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Gandavyuha
The ''Gandavyuha Sutra'' or ''Sutra of the Entry into the Realm of Reality'' is a Buddhist Sutra of Indian origin that records one of the world's most celebrated spiritual pilgrimages, and comprises the 39th chapter of the ''Flower Garland Sutra''. The Sutra is described as the "Sudhana's quest for the ultimate truth", as the sutra chronicles the journey of a disciple, Sudhana, as he encounters various teachings and Bodhisattvas until his journey reaches full circle and he awakens to teachings of the Buddha.
==Overview==
In his quest for enlightenment, Sudhana would converse with a diverse array of 52 ''kalyāṇa-mittatā'' (wise advisors), 20 of whom are female, including an enlightened prostitute named Vasumitrā, Gautama Buddha's wife and his mother, a queen, a princess and several goddesses. Male sages include a slave, a child, a physician, a ship's captain. The antepenultimate master of Sudhana's pilgrimage is Maitreya. It is here that Sudhana encounters the Tower of Maitreya, which — along with Indra's net – is a most startling metaphor for the infinite:
The penultimate master that Sudhana visits is the Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva, the bodhisattva of great wisdom. Thus, one of the grandest of pilgrimages approaches its conclusion by revisiting where it began. The ''Gaṇḍavyūha'' suggests that with a subtle shift of perspective we may come to see that the enlightenment that the pilgrim so fervently sought was not only with him at every stage of his journey, but before it began as well—that enlightenment is not something to be gained, but "something" the pilgrim never departed from.
The final master that Sudhana visits is the bodhisattva Samantabhadra, who teaches him that wisdom only exists for the sake of putting it into practice; that it is only good insofar as it benefits all living beings. Samantabhadra concludes with a prayer of aspiration to buddhahood, which is recited by those who practice according to Atiśa's ''Bodhipathapradīpa'', the foundation of the lamrim textual traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dsbcproject.org/node/4539 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dsbcproject.org/bhadracar%C4%ABpra%E1%B9%87idh%C4%81nastotram/bhadracar%C4%ABpra%E1%B9%87idh%C4%81nastotram )〕
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