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'''''[[Sutra]] on Dependent Arising''''' (Skt. ''Pratītyasamutpāda-sutra''; Tib. རྟེན་ཅིང་འབྲེལ་བར་འབྱུང་བའི་མདོ།, ''ten ching drelwar jungwé do'', [[Wyl.]] ''rten cing ‘brel bar ‘byung ba’i mdo'') —  while the [[Buddha]] was residing in the [[Heaven of the Thirty-Three]] with a retinue of deities, [[arhat]]s, and [[bodhisattva]]s, [[Avalokiteshvara]] asked the Buddha how beings can gain [[merit]] from building a [[stupa]]. The Buddha responded by stating the Buddhist creed on [[dependent origination]]: 

:All phenomena originate from causes, 
:The [[Tathagata]] has taught these causes,
:And also that which puts a stop to these causes, 
:This too has been taught by the Great [[Shramana]].

The Buddha then explains that this dependent arising is the [[dharmakaya]], and that whoever sees dependent arising sees the Buddha. He concludes the sutra by saying that one should place these verses inside stupas to attain the merit of [[Brahma]].<ref>84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha, and quotation by Rigpa Translations</ref>

==Tibetan Text==
*The Tibetan translation of this text can be found in the ''[[General Sutra]]'' section of the Tibetan [[Derge Kangyur]], Toh 212.  It is also catalogued as Toh 520 in the ''[[Action Tantra]]'' section of the ''Tantra Collection'', and Toh 980 in the ''Compendium of Dharanis'' of the ''[[Dharani]]'' collection.
**English translation: {{84000|http://read.84000.co/translation/UT22084-062-012.html|The Sutra on Dependent Arising}}

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*[[The Rice Seedling Sutra]]

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