Sutra on Dependent Arising
The Sūtra on Dependent Arising (Skt. Pratītyasamutpāda-sutra, Tib. རྟེན་ཅིང་འབྲེལ་བར་འབྱུང་བའི་མདོ།, Wyl. rten cing ‘brel bar ‘byung ba’i mdo)
The sutra says that while the Buddha was residing in the Realm of the Thirty-Three Gods with a retinue of deities, great hearers, and bodhisattvas Avalokiteśvara asked the Buddha how beings can gain merit from building a stūpa. The Buddha responds by stating the Buddhist creed on dependent arising:
- All phenomena originate from causes,
- The Tathāgata has taught these causes,
- And also that which puts a stop to these causes,
- This too has been taught by the Great Shramana.
The Buddha then explains that this dependent arising is the dharmakāya, and that whoever sees dependent arising sees the Buddha. He concludes the sūtra by saying that one should place these verses inside stūpas to attain the merit of Brahmā. [1]
References
- ↑ 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha, and quotation by Rigpa Translations
Tibetan Text
- Dergé Kangyur vol. 62 (mdo sde, tsha), folios 125a–125b
