August 29, 2003

The 35 Tathagathas: Suvikranta

“The Glorious One Who Vanquishes Utterly Within” (shin-tu rnam-par gnon-pa’I-dpal, Suvikranta) is seated in the north-east in the heavenly field ‘endowed with merriment.’ He is white and sits in the earth touching posture. “Perfectly” refers to his primordial awareness which is perfect; “Subdues” indicates that his function is to destroy the emotional afflictions and malevolent forces within all sentient beings; and “Glorious” refers to his excellences as noted before.

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