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==Tibetan Translation== | ==Tibetan Translation== | ||
[[Dergé Kangyur]], [[Toh]] 44-31 | [[Dergé Kangyur]], ''Ornaments of the Buddhas'' section, [[Toh]] 44-31 | ||
==Commentaries== | ==Commentaries== | ||
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Sutra of the Ten Bhumis (Skt. Daśabhūmika-sūtra; Tib. ཕགས་པ་ས་བཅུ་པ་འི་མདོ་, pakpa sachupé do, Wyl. phags pa sa bcu pa'i mdo) — name given to the 31st chapter of the Avatamsaka Sutra, which describes in detail the ten bhumis. This important and popular Mahayana sutra is often considered a sutra in its own right, and is frequently quoted in many commentarial materials. It is considered to be part of the third turning of the wheel of Buddha's teachings.
Tibetan Translation
Dergé Kangyur, Ornaments of the Buddhas section, Toh 44-31
Commentaries
Vasubandhu wrote an important commentary to this sutra: the Dashabhumivyakhyana, which was only translated into Chinese, during the sixth century.
Quotation
ཆུ་སྐྱར་ལས་ནི་ཆུར་ཤེས་ལྟར། །
བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ་བློ་ལྡན་གྱི། །
Just as one infers the presence of fire by seeing smoke,
Or the presence of water by seeing aquatic birds,
The presence of the intelligent bodhisattvas’ disposition
Can be understood from certain signs.