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'''Lalitavistara Sutra''' (Skt. ''Lalitavistarasūtra''; [[Wyl.]] ''rgya cher rol pa'') — a [[sutra]] in 27 chapters which relates the life of the [[Buddha]]. | '''Lalitavistara Sutra''' (Skt. ''Lalitavistarasūtra''; Tib. [[རྒྱ་ཆེར་རོལ་པ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''rgya cher rol pa'') — a [[sutra]] in 27 chapters which relates the life of the [[Buddha]]. | ||
==Common Quotations== | ==Common Quotations== | ||
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Lalitavistara Sutra (Skt. Lalitavistarasūtra; Tib. རྒྱ་ཆེར་རོལ་པ་, Wyl. rgya cher rol pa) — a sutra in 27 chapters which relates the life of the Buddha.
Common Quotations
- "Profound and peaceful, free from complexity, uncompounded luminosity—
- I have found a nectar-like Dharma.
- Yet if I were to teach it, no-one would understand,
- So I shall remain silent here in the forest."
- "This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds.
- To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movement of a dance.
- A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky,
- Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain."
- "Because of craving, attachment and ignorance
- Men, gods, animals, hungry ghosts and hell-beings
- Foolishly go round,
- Like the turning of a potter’s wheel."
Translations
- First translated into Chinese in 308
- Translated into Tibetan in the 8th century by Jinamitra and Bandhé Yeshé Dé
- The Lalitavistara Sūtra: The Voice of the Buddha, the Beauty of Compassion, translated by Gwendolyn Bays, Berkeley: Dharma Publishing, 1983 (2 vols.)