5
  • 29.­7
  • 30.­114
  • 31.­10
  • 36.­54
  • 39.­65
  • 39.­69
  • 40.­112
  • n.­16
  • n.­149
  • n.­480
  • n.­662
  • g.­79
  • g.­86

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g.­79

Brahmakāyika

  • tshangs ris
  • ཚངས་རིས།
  • Brahmakāyika

The lowest of the three paradises that are the paradises of the first dhyāna in the form realm. The class of devas who live in the paradise of Brahmā.

3 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­2
  • 10.­122
  • 36.­65

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g.­91

Brother

  • tshe dang ldan pa
  • ཚེ་དང་ལྡན་པ།
  • ayuśman

A respectful form of address between monks and also lay companions of equal standing. Literally: one who has a [long] life.

22 passages contain this term:

  • i.­56
  • 21.­23
  • 21.­24
  • 21.­26
  • 21.­27
  • 21.­28
  • 21.­37
  • 25.­47
  • 36.­1
  • 36.­2
  • 36.­3
  • 36.­4
  • 36.­18
  • 36.­19
  • 36.­140
  • 36.­141
  • 40.­156
  • 40.­157
  • 40.­158
  • n.­778
  • g.­304
  • g.­374

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g.­92

Buddha qualities

  • sangs rgyas kyi chos
  • སངས་རྒྱས་ཀྱི་ཆོས།
  • buddhadharmāḥ

The specific qualities of a buddha; may sometimes be used as a general term, and sometimes referring to sets such as the ten strengths, the four fearlessnesses, the four discernments, the eighteen distinct qualities of a buddha, and so forth; or, more specifically, to another set of eighteen: the ten strengths; the four fearlessnesses; mindfulness of body, speech, and mind; and great compassion.

Alternatively, in the context of this sūtra, see 3.­2-3.­4.

15 passages contain this term:

  • 3.­1
  • 3.­2
  • 3.­4
  • 3.­5
  • 3.­26
  • 4.­13
  • 12.­1
  • 17.­69
  • 29.­40
  • 31.­12
  • 38.­95
  • 38.­100
  • 39.­47
  • 39.­54
  • n.­131

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g.­95

Cakravartin

  • ’khor los sgyur ba
  • འཁོར་ལོས་སྒྱུར་བ།
  • cakravartin

A king with a magical wheel‍—wherever it rolls becomes his kingdom, so that he may rule over one to four continents.

11 passages contain this term:

  • i.­37
  • 2.­1
  • 10.­145
  • 17.­198
  • 18.­16
  • 30.­1
  • 33.­169
  • 33.­210
  • 36.­62
  • g.­199
  • g.­259

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g.­96

Candrabhānu

  • zla ba’i ’od zer
  • ཟླ་བའི་འོད་ཟེར།
  • Candrabhānu

1 passage contains this term:

  • 1.­2
g.­97

Candrakīrti

  • zla ba grags pa
  • ཟླ་བ་གྲགས་པ།
  • Candrakīrti

A prominent seventh-century master of the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) tradition.

6 passages contain this term:

  • i.­1
  • i.­12
  • i.­13
  • i.­19
  • n.­6
  • n.­966

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g.­99

Candraprabha

  • zla ’od
  • ཟླ་འོད།
  • Candraprabha

The young man of Rājagrha who is the principal interlocutor for the Samādhirājasūtra. He is frequently addressed as “youth” or “young man,” (Skt. kumāra; Tib. gzhon nu); see “the youth Candraprabha.”

72 passages contain this term:

  • s.­1
  • i.­2
  • i.­4
  • i.­5
  • i.­6
  • i.­15
  • i.­21
  • i.­36
  • i.­37
  • i.­38
  • i.­39
  • i.­40
  • i.­41
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  • i.­43
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  • i.­46
  • i.­47
  • i.­49
  • i.­50
  • i.­51
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  • i.­53
  • i.­54
  • i.­55
  • i.­56
  • i.­57
  • i.­58
  • i.­59
  • i.­60
  • i.­61
  • i.­62
  • i.­65
  • i.­72
  • i.­73
  • i.­74
  • i.­75
  • i.­76
  • 1.­5
  • 1.­8
  • 4.­3
  • 10.­6
  • 10.­7
  • 10.­9
  • 10.­21
  • 10.­23
  • 10.­30
  • 10.­32
  • 10.­35
  • 10.­38
  • 10.­50
  • 10.­62
  • 14.­3
  • 15.­2
  • 15.­7
  • 15.­11
  • 16.­4
  • 17.­20
  • 18.­41
  • 39.­62
  • 39.­73
  • 39.­90
  • 39.­102
  • 39.­119
  • 39.­136
  • n.­231
  • n.­383
  • n.­403
  • n.­412
  • n.­530
  • g.­527

