འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་རྣམ་པར་འཕྲལ་པའ་ལའ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད intro.2

intro.2

The Chapter on Mañjuśrī’s Magical Display ¹ provides a teaching on the subject of the appropriate conduct for bodhisattvas. Set in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park, on the outskirts of Śrāvastī, the sūtra is framed primarily as a conversation between the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī and the god Great Light, while the Buddha listens to their dialog and occasionally comments. The god Great Light poses a series of questions to Mañjuśrī as to how bodhisattvas should conduct themselves properly and avoid the negative influence of Māra. While these questions generally deal with basic tenets of Buddhism and monastic conduct, Mañjuśrī’s answers prioritize intention and proper view over actions themselves.