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[[File:Lankavatara.jpg|thumb|275px|Copy of the ''Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra'' written in Chinese from [[Dunhuang]] in the [[British Library]]]]
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The ''Laṅkā'' recounts a teaching primarily between [[Gautama Buddha]] and a [[bodhisattva]] named Mahāmati ("Great Wisdom"). The sūtra is set in mythical [[Lanka|Laṅkā]], ruled by [[Ravana|Rāvaṇa]], the king of the [[rakshasa|rākṣasas]]. The ''Laṅkāvatāra'' discusses numerous [[Mahayana]] topics, such as [[Yogachara|Yogācāra]] philosophy of mind-only (''cittamātra'') and the [[three natures]], the [[Eight Consciousnesses|''ālayavijñāna'']] (store-house consciousness), the inner "disposition" (''gotra''), the [[buddha-nature]], the [[luminous mind]] (''prabhāsvaracitta''), [[Śūnyatā|emptiness]] (''śūnyatā'') and [[Buddhist vegetarianism|vegetarianism]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Nguyen |first=Dac Sy |date=2012 |title=Buddha-nature (as Depicted in the Lankavatara-sutra), Introduction |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/buddhism/essay/buddha-nature-lankavatara-sutra/d/doc1145025.html |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
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