The Tathāgataguhya-sūtra, which is quoted in the Prasannapadā and so on, includes the Buddha’s biography from the time of his asceticism to his “turning the wheel” of the doctrine. This paper points out that the Buddha’s biography taught in the Tathāgataguhya-sūtra corresponds with that in the Lalitavistara, based on a comparison of their Sanskrit texts.
