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This sutra ends with the ten vows of Samantabhadra, featuring expansive imagery characteristic of this sutra in phrases like “with as many bodies as atoms in all lands I bow to all buddhas.” This sutra, which repeatedly refers to the “ocean of worlds,” (-5[1])dedicates a chapter to describing Vairocana, understood as the Dharmakaya, or “truth-body” of the Buddha. The bhumis of bodhisattvas are described in the Ten Stages Sutra, a chapter of this larger sutra. A nun, a prostitute, and a (15[1])slave are among the spiritual teachers visited by Sudhana in a pilgrimage described in this sutra’s Gandavyūha Sutra. Core concepts from this sutra were explained by a (*) namesake school using examples like the rafters of a building. For 10 points, the concept of dependent (10[1])origination as exemplified by Indra’s net is explored in what namesake text of a Buddhist school (-5[1])led by patriarchs like Fǎzàng and Zōngmì? ■END■ (10[1]0[3])

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