Gandavyuha Sutra

Published on 4th April, 2021, in Mid-day. About 2,500 years ago, Buddha revolutionised the intellectual world with his idea that desire is the cause of suffering. He invented practices that would end desire and so suffering. He established a community of monks to carry forward his message. But as the centuries passed, the monks built on his ideas. This gave rise to many schools of thought. One such school of thought that emerged 500 years later, known as Mahayana (the greater vehicle), gave rise to a Sanskrit text known as Gandavyuha Sutra, which means the Excellent Manifestation Sutra. Legend has it that the Sanskrit text ..