Sutra of the Inquiry of Jayamati

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The Sutra of the Inquiry of Jayamati (Skt. Jaya­mati­paripṛcchā­sūtra; Tib. རྒྱལ་བའི་བློ་གྲོས་ཀྱིས་ཞུས་པའི་མདོ་, gyalwé lodrö kyi shyüpa, Wyl. rgyal ba’i blo gros kyis zhus pa) is found in the General Sutra (Wyl. mdo sde) section of the Tibetan Kangyur (Toh 194).

In this brief sutra the Buddha instructs the bodhisattva Jayamati on nineteen moral prescriptions and the effects of their cultivation.

Tibetan Text

  • (Toh 194) Derge Kangyur, vol. 61 (mdo sde, tsa), folios 250.b – 251.a.

English Translation