This volume offers a complete translation of fascicles 1-13, or sections I-VII of the Mahāvaipulya Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra, the Great Extensive Collection Sūtra. This collection of closely-related sūtras is probably one of the earliest compilations of Mahāyāna sūtras and offers insightful thoughts on the nature of Buddha-nature, bodhisattva conduct, non-duality, silence, dhāraṇīs, māras, and more. It was carefully translated by Dr Alexander James O'Neill, PhD (sections I-V), Āloka Dharmacakṣus (section VI), and Charles D. Patton II (section VII).\nThis volume contains translations of the following sections of Taishō no. 397: 
I. Jewelled Ornamentation (fascicle 1a) 
II. Dhāraṇīśvārarāja Bodhisattva (fascicles 1b-4) 
III. Ratnadārikā (fascicles 6-7) 
IV. Animiṣa Bodhisattva (fascicle 7) 
V. Sāgaramati Bodhisattva (fascicles 8-11) 
VI. Avācya Bodhisattva (fascicle 12) 
VII. Anabhilāpya Bodhisattva (fascicle 13)

The Great Collection Sūtra: Volume One: A Translation of the Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra

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