The Chapter on Manjushri’s Magical Display
In The Chapter on Manjushri’s Magical Display (Skt. Mañjuśrīvikurvāṇaparivarta; Tib. འཇམ་དཔལ་རྣམ་པར་འཕྲུལ་པའི་ལེའུ།, Wyl. 'jam dpal rnam par 'phrul pa’i le’u), the bodhisattva Manjushri answers a series of questions posed by the god Great Light concerning the appropriate conduct for bodhisattvas and the potential pitfalls and obstacles presented to bodhisattvas by Mara. Midway through the sutra, the demon Mara himself appears and, after being captured and converted byManjushri, he begins to teach the Buddha’s Dharma to the audience. After revealing that Mara was never truly bound by anything other than his own perception, Manjushri resumes his teaching for the remainder of the sutra.[1]
Text
The Tibetan translation of this sutra can be found in the General Sutra section of the Tibetan Kangyur, Toh 97
- English translation:
The Chapter on Manjushri’s Magical Display
References
- ↑ 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.