《Toh 357 (Kangyur)》
CBETA 84K-toh357
Homage to the blessed Mañjuśrīkumārabhūta. Thus did I hear at one time. The Buddha Śākyamuni, the god of gods who had attained perfect awakening through the ripening of merit accumulated over three countless eons and then brought disciples throughout the various regions of Jambudvīpa to maturity, was residing in Rājagṛha, at the place of the mighty great sages, It is not clear what the “place of the mighty great sages” (thub pa drang srong chen po’i gnas) may refer to. The same expression is used below in the following paragraph referring to the Gomasalaganda stūpa; otherwise, the only other mentions in the Kangyur of such a place are (1) in the Vimalaprabhāparipṛcchā, Toh 168, another text focusing on Khotan (see ) in which it also seems to be an epithet of the Gomasalaganda stūpa and perhaps other sacred Khotanese sites; and (2) in the setting of The Ākāśagarbha Sūtra (Toh 260) in which it is described as being on Khalatika mountain. in the direction of the Vaiśalī region. The Vaiśalī region lies to the north of Rājagṛha, on the other side of the Ganges. He was there together with a great retinue of many bodhisattvas, such as the bodhisattva great being noble Maitreya; one t…
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