An important sūtra source for the Uttaratantra in its discussion of the third of the seven topics (buddha) in which the qualities of awakening are listed.
Relevance to Buddha-nature
This sūtra is quoted in relation to the third vajrapada in the Uttaratantra and the presentation of the sixty-four qualities of awakening.
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Description from When the Clouds Part
Like many other sūtras, this one also speaks of a single yāna. In general, it contains teachings on emptiness that are quite standard. Toward the end of the sūtra, Ratnadārikā explains "the mudrā of irreversibility of bodhisattvas" to Śāriputra in verses,[3] beginning with:
Here, the mudrā of irreversibility
Is the realization of nonduality
Through having realized the dharmadhātu
And the dhātu of sentient beings to be equal as true reality.
This is followed by many verses that emphasize the equality of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa, the equality of the skandhas and buddhahood, and so on, and identify irreversibility to be emptiness, such as:
Those are irreversible who realize
The conditioned dhātus
And the unconditioned dhātu
To be empty of reality.
And:
The mudrā of phenomena is emptiness
There is no maturation and no elimination.
Those who are sealed by the mudrā of emptiness
Are taught to be irreversible.
(pp. 42-43)
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Text Metadata
| Other Titles | ~ Ratnadārikāsūtra ~ ārya-mahāyānopadeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra |
|---|---|
| Text exists in | ~ Tibetan ~ Chinese |
| Canonical Genre | ~ Kangyur · Sūtra · mdo sde · Sūtranta |
| Literary Genre | ~ Sūtras - mdo |
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