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Text, folio 20 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
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Text, folio 20 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)

1000–1100s · ink on palm leaf

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According to the text, the exemplary youth Sudhana was inspired to seek enlightenment after hearing the teachings of Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom. Manjushri sent him to find a teacher, who explained one aspect of reaching enlightenment, and who, in turn, sent him to find another, and on until he heard the teachings of 52 teachers and reached his goal.

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Credit lineText, folio 20 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array), 1000–1100s. Nepal. Ink on palm leaf; average: 4.2 x 52.4 cm (1 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1955.49.1.b
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