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Here’s the beginning of the Sukhāvatīvyūha:
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  evaṃ mayā śrutam: ekasmin samaye bhagavān rājagṛhe viharati sma,
  gṛdhrakūṭe parvate mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena sārdhaṃ dvātriṃśatā
  bhikṣusahasraiḥ, sarvair arhadbhiḥ kṣīṇāsravair niḥkleśair
  uṣitavadbhiḥ samyagājñāsuvimuktacittaiḥ
  parikṣīṇabhavasaṃyojanasahasrair anuprāptasvakārthair vijitavadbhir,
  uttamadamane śamathaprāptaiḥ, suvimuktacittaiḥ suvimuktaprajñair
  mahānāgaiḥ, ṣaḍabhijñair vaśībhūtair aṣṭavimokṣadhyāyibhir
  balaprāptair abhijñānābhijñātaiḥ, sthavirair, mahāśrāvakaiḥ.
\end{quote}


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