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g.­100

Cāturmahā­rāja­kāyika

  • rgyal po chen po bzhi’i ris
  • རྒྱལ་པོ་ཆེན་པོ་བཞིའི་རིས།
  • Cāturmahā­rāja­kāyika

Definition from the 84000 Glossary of Terms:

One of the heavens of Buddhist cosmology, lowest among the six heavens of the desire realm (kāmadhātu, ’dod khams). Dwelling place of the Four Great Kings (Caturmahārāja, rgyal chen bzhi), traditionally located on a terrace of Sumeru, just below the Heaven of the Thirty-Three. Each cardinal direction is ruled by one of the Four Great Kings and inhabited by a different class of nonhuman beings as their subjects: in the east, Dhṛtarāṣṭra rules the gandharvas; in the south, Virūḍhaka rules the kumbhāṇḍas; in the west, Virūpākṣa rules the nāgas; and in the north, Vaiśravaṇa rules the yakṣas.

1 passage contains this term:

  • 1.­2

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g.­110

Daśa­śata­raśmihutārci

  • nyi ma me’i ’od ’phro can
  • ཉི་མ་མེའི་འོད་འཕྲོ་ཅན།
  • Daśa­śata­raśmihutārci

1 passage contains this term:

  • 1.­2
g.­111

Deva

  • lha
  • ལྷ།
  • deva

A being in the paradises from the base of Mount Meru upward. Also can refer to a deity in the human world.

177 passages contain this term:

  • i.­54
  • i.­65
  • i.­78
  • 1.­2
  • 1.­3
  • 1.­10
  • 1.­50
  • 1.­62
  • 2.­15
  • 2.­32
  • 2.­33
  • 3.­3
  • 5.­4
  • 5.­44
  • 7.­3
  • 7.­21
  • 7.­28
  • 7.­36
  • 8.­11
  • 8.­13
  • 8.­22
  • 10.­7
  • 10.­9
  • 10.­14
  • 10.­23
  • 10.­25
  • 10.­31
  • 10.­37
  • 10.­42
  • 10.­51
  • 10.­54
  • 10.­68
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  • 10.­100
  • 10.­101
  • 10.­103
  • 10.­104
  • 10.­107
  • 10.­119
  • 10.­120
  • 10.­121
  • 10.­122
  • 10.­123
  • 10.­124
  • 10.­127
  • 10.­157
  • 10.­158
  • 10.­159
  • 10.­160
  • 10.­161
  • 10.­166
  • 11.­46
  • 11.­55
  • 11.­64
  • 12.­2
  • 12.­3
  • 12.­20
  • 14.­29
  • 14.­33
  • 14.­36
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  • 14.­41
  • 14.­42
  • 14.­46
  • 14.­79
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  • 14.­85
  • 14.­90
  • 14.­92
  • 15.­9
  • 15.­18
  • 17.­6
  • 17.­8
  • 17.­16
  • 17.­58
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  • 17.­137
  • 17.­186
  • 17.­195
  • 18.­44
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  • 19.­14
  • 19.­18
  • 19.­34
  • 20.­15
  • 21.­2
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  • 23.­32
  • 23.­33
  • 24.­13
  • 29.­1
  • 29.­4
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  • 29.­9
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  • 29.­16
  • 30.­6
  • 30.­40
  • 30.­93
  • 30.­95
  • 30.­113
  • 31.­3
  • 31.­9
  • 33.­130
  • 33.­170
  • 33.­274
  • 34.­7
  • 34.­13
  • 34.­14
  • 34.­19
  • 34.­20
  • 34.­22
  • 34.­35
  • 34.­42
  • 34.­43
  • 34.­49
  • 34.­50
  • 34.­52
  • 34.­61
  • 35.­9
  • 35.­51
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  • 36.­77
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  • 36.­101
  • 36.­106
  • 36.­114
  • 36.­131
  • 36.­146
  • 36.­158
  • 36.­171
  • 36.­187
  • 36.­208
  • 38.­10
  • 38.­17
  • 38.­51
  • 38.­85
  • 39.­12
  • 39.­56
  • 39.­71
  • 40.­111
  • 40.­115
  • 40.­153
  • 40.­158
  • n.­242
  • n.­310
  • n.­394
  • n.­466
  • n.­477
  • n.­479
  • n.­480
  • n.­485
  • n.­575
  • n.­581
  • n.­584
  • n.­662
  • n.­747
  • n.­773
  • n.­1002
  • n.­1003
  • g.­32
  • g.­40
  • g.­79
  • g.­89
  • g.­180
  • g.­383
  • g.­444

