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The [[sutra]], '''The Seven [[Buddha]]s''' (Skt. ''Saptabuddhaka''; Tib. སངས་རྒྱས་བདུན་པ།, [[Wyl.]] ''sangs rgyas bdun pa''), opens with the [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] residing in an alpine forest on [[Mount Kailash]] with a sangha of monks and [[bodhisattva]]s. The Buddha notices that a monk in the forest has been possessed by a spirit, which prompts the bodhisattva [[Akashagarbha]] to request that the Buddha teach a spell to cure diseases and exorcise demonic spirits. The Buddha then emanates as the set of “seven successive buddhas,” each of whom transmits a [[dharani]] to Akashagarbha. Each of the seven buddhas then provides ritual instructions for using the dharani | The [[sutra]], '''The Seven [[Buddha]]s''' (Skt. ''Saptabuddhaka''; Tib. སངས་རྒྱས་བདུན་པ།, [[Wyl.]] ''sangs rgyas bdun pa''), opens with the [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] residing in an alpine forest on [[Mount Kailash]] with a sangha of monks and [[bodhisattva]]s. The Buddha notices that a monk in the forest has been possessed by a spirit, which prompts the bodhisattva [[Akashagarbha]] to request that the Buddha teach a spell to cure diseases and exorcise demonic spirits. The Buddha then emanates as the set of “seven successive buddhas,” each of whom transmits a [[dharani]] to Akashagarbha. Each of the seven buddhas then provides ritual instructions for using the dharani.<ref>84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.</ref> | ||
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The Tibetan translation of this [[sutra]] can be found in the ''[[General Sutra]]'' section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]], [[Toh]] 270 | The Tibetan translation of this [[sutra]] can be found in the ''[[General Sutra]]'' section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]], [[Toh]] 270. It is also catalogued as Toh 512 in the ''Action Tantra'' section of the ''Tantra Collection'', and as Toh 852 in the ''Compendium of Dharanis'' of the ''Dharani'' collection. | ||
*English translation: {{84000|https://read.84000.co/translation/toh270.html| The Seven Buddhas }} | *English translation: {{84000|https://read.84000.co/translation/toh270.html| The Seven Buddhas }} | ||
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The sutra, The Seven Buddhas (Skt. Saptabuddhaka; Tib. སངས་རྒྱས་བདུན་པ།, Wyl. sangs rgyas bdun pa), opens with the Buddha Shakyamuni residing in an alpine forest on Mount Kailash with a sangha of monks and bodhisattvas. The Buddha notices that a monk in the forest has been possessed by a spirit, which prompts the bodhisattva Akashagarbha to request that the Buddha teach a spell to cure diseases and exorcise demonic spirits. The Buddha then emanates as the set of “seven successive buddhas,” each of whom transmits a dharani to Akashagarbha. Each of the seven buddhas then provides ritual instructions for using the dharani.[1]
Text
The Tibetan translation of this sutra can be found in the General Sutra section of the Tibetan Kangyur, Toh 270. It is also catalogued as Toh 512 in the Action Tantra section of the Tantra Collection, and as Toh 852 in the Compendium of Dharanis of the Dharani collection.
- English translation:
The Seven Buddhas
References
- ↑ 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.