The Marvelous Dharma Discourse
In the sutra, The Marvelous Dharma Discourse (Skt. Adbhutadharmaparyāya; Tib. རྨད་དུ་བྱུང་བའི་ཆོས་ཀྱི་རྣམ་གྲངས།, Wyl. rmad du byung ba’i chos kyi rnam grangs), Ananda asks the Buddha about the relative merit accrued by huge offerings made to revered beings as compared to the merit accrued by making even a miniature stupa for the veneration of a Buddha who has passed into parinirvana. The Buddha replies that the merit accrued by creating even a tiny stupa the size of a small fruit for the veneration of a buddha is greater than that accrued by offering the entire world, or even the universe and its palaces, to all stream-enterers, once-returners, non-returners, arhats, pratyekabuddhas, and the sangha in the four directions.[1]
Text
The Tibetan translation of this sutra can be found in the General Sutra section of the Tibetan Dergé Kangyur, Toh 319
- English translation:
The Marvelous Dharma Discourse
References
- ↑ 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.