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| | Buddhist texts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Shingon Buddhism developed a system which assigned authorship of the early sutras to Gautama Buddha in his physical manifestation; of the Ekayana sutras to the Buddhas as Sambhoghakaya; and the Vajrayana texts to the Buddha as Dharmakaya. | | | The Lankavatara Sutra was influential in the Chan or Zen schools. | | | The Gandhavyuha sutra is thought to be the source of a cult of Vairocana that later gave rise to the Mahavairocana-adhisambodhi tantra which became one of two central texts in Shingon Buddhism, and is included in the Tibetan canon as a carya class tantra. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_texts
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| | The Prose & Verse of The Lotus Sutra |
| | The Prose and Verse of The Lotus Sutra | | | The Prose & Verse of The Lotus Sutra | | | The ten spiritual powers of the Buddha: Among the forty unique qaulities of the Buddha |
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http://www.tientai.net/lit/hkmg/chapter2/2a10.htm
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| | Sutra Spoken by the Buddha on the Fundamental Vows of the Master of Healing Tathagata. | | | Sutra on the Merits of the Fundamental Vows of | | | We wish that the deep principles of the sutra will be understood by everybody and that the name of this Buddha will be heard in all places. |
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http://au.geocities.com/gnosticmode/sutra.html
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| | Below is a list of sutras organized alphabetically under the broad categories of Hinduism and Buddhism. | | | Mahaparinirvana Sutra, the last days of the Buddha, Mahayana version | | | Sutra of Golden Light, important in Japanese Buddhism |
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http://www.desihotornot.com/encyclopedia/index.php?title=List_of_sutras
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| | Heart Sutra : Introduction |
| | This sutra belongs to the teachings on the perfecting of insight or wisdom, sometimes referred to as the "mother of all Buddhas" in the sense that it is this insight or wisdom that brings about enlightened individuals, gives birth to Buddhas. | | | The sutra speaks first of the monastic community, the ordinary individuals who have not yet attained fruition in the Therevada approach, then about the great Sangha, great spiritual community, which is made up of those who had attained fruition in the Therevada - the state of an Arhat. | | | The teachings in the sutra were given by Buddha Shakyamuni, who throughout many lifetimes engaged in the Bohdisattva's way of life through which he attained Buddhahood, the final goal of the Bodhisattva path. |
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http://www.purifymind.com/HeartSutraInt.htm
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| | The Sutra on Limitless Meanings |
| | The Sutra is the Buddha's eternal life in what is known as the Spiritual Body or Spiritual Life (S. Dharmakaya). | | | The Sutra is the Sutra, whether it is The Lotus Sutra, The Sutra of Limitless Meanings or any of the other manifestations of the word of the Buddha. | | | The Sutra is literally the very word of the Buddha. |
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http://www.tientai.net/lit/mrg/mrg1.htm
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| | The Larger Sutra |
| | The Sutra on the Buddha of Eternal Life | | | And they, through their meditation that dwells on perceiving the sight of the Tathagata, and with unfailing memory, will, when they have died, be born in the same Buddha country. | | | Thus spoke the Bhagavat enraptured, and the noble-minded Bodhisattva Ajita, and the blessed Ananda, the whole Assembly, and the world, with gods, men, spirits, mighty birds, and fairies, applauded the speech of the Bhagavat. |
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http://home.hawaii.rr.com/moiliilihongwanj/LargerSutra.htm
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| | SUTRA VAAHINI |
| | Each Sutra can be elaborated and explained in a number of learned ways, according to each one's understanding, faith, preference, experience and pleasure. | | | This aphorism of sutra (thath thu Samanvayaath) makes known that spiritual inquiry or Vicharana involves the journey from the Annamaya sheath as the basis to the Anandamaya stage and nature. | | | The Brahma Sutra, the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita - the Three Source Texts - clarify the Truth that you are the very embodiment of Ananda. |
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http://sss.vn.ua/sutr_v_e.htm
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| | FOOTNOTES- RISSHO ANKOKU RON GOSHO |
