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The '''Sutra of Boundless Life and Wisdom''' — a [[sutra]] taught by [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] in [[Jetavana]] grove to [[bodhisattva]] [[Manjushri]].
The '''Sutra of Boundless Life and Wisdom''' (Skt. ''aparimitāyurjñānasūtra''; Tib. ཚེ་མདོ།, [[Wyl.]] ''tshe mdo'') — a [[sutra]] taught by [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] in [[Jetavana]] grove to [[bodhisattva]] [[Manjushri]].


The sutra states that:  
The sutra states that:  
:"If people write out this section of [[Dharma]] praising the qualities of the Buddha Boundless Life and Wisdom, or encourage others to write it out, or merely hear its name, or read it aloud and copy it into a book which they keep in their home, or venerate it with offerings of flowers, incense, garlands, perfumed ointments and powders, their lifespan will not be exhausted and they will be able to live a hundred years."
:"If people write out this section of [[Dharma]] praising the qualities of the Buddha Boundless Life and Wisdom, or encourage others to write it out, or merely hear its name, or read it aloud and copy it into a book which they keep in their home, or venerate it with offerings of flowers, incense, garlands, perfumed ointments and powders, their lifespan will not be exhausted and they will be able to live a hundred years."
==Text==
*[[Kangyur]], [[Tantra]] section, [[Kriya Tantra]], Toh 674-849 & 675.
**English translation: {{LH|words-of-the-buddha/sutra-boundless-life|Sūtra of Boundless Life and Wisdom}}


==External Links==
==External Links==
*{{LH|words-of-the-buddha/sutra-boundless-life|Sūtra of Boundless Life and Wisdom}}
* For a Sanskrit version, see: [https://archive.org/details/cu31924023185584 Hoernlé, Rudolf. Manuscript remains of Buddhist literature found in Eastern Turkestan. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1916: 289 - 394.]
* For a Sanskrit version, see: [https://archive.org/details/cu31924023185584 Hoernlé, Rudolf. Manuscript remains of Buddhist literature found in Eastern Turkestan. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1916: 289 - 394.]


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Revision as of 16:13, 23 November 2020

The Sutra of Boundless Life and Wisdom (Skt. aparimitāyurjñānasūtra; Tib. ཚེ་མདོ།, Wyl. tshe mdo) — a sutra taught by Buddha Shakyamuni in Jetavana grove to bodhisattva Manjushri.

The sutra states that:

"If people write out this section of Dharma praising the qualities of the Buddha Boundless Life and Wisdom, or encourage others to write it out, or merely hear its name, or read it aloud and copy it into a book which they keep in their home, or venerate it with offerings of flowers, incense, garlands, perfumed ointments and powders, their lifespan will not be exhausted and they will be able to live a hundred years."

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External Links