The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra - “The Teaching of Vimalakīrti” 

(translation by Robert Thurman - for the downloadable .pdf file, click here)

Chapter 1 - Purification of the Buddhafield

Chapter 2 - Inconceivable Skill in Liberative Art

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Further Reading/Viewing:

"Why the Wheel Turns Three Times” by Tenshin Reb Anderson | Lion's Roar, May 14, 2012

Talks on the Vimalakirti Sutra by Norman Fischer and Jeff Bickner | Everyday Zen Foundation, Winter 2020