Tenth Day of Wisdom: Upholding the Roots of Virtue

ON ITS 10TH BIRTHDAY, 84000 PRESENTS THE FINAL SŪTRA IN OUR TEN DAYS OF WISDOM:

Toh 101

དགེ་བའི་རྩ་བ་ཡོངས་སུ་འཛིན་པ།
Upholding the Roots of Virtue
Kuśala­mūla­saṃparigraha

This sūtra, one of the longest scriptures in the General Sūtra section of the Kangyur, outlines the path of the Great Vehicle as it is journeyed by bodhisattvas in pursuit of awakening. The teaching, which is delivered by the Buddha Śākyamuni to a host of bodhisattvas from faraway worlds as well as a selection of his closest hearer students, such as Śāradvatī­putra and Ānanda, elucidates in particular the practice of engendering and strengthening the mind of awakening, as well as the practice of bodhisattva conduct for the sake of all other beings.

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