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Tibetan and Sanskrit Sources

’phags pa de bzhin gshegs pa’i ting nge ’dzin gyi stobs bskyed pa bai DUr+ya’i ’od ces bya ba’i gzungs (Ārya­tathāgata­baiḍūrya­prabha­nāma­baladhana­samādhi­dhāraṇī). Toh 505, Degé Kangyur vol. 87 (rgyud ’bum, da), folios 284.a–286.a.

’phags pa de bzhin gshegs pa’i ting nge ’dzin gyi stobs bskyed pa bai DUr+ya’i ’od ces bya ba’i gzungs (Ārya­tathāgata­baiḍūrya­prabha­nāma­baladhana­samādhi­dhāraṇī). 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. 87, pp. 841–49.

’phags pa de bzhin gshegs pa’i ting nge ’dzin gyi stobs bskyed pa bai DUr+ya’i ’od ces bya ba’i gzungs. Stok Palace Kangyur vol. 101 (rgyud, tha), folios 326.b–330.a.

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Translations

84000. The Detailed Account of the Previous Aspirations of the Blessed Bhaiṣajya­guru­vaiḍūrya­prabha (Ārya­bhagavān­bhaiṣajya­guruvaiṣūrya­prabhasya pūrva­praṇi­dhāna­viśeṣa­vistāranāma ­mahāyāna­sūtra, Toh 504). Translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee. Online publication. 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha. 2021.

84000. The Detailed Account of the Previous Aspirations of the Seven Thus-Gone Ones (Ārya­saptatathāgata­pūrvapraṇi­dhānaviśeṣavistāra­nāma mahāyānasūtra, Toh 503). Translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee. Online publication. 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha. 2021.

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