Sutra of The Great Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

Sutra Of The Great Vows Of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra (Sanskrit; Chinese: 地藏菩薩本願經; pinyin: Dìzàng Púsà Běnyuàn Jīng) is a Mahāyāna sūtra teaching about the bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha, and is one of the more popular sūtras in Chinese Buddhism. The sutra tells of how Kṣitigarbha became a bodhisattva by making great vows to rescue other sentient beings, and a description of how he followed filial piety in his past lifetimes.