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OpenSutra The released volumes of this work are currently organized under "Yongle Northern Canon / Ming Supplemental Collections Entered into the Canon," with image sources and catalog numbers listed in each volume's record. It can be approached as a Buddhist treatise, and typically holds value for intellectual history, sectarian history, and textual transmission. The value of Buddhist treatises often lies in preserving the exegetical traditions of particular authors, sects, or periods. Here the readable volumes of the "The First Rare Great Meritorious Sutra Spoken by the Buddha in Response to the Dreams of the Benevolent and Filial Empress of the Ming, Two Volumes" are gathered in the original catalog order, suitable for consultation by volume, catalog number, thousand-character-text volume number, or title. Links to the volume image sources are preserved with each volume's record; current source link: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-6770/0508010512 Related author/translator information: Biography of Empress Renxiao of the Ming.