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'''Rice Seedling Sutra''' (Skt. ''Śālistamba-sūtra''; Tib. སཱ་ལུའི་ལྗང་པའི་མདོ་, [[Wyl.]] ''sA lu'i ljang pa'i mdo'') ([[Toh.]] 210) — a short [[sutra]] of the [[Mahayana]] in which the [[bodhisattva]] [[Maitreya]] explains the meaning of a very brief teaching on [[dependent origination|dependent arising]] that the [[Buddha]] had given earlier that day while gazing at a rice seedling. In the [[sutra]], the Buddha said "Bhikṣus, whoever sees dependent arising sees the [[Dharma]]. Whoever sees the Dharma sees the Buddha." It is these words of the Buddha that [[Shariputra]] was requesting Maitreya to explain. | '''Rice Seedling Sutra''' (Skt. ''Śālistamba-sūtra''; Tib. སཱ་ལུའི་ལྗང་པའི་མདོ་, [[Wyl.]] ''sA lu'i ljang pa'i mdo'') ([[Toh.]] 210) — a short [[sutra]] of the [[Mahayana]] in which the [[bodhisattva]] [[Maitreya]] explains the meaning of a very brief teaching on [[dependent origination|dependent arising]] that the [[Buddha]] had given earlier that day while gazing at a rice seedling. In the [[sutra]], the Buddha said "Bhikṣus, whoever sees dependent arising sees the [[Dharma]]. Whoever sees the Dharma sees the Buddha." It is these words of the Buddha that [[Shariputra]] was requesting Maitreya to explain. | ||
==Tibetan Text== | |||
[[Dergé Kangyur]], vol. 62 (mdo sde, tsha), folios 116.a–123.b. | |||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
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*[[The Dalai Lama]], ''The Meaning of Life'', translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins (Wisdom, 2000) | *[[The Dalai Lama]], ''The Meaning of Life'', translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins (Wisdom, 2000) | ||
*N. Ross Reat, ''The Śalistamba Sūtra'' (Dehli: Molital Baranasidas, 1993) | *N. Ross Reat, ''The Śalistamba Sūtra'' (Dehli: Molital Baranasidas, 1993) | ||
==External Links== | |||
*{{84000|http://read.84000.co/translation/UT22084-062-010.html|The Rice Seedling (Śālistamba)}} | *{{84000|http://read.84000.co/translation/UT22084-062-010.html|The Rice Seedling (Śālistamba)}} | ||
Revision as of 14:05, 27 November 2018
Rice Seedling Sutra (Skt. Śālistamba-sūtra; Tib. སཱ་ལུའི་ལྗང་པའི་མདོ་, Wyl. sA lu'i ljang pa'i mdo) (Toh. 210) — a short sutra of the Mahayana in which the bodhisattva Maitreya explains the meaning of a very brief teaching on dependent arising that the Buddha had given earlier that day while gazing at a rice seedling. In the sutra, the Buddha said "Bhikṣus, whoever sees dependent arising sees the Dharma. Whoever sees the Dharma sees the Buddha." It is these words of the Buddha that Shariputra was requesting Maitreya to explain.
Tibetan Text
Dergé Kangyur, vol. 62 (mdo sde, tsha), folios 116.a–123.b.
Further Reading
- Geshe Sonam Rinchen, How Karma Works: The Twelve Links of Dependent Arising (Snow Lion, 2006)
- The Dalai Lama, The Meaning of Life, translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins (Wisdom, 2000)
- N. Ross Reat, The Śalistamba Sūtra (Dehli: Molital Baranasidas, 1993)
