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The [[sūtra]] known as '''The Absorption That Encapsulates All Merit''' (Skt. ''Sarvapuṇyasamuccayasamādhi'', Tib. བསོད་ནམས་ཐམས་ཅད་བསྡུས་པའི་ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་, ''sö nam tam ché dü pé ting ngé dzin'', [[Wyl.]] ''bsod nams thams cad bsdus pa’i ting nge ’dzin'') is found in the General Sūtra (''[[mdo sde]]'') section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]] (Toh | The [[sūtra]] known as '''The Absorption That Encapsulates All Merit''' (Skt. ''Sarvapuṇyasamuccayasamādhi'', Tib. བསོད་ནམས་ཐམས་ཅད་བསྡུས་པའི་ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་, ''sö nam tam ché dü pé ting ngé dzin'', [[Wyl.]] ''bsod nams thams cad bsdus pa’i ting nge ’dzin'') is found in the General Sūtra (''[[mdo sde]]'') section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]] ([[Toh]] 134). | ||
This [[sūtra]] tells the story of [[Vimalatejā]], a strongman renowned for his physical prowess, who visits the [[Buddha]] in order to compare abilities and prove that he is the mightier of the two. The [[Buddha]] responds by teaching on the powers of the awakened beings. | This [[sūtra]] tells the story of [[Vimalatejā]], a strongman renowned for his physical prowess, who visits the [[Buddha]] in order to compare abilities and prove that he is the mightier of the two. The [[Buddha]] responds by teaching on the powers of the awakened beings. | ||
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The sūtra known as The Absorption That Encapsulates All Merit (Skt. Sarvapuṇyasamuccayasamādhi, Tib. བསོད་ནམས་ཐམས་ཅད་བསྡུས་པའི་ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་, sö nam tam ché dü pé ting ngé dzin, Wyl. bsod nams thams cad bsdus pa’i ting nge ’dzin) is found in the General Sūtra (mdo sde) section of the Tibetan Kangyur (Toh 134).
This sūtra tells the story of Vimalatejā, a strongman renowned for his physical prowess, who visits the Buddha in order to compare abilities and prove that he is the mightier of the two. The Buddha responds by teaching on the powers of the awakened beings.