| | This sutra also says that if one hears the name of Yakushi Buddha, he can be free from all desires. | | | He is different from Mahakashyapa (Jap Kasho), one of the Buddha's ten major disciples. | | | According to this sutra, if a ruler embraces the correct teachings of Buddhism, these five powerful bodhisattvas will protect him and the people in his country. |
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http://ww2.netnitco.net/users/jqpublic/risshofoot.html
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| | Stages of Practice |
| | In the first of the ten ox herding pictures, the student is looking for the way and sees traces of the ox, maybe footprints. | | | Someone once made ten ox herding pictures and those are very useful as a means to talk about practice. | | | In Mahayana practice, according to the Avatamsaka Sutra there are fifty-two stages of practice and each one of these is laid out very systematically. |
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http://www.intrex.net/chzg/stagesof.htm
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| | Opening Sutra |
| | This sutra originally comes from the abode of all the Buddhas, leaves for the aspiration of all the living, and stays at the place where all the Bodhisattvas practice. | | | The Sutra of Innumerable Meanings, Such a profound, Wonderful, and supreme great vehicle preached by the Buddha, is reasonable in it’s logic, unsurpassed in it’s worth and protected by all the Buddhas of the three worlds. | | | The Sutra of Innumerable Meanings, such a profound and supreme Great-vehicle, is reasonable in its logic, unsurpassed in its worth, and protected by all the Buddhas of the three worlds. |
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http://www.buddhistinformation.com/opening_sutra.htm
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| | The Heart Sutra |
| | The sutra says further: "The one who sees me by the form and seeks me by the sound cannot perceive the Tathagata because of deluded views." It is to be understood as saying that the one who perceives the form (or body) and the sound or voice as the Buddha is grasping merely the form. | | | Because of the Buddha's attainment of that stage, the mind encompasses the universe and all is buddha-sphere in the ten directions. | | | The sutra was translated by the Tripitaka Master Hsuen Tsang who depended on the Buddha alone for its meaning and therefore we should consider this teaching to be spoken by the Buddha. |
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http://www.terebess.hu/english/heart2.html
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| | The Surangama Sutra chapter of the 50 Demon Meditation States, by Shakyamuni Buddha |
| | After the Buddha had expounded this sutra, all the monks, nuns, male and female devotees, together with all the devas, men, bodhisattvas, sravakas, pratyeka-buddhas, rsis, and newly initiated ghosts and spirits were all filled with great joy, bowed to the Buddha, and departed. | | | The Surangama Sutra chapter of the 50 Demon Meditation States, by Shakyamuni Buddha | | | This is called 'the realm of the skandha of consciousness.' In the midst of the world's attractions they are now able to maintain their identity with the world, for they have overcome the six senses, so that the senses are able to unite or function separately, and hearing and seeing are interchangeable in their purity. |
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http://www.meditationexpert.com/Articles/SurangamaSutra.htm
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| | How to Become a Bodhisattva |
| | Born from non-born, you are the same as Buddha. | | | Now I will talk about these ten bhumis, their names and meaning, what the practices of each of the ten bhumis are and how to shorten the time of the ten bhumis by Vajrayana practice. | | | The ninth stage is Sadhumati or Very Good Wisdom Stage because whereas in the fourth stage he attained wisdom of fire, here the Bodhisattva has the wisdom of goodness also which means he can speak very well, he can promote the Dharma very well and can get very wide wisdom. |
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http://www.purifymind.com/HBodhisattva2.htm
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| | Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra |
| | There are three stages for discharging respect to a Buddha: a) to the Buddha incarnate, b) to his image and c) a declaration of faith and respect. | | | At that time, innumerable Buddhas and Maha Bodhisattvas from infinite world-systems in the ten quarters of space convened harmoniously, admiring the fully Enlightened One, Sakyamuni, for His transcendental wisdom and Infinite powers in guiding erring beings to understand the dissimilarity between the basia os happiness and sorrow in the world. | | | At the second stage of offering respect to a Buddha, there was a Brahman girl who had in past ages practised great benevolences. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/ks/itigarbha
