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འཕགས་པ་ཡ་ག་མད་པའ་ཟ་མ་ཏག་རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད་ཀྱ་སྙང་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད intro.13

The Basket Without Words, The Illuminator’s Matrix intro.13

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There are four Chinese translations of this sūtra, the best known of which is The Precious Casket without Words translated by Bodhiruci between 508 and 535.¹³ The second translation with the same title made by Buddhaśānta (dates unknown) in 529 ce has been lost.¹⁴ Two other Chinese translations were made by Divākara (613–87 ce): The Mahāyāna Sūtra “Universally Radiant Treasury Free from Words” in 683 and The Mahāyāna Sūtra “Brilliant Treasury That Illuminates All, The Dharma Gateway without Words” between 676 and 688.¹⁵