Sutra of the Ten Bhumis (Skt. Daśabhūmika-sūtra; Tib. ཕགས་པ་ས་བཅུ་པ་འི་མདོ་, pakpa sachupé do, Wyl. phags pa sa bcu pa'i mdo) — name given to the 31st chapter<ref>In its Tibetan translation.</ref> of the Avatamsaka Sutra, in which bodhisattva Vajragarbha describes in detail each of the ten bhumis to other bodhisattvas gathered in the heavens of Paranirmatavashavartin.
This important and popular Mahayana sutra is often considered a sutra in its own right, and is frequently quoted in many commentarial materials. It is considered to be part of the Three Turnings | third turning of the wheel of Buddha's teachings.
The original Sanskrit text is still extant.
It was translated into Chinese no fewer than five times, three times as an individual scripture, over a period of 500 years.<ref>Thomas Cleary, The Flower Ornament Scripture.</ref>
The text was translated in Tibetan in the 9th century by Surendra and Vairocana Raksita. The Tibetan translation can be found in the Dergé Kangyur, Ornaments of the Buddhas section, Toh 44-31.
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