Literary History of Sanskrit Buddhism

Mahāyānasūtras – 101
Samādhirāja
Of a dogmatic nature is also the Samādhirāja, the King of
Meditations. It is a dialogue between Candraprabha and the Buddha.
It is shown here how the Bodhisattva by means of the diverse
meditations, especially the supreme one the sovereign meditation
can achieve transcendent knowledge of the conditions which are
necessary for the preparation of the mind for the loftiest stage of
thought. The conditions are veneration of the Buddhas; absolute
renunciation of the world, gentleness and benevolence to all
creatures, complete indifference with reference to one’s own life and
health; in the case of necessity, sacrifice for others; and finally the
conviction of non-reality of the world or firm faith in the universal
Void or Śūnyatā. When meditating on the form of the Buddha the
candidate must not think of any corporeal shape because the Buddha
is composed of pure religion, he is not procreated, he is effect
without cause, he is the cause of all things and without beginning, of
boundless greatness and illimitable beneficence. The same ideas
recur repeatedly in between, there being legends of holy men who
propounded the great Samādhi.
Raj. Mitra Nepalese Buddhist Literature, 29-7-221. Bendall
Catalogue, p.22f.
Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra
Based from the standpoint of negativism or Śūnyatāvāda is likewise
Suvarṇaprabhāsa or Golden Effulgence, the contents of which are
partly philosophical partly legendary and partly digress into the
region of Tantra-Buddhism. The Buddha is here an eternal divine