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# མཆག་ཏ་གདགས་པའ་མད intro.5

The Sūtra “Declaring What Is Supreme” intro.5

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A version of this teaching is also found in the Avadānaśataka, a Sanskrit anthology of avadānas, where this teaching appears almost in its entirety in two different passages (stories 9 and 57). The Tibetan translation of the Avadānaśataka is included in the Kangyur (Toh 343) ⁷ and the wording in these passages is almost identical to the present sūtra. Moreover, an abridged form of this teaching is also contained in the Divyāvadāna ⁸ as well as in the Great Upholder of the Secret Mantra (Toh 563, –).⁹

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