Mañjuśrīvikrīḍitasūtra/Full text
The Miraculous Play of Mañjuśrī presents a series of profound teachings within a rich narrative structure involving a beautiful courtesan’s daughter, Suvarṇottamaprabhāśrī. A banker’s son has purchased her favors, but while they are riding together toward a pleasure garden the girl’s attention is captivated instead by the radiantly attractive Mañjuśrī, who gives her instructions related to the meaning of the mind set on awakening. She then expresses her new understanding in a dialogue with Mañjuśrī, in the presence of King Ajātaśatru, his retinue, and the citizens of Rājagṛha. Meanwhile the banker’s son, with the help of Mañjuśrī and Śakra, experiences his own realization and receives teaching from the Buddha himself. The sūtra deals with well-known Mahāyāna themes, but places special emphasis on the emptiness and sameness of all phenomena. (Source: 84000)
| Reference | Mañjuśrīvikrīḍitasūtra [आर्यमञ्जुश्रीविक्रीडितनाममहायानसूत्र]. 'phags pa 'jam dpal rnam par rol pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo [འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་རྣམ་པར་རོལ་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ།]. [The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra "The Miraculous Play of Mañjuśrī" (84000)]. Translated by Surendrabodhi, Ye shes sde, Dharmarakṣa, Narendrayaśas. Kangyur, RKTSK 96 http://www.rkts.org/cat.php?id=96&typ=1. |
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| People | Dharmarakṣa, Surendrabodhi, Yeshe De |
