Toh 70
The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “The Question of Subāhu”
འཕགས་པ་ལག་བཟངས་ཀྱིས་ཞུས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ།
Āryasubāhuparipṛcchānāmamahāyānasūtra
’phags pa lag bzangs kyis zhus pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo
Translator: Translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committeeunder the patronage and supervision of 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha
Read time: 1 hr 48 min
Version: v1.1.22
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Summary
In this scripture Śākyamuni Buddha describes how a bodhisattva should ideally train in the six perfections. In the Veṇuvana near Rājagṛha, the Buddha teaches this sūtra in response to a single question put to him by the bodhisattva Subāhu: what are the qualities a bodhisattva should have in order to progress to perfect awakening? The Buddha responds by first listing the six perfections of generosity, ethical discipline, patience, diligence, concentration, and insight, and then expounding in greater detail on each perfection in turn.