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In this [[sutra]], '''The Prophecy for Bhadra the Illusionist''' (Skt. ''Bhadramāyākāravyākaraṇa''; Tib. ་མ་མཁན་བཟང་པོ་ལུང་བསྟན་པ།, [[Wyl.]] ''sgyu ma mkhan bzang po lung bstan pa'') while the [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] is residing at [[Vulture's Peak]] Mountain, in the nearby city of [[Rajagṛiha]] the accomplished illusionist Bhadra hatches a scheme to humiliate the Buddha and disprove his omniscience in order to win over the people of [[Magadha]]. The failure of Bhadra’s plan, in which he conjures the illusion of a resplendent courtyard that, to his dismay, cannot be undone, culminates in a series of surreal and magnificent visions that convince Bhadra of the superiority of the Buddha’s powers. This sutra presents a colourful and often humorous narrative and contains teachings on illusion, [[emptiness]], and the distinction between the illusionist’s mundane abilities and the Buddha’s miraculous display. The Buddha also teaches Bhadra forty-three sets of four qualities that together constitute the [[bodhisattva]] path.<ref>84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.</ref>
In this [[sutra]], '''The Prophecy for Bhadra the Illusionist''' (Skt. ''Bhadramāyākāravyākaraṇa''; Tib. ་མ་མཁན་བཟང་པོ་ལུང་བསྟན་པ།, [[Wyl.]] ''sgyu ma mkhan bzang po lung bstan pa'') while the [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] is residing at [[Vulture's Peak]] Mountain, in the nearby city of [[Rajagriha]] the accomplished illusionist Bhadra hatches a scheme to humiliate the Buddha and disprove his omniscience in order to win over the people of [[Magadha]]. The failure of Bhadra’s plan, in which he conjures the illusion of a resplendent courtyard that, to his dismay, cannot be undone, culminates in a series of surreal and magnificent visions that convince Bhadra of the superiority of the Buddha’s powers. This sutra presents a colourful and often humorous narrative and contains teachings on illusion, [[emptiness]], and the distinction between the illusionist’s mundane abilities and the Buddha’s miraculous display. The Buddha also teaches Bhadra forty-three sets of four qualities that together constitute the [[bodhisattva]] path.<ref>84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.</ref>


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In this sutra, The Prophecy for Bhadra the Illusionist (Skt. Bhadramāyākāravyākaraṇa; Tib. ་མ་མཁན་བཟང་པོ་ལུང་བསྟན་པ།, Wyl. sgyu ma mkhan bzang po lung bstan pa) while the Buddha Shakyamuni is residing at Vulture's Peak Mountain, in the nearby city of Rajagriha the accomplished illusionist Bhadra hatches a scheme to humiliate the Buddha and disprove his omniscience in order to win over the people of Magadha. The failure of Bhadra’s plan, in which he conjures the illusion of a resplendent courtyard that, to his dismay, cannot be undone, culminates in a series of surreal and magnificent visions that convince Bhadra of the superiority of the Buddha’s powers. This sutra presents a colourful and often humorous narrative and contains teachings on illusion, emptiness, and the distinction between the illusionist’s mundane abilities and the Buddha’s miraculous display. The Buddha also teaches Bhadra forty-three sets of four qualities that together constitute the bodhisattva path.[1]

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The Tibetan translation of this sutra can be found in the Heap of Jewels section of the Tibetan Dergé Kangyur, Toh 65

References

  1. ↑ 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.
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