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Akshayamatinirdesha [english]
65,220 words
The English translation of the Akshayamatinirdesha: an ancient Mahayana Sutra devoted to the Bodhisattva Akshayamati, recognized as one of the sixteen bodhisattvas of the Bhadrakalpa (fortunate aeon). The text expounds the practices and ethics of the Bodhisatva way of life. Original titles: Akṣayamatinirdeśa (अक्षयमतिनिर्देश), Akṣayamatinirdeśasūt...
VII. Tools
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Further, reverend Śāradvatīputra, the bodhisattvas’ five kinds of supernormal knowledge are also imperishable. What five? 1) Divine sight, 2) divine hearing, 3) knowledge of others’ thoughts, 4) remembrance of former lives, and 5) knowledge of magical means.