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'''The Illusory Absorption''' (Skt. ''Māyopamasamādhi'' | '''The Illusory Absorption''' (Skt. ''Māyopamasamādhi''; Tib. སྒྱུ་མ་ལྟ་བུའི་ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན།, [[Wyl.]] ''sgyu ma lta bu'i ting nge 'dzin'') is found in the ''[[General Sutra]]'' section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]] ([[Toh]] 130). | ||
In this brief [[ | In this brief [[sutra]] the [[Buddha]] explains the meditative state known as the "illusory absorption". He summons two [[bodhisattva]]s, [[Avalokiteshvara]] and Mahasthamprapta, from the realm of [[Sukhavati]], and recounts the story of how they first engendered [[bodhicitta]]. | ||
==English Translation== | ==English Translation== | ||
*{{84000|http://read.84000.co/translation/UT22084-055-004.html|The Illusory Absorption}} | *{{84000|http://read.84000.co/translation/UT22084-055-004.html|The Illusory Absorption}} | ||
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The Illusory Absorption (Skt. Māyopamasamādhi; Tib. སྒྱུ་མ་ལྟ་བུའི་ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན།, Wyl. sgyu ma lta bu'i ting nge 'dzin) is found in the General Sutra section of the Tibetan Kangyur (Toh 130).
In this brief sutra the Buddha explains the meditative state known as the "illusory absorption". He summons two bodhisattvas, Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamprapta, from the realm of Sukhavati, and recounts the story of how they first engendered bodhicitta.
