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10 October 2023

  • curprev 08:3208:32, 10 October 2023Tsondru talk contribs 1,192 bytes +1,192 Created page with "'''The Sutra of the Sun''' (Skt. ''Sūryasūtra''; Tib. ཉི་མའི་མདོ།, Wyl. ''nyi ma’i mdo'') is a short discourse providing a Buddhist account of a solar eclipse. On one occasion while the Buddha is residing in Shravasti, the sun is seized by Rahu, lord of the asuras, which causes an eclipse. The god of the sun asks the Buddha for refuge, after which the Buddha urges Rahu to release the sun. When questioned by V..."