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. |
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| Author | Dharmamitra |
