हस्तिकक्ष्यनाममहायानसूत्र
Hastikakṣyasūtra
གླང་པོའི་རྩལ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ།
glang po'i rtsal zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo
The Sūtra on the Elephants' Exertions (84000)
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Description
This sūtra contains a Dharma discourse on the profound insight into the emptiness of all phenomena, also known as transcendent insight. Following a short teaching in verse by Śāriputra, the Buddha delivers the primary discourse at the behest of Ānanda and Mañjuśrī amid a vast assembly of monks, bodhisattvas, and lay devotees. He specifically addresses hearers and so-called “outcast bodhisattvas” who have not realized transcendent insight and who thus remain attached to phenomenal appearances. Responding to a series of questions posed by Mañjuśrī and Śāriputra, the Buddha explains that all phenomena are as empty as space, with nothing to be either affirmed or rejected. Yet that very emptiness is what makes everything possible, including the bodhisattvas’ altruistic activities. (Source: 84000)
Citation
Hastikakṣyasūtra [हस्तिकक्ष्यनाममहायानसूत्र]. glang po'i rtsal zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo [གླང་པོའི་རྩལ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ།]. [The Sūtra on the Elephants' Exertions (84000)]. Translated by Dharmarakṣa, Dharmamitra. Kangyur, RKTSK 207 http://www.rkts.org/cat.php?id=207&typ=1.
| Number | 207 |
|---|---|
| Canon | Sūtra |
| Sanskrit | hastikakṣya-nāma-mahāyānasūtra (D) |
| Alternate Titles | glang po'i rtsal zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo (A C Cz D Dd Dk F Gt H L Np Pj Pz Q R S Ty U V Z);glang po'i rtsa la ces bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo (He);glang po'i rtsal ches bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo (J);glang po che'i rtsal lta bu'i mdo (N);glang po rtsal ces bya ba theg pa chen po 'i mdo (Ng);glang po che stsald ces bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo;'phags pa glang po'i rtsal zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo;glang po'i rtsal gyi mdo;glang po'i rtsal lta bu zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo';glang po'i rtsal ces bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo' |
| Alternate Titles - Sanskrit | hastikakṣya nāma mahāyāna sūtra;hastikakṣyā nāma mahāyāna sūtra |
| Alternate Titles - Devanagari | हस्तिकक्ष्य नाम महायान सूत्र;हस्तिकक्ष्या नाम महायान सूत्र |
