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The Vimalkirti Sutra: Original Text and English Translation
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 24 2026
Pages: 446
Weight: 1.31
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What if enlightenment didn't require abandoning the world, shaving your head, or retreating to a mountain cave?
Long before modern wellness culture, the Vimalakirti Sutra turned traditional spirituality on its head. Meet Vimalakirti: a wealthy, stylish, worldly businessman who lives in a mansion, enjoys the marketplace, attends parties-and happens to be the most enlightened master in town.
When the Buddha's greatest monastic disciples and celestial saints visit to check on him, they expect a simple sickbed chat. Instead, they are utterly outwitted, out-argued, and humbled by a master who proves that family life, career, and the daily mess of modern existence are the very proving grounds of spiritual freedom.
Bursting with humor, cosmic magic, and razor-sharp wit, this radical text shatters the barrier between the sacred and the ordinary. It culminates in the legendary thunderous silence-a profound reminder that the deepest truths cannot be spoken, only lived.
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