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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...
X. Knowledge of the Means to That
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Further, reverend Śāradvatīputra, the bodhisattvas’ four reliances are also imperishable. What four? 1) Reliance on meaning, not reliance on the letter; 2) reliance on knowledge, not reliance on consciousness; 3) reliance on explicit scriptures, not reliance on implicit scriptures; 4) reliance on the true state of moments of existence, not reliance on the person.