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Source Texts

rgyal po la gdams pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo [Rājadeśa­nāma­mahāyāna­sūtra] Toh 215, Degé Kangyur vol. 62 (mdo sde, tsha), folios 210.a–211.b.

po la gdams pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo [Rājadeśa­nāma­mahāyāna­sūtra]. bka’ ’gyur (dpe bsdur ma) [Comparative Edition of the Kangyur], krung go’i bod rig pa zhib ’jug ste gnas kyi bka’ bstan dpe sdur khang (The Tibetan Tripitaka Collation Bureau of the China Tibetology Research Center). 108 volumes. Beijing: krung go’i bod rig pa dpe skrun khang (China Tibetology Publishing House), 2006–9, vol. 62, pp. 560–65.

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Modern Sources and Translations

84000. Advice to a King (2) (Rājadeśa, rgyal po la gdams pa, Toh 214). Translated by George FitzHerbert and the Sakya Pandita Translation Group. Online publication, 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2024.

84000. The Hundred Deeds (Karmaśataka, las brgya pa, Toh 340). Translated by Dr. Lozang Jamspal and Kaia Fischer. Online publication, 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2020.

84000. King Udayana of Vatsa’s Questions (Udayanavatsa­rājapari­pṛcchā, bad sa’i rgyal po ’char byed kyis zhus pa, Toh 73). Translated by Ben Ewing and Lowell Cook. Online publication, 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2024.

84000. Upholding the Roots of Virtue (Kuśala­mūla­saṃparigraha, dge ba’i rtsa ba yongs su ’dzin pa, Toh 101). Translated by Dharmachakra Translation Committee. Online publication, 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2020.

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Skilling, Peter. Questioning the Buddha: A Selection of Twenty-five Sutras. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2021.

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