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| | Upon the grand stage of the infinite Dharmadhatu, countless various dramas of religion are being enacted in numerous dimensions of space/time throughout eternity. | | | From Avatamsaka-thought in convergence with themes from the Lotus Sutra and Nirvana Sutra emerged the synchretistical view of the T’ien-t’ai school characterized by its strong mystical imprint. | | | Also the Dhasabhumika-sutra (Sutra on the Ten Stages) is traditionally counted among the Avatamsaka texts. |
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http://www.akshin.net/philosophy/budphilavatamsaka.htm
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| | Larger Sutra: 1 |
| | This Sutra expounds the Sacred Story of Amida and was delivered by Shakyamuni Buddha and translated into Chinese during the Ts'ao-Wei dynasty by the Tripitaka Master Samghavarman from India | | | The Sutra on the Buddha of Infinite Life | | | realm are ten million kotis of times superior to those of a lower one. |
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http://buddhistfaith.tripod.com/purelandscriptures/id2.html
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| | Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism: Treatise on the Ten Stages Sutra school |
| | Hui-kuang (468-537) studied this treatise and disseminated its teaching and is therefore regarded as a founder of the Treatise on the Ten Stages Sutra school, or the Ti-lun school. | | | Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism: Treatise on the Ten Stages Sutra school | | | In the early sixth century Bodhiruchi and Ratnamati translated the Sanskrit text of The Treatise on the Ten Stages Sutra into Chinese. |
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http://www.sgi-usa.org/buddhism/library/sgdb/lexicon.cgi?tid=154
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| | Commentary on the Amitabha Sutra - Namo Amitabha |
| | This book is a translation from the Chinese of a major commentary on the Amitabha Sutra, the key text of Pure Land Buddhism. | | | Whatever acts they undertake, whether through giving, or kind speech, or beneficial action, or cooperation, it is all never apart from thoughts of Buddha [Buddha Recitation], the Teaching, the Community (Sangha). | | | Its author is the distinguished seventeenth century T'ien-T'ai Master Ou-i, subsequently honored as the ninth Patriarch of the Pure Land school. |
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http://www.geocities.com/amitabha48vows/Mind.htm
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| | Nirvana Sutra :: Appreciation of the "Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra" |
| | I may even say that the Bodhisattvas of the ten stages have a retrogressing mind, but never will I say that the Tathagata employs two kinds of words. | | | The Bodhisattva of the ten stages gains the Suramgama and other samadhis and the 3,000 teachings [i.e. | | | I might even say that a srotapanna might fall into the three unfortunate realms, but I will never say that the Bodhisattva of the ten stages has a retrogressive mind. |
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http://www.nirvanasutra.org.uk/nirvanasutraz8.htm
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| | Shurangama Sutra |
| | Ananda answered the Buddha, "World Honored One, All the ten kinds of beings in the world alike maintain that the mind-consciousness dwells within the body; and as I regard the Tathagata’s eyes that resemble blue lotuses, they are on the Buddha’s face. | | | Sutra of the Foremost Shurangama at the Crown of the Great Buddha; and of All the Bodhisattvas’ Myriad Practices for Cultivating and Certifying to the Complete Meaning of the Tathagata’s Secret Cause. | | | The Tathagatas of the ten directions escaped birth and death because their minds were straightforward. |
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http://www.mandala.hr/3/surangama.html
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| | The Platform Sutra |
| | This Sutra belongs to the highest School of Buddhism, and the Lord Buddha delivered it specially for the very wise and quick-witted. | | | When Mahayanists hear about the Diamond Sutra their minds become enlightened; they know that Prajna is immanent in their Essence of Mind and that they need not rely on scriptural authority, since they can make use of their own wisdom by constant practice of contemplation. | | | But in their perversity they commit sins under delusion and ignorance; they are kind in words, but wicked in mind; they are greedy, malignant, jealous, crooked, flattering, egotistic, offensive to men and destructive to inanimate objects. |
