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'''''Bhadrakalpikasūtra''''' ([[Sanskrit]]; {{bo|w=bskal pa bzang po’i mdo}}) is a [[Mahayana sutras|Mahāyāna sutra]] with 24 chapters written in c. 200-250 CE,<ref>The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, By Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., Princeton University Press, 2013 p. 106</ref> said to have been taught by [[Gautama Buddha]] in [[Vaishali (ancient city)|Vaishali]].<ref>The Fortunate Aeon: How the Thousand Buddhas Became Enlightened (Tibetan Translation Series), 4 volume set (Berkeley: Dharma Publishing, 1986).</ref> It includes the names of the 1002 Buddhas of this "Fortunate Aeon."<ref>“One Thousand Buddhas from Gandhara: the Bhadrakalpikasutra and its place in Gandhari literature,” Stefan Baums, 44th Annual South Asian Conference of the Pacific Northwest, March 4–6, 2010.</ref> The title of this text means the ''Fortunate Aeon Sūtra''.<br />
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In 2017, United States Representative, [[Colleen Hanabusa]], was sworn in on a copy of the Fortune Aeon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/hawaii-s-colleen-hanabusa-makes-bittersweet-return-congress-n699676|title = Hawaii's Colleen Hanabusa makes a 'bittersweet' return to Congress}}</ref><br />
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==The thousand buddhas==<br />
[[File:Dunhuang Cave 16.jpg|thumb| Photo showing [[Dunhuang]] Cave 16 and the manuscripts piled up for [[Aurel Stein]] near the entrance to Cave 17, the “library cave” at the [[Mogao Caves]]]]<br />
[[File:Temple des 1000 Boudhas 2.JPG|thumb|[[Temple of One Thousand Buddhas]], in [[la Boulaye]], [[Saône-et-Loire]], [[Burgundy]]]]<br />
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The list of 1002 (or 1004) names starts with:<ref>The Fortunate Aeon: How the Thousand Buddhas Became Enlightened, p. 1733</ref><br />
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* [[Kakusandha Buddha|Krakucchanda]]<br />
* [[Koṇāgamana Buddha|Kanakamuni]]<br />
* [[Kassapa Buddha|Kashyapa]]<br />
* [[Shakyamuni]]<br />
* [[Maitreya]]<br />
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... and ends with ...<ref>The Fortunate Aeon: How the Thousand Buddhas Became Enlightened, p. 1733</ref><br />
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* Harivaktra<br />
* Chuda and<br />
* Rocha<br />
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It is included in the first volume of the sutra section of the [[Kangyur]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. It is also available in Chinese, Tibetan, Mongolian, and other languages in variants that differ slightly as to the number of Tathāgatas enumerated. For example, the [[Saka language|Khotanese]] version is the proponent of a 1005-Tathāgata system.<ref>BHADRAKALPIKASŪTRA, Ronald E. Emmerick, Encyclopaedia Iranica, December 15, 1989, Vol. IV, Fasc. 2, pp. 190-191 http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bhadrakalpikasutra-the-name-of-a-buddhist-mahayanist-text</ref><br />
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[[Dharmarakṣa]], a native of [[Dunhuang]], between third and fourth centuries had translated the ''Bhadrakalpikasutra'' into Classical Chinese. Note that "A cave of the Thousand-Buddhas" is the name of the world-renowned grottoes at [[Dunhuang]].<br />
Vidyakarasimha and Dpal-dbyans translated the text into Tibetan.<ref>Dr. Shailendra K. Verma, "Emergence and Evolution of the Buddha Image (From its inception to 8th century A.D.)" a doctoral thesis. At http://www.exoticindiaart.com/product/TK70/</ref><br />
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The original Sanskrit text is now lost.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Mahayana sutras]]<br />
* ''[[Heart Sutra]]''<br />
* ''[[Samantabhadra Meditation Sutra]]''<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Bhadrakalpikasūtra. http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/840923226] <br />
* [http://whav.aussereurop.univie.ac.at/ic/1836/?page=2 Tabo skor lam: inner walls On the inner walls of the ambulatory the sequence of the Buddhas of the Bhadrakalpikasūtra continues] [[Tabo Monastery]]<br />
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