[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) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [The Rice Seedling Sūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.salistamba) › 3 # The Rice Seedling Sūtra 3 Śālistambasūtra 3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.salistamba.3) athāyuṣmān śāriputro maitreyaṃ bodhisattvaṃ mahāsattvametadavocat - adyātra śālistambamavalokya maitreya bhagavatā bhikṣubhyaḥ sūtramidamuktam - yo bhikṣavaḥ pratītyasamutpādaṃ paśyati, sa dharmaṃ paśyati | yo dharmaṃ paśyati, sa buddhaṃ paśyati | ityuktvā bhagavāṃstūṣṇīṃ babhūvaṃ | atha maitreya sugatoktasūtrāntasya arthaḥ katamaḥ? pratītyasamutpādaḥ katamaḥ? dharma katamaḥ? buddhaḥ katamaḥ? kathaṃ pratītyasamutpādaṃ paśyan dharmaṃ paśyati? kathaṃ dharmaṃ paśyan buddhaṃ paśyati? - [Previous: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.salistamba.2) - [Next: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.salistamba.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་སཱ་ལུའི་ལྗང་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.salistamba*bo.1) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.salistamba.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.salistamba.3) · Pramāṇa