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The '''''Sutra on the | The '''''Sutra on the Eight Auspicious Ones''''' (Skt. ''maṅgalāṣṭakasūtra''; Tib. བཀྲ་ཤིས་བརྒྱད་པའི་མདོ།, [[Wyl.]] ''bkra shis brgyad pa'i mdo'')<ref>More fully: Skt. ''ārya-maṃgalāṣṭaka-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra''; Wyl. '' 'phags pa bkra shis brgyad pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo''; Eng. The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Eight Auspicious Ones”</ref> — a [[sutra]] expounded by Buddha [[Shakyamuni]] while residing in [[Vaishali]] in the Mango Grove, on the request of Superior Skill (Tib. ''Tsalrab'', Wyl. ''rtsal rab'') from the [[Licchavi]]s. The Buddha explains about eight [[buddha field]]s that lie in the east, the [[Eight Sugatas|eight tathagata]]s who dwell there, and the benefits acquired by reciting their names. | ||
This is the sutra [[Mipham Rinpoche]] based the first part part of his ''[[Verses of the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones]]'' on. | |||
==Text== | |||
No Sanskrit version of this sutra appears to be extant. | |||
The Tibetan translation, translated by [[Surendrabodhi]] and [[Shyang Yeshé Dé|Yeshé Dé]] can be found in the [[Kangyur]], [[General Sutra]] Section, [[Toh]] 278. | |||
*English translation: Bhikṣuṇī Thubten Damcho {{84000|https://read.84000.co/translation/toh278.html|The Eight Auspicious Ones}} | |||
==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
*Sutra of the Eight Fortunes | *''Sutra of the Eight Fortunes'' | ||
*''Sutra of Eightfold Auspiciousness'' | |||
==Notes== | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:35, 13 October 2023
The Sutra on the Eight Auspicious Ones (Skt. maṅgalāṣṭakasūtra; Tib. བཀྲ་ཤིས་བརྒྱད་པའི་མདོ།, Wyl. bkra shis brgyad pa'i mdo)[1] — a sutra expounded by Buddha Shakyamuni while residing in Vaishali in the Mango Grove, on the request of Superior Skill (Tib. Tsalrab, Wyl. rtsal rab) from the Licchavis. The Buddha explains about eight buddha fields that lie in the east, the eight tathagatas who dwell there, and the benefits acquired by reciting their names.
This is the sutra Mipham Rinpoche based the first part part of his Verses of the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones on.
Text
No Sanskrit version of this sutra appears to be extant.
The Tibetan translation, translated by Surendrabodhi and Yeshé Dé can be found in the Kangyur, General Sutra Section, Toh 278.
- English translation: Bhikṣuṇī Thubten Damcho
The Eight Auspicious Ones
Alternative Translations
- Sutra of the Eight Fortunes
- Sutra of Eightfold Auspiciousness
Notes
- ↑ More fully: Skt. ārya-maṃgalāṣṭaka-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra; Wyl. 'phags pa bkra shis brgyad pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo; Eng. The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Eight Auspicious Ones”