འཕགས་པ་སྒྱ་མ་ལྟ་བའ་ཏང་ང་འཛན་ཅས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད intro.3
The Illusory Absorption intro.3
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intro.3
The sūtra begins outside Vārāṇasī, in the Deer Park where the Buddha first turned the wheel of Dharma after his awakening. This time, however, he is not just speaking to his five previous companions, the audience for his first teaching. Now, we are told, there are 20,000 monks, 12,000 bodhisattvas, 20,000 deities, and several hundred thousand other beings present.