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The [[sutra]] known as '''''The Questions of Bhadrapala the Merchant''''' (Skt. ''Bhadra­pāla­śreṣṭhi­paripṛcchā''; Tib. ཚོང་དཔོན་བཟང་སྐྱོང་གིས་ཞུས་པ་, ''tsong pön zang kyong gi shyüpa'', [[Wyl.]] ''tsong dpon bzang skyong gis zhus pa'') is found in the ''[[Ratnakuta]]'' (''Heap of Jewels'') section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]] ([[Toh]] 83).
'''The Questions of Bhadrapala the Merchant'''(Skt. ''Bhadra­pāla­śreṣṭhi­paripṛcchā''; Tib. ཚོང་དཔོན་བཟང་སྐྱོང་གིས་ཞུས་པ་, ''tsong pön zang kyong gi shyüpa'', [[Wyl.]] ''tsong dpon bzang skyong gis zhus pa''). In this [[sutra]] the merchant Bhadrapala asks the [[Shakyamuni Buddha|Buddha]] to explain what consciousness is, and what happens to it when one dies and is reborn. In his response the Buddha relies heavily on the use of analogies drawn from nature. The sutra also reflects common cultural beliefs of ancient India, such as spirit possession. In addition, it presents graphic and vividly contrasting descriptions of rebirth in the [[Six classes of beings|realms of the gods]] for those who have lived meritorious lives and in the [[Six classes of beings|realms of hell]] for those who lack [[merit]].<ref>84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.</ref>


In this sutra the [[Buddha]] explains [[consciousness]], death, and rebirth to the merchant Bhadrapala.
==Text==
The Tibetan translation of this sutra can be found in the ''[[Heap of Jewels]]'' section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]], [[Toh]] 83


==English Translation==
*English Translation:
*{{84000|http://read.84000.co/translation/UT22084-044-003.html|The Questions of Bhadrapāla the Merchant}}
{{84000|https://read.84000.co/translation/toh83.html|The Questions of Bhadrapāla the Merchant}}


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The Questions of Bhadrapala the Merchant(Skt. Bhadra­pāla­śreṣṭhi­paripṛcchā; Tib. ཚོང་དཔོན་བཟང་སྐྱོང་གིས་ཞུས་པ་, tsong pön zang kyong gi shyüpa, Wyl. tsong dpon bzang skyong gis zhus pa). In this sutra the merchant Bhadrapala asks the Buddha to explain what consciousness is, and what happens to it when one dies and is reborn. In his response the Buddha relies heavily on the use of analogies drawn from nature. The sutra also reflects common cultural beliefs of ancient India, such as spirit possession. In addition, it presents graphic and vividly contrasting descriptions of rebirth in the realms of the gods for those who have lived meritorious lives and in the realms of hell for those who lack merit.[1]

Text

The Tibetan translation of this sutra can be found in the Heap of Jewels section of the Tibetan Kangyur, Toh 83

  • English Translation:

The Questions of Bhadrapāla the Merchant

References

  1. ↑ 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.
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