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In '''The Sutra “Declaring What Is Supreme”''' (Skt. ''Agraprajñaptisutra''; Tib. མཆོག་ཏུ་གདགས་པའི་མདོ། , [[Wyl. ''mchog tu gdags pa’i mdo'') the [[Shakyamuni Buddha|Buddha]], while spending the rainy season at the [[Bamboo Grove]] in [[Rajagriha]], teaches his | In '''The Sutra “Declaring What Is Supreme”''' (Skt. ''Agraprajñaptisutra''; Tib. མཆོག་ཏུ་གདགས་པའི་མདོ།, [[Wyl.]] ''mchog tu gdags pa’i mdo'') the [[Shakyamuni Buddha|Buddha]], while spending the rainy season at the [[Bamboo Grove]] in [[Rajagriha]], teaches his sangha of [[shravaka]]s that the Buddha is supreme among all beings, the [[Dharma]] of being free of attachment is supreme among all dharmas, and the [[Sangha]] is supreme among all communities and groups. Those who have faith in these three will be reborn as supreme among [[gods]] or humans.<ref>84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.</ref> | ||
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In The Sutra “Declaring What Is Supreme” (Skt. Agraprajñaptisutra; Tib. མཆོག་ཏུ་གདགས་པའི་མདོ།, Wyl. mchog tu gdags pa’i mdo) the Buddha, while spending the rainy season at the Bamboo Grove in Rajagriha, teaches his sangha of shravakas that the Buddha is supreme among all beings, the Dharma of being free of attachment is supreme among all dharmas, and the Sangha is supreme among all communities and groups. Those who have faith in these three will be reborn as supreme among gods or humans.[1]
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The Tibetan translation of this sutra can be found in the General Sutra section of the Tibetan Dergé Kangyur, Toh 305
- English translation:
The Sūtra “Declaring What Is Supreme”
References
- ↑ 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.