Sutra of the Eight Auspiciousnesses Ones: Difference between revisions
Stefan Mang (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
The '''''Sutra on the Eightfold Auspiciousnesses''''' (Skt. ''maṅgalāṣṭakasūtra''; Tib. བཀྲ་ཤིས་བརྒྱད་པའི་མདོ།, [[Wyl.]] ''bkra shis brgyad pa'i mdo'', or more fully Skt. ''ārya-maṃgalāṣṭaka-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra''; Wyl. '' 'phags pa bkra shis brgyad pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo'') — a [[sutra]] expounded by Buddha [[Shakyamuni]] while residing in [[Vaishali]] in the Mango Grove, on the request of Suvikranta ( | The '''''Sutra on the Eightfold Auspiciousnesses''''' (Skt. ''maṅgalāṣṭakasūtra''; Tib. བཀྲ་ཤིས་བརྒྱད་པའི་མདོ།, [[Wyl.]] ''bkra shis brgyad pa'i mdo'', or more fully Skt. ''ārya-maṃgalāṣṭaka-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra''; Wyl. '' 'phags pa bkra shis brgyad pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo'') — a [[sutra]] expounded by Buddha [[Shakyamuni]] while residing in [[Vaishali]] in the Mango Grove, on the request of Suvikranta (Wyl. ''rtsal rab'') from the [[Licchavi]]s. The Buddha explains about eight [[buddha field]]s that lie in the east, the [[tathagata]]s who dwell there, and the benefits acquired by reciting their names. | ||
This is the sutra [[Mipham Rinpoche]] based his ''[[Verses of the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones]]'' on. | |||
==Text== | |||
The Tibetan translation, translated by [[Surendrabodhi]] and [[Shyang Yeshé Dé|Yeshé Dé]] can be found in the [[Kangyur]], [[General Sutra]] Section, [[Toh]] 278. | |||
==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
*Sutra of the Eight Fortunes | *''Sutra of the Eight Fortunes'' | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://aibs.columbia.edu/databases/New/index.php?id=47d8d59cccc8a0b4dde2decd7c2f2e65&enc=tibetan_wylie_title&coll=kangyur The Buddhist Canons Research Database] | *[http://aibs.columbia.edu/databases/New/index.php?id=47d8d59cccc8a0b4dde2decd7c2f2e65&enc=tibetan_wylie_title&coll=kangyur The Buddhist Canons Research Database] | ||
[[Category:Sutras]] | [[Category:Sutras]] | ||
[[Category:General Sutra Section]] | |||
[[Category:Mahayana Sutras]] | |||
Revision as of 15:44, 21 November 2020
The Sutra on the Eightfold Auspiciousnesses (Skt. maṅgalāṣṭakasūtra; Tib. བཀྲ་ཤིས་བརྒྱད་པའི་མདོ།, Wyl. bkra shis brgyad pa'i mdo, or more fully Skt. ārya-maṃgalāṣṭaka-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra; Wyl. 'phags pa bkra shis brgyad pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo) — a sutra expounded by Buddha Shakyamuni while residing in Vaishali in the Mango Grove, on the request of Suvikranta (Wyl. rtsal rab) from the Licchavis. The Buddha explains about eight buddha fields that lie in the east, the tathagatas who dwell there, and the benefits acquired by reciting their names.
This is the sutra Mipham Rinpoche based his Verses of the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones on.
Text
The Tibetan translation, translated by Surendrabodhi and Yeshé Dé can be found in the Kangyur, General Sutra Section, Toh 278.
Alternative Translations
- Sutra of the Eight Fortunes