The vimalakīrti sūtra,one of the most remarkable mahāyāna texts,was produced in india probably around the beginning of the christian era.it is remarkable that it bears the title "sūtra" in spite of the buddha himself,though the story is concerned with an incident in the life of the buddha.it is in fact a philosophic-dramatic discourse in which the mahāyāna doctrines are presented in the way characteristics of the hindu psychology in contrast to the chinese.the sūtra will certainty appear too circumlocutory and highly supernatural.but the stage on which the whole drama is enacted is fantastically grand and full of marvelous episodes which go altogeher beyond the chinese imagination,which paints things of heaven in drab,colorless earthliness,while the indians would transform our mundane everyday life into glorious elysian field.
The sūtra is called in japanese the Yuima kyõ,and it was one of the first three mahāyāna texts studied and commented upon by Prince Shõtoku (574-622) early seventh century.the buddhism came to japan to stay and molded the character of her people in more ways than one was due to this Prince,who is justly regarded by the buddhists as the father of japanese buddhism.he was great not only as a pious buddhist student but also as a statesman,educator,architect,social worker and promoter of various branches of art.
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later the Part 2 of the story of sutra is Yuima kyõ.
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