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The '''Sūtra on Dependent Arising''' (Skt. ''Pratītyasamutpāda-sutra'', Tib. རྟེན་ཅིང་འབྲེལ་བར་འབྱུང་བའི་མདོ།, [[Wyl.]] ''rten cing ‘brel bar ‘byung ba’i mdo'')
The '''''Sutra on Dependent Arising''''' (Skt. ''Pratītyasamutpāda-sutra''; Tib. རྟེན་ཅིང་འབྲེལ་བར་འབྱུང་བའི་མདོ།, [[Wyl.]] ''rten cing ‘brel bar ‘byung ba’i mdo'') The [[sutra]] says that while the [[Buddha]] was residing in the [[Heaven of the Thirty-Three]] with a retinue of deities, [[arhat]]s, and [[bodhisattva]]s, [[Avalokiteshvara]] asked the Buddha how beings can gain [[merit]] from building a [[stupa]]. The Buddha responded by stating the Buddhist creed on [[dependent origination]]:  
 
The [[sutra]] says that while the [[Buddha]] was residing in the [[Heaven of the Thirty-Three|Realm of the Thirty-Three Gods]] with a retinue of deities, great hearers, and bodhisattvas [[Avalokiteshvara|Avalokiteśvara]] asked the Buddha how beings can gain merit from building a [[Stupa|stūpa]]. The Buddha responds by stating the Buddhist creed on [[Dependent origination|dependent arising]]:  


:All phenomena originate from causes,  
:All phenomena originate from causes,  
:The [[Tathagata|Tathāgata]] has taught these causes,
:The [[Tathagata]] has taught these causes,
:And also that which puts a stop to these causes,  
:And also that which puts a stop to these causes,  
:This too has been taught by the Great [[Shramana|Shramana]].
:This too has been taught by the Great [[Shramana]].


The Buddha then explains that this dependent arising is the [[Dharmakaya|dharmakāya]], and that whoever sees dependent arising sees the Buddha. He concludes the sūtra by saying that one should place these verses inside stūpas to attain the merit of [[Brahma|Brahmā]]. <ref>84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha, and quotation by Rigpa Translations</ref>
The Buddha then explains that this dependent arising is the [[dharmakaya]], and that whoever sees dependent arising sees the Buddha. He concludes the sutra by saying that one should place these verses inside stupas to attain the merit of [[Brahma]].<ref>84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha, and quotation by Rigpa Translations</ref>


==References==
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The Sutra on Dependent Arising (Skt. Pratītyasamutpāda-sutra; Tib. རྟེན་ཅིང་འབྲེལ་བར་འབྱུང་བའི་མདོ།, Wyl. rten cing ‘brel bar ‘byung ba’i mdo) — The sutra says that while the Buddha was residing in the Heaven of the Thirty-Three with a retinue of deities, arhats, and bodhisattvas, Avalokiteshvara asked the Buddha how beings can gain merit from building a stupa. The Buddha responded by stating the Buddhist creed on dependent origination:

All phenomena originate from causes,
The Tathagata has taught these causes,
And also that which puts a stop to these causes,
This too has been taught by the Great Shramana.

The Buddha then explains that this dependent arising is the dharmakaya, and that whoever sees dependent arising sees the Buddha. He concludes the sutra by saying that one should place these verses inside stupas to attain the merit of Brahma.[1]

References

  1. 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha, and quotation by Rigpa Translations

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