New Publication: The Questions of Rāṣṭrapāla

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ཡུལ་འཁོར་སྐྱོང་གིས་ཞུས་པ།
The Questions of Rāṣṭrapāla
Rāṣṭrapāla­paripṛcchā

The newly ordained monk Rāṣṭrapāla questions the Buddha about the proper conduct of a bodhisattva. The Buddha proceeds to explain its features in detail, giving as examples his own conduct in his multiple past lives. He tells the story of his past life as prince Puṇyaraśmi, who abandoned pleasure, a kingdom, and riches to follow the bodhisattva path to enlightenment for the sake of sentient beings.

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