Here are posts labelled "Buddhist Sutras" on The Guide
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| Effigy (mummy?) of Huineng |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Huineng
- Date: 638-713
- Place: Guangdong Province, China
- Language: Chinese
- Who he was: Chinese monk and patriarch of Chan (Zen), wrote The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
- Included in lists (What's This?): LRP
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Chinese text of the Heart Sūtra by Yuan dynasty
artist and calligrapher Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322) |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sutra
- Also known as: The Heart Sutra
- Dates: c. 350 CE
- Place: India
- Language: Sanskrit
- What it is: Indian Buddhist text; like the Diamond, one of the shortest, densest of sutras. It is said to contain the "heart" of all Buddhist wisdom literature, which is that all existence is empty.
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| Frontispiece of a Chinese Diamond Sutra |
Just the Facts:
- Name: The Diamond Sutra
- Known as: Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra
- Date: before 401 CE
- Place: India
- Language: Sanskrit
- What it is: Indian Buddhist text; one of the shortest, densest of sutras, it "cuts like a diamond," and emphasizes non-attachment
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| A Lotus Sutra picture scroll |
Just the Facts:
- Name: The Lotus Sutra
- Also known as: Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra
- Date: before 286 CE
- Place: India
- Language: Sanskrit
- What it is: Indian Buddhist text; the basis of several schools of Buddhism, it teaches that all schools are valid; all beings are already Buddhas; and non-intellectual devotion is essential.
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Reliefs at Borobudur (in Indonesia) depict scenes of the
Buddha's life as described in the Lalitavistara Sutra |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Lalitavistara Sutra
- Birth: 3rd century
- Language: Sanskrit
- What it is: Indian Buddhist text, a "life" of the Buddha; the name means "Detailed Narration of the Sport [or Play]" of the Buddha
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Vimalakirti debates with Manjushri,
a bodhisattva known for his wisdom |
Just the Facts:
- Name: Vimalakirti Sutra
- Also known as: Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra
- Date: c. 100
- Place: India
- Language: Sanskrit
- What it is: Indian Buddhist text allegedly spoken by Vimalakirti (whose name means "undefiled fame or glory"), a patron of the Buddha; concentrates on non-dual emptiness; altruism (the "selfless hand"); advocates equal treatment for women; uses Zen-like humor
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