Sutra on Wisdom at the Hour of Death

Sutra on Wisdom at the Hour of Death (Skt. Atyaya­jñāna­sūtra; Tib. འདའ་ཀ་ཡེ་ཤེས་ཀྱི་མདོ་, da ka yé shé kyi do, Wyl. 'da' ka ye shes kyi mdo) — in this brief sutra the Buddha, residing in the Akanishtha realm, by the use of similes, explains to bodhisattva mahasattva Akashagarbha the wisdom that should be cultivated by the bodhisattva when about to die.

Tibetan Text

• Derge Kangyur, General Sutra section , Toh 122

English Translations

• The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra The Wisdom of the Hour of Death
• The Sūtra on Wisdom at the Hour of Death
• Lhasey Lotsawa, Noble Wisdom of the Time of Death Sutra with Commentaries by Prajñāsamudra & Śāntideva