Vimalakirti Sutra

Scholar & Thinker

(100 – Unknown) · South Asia

Buddhist Mahayana sutra attributed to the layman Vimalakirti, believed to have been composed in India around the first or second century CE. The text is celebrated for its wit, philosophical sophistication, and its radical argument that enlightenment is available to laypeople, not just monks. It was highly influential in Chinese and Japanese Buddhism and features one of the most famous silences in philosophical literature.