འཕགས་པ་ནམ་མཁའ་སྙང་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད intro.12

intro.12

The Ākāśa­garbha­sūtra is a Mahāyāna sūtra that emphasizes spiritual practice. It thus can be said to have a strong affinity with the so-called meditative concentration Mahāyāna sūtras, of which the Śūraṃgama­samādhi­sūtra is a prominent representative. Our text indeed repeatedly mentions the meditative concentration of valiant progress (Skt. śūraṃgama­samādhi) of the bodhisattvas abiding on the tenth bodhisattva ground.¹¹ Furthermore, in the discussion of the transgressions of beginner bodhisattvas, among other corrupt habits the confinement of monks’ practice to the mere recitation of scriptures is criticized.