Gilgit Manuscripts, Vol. 2 (Part 1)

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Descriptionངོ་སྤྲོད།

A critical Sanskrit edition of the Samādhirājasūtra edited by Nalinaksha Dutt, with the assistance of Vidhyavaridhi Shiv Nath Sharma. Based on a MS. discovered at Gilgit in the territory of H. H. the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. This volume contains part 1 of the text and covers chapters 1–16.

Citation

Dutt, Nalinaksha, and Vidhyavaridhi Shiv Nath Sharma, eds. Gilgit Manuscripts. Vol. 2, part 1 (Samādirājasūtra). Calcutta: Calcutta Oriental Press, 1941. https://archive.org/details/gilgitmanuscriptsvol.ii_905_f/mode/2up.

Recension of

Sarvadharmasvabhāvasamatāvipañcitasamādhirājasūtra

This sūtra, much quoted in later Buddhist writings for its profound statements especially on the nature of emptiness, relates a long teaching given by the Buddha mainly in response to questions put by a young layman, Candraprabha. The samādhi that is the subject of the sūtra, in spite of its name, primarily consists of various aspects of conduct, motivation, and the understanding of emptiness; it is also a way of referring to the sūtra itself. The teaching given in the sūtra is the instruction to be dedicated to the possession and promulgation of the samādhi, and to the necessary conduct of a bodhisattva, which is exemplified by a number of accounts from the Buddha's previous lives. Most of the teaching takes place on Vulture Peak Mountain, with an interlude recounting the Buddha's invitation and visit to Candraprabha's home in Rājagṛha, where he continues to teach Candraprabha before returning to Vulture Peak Mountain. In one subsequent chapter the Buddha responds to a request by Ānanda, and the text concludes with a commitment by Ānanda to maintain this teaching in the future. (Source: 84000)

Text

१ निदानपरिवर्तः१
२ शालेन्द्रराजपूर्वयोगपरिवर्तः२५
३ भूतगुणवर्णप्रकाशनपरिवर्तः३३
४ बुद्धानुस्मृतिपरिवर्तः४५
५ घोषदत्तपरिवर्तः५४
६ समाधिपरिवर्तः६७
७ त्रिक्षान्त्यवतारपरिवर्तः७६
८ अभावसमुद्गतपरिवर्तः८७
९ रधर्मक्षान्तिपरिवर्तः९४
१० पुरप्रवेशपरिवर्तः११३
११ सूत्रधारणपरिवर्तः१४९
१२ समाध्यनुशिक्षणापरिवर्तः१६७
१३ समाधिनिर्देशपरिवर्तः१७४
१४ स्मितसंदर्शनपरिवर्तः१८६
१५ स्मितव्याकरणपरिवर्तः२०१
१६ पूर्वयोगपरिवर्तः२०६