བོད་ཡིག - The Noble Sūtra on Teaching the Eleven Perceptions
The Noble Sūtra on Teaching the Eleven Perceptions
In the language of Tibet: phakpa düshé chuchik tenpé do
In the language of India: āryasaṃjñānaikādaśanirdeśasūtra
[In the English language: The Noble Sūtra Teaching the Eleven Perceptions]
Homage to the Three Jewels!
Thus did I hear at one time. The Blessed One was dwelling in the Grove of Twin Sāl-Trees in the vicinity of the Malla town of Kuśinagara. As the time came for his mahāparinirvāṇa, he addressed the monks:
“O monks, at the time of death, a monk should engender the eleven perceptions. What are these eleven? They are:
The perception of non-attachment to this life
The perception of love for all beings
The perception of relinquishing all grudges
The perception of confessing all debauched discipline
The perception of genuinely taking all the vows of discipline
The perception of lightness towards even major wrongdoing
The perception of greatness towards even minor roots of virtue
The perception of fearlessness towards the next world
The perception of impermanence towards all conditioned things
The perception of selflessness toward all phenomena
The perception of understanding nirvana to be peace
As soon as the Blessed One had said this, all the monks rejoiced and praised the words of the Blessed One. This completes Teaching the Eleven Perceptions, the final testament of the Blessed One.
| Translated by Lhasey Lotsawa (trans. Lowell Cook, ed. Stefan Mang), 2020.
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