མཆག་ཏ་གདགས་པའ་མད intro.3
The Sūtra “Declaring What Is Supreme” intro.3
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Little is known about the history of The Sūtra “Declaring What Is Supreme” as an independent text in India, but the existence of similar texts in the Pali and Chinese canons testifies to its antiquity.¹ The closest Pali parallel is the Aggappasādasutta (Iti 90), while the Aggappasādasutta (AN 4.34) and the Cundīsutta (AN 5.32) are also closely related.² In the Aggappasādasutta (Iti 90), the Three Jewels are taught to be supreme, using similar language, and they are said therein to be the objects of the supreme kinds of confidence, faith, or favorable disposition.