འཕགས་པ་སྒྱ་མ་ལྟ་བའ་ཏང་ང་འཛན་ཅས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད intro.4
The Illusory Absorption intro.4
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intro.4
As is customary in sūtra literature, the Buddha delivers his Dharma talks at the request of someone who poses a particular question and asks for clarification. In this particular sūtra, the role of the questioner is played by a bodhisattva named Padmaśrīgarbha, who asks the Buddha how one can attain a particular type of absorption known as “the illusory absorption” and, after attaining that absorption, quickly attain complete awakening.