Teaching the Eleven Thoughts

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The sutra Teaching the Eleven Thoughts (Skt. Saṃjñānaikadaśanirdeśa; Tib. འདུ་ཤེས་བཅུ་གཅིག་བསྟན་པ།, Wyl. ‘du shes bcu gcig bstan pa) takes place just before the Buddha attains parinirvana, when he bequeaths his final testament to the assembled monks in the form of a brief discourse on eleven thoughts toward which the mind should be directed at the moment of death. He exhorts his listeners to develop nonattachment, love, freedom from resentment, a sense of moral responsibility, a proper perspective on virtue and vice, courage in the face of the next life, a perception of impermanence and the lack of self and the knowledge that nirvana is peace.[1]

Text

The Tibetan translation of this sutra can be found in the General Sutra section of the Tibetan Dergé Kangyur, Toh 311

References

  1. 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.