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Vimalakīrti (Sanskrit: विमल vimala "stainless, undefiled" + कीर्ति kīrti "fame, glory, reputation") is a bodhisattva[1] and the central figure in the Vimalakirti Sutra,[2][3] which presents him as the ideal Mahayana Buddhist upāsaka ("lay practitioner")[4] and a contemporary of Gautama Buddha (6th to 5th century BCE)[2][3]. There is no mention of him in Buddhist texts until after Nāgārjuna (1st century BCE to 2nd century CE) revived Mahayana Buddhism in India.[5] The Mahayana Vimalakirti Sutra also spoke of the city of Vaisali[6] as where the lay Licchavi bodhisattva Vimalakirti was residing.[7]
- ^ Cole, Alan (2005). Text as Father: Paternal Seductions in Early Mahayana Buddhist Literature. University of California Press. pp. 289–290. ISBN 9780520931404.
- ^ a b Wisdom Library : Significance of Vimalakirti. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ a b 84000.co : The Teaching of Vimalakīrti. Introduction. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ^ "Vimalakirti and the Doctrine of Nonduality". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ^ Thurman, Robert (2000). The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana Scripture. Pennsylvania State University Press. p. ix. ISBN 0271012099.
- ^ The Holy Teaching of Vimalakīrti: A Mahāyāna Scripture. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. 1991. p. 20. ISBN 978-81-208-0874-4.
- ^ Thurman, Robert. "VIMALAKIRTI NIRDESA SUTRA". Retrieved 17 September 2014.