Ornament of the Great Vehicle Sutras

The Buddhist masterpiece Ornament of the Great Vehicle Sūtras , often referred to by its Sanskrit title, Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra , is part of a collection known as the Five Maitreya Teachings, a set of philosophical works that have become classics of the Indian Buddhist tradition. Maitreya, the Buddha’s regent, is held to have entrusted these profound and vast instructions to the master Asaṅga in the heavenly realm of Tuṣita. The Ornament provides a comprehensive description of the bodhisattva