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In the Words of the Sanghāta:
The Blessed One spoke: “This group of beings was born for the sake of your happiness.”

They said, “Will these sentient beings also die?”

The Blessed One spoke: “Friends, that is so. All sentient beings will die.”
- Ārya Sanghāta Sūtra

Website of the Arya Sanghata Sutra


Tibetan Translation 

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Tibetan calligraphy - titlepage to Sanghata
The Tibetan letters above spell 'zung,' the Tibetan term that translated 'Sanghāta.' The above was handwritten by Lama Zopa Rinpoche on a cover to a copy of the Tibetan Sanghāta. 


About the Tibetan Translation

The Sanghāta was translated into Tibetan in the ninth century CE. A colophon at the end of that translation suggests that there had been an earlier translation, now lost, whose 'language was updated' by the only translation that survives. In general, the Tibetan translators pursued a strategy of producing extremely literal translations from Sanskrit, to the point of using Sanskrit grammatical patterns and one-to-one word correspondence. This makes the Tibetan a valuable resource for study of Sanskrit texts—but at the same time, often difficult to understand, even for well-trained Tibetans.
 
For those with "The Buddha's Word" CD collection from the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Collection, the Sanghātasūtra can be found on CD5/10 in file 22084048 on pp. 453-546 (scan numbers 455-548). Those interested can purchase the entire Kangyur on CD by  contacting TBRC directly at info@tbrc.org.

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