Caturdharmoddānasūtra: A Brief Introduction

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Descriptionངོ་སྤྲོད།

The Sanskrit text (Devanagari) of the Sāgaranāgarājaparipṛcchāsūtra restored from the Tibetan (D155), with Hindi translation. Edited by Jñalachena Namaḍola.

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Namaḍola, Jñalachena. "Caturdharmoddānasūtra: A Brief Introduction." Dhīḥ: A Review of Rare Buddhist Texts Research 34 (2002): 23–30.

Recension of

Sāgaranāgarājaparipṛcchāsūtra (3 of 3)

In this very short sūtra, the Buddha explains to a nāga king and an assembly of monks that reciting the four aphorisms of the Dharma is equivalent to recitation of all of the 84,000 articles of the Dharma. He urges them to make diligent efforts to engage in understanding the four aphorisms (also called the four seals), which are the defining philosophical tenets of the Buddhist doctrine: (1) all compounded phenomena are impermanent; (2) all contaminated phenomena are suffering; (3) all phenomena are without self; (4) nirvāṇa is peace. (Source: 84000)

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Translation of

Sāgaranāgarājaparipṛcchāsūtra (3 of 3)

In this very short sūtra, the Buddha explains to a nāga king and an assembly of monks that reciting the four aphorisms of the Dharma is equivalent to recitation of all of the 84,000 articles of the Dharma. He urges them to make diligent efforts to engage in understanding the four aphorisms (also called the four seals), which are the defining philosophical tenets of the Buddhist doctrine: (1) all compounded phenomena are impermanent; (2) all contaminated phenomena are suffering; (3) all phenomena are without self; (4) nirvāṇa is peace. (Source: 84000)

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