New Publication: The Questions of Ratnacandra

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Toh 164

རིན་ཆེན་ཟླ་བས་ཞུས་པ།
The Questions of Ratnacandra
寶月所問經
Ratnacandraparipṛcchā

The Questions of Ratna­candra is a sūtra in which Ratna­candra, a prince from the country of Magadha, requests the Buddha Śākyamuni to reveal the names of the ten buddhas who dwell in the ten directions. Prince Ratna­candra has been told that hearing the names of these ten buddhas ensures that one will attain awakening at some point in the future. The Buddha confirms this and discloses their names, as well as details of their respective buddha realms, such as the names of these realms and their many unique qualities.

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