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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Dwelling Place of Mañjuśrī”
འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གནས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ།
Āryamañjuśrīvihāranāmamahāyānasūtra
’phags pa ’jam dpal gnas pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo
Translator: Translated by the University of Calgary Buddhist Studies Teamunder the patronage and supervision of 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.
Read time: 22 min
Version: v1.1.17
The KangyurDiscoursesGeneral Sūtra Section
Summary
The Dwelling Place of Mañjuśrī first presents a dialogue between Mañjuśrī and Śāriputra regarding the activity of “dwelling” (vihāra) during meditation, the nature of dharmas, and the “true nature” (tathatā). This opens into a conversation between Mañjuśrī and a large gathering of monks whereby Mañjuśrī corrects the monks’ misinterpretations. Mañjuśrī then instructs Śāriputra on the enduring and indestructible nature of the realm of sentient beings and the realm of reality. Finally, the power of Mañjuśrī’s teaching is explained and reiterated by the Buddha.