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g.­114

Dhāraṇī

  • gzungs
  • གཟུངས།
  • dhāraṇī

See “retention.”

13 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­2
  • 10.­7
  • 13.­26
  • 17.­98
  • 17.­154
  • 26.­17
  • 32.­4
  • n.­13
  • n.­311
  • n.­540
  • n.­1042
  • n.­1052
  • g.­373

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g.­116

Dharmabhāṇaka

  • chos smra ba
  • ཆོས་སྨྲ་བ།
  • dharmabhāṇaka

Speaker or reciter of scriptures. In early Buddhism a section of the sangha would be bhāṇakas, who, particularly before the teachings were written down and were only transmitted orally, were the key factor in the preservation of the teachings. Various groups of dharmabhāṇakas specialized in memorizing and reciting a certain set of sūtras or vinaya.

64 passages contain this term:

  • 14.­55
  • 16.­5
  • 16.­6
  • 16.­10
  • 17.­124
  • 17.­180
  • 18.­43
  • 20.­18
  • 20.­19
  • 20.­21
  • 21.­7
  • 21.­9
  • 21.­17
  • 21.­19
  • 21.­21
  • 21.­28
  • 21.­30
  • 21.­35
  • 21.­37
  • 30.­127
  • 33.­162
  • 34.­11
  • 34.­25
  • 35.­8
  • 35.­14
  • 35.­15
  • 35.­17
  • 35.­23
  • 35.­26
  • 35.­42
  • 35.­50
  • 35.­51
  • 35.­52
  • 35.­53
  • 35.­55
  • 35.­56
  • 35.­62
  • 35.­63
  • 35.­68
  • 35.­69
  • 35.­71
  • 35.­78
  • 36.­14
  • 36.­16
  • 36.­17
  • 36.­18
  • 36.­20
  • 36.­32
  • 36.­36
  • 36.­96
  • 36.­102
  • 36.­128
  • 36.­133
  • 36.­167
  • 36.­168
  • 36.­177
  • 36.­178
  • 36.­186
  • 37.­29
  • 37.­32
  • 39.­58
  • n.­777
  • n.­781
  • n.­1266

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g.­118

Dharmakāya

  • chos kyi sku
  • ཆོས་ཀྱི་སྐུ།
  • dharmakāya

In distinction to the rūpakāya, or “form body” of a buddha, this is the eternal, imperceivable realization of a buddha. In origin it was a term for the presence of the Dharma, and has come to be synonymous with the true nature.

22 passages contain this term:

  • i.­27
  • i.­58
  • i.­60
  • i.­68
  • 4.­24
  • 6.­2
  • 10.­11
  • 12.­8
  • 23.­1
  • 23.­3
  • 23.­28
  • 23.­40
  • 23.­41
  • 25.­11
  • 25.­12
  • 30.­124
  • 33.­36
  • n.­159
  • n.­783
  • n.­1071
  • g.­377
  • g.­476

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g.­121

Dharmatāśīla

  • chos nyid tshul khrims
  • ཆོས་ཉིད་ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས།
  • Dharmatāśīla

The 9th century Tibetan translator of this text.

2 passages contain this term:

  • i.­8
  • c.­1

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g.­122

Dharmavyūha

  • chos bkod pa
  • ཆོས་བཀོད་པ།
  • Dharmavyūha

1 passage contains this term:

  • 1.­2
g.­124

Dhātu

  • khams
  • ཁམས།
  • dhātu

Often translated “element,” commonly in the context of the eighteen elements of sensory experience (the six sense faculties, their six respective objects, and the six sensory consciousnesses), although the term has a wide range of other meanings. Along with skandha and āyatana, one of the three major categories in the taxonomy of phenomena in the sūtra literature.

