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'''The Illusory Absorption''' (Skt. ''Māyopama­samādhi'', Tib. སྒྱུ་མ་ལྟ་བུའི་ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན།, [[Wyl.]] ''sgyu ma lta bu'i ting nge 'dzin'') is found in the General Sūtra (''[[mdo sde]]'') section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]] ([[Toh]] 130).
The [[sutra]] known as '''The Illusory Absorption''' (Skt. ''Māyopama­samādhi''; Tib. སྒྱུ་མ་ལྟ་བུའི་ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན།, [[Wyl.]] ''sgyu ma lta bu'i ting nge 'dzin'') is found in the ''[[General Sutra]]'' section of the Tibetan [[Kangyur]] ([[Toh]] 130).


In this brief [[sūtra]] the [[Buddha]] explains the meditative state known as the "illusory absorption". He summons two [[bodhisattva]]s, [[Avalokiteśvara]] and [[Mahā­sthāmprāpta]], from the realm of [[Sukhāvatī]], and recounts the story of how they first engendered the mind of awakening ([[bodhicitta]]).
In this brief sutra the [[Buddha]] explains the meditative state known as the "illusory absorption". He summons two [[bodhisattva]]s, [[Avalokiteshvara]] and Maha­sthamprapta, from the realm of [[Sukhavati]], and recounts the story of how they first engendered [[bodhicitta]].


==English Translation==
==English Translation==
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Latest revision as of 12:26, 17 November 2020

The sutra known as The Illusory Absorption (Skt. Māyopama­samādhi; Tib. སྒྱུ་མ་ལྟ་བུའི་ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན།, Wyl. sgyu ma lta bu'i ting nge 'dzin) is found in the General Sutra section of the Tibetan Kangyur (Toh 130).

In this brief sutra the Buddha explains the meditative state known as the "illusory absorption". He summons two bodhisattvas, Avalokiteshvara and Maha­sthamprapta, from the realm of Sukhavati, and recounts the story of how they first engendered bodhicitta.

English Translation