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conwork [historical context], context [context for the text as a whole], con-scripture
Point 1: Golden light sutra is praising itself. It is telling people to produce something. It seems to
presuppose that it is an object that can be produced.
Point 2: Golden Light Sutra says that there is no relic. It is a sutra that is against the other Buddhist point
of views. It talks about that time against people who holds the view of relics.
3. Text layer: We want to write about the CONDITIONS for multiple meanings. The text itself is
saying I have a lot of meaning. How, what are the conditions, that we can interpret it into
different meaning?
Point 1: Golden Light Sutra is inside itself, meaning that people is creating it, it is creating the people. IT
resists of being just a work, but also a text.
User manual: The first time that Susambhava sees The Golden Light Sutra is inside a dream, but the
second time he sees it in a different condition. This is like a user manual saying that Golden Light Sutra is
expecting different interpretations over and over again.