Sutra of the ten bhumis Page

Sutra of the Ten Bhumis (Skt. Daśabhūmika-sūtra; Tib. ཕགས་པ་ས་བཅུ་པ་འི་མདོ་, pakpa sachupé do, Wyl. phags pa sa bcu pa'i mdo) — name given to the 31st chapterIn its Tibetan translation. of the Avatamsaka Sutra, in which bodhisattva Vajragarbha describes in detail each of the ten bhumis to other bodhisattvas gathered in the heavens of Paranirmatavashavartin.

This important and popular Mahayana sutra is often considered a sutra in its own right, and is frequently quoted in many commentarial materials. It is considered to be part of the Three Turnings|third turning of the wheel of Buddha's teachings.

Text


The original Sanskrit text is still extant.
*English translation: Daśabhūmikasūtra, translated by Honda Megumu and revised by Johannes Rahder (New Delhi, Indo-Asian Literatures, 1968)

Chinese Translations


It was translated into Chinese no fewer than five times, three times as an individual scripture, over a period of 500 years.Thomas Cleary, The Flower Ornament Scripture.
*English translation: The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra, translated from Chinese by Thomas Cleary (Boston & London: Shambhala, 1987, 1993), Book Twenty-Six: The Ten Stages
*French translation: Soûtra des Dix Terres, translated from Chinese by Patrick Carré (Paris: Fayard, 2004)

Tibetan Translation


The text was translated in Tibetan in the 9th century by Surendra and Vairocana Raksita. The Tibetan translation can be found in the Dergé Kangyur, Ornaments of the Buddhas section, Toh 44-31.
*English translation: Peter Alan Roberts, {{84000|https://read.84000.co/translation/toh44-31.html|The Ten Bhūmis}}

Commentaries


*Vasubandhu wrote an important commentary to this sutra: the Dashabhumivyakhyana, which was only translated into Chinese, during the sixth century.

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References




Further Reading


*Johannes Rahder (Ed.), Dasabhumikasutra et Bodhisattvabhumi (Paris: Guethner, 1926)

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