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Toh
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The Kangyur
Jul 2, 2024
General Sūtra Section

The Exemplary Tale of Sumāgadhā

The Exemplary Tale of Sumāgadhā opens at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in Śrāvastī, where the Buddha is staying. At the time, Anāthapiṇḍada’s daughter Sumāgadhā is married off to Vṛṣabhadatta, the son of a nirgrantha merchant in the distant city of Puṇḍravardhana.
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205
The Kangyur
Jun 27, 2024
General Sūtra Section

The City Beggar Woman

This short Mahāyāna sūtra tells of a beggar woman from the city of Śrāvastī whose modest offering of a lamp at Jeta Grove is contrasted with the lavish offering of lamps being made at the same time by Prasenajit, the king of Kośala and a major benefactor of the Buddha Śākyamuni and his community.
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509
The Kangyur
Jun 26, 2024
Action tantras

The Dhāraṇī “One Hundred Thousand Ornaments of the Essence of Awakening”

This short text presents a set of mantras that, when placed inside a stūpa, multiply the merit of having built one stūpa by one hundred thousand. These dhāraṇīs are specifically said to be of benefit to future generations whose merit will be weak.

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18th-century Burmese sculpture of Ānanda. Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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