This sūtra, in sanskrit called Avalokiteśvaraparipṛcchāsaptadharmaka, is introduced with the Buddha residing on Vulture Peak Mountain in Rājagṛha, together with a great monastic assembly of 1,250 monks and a multitude of bodhisattva mahāsattvas. The Buddha is approached and asked by the bodhisattva mahāsattva Avalokiteśvara about the qualities that should be cultivated by a bodhisattva who has just generated the altruistic mind set on attaining awakening. The Buddha briefly expounds seven qualities that should be practiced by such a bodhisattva, emphasizing mental purity and cognitive detachment from conceptuality.
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Translation by the University of Calgary Buddhist Studies team. This sūtra was introduced and translated by James B. Apple.
This translation has been completed under the patronage and supervision of 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.
Narrated by Rodrigo Reijers
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