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Translating the Tibetan Buddhist canon and making it freely accessible FOR ALL.

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The Kangyur
Toh 8
Jan 17, 2025
Perfection of Wisdom

The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines (Chapters 14 to 28)

The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines is the longest of all the Prajñāpāramitā sūtras. Like the other two long sūtras, it is a detailed record of the teaching on the perfection of wisdom that the Buddha Śākyamuni gave on Vulture Peak in Rājagṛha. This newest supplement includes the first twenty-eight of the seventy-two chapters of the sūtra, and represents a little under eight of the twelve volumes.
The Kangyur
Toh 358
Jan 15, 2025
General Sūtra Section

The Exemplary Tale of Śārdūlakarṇa

The Exemplary Tale of Śārdūlakarṇa begins with Prakṛti, an outcaste girl, attaining liberation under the Buddha’s guidance. To explain this to Śrāvastī’s upper-caste community, the Buddha recounts a past life where he, as an outcaste king, overcame caste prejudice through wisdom, revealing the irrelevance of caste in light of karma and merit.
The Kangyur
Toh 224
Jan 13, 2025
Discourses

The Episode of Dṛḍhādhyāśaya

The bodhisattva Dṛḍhādhyāśaya, overcome with attraction for a merchant’s daughter in Rājagṛha, flees only to be pursued by her emanation created by the Buddha. Distressed, he seeks guidance, prompting the Buddha to deliver a discourse on nonduality and the erroneous view of the path as escapism. At its conclusion, eight great śrāvakas each praise the discourse as engendering their own foremost quality in others.

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18th-century Burmese sculpture of Ānanda. Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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