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The [[sutra]] known as '''''The Prophecy of | The [[sutra]] known as '''''The Prophecy of Shri Mahadevi''''' (Skt. ''Śrīmahādevīvyākaraṇa''; Tib. ལྷ་མོ་ཆེན་མོ་དཔལ་ལུང་བསྟན་པ་, ''lhamo chenmo pal lungten pa'', [[Wyl.]] ''lha mo chen mo dpal lung bstan pa'') is found in the ''General Sutra'' (Wyl. ''[[mdo sde]]'') section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]] ([[Toh]] 193/739). | ||
This sutra recounts events that took place in the realm of [[Sukhavati]], and begins with [[Buddha]] recounting to the [[bodhisattva]] [[Avalokiteshvara]] recounting the accomplishments of [[ | This sutra recounts events that took place in the realm of [[Sukhavati]], and begins with [[Buddha]] recounting to the [[bodhisattva]] [[Avalokiteshvara]] recounting the accomplishments of [[Shri Mahadevi]], along with a prophecy in which her future enlightenment was foretold by all the buddhas she venerated, and her many names and benefits of reciting them. | ||
==English Translation== | ==English Translation== | ||
Revision as of 17:29, 26 November 2018
The sutra known as The Prophecy of Shri Mahadevi (Skt. Śrīmahādevīvyākaraṇa; Tib. ལྷ་མོ་ཆེན་མོ་དཔལ་ལུང་བསྟན་པ་, lhamo chenmo pal lungten pa, Wyl. lha mo chen mo dpal lung bstan pa) is found in the General Sutra (Wyl. mdo sde) section of the Tibetan Kangyur (Toh 193/739).
This sutra recounts events that took place in the realm of Sukhavati, and begins with Buddha recounting to the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara recounting the accomplishments of Shri Mahadevi, along with a prophecy in which her future enlightenment was foretold by all the buddhas she venerated, and her many names and benefits of reciting them.
