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Angulimala Sutra

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Can anybody point me in the direction of a decent electronic version of the Mahayana Angulimala Sutra?

I am having real difficulties finding one.

Thanks (in advance)!
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I am searching, but no luck yet. :shrug:

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Greg,

It is NOT easy to find. This is Stephen Hodge's translation.

This is tathagatagarbha16/index.html ; change to tathagatagarbha17/index.html etc

Follow the link at the bottom

http://www.webspawner.com/users/tathaga ... index.html

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Grigoris wrote:Can anybody point me in the direction of a decent electronic version of the Mahayana Angulimala Sutra?

I am having real difficulties finding one.

Thanks (in advance)!
:namaste:
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Sūtra of Aṅgulimālika translated from the Chinese canon T02n0120 by Rulu.
Aṅgulimāla asked in verse:

Mañjuśrī the Dharma Prince, you are foremost in seeing the emptiness of dharmas.
What is meant by seeing that dharmas are empty?
What is meant by seeing that their emptiness is empty?
Speak now to resolve my doubts.

Mañjuśrī answered in verse:

Buddhas are like the open sky, which has no appearance of existence.
Buddhas are like the open sky, which has no appearance of birth.
Buddhas are like the open sky, which has no appearance of form.
Dharmas are like the open sky, and are a Tathāgata’s wondrous dharma body.
Wisdom is like the open sky, and is a Tathāgata’s great wisdom body.

A Tathāgata’s hindrance-free wisdom cannot be grasped or touched.
Liberation is like the open sky, which has no appearance of existence.
A Tathāgata’s liberation is empty and nonexistent.
How can you, Aṅgulimāla, understand this?
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Su DongPo wrote:I am searching, but no luck yet. :shrug:

Here's a video to keep you occupied in the meantime --

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In this oral interpretation, he seems to be talking about an Advaitin point of view, not a Buddhist. Where in this sutra does the Buddha talk about the reality of Atman?
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Anonymous X wrote:In this oral interpretation, he seems to be talking about an Advaitin point of view, not a Buddhist. Where in this sutra does the Buddha talk about the reality of Atman?
Sounds like a specific interpretation of the 2nd fascicle...
http://www.sutrasmantras.info/sutra54b.html

EDIT:
The permanence of the body seems like fascicle 3:
http://www.sutrasmantras.info/sutra54c.html
The hungry ghost part is from 2nd fascicle, but not quite seeing the "unclean food" or "crow" reference.
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Anonymous X wrote:
Su DongPo wrote:I am searching, but no luck yet. :shrug:

Here's a video to keep you occupied in the meantime --

phpBB [video]
In this oral interpretation, he seems to be talking about an Advaitin point of view, not a Buddhist. Where in this sutra does the Buddha talk about the reality of Atman?
Dr. Pages' interpretation of Mahāyāna, the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, and his interpretation on ātman and anātman and tathāgatagarbha (you noticed where his interpretation is coming from or ending up, respectively) is very controversial and has been discussed before. So I would not give that much attention, it could end up in another useless discussion.
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Anonymous X wrote:
Su DongPo wrote:I am searching, but no luck yet. :shrug:

Here's a video to keep you occupied in the meantime --

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In this oral interpretation, he seems to be talking about an Advaitin point of view, not a Buddhist. Where in this sutra does the Buddha talk about the reality of Atman?

It is one of the ten tathāgatgarbha sūtras.
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WuMing wrote:Sūtra of Aṅgulimālika translated from the Chinese canon T02n0120 by Rulu.
Thank you!
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Grigoris wrote:
WuMing wrote:Sūtra of Aṅgulimālika translated from the Chinese canon T02n0120 by Rulu.
Thank you!
my pleasure!
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