13 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­27
  • 1.­29
  • 3.­4
  • 13.­2
  • 17.­89
  • 17.­94
  • 40.­2
  • 40.­4
  • 40.­22
  • 40.­44
  • 40.­69
  • g.­48
  • g.­417

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g.­130

Discernment

  • so so yang dag par rig pa
  • སོ་སོ་ཡང་དག་པར་རིག་པ།
  • pratisaṃvida

There are four: the discernments of meaning, phenomena, definitions, and eloquence.

31 passages contain this term:

  • i.­59
  • i.­60
  • 1.­28
  • 1.­39
  • 17.­90
  • 24.­1
  • 24.­2
  • 24.­64
  • 24.­65
  • 24.­74
  • 25.­1
  • 25.­2
  • 25.­70
  • 29.­73
  • 29.­78
  • 29.­82
  • 30.­7
  • 37.­37
  • 37.­39
  • 39.­8
  • 39.­50
  • 39.­98
  • 39.­107
  • 39.­130
  • 39.­142
  • 40.­12
  • 40.­24
  • 40.­58
  • n.­851
  • n.­904
  • g.­92

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g.­131

Disciplines of mendicancy

  • sbyangs pa’i yon tan
  • sbyangs dag
  • sbyangs tshul
  • སྦྱངས་པའི་ཡོན་ཏན།
  • སྦྱངས་དག
  • སྦྱངས་ཚུལ།
  • dhūtaguṇa
  • dhūta

Ascetic practices that are optional for monks and nuns or undertaken only for a defined time period. They are traditionally listed as being twelve in number: (1) wearing rags (pāṃśukūlika, phyag dar khrod pa), (2) (in the form of only) three religious robes (traicīvarika, chos gos gsum), (3) (coarse in texture as) garments of felt (nāma[n]tika, ’phyings pa pa), (4) eating by alms (paiṇḍapātika, bsod snyoms pa), (5) having a single mat to sit on (aikāsanika, stan gcig pa), (6) not eating after noon (khalu paścād bhaktika, zas phyis mi len pa), (7) living alone in the forest (āraṇyaka, dgon pa pa), (8) living at the base of a tree (vṛkṣamūlika, shing drungs pa), (9) living in the open (ābhyavakāśika, bla gab med pa), (10) frequenting cemeteries (śmāśānika, dur khrod pa), (11) sleeping sitting up (naiṣadika, cog bu pa), and (12) accepting whatever seating position is offered (yāthāsaṃstarika, gzhi ji bzhin pa); this last of the twelve is sometimes interpreted as not omitting any house on the almsround, i.e. regardless of any reception expected. Mahāvyutpatti, 1127-39.

9 passages contain this term:

  • 9.­7
  • 17.­94
  • 29.­94
  • 29.­95
  • 29.­96
  • 30.­2
  • 30.­7
  • 30.­50
  • 34.­66

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g.­138

Dundubhisvara

  • rnga dbyangs
  • རྔ་དབྱངས།
  • Dundubhisvara

A bodhisattva who only appears in Mahāyāna sūtras. It is also a name for various buddhas, including an alternative name for Buddha Amoghasiddhi. Incorrectly translated as mngon par ’byung dka’

2 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­2
  • 10.­38
g.­144

Eloquence

  • spobs pa
  • སྤོབས་པ།
  • pratibhāna

The Tibetan word literally means “confidence” or “courage” but it refers to confident speech, to being perfectly eloquent.

29 passages contain this term:

  • i.­53
  • 1.­50
  • 2.­34
  • 3.­4
  • 11.­13
  • 17.­62
  • 17.­66
  • 17.­131
  • 17.­140
  • 17.­147
  • 24.­1
  • 24.­38
  • 24.­46
  • 24.­65
  • 25.­65
  • 26.­17
  • 30.­120
  • 32.­13
  • 32.­15
  • 33.­146
  • 34.­11
  • 35.­15
  • 37.­70
  • 39.­8
  • 39.­98
  • 39.­130
  • 40.­117
  • n.­509
  • g.­130

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g.­145

Emptiness

  • stong pa nyid
  • སྟོང་པ་ཉིད།
  • śūnyatā

In the Mahāyāna this is the term for how phenomena are devoid of any nature of their own. One of the three doorways to liberation along with the absence of aspiration and the absence of attributes.

