Sūtrālaṃkāravyākhyā

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Sūtrālaṃkāravyākhyā (T. མདོ་སྡེའི་རྒྱན་གྱི་བཤད་པ་ · mdo sde'i rgyan gyi bshad pa) - a commentary on the Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra by Vasubandhu.

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Translations of the title:

  • Explanation of the Ornament for the Mahāyāna Sūtras (Thubten Jinpa)

Quotations

Vasubandhu states:

Learning involves placing latent potencies in the mind; reflection involves bringing about realization; meditative cultivation involves bringing about pacification through calm abiding and complete realization through special insight.[1]

Notes

  1. Thupten Jinpa 2020, s.v. Mental factors with a determinate object.


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