The Acceptance That Tames Beings with the Sky-Coloured Method of Perfect Conduct

In The Acceptance That Tames Beings with the Sky-Coloured Method of Perfect Conduct, (Skt. Samyagācāravṛttagaganavarṇavinayakṣānti; Tib. ཡང་དག་པར་སྤྱོད་པའི་ཚུལ་ནམ་མཁའི་མདོག་གིས་འདུལ་བའི་བཟོད་པ།, Wyl. yang dag par spyod pa’i tshul nam mkha’i mdog gis ’dul ba’i bzod pa) the Buddha Shakyamuni and several bodhisattvas deliver a series of teachings focusing on the relationship between the understanding of emptiness and the conduct of a bodhisattva, especially the perfection of acceptance or patience. The text describes the implications of the view that all inner and outer formations—that is, all phenomena made up of the five aggregates—are empty. It also provides detailed descriptions of the ascetic practices of non-Buddhists and insists on the importance for bodhisattvas of being reborn in buddha realms inundated with the five impurities for the sake of the beings living there, and of practising in such realms to fulfil the highest goals of the bodhisattva path.

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The Tibetan translation of this sutra can be found in the General Sutra section of the Tibetan Dergé Kangyur, Toh 263

• English translation: The Acceptance That Tames Beings with the Sky-Coloured Method of Perfect Conduct