Homage to Prajñāpāramitā!
Thus have I heard: At one time the Lord dwelt at Rājagṛha, on the
Vulture Peak, together with a large congregation of monks, with
1,250 monks, and with countless bodhisattvas. At that time the
Lord addressed Venerable Ānanda:
"Ānanda, do receive, for the sake of the welfare and happiness of all
sentient beings, this perfection of wisdom in one letter, the letter
'a'."
Thus spoke the Lord. The Venerable Ānanda, the large congregation of
monks, the assembly of bodhisattvas, and the whole world with its
devas, humans, asuras, and gandharvas, rejoiced at the teaching
of the Lord.