New Publication: The Father and Mother Sūtra

THIS FATHER'S DAY, 84000 IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE ITS NEWEST PUBLICATION:

Toh 315

ཕ་མའི་མདོ།
The Father and Mother Sūtra
Pitṛmātṛsūtra

This short discourse was taught to an audience of monks in the Jeta Grove in Śrāvastī. In it, the Buddha explains, by means of similes, the importance of venerating and attending to one’s father and mother. The Buddha concludes by stating that those who venerate their father and mother are wise, for in this life they will not be disparaged, and in the next life they will be reborn in the higher realms.

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