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The [[sūtra]] known as '''The Prophecy of Śrī Mahādevī''' (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 Sūtra (''[[mdo sde]]'') section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]] (Toh. 193/739).
The [[sūtra]] known as '''The Prophecy of Śrī Mahādevī''' (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 Sūtra (''[[mdo sde]]'') section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]] (Toh. 193/739).


This [[sūtra]] recounts events that took place in the realm of [[Sukhāvatī]], and begins with [[Buddha]] recounting to the [[bodhisattva]] [[Avalokiteśvara]] recounting the accomplishments of [[Śrī Mahādevī]], 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.
This [[sūtra]] recounts events that took place in the realm of [[Sukhāvatī]], and begins with [[Buddha]] recounting to the [[bodhisattva]] [[Avalokiteśvara]] recounting the accomplishments of [[Śrī Mahādevī]], 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.

Revision as of 22:34, 25 January 2018

The sūtra known as The Prophecy of Śrī Mahādevī (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 Sūtra (mdo sde) section of the Tibetan Kangyur (Toh. 193/739).

This sūtra recounts events that took place in the realm of Sukhāvatī, and begins with Buddha recounting to the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara recounting the accomplishments of Śrī Mahādevī, 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.

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