Ghanavyūha Sūtra
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The Ghanavyūha sūtra, also called the Mahāyāna Secret Adornment Sūtra is a Mahāyāna Sūtra which is an important scriptural source for Indian Yogācāra and tathāgatagarbha thought.
The Garbhadhatu Mandala depicts the buddhafield of Vairocana in Chinese Esoteric Buddhism and Shingon Buddhism.
The relationship between buddha-nature and the storehouse consciousness is compared to that of rock and gold in gold ore.
Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra
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The Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra is a prominent Mahayana Buddhist sūtra. It is also titled Laṅkāvatāraratnasūtram and Saddharmalaṅkāvatārasūtra. A subtitle to the sutra found in some sources is "the heart of the
Ghanavyūha Sūtra
…in the supreme buddhafield called Ghanavyūha (Dense Array or Secret Adornment). The themes of this discourse are similar to the themes found in the Laṅkāvatāra sūtra, and include: the Yogācāra three natures doctrine, the tathāgatagarbha (also called nirvāṇadhātu or dharmadhātu in this sutra), the ālayavijñāna…
Copy of the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra written in Chinese from Dunhuang in the British Library
Mount Malaya (also known as Sri Pada), Sri Lanka, the main setting of the sutra.
View of the sea from Mount Malaya showing the shadow of the mountain. The simile of the ocean and the waves is used in the sutra to illustrate the relationship between the pure consciousness and the defiled mind.