A Report on the Akṣayamatinirdeśasūtra
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A Report on the Akṣayamatinirdeśasūtra
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In this article, Wayman argues that the Akṣayamatinirdeśasūtra is a reworking of the earlier scripture Bodhisattvapiṭakasūtra. He notes that Takasaki, by contrast, concluded that the Bodhisattvapiṭakasūtra is the later of the two texts. Wayman's own reasoning runs the opposite way: the Bodhisattvapiṭakasūtra is large, rambling, and loosely knit because it is the earlier text and took a long time to reach its present form, whereas the Akṣayamatinirdeśasūtra— a tightly-knit, sharply organized treatment of the same material—is the later composition, produced in a relatively short span of time. (see Wayman, Untying the Knots in Buddhism, 84n36)
Citation
Wayman, Alex. "A Report on the Akṣayamatinirdeśasūtra." In Studies in Indo-Asian Art and Culture. Vol. 6. Edited by Lokesh Chandra, 211–32. New Delhi: International Academy of Indian Culture, 1980.
Interconnections
1 Scholarship on
The bodhisatva Akṣayamati arrives in our world from the buddha field of the buddha Samantabhadra. In response to Śāriputra's questions, Akṣayamati gives a discourse on the subject of imperishability. In all, Akṣayamati explains that there are eighty different aspects of the Dharma that are imperishable. When he has given this explanation, the Buddha praises it and declares it worthy of being spread by the countless bodhisatvas gathered there to listen. (Source: 84000)
