Dṛḍhādhyāśayaparivarta

Dṛḍhādhyāśayaparivarta (T. lhag pa’i bsam pa brtan pa’i le’u ལྷག་པའི་བསམ་པ་བརྟན་པའི་ལེའུ།). "The Episode of Dṛḍhādhyāśaya".

A Mahāyāna sūtra that is counted among a group of sutras associated with tathāgatagarbha.

Title variations

• Dṛḍhādhyāśayaparivarta (T. lhag pa’i bsam pa brtan pa’i le’u)
• Sthirādhyāśayaparivarta-sūtra
• Dṛḍhādhyāśayaparivarta-nāma-mahāyānasūtra

Summary

The 84000 Translation Team states:

The bodhisattva Dṛḍhādhyāśaya sets out for alms one morning in the city of Rājagṛha. Catching sight there of a merchant’s beautiful daughter, he is overcome with attraction. Unable to quell his feelings, he rushes out of town with an empty begging bowl‍—but finds himself being pursued by a replica of the merchant’s daughter emanated by the Buddha. Distressed, the bodhisattva inquires about the nature of these events to the Blessed One, who then gives a discourse on nonduality by focusing on the erroneous manner in which certain bhikṣus, bhikṣuṇīs, laymen, and laywomen take the path as a means of escape. At its conclusion, eight great śrāvakas each praise the discourse as engendering their own foremost quality in others.

Translation

• The Episode of Dṛḍhādhyāśaya, 84000 Collection