[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Āgama sūtras of the mainstream schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama) › [Sūtras of the Connected Discourses transmitted singly](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta) › [Candrasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.candrasutra-d331) › [ཟླ་བའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.candrasutra-d331*bo) › [The Sutra of the Moon (2)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.candrasutra-d331*bo~en-84000) › intro.1 # ཟླ་བའ་མད intro.1 The Sūtra of the Moon (2) intro.1 - **Language:** English ### [intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.candrasutra-d331*bo~en-84000.intro.1) The Sūtra of the Moon (2) is a short text that presents a Buddhist description of a lunar eclipse. On one occasion, while the Buddha is residing in Campā, the moon is covered by Rāhu, lord of the asuras, which causes an eclipse. The god of the moon asks the Buddha for refuge, after which the Buddha urges Rāhu to release the moon. Seeing this, Bali, another lord of the asuras, asks Rāhu why he did so. Rāhu explains that if he had not released the moon, his head would have split into seven pieces. Thereafter, Bali utters a verse praising the emergence of buddhas. Besides being included in the Kangyur, in the Chinese Āgamas, and the Pali Nikāyas, The Sūtra of the Moon (2) was included in collections of texts recited for protection. - [Next: intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.candrasutra-d331*bo~en-84000.intro.2) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.candrasutra-d331*bo~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.candrasutra-d331*bo~en-84000.intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.candrasutra-d331*bo~en-84000.intro.1) · Pramāṇa