Teaching the Eleven Thoughts
The sutra Teaching the Eleven Thoughts (Skt. Saṃjñānaikadaśanirdeśa; Tib. འདུ་ཤེས་བཅུ་གཅིག་བསྟན་པ།, Wyl. ‘du shes bcu gcig bstan pa) takes place just before the Buddha attains parinirvana, when he bequeaths his final testament to the assembled monks in the form of a brief discourse on eleven thoughts toward which the mind should be directed at the moment of death. He exhorts his listeners to develop nonattachment, love, freedom from resentment, a sense of moral responsibility, a proper perspective on virtue and vice, courage in the face of the next life, a perception of impermanence and the lack of self and the knowledge that nirvana is peace.[1]
Text
The Tibetan translation of this sutra can be found in the General Sutra section of the Tibetan Dergé Kangyur, Toh 311
- English translation:
Teaching the Eleven Thoughts
References
- ↑ 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.