Śraddhābalādhānāvatāramudrāsūtra/Full text
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आर्यश्रद्धाबलाधानावतारमुद्रानाममहायानसूत्र
Śraddhābalādhānāvatāramudrāsūtra
The Seal of Engagement in Kindling the Power of Faith (84000)
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The Seal of Engagement in Awakening the Power of Faith is made up of two lengthy orations—one by the Buddha, and one by the bodhisattva Samantabhadra—delivered in response to questions by the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī. The Buddha’s teaching consists of numerous sets of five principles related to bodhisattva practice, each item of which is subsequently defined. These come together to teach Mañjuśrī how bodhisattvas can be "inspired" and thereby prepare themselves for the first bodhisattva level. In the latter part of the sūtra Samantabhadra teaches on the topic of buddha activity with a rich account of the expansive way in which buddhas act to benefit beings. (Source: 84000)
| Reference | Śraddhābalādhānāvatāramudrāsūtra [आर्यश्रद्धाबलाधानावतारमुद्रानाममहायानसूत्र]. 'phags pa dad pa'i stobs bskyed pa la 'jug pa'i phyag rgya zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo [འཕགས་པ་དད་པའི་སྟོབས་བསྐྱེད་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པའི་ཕྱག་རྒྱ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ།]. [The Seal of Engagement in Kindling the Power of Faith (84000)]. Translated by Surendrabodhi, Ye shes sde, Dharmaruci. Kangyur, RKTSK 201 http://www.rkts.org/cat.php?id=201&typ=1. |
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| People | Surendrabodhi, Yeshe De, Dharmaruci |
