Avalokana Sūtra: Selection 172 (Conze, E.)

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Edward Conze translates a passage from the Avalokinīsūtra as found in Śāntideva's Śikṣāsamuccaya.

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Conze, Edward, trans. "Avalokana Sūtra: Selection 172." In Buddhist Texts Through the Ages: Newly Translated from the Original Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, Japanese, and Apabhramsa, edited by Edward Conze, 186–88. New York: Philosophical Library, 1954.

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Avalokinīsūtra

The Avalokinī Sūtra takes place in the city of Rājagṛha, where the Buddha teaches on the benefits that result from honoring the stūpas of awakened beings. The major part of this teaching consists in the Buddha detailing the many positive rewards obtained by those who worship the buddhas' stūpas with offerings, such as flowers, incense, and lamps. (Source: 84000)

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Edward Conze traces the development of Buddhism through the ages, with translations from the original Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan and Japanese.

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Avalokinīsūtra

The Avalokinī Sūtra takes place in the city of Rājagṛha, where the Buddha teaches on the benefits that result from honoring the stūpas of awakened beings. The major part of this teaching consists in the Buddha detailing the many positive rewards obtained by those who worship the buddhas' stūpas with offerings, such as flowers, incense, and lamps. (Source: 84000)

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