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)

Date
1000–1100s
Medium
ink on palm leaf
Culture
Nepal
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
133071

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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. In this text, enlightened teachers are called "True Friends" ( kalyanamitra ).

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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
?-1955: (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1955-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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