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April 2009

Ksitigarbha Great Vows Sutra

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Who is Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha?
[Chinese Version - 地藏菩薩本願經]

The sutra is divided into three parts

Chapter   1 – Divine Power in Trayastrimsa Heaven
Chapter   2 – Ksitigarbha Incarnated in the Assembly
Chapter   3 – Observing the Karma of All Beings
Chapter   4 – Beings’ Karmic Retribution

Chapter   5 – Names of the Hells
Chapter   6 – Admiration from the Buddha
Chapter   7 [...]

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Who is Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha?

…any good person who reads the Sutra or who worships Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha will earn extraordinary merits, be free of suffering due to past karma and ultimately, be born in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

Ksitigarbha (地藏王菩薩; Dìzàng Wáng Púsà) is one of the four principal Bodhisattvas in Oriental Mahayana Buddhism. The others are Samantabhadra (普賢菩薩; [...]

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