Nandapravrajyāsūtra

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Nandapravrajyāsūtra

དགའ་བོ་རབ་ཏུ་བྱུང་བའི་མདོ

dga' bo rab tu byung ba'i mdo

The Sūtra of Nanda's Ordination (84000)

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In this sūtra, the Buddha Śākyamuni, accompanied by Ānanda, visits the house of Nanda during his stay in Banyan Grove near Kapilavastu. A discourse ensues in which the Buddha explains to Nanda the importance and benefits of going forth as a monk. Nanda expresses hesitation about going forth, so the Buddha explains by means of analogies how fortunate Nanda is to have obtained an auspicious human birth, to have met the Buddha, and to have the opportunity to become a monk. Nanda is deeply impressed by the Buddha’s teaching and decides to renounce worldly life and go forth. (Source: 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha)

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nandapravrajyāsūtra. dga' bo rab tu byung ba'i mdo [དགའ་བོ་རབ་ཏུ་བྱུང་བའི་མདོ]. [The Sūtra of Nanda's Ordination (84000)]. Kangyur, RKTSK 328 http://www.rkts.org/cat.php?id=328&typ=1.

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