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84000’s Fifth Resounding Under the Bodhi Tree
1 Dec 2023

An incredible gathering in Bodhgaya, India, as 84000 joined over 1500 people at the Dzongsar Monlam from October 18 to 27.   84000 co-hosted a sūtra resounding of The Ornament of the Light of Awareness That Enters the Domain of …
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New Publications: The Candragarbha Perfection of Wisdom
24 Nov 2023

The Candragarbha Perfection of Wisdom is a condensed prajñāpāramitā sūtra that takes the form of a dialogue between the Buddha and the bodhisattva Candragarbha. In response to Candragarbha’s question about how bodhisattvas should train themselves in the perfection of wisdom, the Buddha declares that the perfection of wisdom lies in the understanding that all phenomena are devoid of entities, using the analogy of the moon to clarify the meaning of this declaration.
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New Publications: The Sūryagarbha Perfection of Wisdom
24 Nov 2023

The Sūryagarbha Perfection of Wisdom is a condensed prajñāpāramitā sūtra in the form of a dialogue between the Buddha and the bodhisattva Sūryaprabhāsa, who asks the Buddha how bodhisattvas skilled in means should train themselves in the perfection of wisdom. In response, the Buddha explains that a bodhisattva should train in a meditative stability called the sun or the sun skilled in means, elaborating upon the qualities of this meditative stability using the analogy of the sun in terms of seven qualities.
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New Publications: The Samantabhadra Perfection of Wisdom
24 Nov 2023

In a retreat place in Magadha, the Buddha Śākyamuni and the bodhisattva Samantabhadra, surrounded by many bodhisattvas, perform miracles in a meditative absorption. The bodhisattva Samantabhadra asks the Buddha to distinguish between two levels of the perfection of wisdom.
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New Publications: Eliminating Ajātaśatru’s Remorse
11 Nov 2023

Eliminating Ajātaśatru’s Remorse narrates how the teachings of the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī help King Ajātaśatru overcome the severe negative action of having killed his father, King Bimbisāra. Through instruction, pointed questioning, and a display of miracles, Mañjuśrī and his retinue of bodhisattvas show King Ajātaśatru that the remorse he feels for his crime is in fact unreal, just as all phenomena are unreal.
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New Publications: Teaching the Causes and Results of Good and III
27 Oct 2023

This text describes karmic cause and effect. The discussion begins with Ānanda, who asks the Buddha why beings‍—particularly human beings‍—undergo such a wide range of experiences. The Buddha replies that one’s past actions, whether good or ill, bring about a variety of positive and negative experiences.
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New Publications: Discussions of Thus-Gone Ones
13 Oct 2023

Discussions of Thus-Gone Onesbegins in the Jeta Grove as the Buddha Śākyamuni emerges from a three-month-long meditative absorption. It is revealed that while he was absorbed in this meditative state, he was actually having conversations with many other buddhas across many worlds, discussing the essential nature of all phenomena.
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New Publications: The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra on the Four Factors
29 Sep 2023

While residing in the Jeta Grove in Śrāvastī, the Buddha explains to an assembly of monks and bodhisattvas four factors of the path that bodhisattvas must not abandon even at the cost of their lives: (1) the thought of awakening, (2) the spiritual friend, (3) tolerance and lenience (which are here counted as one), and (4) dwelling in the wilderness.
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New Publications: An Explanation of The Noble Sūtra on the Four Factors
29 Sep 2023

This short commentary, ascribed to Vasubandhu, explains The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra on the Four Factors (Ārya­catur­dharmaka­nāma­mahāyāna­sūtra, Toh 251), a discourse on a set of four factors of the path of a bodhisattva: the thought of awakening, the spiritual friend, the twin qualities of tolerance and lenience, and dwelling in the forest.
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