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Toh 320

དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པའི་གཟུགས་བརྙན་བཞག་པའི་ཕན་ཡོན་ཡང་དག་པར་བརྗོད་པ།
Describing the Benefits of Producing Representations of the Thus-Gone One
Describing the Benefits of Producing Representations of the Thus-Gone One
Tathāgata­pratibimba­pratiṣṭhānuśaṃsa­saṃvarṇana

In this sūtra, the Buddha Śākyamuni tells a group of monks how they should respond when asked about the karmic benefits accrued by patrons who create representations of the Buddha. He explains five kinds of benefits that such virtuous deeds bring.

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