The Sacred Wisdom Sutra - Shomangyo

Japanese: 勝鬘経 - しょうまんぎょう

A Mahayana Buddhist scripture. The story is that Queen Sukhma preaches the teachings of Mahayana Buddhism before the Buddha, who accepts them as correct. It is an important scripture that teaches about the potential for Buddhahood (→Tathagatagarbha) that exists in the minds of people who live a deluded life, and also recognizes lay Buddhism. The original Sanskrit text has not been found, but parts of it are quoted in several treatises, so we can know the original form in fragments.

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Japanese:

大乗仏教経典。釈尊の前で王妃の勝鬘夫人 (しょうまんぶにん) が大乗仏教の教えを説き，釈尊がそれを正しいものと認めるという筋書である。迷いの生活をおくる人の心のうちに存在する，仏陀たりうる可能性 (→如来蔵 ) を説き，また在家仏教を認める重要な経典。サンスクリット原典は発見されないが，いくつかの論書に一部分が引用され，原形を断片的に知ることができる。

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