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The Kangyur
Oct 21, 2024
General Sūtra Section

The Sūtra of Nandika

While staying at the Vulture Peak Mountain in Rājagṛha, the Buddha describes the negative consequences of breaking the five basic precepts to the layman Nandika and five hundred other lay practitioners. This sūtra is often mentioned and quoted in traditional Buddhist works, mostly concerning the consequences of inebriation by alcohol.
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The Kangyur
Oct 21, 2024
General Sūtra Section

The Sūtra on Timings for the Gaṇḍī

In this short text, the Buddha instructs monks on the correct timings for sounding the gaṇḍī during each of the twelve months of the year. The timings are given based on the use of a solar clock.
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The Kangyur
Oct 17, 2024
Heap of Jewels

The Teaching on the Inconceivable Scope of a Buddha

During an assembly in Śrāvastī, the Buddha requests the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī to give a teaching on the scope of a buddha, which refers to the perceptual range of the awakened state. Mañjuśrī obliges by stating that in the awakened state ordinary perception and cognition are transcended, so the scope of buddha is beyond conception. A discourse ensues in which the Buddha and Mañjuśrī converse about the “sameness of all phenomena,” and how the scope of a buddha, or the true nature of all phenomena, may be found in the afflictions themselves. The disciple Subhūti then engages Mañjuśrī on the subject of how a bodhisattva can both cultivate this awakening and still remain involved in the world. The god Śribhadra then joins the discussion and invites Mañjuśrī to visit the Heaven of Joy. Instead of going, Mañjuśrī magically manifests the Heaven of Joy there and then. All are amazed and the Buddha praises his power to create miraculous manifestations.
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