Ghanavyūhasūtra

Ghanavyūhasūtra (T. 'phags pa rgyan stug po bkod pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo; C. Dà chéng mì yán jīng 大乘密嚴經), or "Sutra of the Dense Array," is a Mahayana sutra associated with the Yogacara school.

The Tsadra editors state:

Only extant in Chinese and Tibetan translations, this sūtra, which is centered around Buddha Śākyamuni's visit to the pure land of the Buddha Vairocana, is an important source for the Yogācāra notions of the three natures, tathāgatagarbha, and the ālayavijñāna. These latter two terms are often treated as synonyms in the text, especially in their pure form, while in its impure form the ālayavijñāna is designated as the source from which all ordinary phenomena emerge.

Further reading

• Tsadra editors (2023), Ghanavyūhasūtra, Buddha Nature: A Tsadra Foundation Initiative