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Buddha - Lankavatara Sutra - Nirvana
Identifier
013397
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
The Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Sanskrit: लंकावतारसूत्र; traditional Chinese: 楞伽經; pinyin: Léngqié Jīng) is a sutra of Mahāyāna Buddhism. The sūtra recounts a teaching primarily between the Buddha and a bodhisattva named Mahāmati ("Great Wisdom"). The sūtra is set in Laṅkā, the island fortress capital of Rāvaṇa, the king of rākṣasas. The title of this text roughly translates as, "Scripture of the Descent into Laṅkā."
The Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra figured prominently in the development of Chinese, Tibetan and Japanese Buddhism. It is notably an important sūtra in Chinese Chán and its Japanese version, Zen.
A description of the experience
Lankavatara Sutra
Nirvana is where there is no birth, no extinction. It is seeing into the state of Suchness, absolutely transcending all the categories constructed by mind.