《Toh 177 (Kangyur)》
CBETA 84K-toh177
Homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas! Homage absent in Sanskrit. Thus did I hear at one time. The Blessed One was dwelling in Śrāvastī, in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park, together with a great congregation of 1,250 monks and five thousand bodhisattvas. At that time, the Blessed One was teaching the Dharma surrounded and venerated by an audience of many hundreds of thousands. Youthful Mañjuśrī then hoisted a jeweled parasol measuring ten yojanas in circumference and held it directly over the Blessed One’s head. Present in the retinue, along with his entourage, was a god from the house of Santuṣita called Susīma, The Sanskrit gives his name as Sukhīna, which is not a recognizable name; however, the Tibetan mtshams bzangs (“Susīma”) appears in other sūtras as a god and disciple of the Buddha. whose progress toward unsurpassed and perfect awakening had become irreversible. He now rose from his seat, approached the place where Youthful Mañjuśrī was, and addressed him: “Mañjuśrī, aren’t you satisfied with your offering to the Blessed One?” Mañjuśrī asked in return, “Divine being, tell me, is the great ocean ever satisfied by having water poured into it?” “Mañjuśrī, no, it is not,”…
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