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http://zen.thetao.info/read/platform.htm
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| | Huayan_Jing |
| | Practices and Vows of the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra (http://www.buddhistinformation.com/ida_b_wells_memorial_sutra_library/avatamsaka_sutra.htm) from the Avatamsaka Sutra. | | | Fragmentary translation probably began in the second century CE, and the famous Ten Stages Sutra (十地經), often treated as an individual scripture, was first translated in the third century. | | | The last chapter of the Avatamsaka also circulates as a separate text known as the Gandavyuha Sutra. |
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http://www.tuxedo-shop.com/search.php?title=Huayan_Jing
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| | The Sutra of the Master of Healing |
| | Ananda, all Shramanas and Pratyekabuddhas, and the Bodhisattvas who have not yet reached the ten stages, are unable to believe the full truth and to expound it, only the Bodhisattva who has only one life that binds him can do it. | | | Moreover, he must remember the blessing of the Vows of Tathagata, read aloud this Sutra, meditate upon its meaning, recite and explain it. | | | We are glad to listen." Then the Buddha said to Manjushri: "Eastward from here, beyond Buddha-land about ten times as numerous as the sands of the Ganga, there is a world called ‘The Pure Crystal Realm’, the Paradise of Yao Shih. |
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http://web.singnet.com.sg/~alankhoo/HealingSutra.htm
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| | Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism: Ten Stages Sutra |
| | The Sanskrit text, a Tibetan translation, and several Chinese translations of the Ten Stages Sutra are extant. | | | Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism: Ten Stages Sutra | | | The Ten Stages Sutra corresponds to the "Ten Stages" chapter of the Flower Garland Sutra. |
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http://www.sgi-usa.org/buddhism/library/sgdb/lexicon.cgi?tid=1274
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| | PARAMITA FACTS AND INFORMATION |
| | In Theravada Buddhism, the Ten Perfections (''Paramis'') are; (original terms in Pali) | | | In Mahayana Buddhism, the Perfection_of_Wisdom (''Prajna-paramita'') Sutra and Lotus (''Saddharmapundarika'') Sutra list the Six Perfections as; (original terms in Sanskrit) | | | Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (log in with userID "guest") |
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http://www.livingflowers.com/en:Paramita
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| | The Kama Sutra |
| | Kama Sutra", a copy from the library of the king of kings, Vishaladeva, who was a | | | Ladkhan, the son of Ahmed Lodi, the same Ladkhan being in some places spoken of as | | | The four stages of life are, the life of a religious student, the life of a householder, the life of a |
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http://chris.steadz.com/Pages/the_kama_sutra.htm
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| | Excerpts from the Lankavatara Sutra |
| | the stage of Tathagata-hood, whereby, by the power of his original vows unattended | | | masters of the various Samadhis, the tenfold Self-mastery, the ten powers, | | | By which, going up continuously by the stages of purification, one enters at last upon |
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http://www.webcom.com/~gnosis/library/lank.htm
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| | Ten Stages Sutra -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | The Huayan school continues to study and propagate the Ten Stages Sutra as part of the (Click link for more info and facts about Avata&) Avata&. | | | Supposedly a (Click link for more info and facts about Da&;) Da&; sect arose in China at one time, centered around this sutra, but was later absorbed by the (Click link for more info and facts about Huayan) Huayan (An educational institution) school. | | | Ten Stages Sutra -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/T/Te/Ten_Stages_Sutra.htm
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| | Lankavatara Sutra |
| | A great many Boddhisattva-Mahasattvas had miraculousy assembled from all the Buddha-lands, and a large number of bhikhus were gathered there. | | | The Bodhisattva-Mahasattvas with Mahamati their head were all perfect masters of the various Samadhis, the tenfold Self-mastery, the ten powers, and the six Psychic Faculties. | | | All that is seen in the world is devoid of effort and action because all things in the world are like a dream, or like an image miraculously projected. |
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http://www.abu.nb.ca/courses/GrPhil/EPhil/Lanka.htm
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