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The '''Smaller Sukhavativyuha Sutra''' (Skt. ''Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra''), which takes place in the [[Jetavana|Jeta Grove]], contains a description of the [[Sukhavati]] pure realm of Buddha [[Amitabha]]. It was translated into Tibetan from Sanskrit by [[Shyang Yeshé Dé]].
The '''Smaller Sukhavativyuha Sutra''' (Skt. ''Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra'', Tib. བདེ་བ་ཅན་གྱི་བཀོད་པའི་མདོ་ , ''dewachen gyi köpé do'', [[Wyl.]] ''bde ba can gyi bkod pa'i mdo''), which takes place in the [[Jetavana|Jeta Grove]], contains a description of the [[Sukhavati]] pure realm of Buddha [[Amitabha]]. It was translated into Tibetan from Sanskrit by [[Shyang Yeshé Dé]].
 
The Sanskrit term ''vyūha'' (Tib. བཀོད་པ་, ''köpa'', Wyl. bkod pa) means display:  the sūtra is  a description of the Sukhavati pure realm and its characteristics.


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==English Translations==
==English Translations==
* {{84000|http://read.84000.co/#!ReadingRoom/UT22084-051-003/2|The Display of the Pure Land of Sukhāvatī}}
* {{84000|http://read.84000.co/translation/UT22084-051-003.html|The Display of the Pure Land of Sukhāvatī}}
* [http://www.lapislazulitexts.com/shorter_sukhavativyuha_sutra.html Translation from the Chinese on Lapis Lazuli Texts]
* [http://www.lapislazulitexts.com/shorter_sukhavativyuha_sutra.html Translation from the Chinese on Lapis Lazuli Texts]



Revision as of 02:26, 10 December 2017

Sukhavati

The Smaller Sukhavativyuha Sutra (Skt. Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra, Tib. བདེ་བ་ཅན་གྱི་བཀོད་པའི་མདོ་ , dewachen gyi köpé do, Wyl. bde ba can gyi bkod pa'i mdo), which takes place in the Jeta Grove, contains a description of the Sukhavati pure realm of Buddha Amitabha. It was translated into Tibetan from Sanskrit by Shyang Yeshé Dé.

The Sanskrit term vyūha (Tib. བཀོད་པ་, köpa, Wyl. bkod pa) means display: the sūtra is a description of the Sukhavati pure realm and its characteristics.

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English Translations