New Publication: The Teaching of the Armor Array

84000 IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE ITS NEWEST PUBLICATION:

Toh 51

གོ་ཆའི་བཀོད་པ་བསྟན་པ།
The Teaching of the Armor Array
被甲莊嚴經
Varma­vyūha­nirdeśa

The Teaching of the Armor Array describes a dialog between the Buddha Śākyamuni and the bodhisattva Anantamati. The sūtra is primarily concerned with the great armor, a quality related to the perfection of insight. As such, it is no conventional sort of armor. Rather, donning it involves giving up all grasping at phenomena, and engaging diligently on the path, with insight into the nature of phenomena. The Buddha and Anantamati also discuss the nature of the Great Vehicle and the great path, all the while emphasizing their emptiness and lack of marks.

Access this and other sūtras in the 84000 Reading Room:
The Teaching of the Armor Array

Click here to make a dāna donation

This is a free publication from 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, a non-profit organization sharing the gift of wisdom with the world.

The cultivation of generosity, or dāna—giving voluntarily with a view that something wholesome will come of it—is considered to be a fundamental Buddhist practice by all schools. The nature and quantity of the gift itself is often considered less important.