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'''The Sutra of the Question of Subahu''' (Skt. ''Subāhuparipṛcchāsutra''; Tib. ལག་བཟངས་ཀྱིས་ཞུས་པའི་མདོ།, [[Wyl.]] ''lag bzangs kyis zhus pa’i mdo'') — in this [[sutra]], in response to Subahu’s question, the [[Buddha]] describes how a [[bodhisattva]] should train in the [[six paramitas]].  
'''The Sutra of the Question of Subahu''' (Skt. ''Subāhuparipṛcchāsutra''; Tib. ལག་བཟངས་ཀྱིས་ཞུས་པའི་མདོ།, [[Wyl.]] ''lag bzangs kyis zhus pa’i mdo''). In the Veṇuvana near [[Rajagriha]], the [[Shakyamuni Buddha|Buddha]] teaches this [[sutra]] in response to a single question put to him by the [[bodhisattva]] Subahu: what are the qualities a bodhisattva should have in order to progress to perfect awakening? The Buddha then describes how a bodhisattvas should train in the [[six paramitas]].<ref>84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.</ref>


==Text==
==Text==
This sutra (Toh 70) is the twenty-sixth among forty-nine sutras (Toh 45 to Toh 93) included in the [[Ratnakuta|Heap of Jewels]] collection in the Tibetan [[Kangyur]].
This sutra (Toh 70) is the twenty-sixth among forty-nine sutras (Toh 45 to Toh 93) included in the [[Ratnakuta|Heap of Jewels]] collection in the Tibetan [[Kangyur]].
*English Translation: {{84000|https://read.84000.co/translation/toh70.html|The Sutra of the Question of Subahu}}
*English Translation: {{84000|https://read.84000.co/translation/toh70.html|The Sutra of the Question of Subahu}}
==References==
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The Sutra of the Question of Subahu (Skt. Subāhuparipṛcchāsutra; Tib. ལག་བཟངས་ཀྱིས་ཞུས་པའི་མདོ།, Wyl. lag bzangs kyis zhus pa’i mdo). In the Veṇuvana near Rajagriha, the Buddha teaches this sutra in response to a single question put to him by the bodhisattva Subahu: what are the qualities a bodhisattva should have in order to progress to perfect awakening? The Buddha then describes how a bodhisattvas should train in the six paramitas.[1]

Text

This sutra (Toh 70) is the twenty-sixth among forty-nine sutras (Toh 45 to Toh 93) included in the Heap of Jewels collection in the Tibetan Kangyur.

References

  1. 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.