The Buddha answers questions - The Inquiry of Good Wisdom
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Date: 2015-04-22

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Mahāratnakūṭa Sūtra
Compiled by Trepiṭaka Bodhiruci in 707-713 CE, as Da Baoji Jing (大寶積經). The Mahāratnakūṭa, or “Great Jewel Heap,” is a very large collection of Buddhist sūtras, many of which are early Mahāyāna teachings from India. Although it is a great collection, most of the texts contained in it are little known. When this collection was originally compiled in the Tang Dynasty, if an individual text in the collection had been translated before, then the previous translation was generally used instead of translating it again. In this collection, each text is deemed a “Dharma assembly,” and there are 49 Dharma assemblies in all.

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Sumatidārikā Paripṛcchā Sūtra
30. The Inquiry of Good Wisdom
Translated from Taishō Tripiṭaka volume 12, number 336

Translated by Trepiṭaka Bodhiruci in 693 CE, as Xumoti Jing (須摩提經), this is a sūtra about an inquiry made by the maiden Sumati (“Good Wisdom”). Its fuller title, Sumatidārikā Paripṛcchā Sūtra, translates as The Inquiry of Good Wisdom. In this encounter, Sumati first requests a teaching from the Buddha on how to accomplish the special qualities of a bodhisattva. Then, she gives her own exposition of the Dharma and the realm of realization of a bodhisattva. This is a very representative Mahāyāna wisdom sūtra of the Ratnakūṭa class, and it is also included in the Mahāratnakūṭa collection.