101 passages contain this term:

  • s.­1
  • i.­1
  • i.­14
  • i.­42
  • i.­55
  • i.­60
  • i.­64
  • i.­67
  • i.­68
  • i.­71
  • i.­75
  • 1.­45
  • 4.­8
  • 4.­16
  • 4.­23
  • 6.­26
  • 7.­9
  • 7.­32
  • 9.­48
  • 9.­49
  • 9.­54
  • 10.­7
  • 10.­110
  • 11.­7
  • 11.­35
  • 11.­41
  • 11.­42
  • 11.­48
  • 12.­6
  • 14.­10
  • 14.­13
  • 14.­63
  • 14.­81
  • 14.­86
  • 16.­29
  • 17.­62
  • 17.­72
  • 17.­129
  • 19.­27
  • 23.­4
  • 25.­15
  • 25.­16
  • 25.­17
  • 26.­17
  • 29.­61
  • 29.­62
  • 29.­67
  • 30.­34
  • 30.­87
  • 30.­127
  • 32.­8
  • 33.­20
  • 33.­23
  • 33.­51
  • 33.­87
  • 33.­223
  • 33.­225
  • 33.­235
  • 33.­269
  • 33.­294
  • 34.­5
  • 34.­48
  • 37.­33
  • 37.­34
  • 37.­36
  • 37.­43
  • 38.­59
  • 38.­60
  • 38.­61
  • 38.­64
  • 38.­66
  • 38.­78
  • 38.­80
  • 38.­82
  • 38.­99
  • 38.­103
  • 39.­6
  • 39.­25
  • 39.­30
  • 39.­96
  • 39.­128
  • 39.­144
  • 40.­21
  • 40.­102
  • 40.­119
  • 40.­134
  • n.­267
  • n.­315
  • n.­391
  • n.­700
  • n.­883
  • n.­931
  • n.­936
  • n.­937
  • n.­943
  • n.­1061
  • n.­1063
  • n.­1419
  • g.­38
  • g.­132
  • g.­242

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g.­149

Fearlessness

  • mi ’jigs pa
  • མི་འཇིགས་པ།
  • vaiśaradya

This refers to the four confidences or fearlessnesses of the Buddha: confidence in having attained realization, confidence in having fully eliminated all defilements, confidence in teaching the Dharma, and confidence in teaching the path of aspiration to liberation.

20 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­7
  • 1.­45
  • 1.­55
  • 2.­28
  • 17.­61
  • 25.­1
  • 25.­2
  • 34.­48
  • 39.­5
  • 39.­95
  • 39.­109
  • 39.­127
  • 39.­142
  • 40.­24
  • 40.­93
  • 40.­129
  • n.­77
  • n.­1411
  • n.­1461
  • g.­92

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g.­160

Gandharva

  • dri za
  • དྲི་ཟ།
  • gandharva

A race of deities who are particularly known to be musicians.

21 passages contain this term:

  • i.­54
  • 1.­2
  • 10.­31
  • 10.­42
  • 10.­51
  • 11.­46
  • 17.­16
  • 19.­8
  • 19.­9
  • 19.­10
  • 19.­11
  • 19.­34
  • 34.­22
  • 36.­15
  • 40.­158
  • n.­733
  • n.­738
  • g.­32
  • g.­125
  • g.­148
  • g.­321

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g.­169

Garuḍa

  • khyung
  • ཁྱུང་།
  • garuḍa

A supernatural being that is a gigantic bird with humanoid features.

12 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­2
  • 10.­31
  • 10.­42
  • 10.­51
  • 10.­156
  • 10.­160
  • 11.­46
  • 14.­83
  • 17.­16
  • 17.­138
  • 34.­22
  • n.­1270

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g.­176

Good beings

  • skyes bu dam pa
  • སྐྱེས་བུ་དམ་པ།
  • satpuruṣa

2 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­2
  • 17.­134

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Good Eon

  • skal pa bzang po
  • སྐལ་པ་བཟང་པོ།
  • Bhadrakalpa
  • Bhadraka

Our present eon in which over a thousand buddhas will appear. The meaning is “good” because of the number of buddhas that will appear. In the sūtra, it is usually called bhadraka.

5 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­2
  • 10.­60
  • n.­27
  • g.­12
  • g.­259

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g.­179

Gṛdhrakūṭa

  • rgod kyi phung po
  • རྒོད་ཀྱི་ཕུང་པོ།
  • Gṛdhrakūṭa

See “Vulture Peak.”

