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Toh 190

བུད་མེད་འགྱུར་བ་ལུང་བསྟན་པ།
The Prophecy Concerning Strīvivarta
《轉女身授記經》(大正藏:《樂瓔珞莊嚴方便品經》)
Strī­vivarta­vyākaraṇa

In this sūtra, Subhūti, one of the Buddha’s close disciples, enters into a discussion with several individuals in the course of his alms rounds. His primary interlocutor is a laywoman who reveals herself to be a bodhisattva great being named Strīvivarta; her teachings are profound and challenging, consistently pointing in the direction of ultimate truth. The sūtra culminates in the Buddha prophesying Strīvivarta’s future awakening.

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