View source for Sutra of the Ten Bhumis

'''''Sutra of the Ten Bhumis''''' (Skt. ''Daśabhūmika-sūtra''; Tib. ཕགས་པ་[[ས་བཅུ་པ་]]འི་མདོ་, ''pakpa sachupé do'', [[Wyl.]] ''phags pa sa bcu pa'i mdo'') — name given to the 31<sup>st</sup> chapter<ref>In its Tibetan translation.</ref> of the ''[[Avatamsaka Sutra]]'', in which bodhisattva [[Vajragarbha]] describes in detail each of the [[ten bhumis]] to other [[bodhisattva]]s gathered in the heavens of Paranirmatavashavartin. 

This important and popular [[Mahayana]] [[sutra]] is often considered a sutra in its own right, and is frequently quoted in many commentarial materials. It is considered to be part of the [[Three Turnings|third turning of the wheel]] of Buddha's teachings.

==Text==
The original Sanskrit text is still extant.
*English translation: ''Daśabhūmikasūtra'', translated by Honda Megumu and revised by Johannes Rahder (New Delhi, Indo-Asian Literatures, 1968)

It was translated into Chinese no fewer than five times, three times as an individual scripture, over a period of 500 years.<ref>Thomas Cleary, ''The Flower Ornament Scripture''.</ref>
*English translation: ''The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra'', translated from Chinese by Thomas Cleary (Boston & London: Shambhala, 1987, 1993), Book Twenty-Six: The Ten Stages
*French translation: ''Soûtra des Dix Terres'', translated from Chinese by Patrick Carré (Paris: Fayard, 2004)

The text was also translated in Tibetan in the 9th century by [[Surendra]] and Vairocana Rakṣita. The Tibetan translation can be found in the [[Dergé Kangyur]], ''Ornaments of the Buddhas'' section, [[Toh]] 44-31. 
*No existing English translation yet.

==Commentaries==
*[[Vasubandhu]] wrote an important commentary to this sutra: the ''Dashabhumivyakhyana'', which was only translated into Chinese, during the sixth century.
 
==[[Quotations: Sutras|Quotation]]==
{{:Quotations: Sutra of the Ten Bhumis}}
==References==
<small><references/></small>

==Further Reading==
*Johannes Rahder (Ed.), ''Dasabhumikasutra et Bodhisattvabhumi'' (Paris: Guethner, 1926)

[[Category:Texts]]
[[Category:Sutras]]
[[Category:Mahayana Sutras]]
[[Category:Chittamatra]]