9 passages contain this term:

  • 10.­29
  • 17.­2
  • 17.­5
  • 17.­10
  • 17.­15
  • 17.­18
  • 19.­16
  • 33.­142
  • g.­538

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g.­182

Higher cognition

  • mngon par shes pa
  • མངོན་པར་ཤེས་པ།
  • abhijñā

The higher cognitions are listed as either five or six. The first five are: clairvoyance (divine sight), divine hearing, knowing how to manifest miracles, remembering previous lives, knowing what is in the minds of others. A sixth, knowing that all defects have been eliminated, is often added. The first five are attained through dhyāna, and are sometimes described as worldly, as they can be attained to some extent by non-Buddhist yogis; while the sixth is supramundane and attained only by realization‍—by bodhisattvas, or according to some accounts only by buddhas.

38 passages contain this term:

  • i.­42
  • i.­64
  • i.­68
  • 1.­2
  • 1.­29
  • 1.­41
  • 2.­14
  • 17.­60
  • 17.­62
  • 17.­95
  • 17.­189
  • 19.­5
  • 23.­6
  • 29.­103
  • 29.­106
  • 29.­108
  • 30.­7
  • 30.­24
  • 32.­24
  • 33.­1
  • 33.­2
  • 33.­3
  • 33.­4
  • 33.­5
  • 33.­6
  • 33.­123
  • 33.­124
  • 33.­287
  • 34.­21
  • 37.­37
  • 38.­35
  • 39.­83
  • 39.­102
  • 39.­136
  • 40.­22
  • 40.­65
  • n.­1394
  • n.­1432

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g.­193

Jambu River

  • ’dzam bu
  • འཛམ་བུ།
  • Jambu

Legendary river carrying the remains of the golden fruit of a legendary jambu (rose apple) tree.

5 passages contain this term:

  • 10.­18
  • 10.­24
  • 17.­8
  • 35.­51
  • 37.­41

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Jina

  • rgyal ba
  • རྒྱལ་བ།
  • jina

The most common epithet of the buddhas, and also common among the Jains, hence their name. It means “the victorious one.”

241 passages contain this term:

  • 1.­5
  • 2.­13
  • 2.­15
  • 2.­16
  • 2.­22
  • 2.­33
  • 2.­37
  • 3.­7
  • 3.­11
  • 3.­20
  • 3.­21
  • 3.­22
  • 3.­40
  • 4.­24
  • 4.­27
  • 5.­27
  • 5.­49
  • 5.­50
  • 5.­52
  • 6.­11
  • 6.­29
  • 7.­8
  • 7.­29
  • 7.­42
  • 8.­9
  • 8.­22
  • 8.­25
  • 8.­27
  • 8.­29
  • 9.­38
  • 9.­54
  • 9.­73
  • 10.­12
  • 10.­29
  • 10.­33
  • 10.­50
  • 10.­57
  • 10.­61
  • 10.­72
  • 10.­73
  • 10.­74
  • 10.­75
  • 10.­76
  • 10.­78
  • 10.­79
  • 10.­80
  • 10.­81
  • 10.­82
  • 10.­92
  • 10.­100
  • 10.­104
  • 10.­106
  • 10.­107
  • 10.­109
  • 10.­110
  • 10.­111
  • 10.­112
  • 10.­116
  • 10.­129
  • 10.­141
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  • 10.­143
  • 10.­148
  • 10.­161
  • 10.­162
  • 10.­163
  • 10.­167
  • 11.­18
  • 11.­20
  • 11.­68
  • 11.­72
  • 12.­5
  • 12.­12
  • 14.­37
  • 14.­42
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  • 14.­55
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  • 15.­3
  • 15.­10
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  • 17.­4
  • 17.­29
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  • 17.­129
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  • 17.­137
  • 17.­138
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  • 17.­140
  • 17.­145
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  • 17.­151
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  • 17.­193
  • 18.­37
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  • 23.­28
  • 23.­48
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  • 30.­53
  • 30.­56
  • 30.­80
  • 30.­91
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  • 30.­118
  • 32.­30
  • 33.­106
  • 33.­142
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  • 33.­213
  • 33.­289
  • 34.­62
  • 36.­25
  • 36.­66
  • 36.­93
  • 36.­113
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  • 36.­166
  • 36.­196
  • 37.­38
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  • n.­185
  • n.­382
  • n.­437
  • n.­500
  • n.­1000
  • n.­1045
  • n.­1118
  • n.­1362
  • g.­198
  • g.­341

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