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The '''''Sutra on Wisdom at the Hour of Death''''' (Skt. ''Atyaya­jñāna­sūtra''; Tib. འདའ་ཀ་ཡེ་ཤེས་ཀྱི་མདོ་, ''da ka yé shé kyi do'', [[Wyl.]] '' 'da' ka ye shes kyi mdo'') is found in the ''General Sutra'' (''mdo sde'') section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]] ([[Toh]] 122).
The '''''Sutra on Wisdom at the Hour of Death''''' (Skt. ''Atyaya­jñāna­sūtra''; Tib. འདའ་ཀ་ཡེ་ཤེས་ཀྱི་མདོ་, ''da ka yé shé kyi do'', [[Wyl.]] '' 'da' ka ye shes kyi mdo'') is found in the ''[[General Sutra]]'' section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]].


In this brief [[sutra]] the [[Buddha]], residing in the [[Akanishtha]] realm, by the use of similes, explains to [[bodhisattva]] mahasattva [[Akashagarbha]] the wisdom that should be cultivated by the bodhisattva when about to die.
In this brief [[sutra]] the [[Buddha]], residing in the [[Akanishtha]] realm, by the use of similes, explains to [[bodhisattva]] mahasattva [[Akashagarbha]] the wisdom that should be cultivated by the bodhisattva when about to die.


==Tibetan Text==
==Tibetan Text==
*(Toh 122) [[Derge Kangyur]], vol. 54 (mdo sde, tha), folios 153.a–153.b.  
*([[Toh]] 122) [[Derge Kangyur]], vol. 54 (mdo sde, tha), folios 153.a–153.b.  


==English Translations==
==English Translations==
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[[Category: Sutras]]
[[Category: Sutras]]
[[Category: Mahayana Sutras]]

Revision as of 12:14, 9 October 2020

The Sutra on Wisdom at the Hour of Death (Skt. Atyaya­jñāna­sūtra; Tib. འདའ་ཀ་ཡེ་ཤེས་ཀྱི་མདོ་, da ka yé shé kyi do, Wyl. 'da' ka ye shes kyi mdo) is found in the General Sutra section of the Tibetan Kangyur.

In this brief sutra the Buddha, residing in the Akanishtha realm, by the use of similes, explains to bodhisattva mahasattva Akashagarbha the wisdom that should be cultivated by the bodhisattva when about to die.

Tibetan Text

English Translations