The Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa (Devanagari: विमलकीर्तिनिर्देश) (sometimes referred to as the Vimalakīrti Sūtra or Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra) is a Buddhist text...

Vimalakīrti (Sanskrit: विमल vimala "stainless, undefiled" + कीर्ति kīrti "fame, glory, reputation") is a bodhisattva and the central figure in the Vimalakirti...

co-founder and president of the Tibet House US New York. He translated the Vimalakirti Sutra from the Tibetan Kanjur into English. He is the father of actress...

Nagaraja's daughter to enlightenment. He also figures in the Vimalakīrti Sūtra in a debate with Vimalakīrti where he is presented as a Bodhisattva who discusses...

The Teaching of Vimalakīrti (Vimalakīrtinirdeśa), originally titled in French L'Enseignement de Vimalakīrti (Vimalakīrtinirdeśa), is a study and translation...

It has been influenced by sutras such as the Lankavatara Sutra, the Vimalakirti Sutra, the Avatamsaka Sutra, and the Lotus Sutra. Subsequently, the Zen...

of its practice and teaching. Other influential sutras in Zen are the Vimalakirti Sutra, Avatamsaka Sutra, the Shurangama Sutra, and the Mahaparinirvana...

Pūrvavideha in the East Uttarakuru in the North Avaragodānīya in the West The Vimalakirti Sutra further elaborates on the nature of the Sahā world. It is treated...

Petavatthu. The Mahayana Vimalakirti Sutra also spoke of the city of Vaishali as where the lay Licchavi bodhisattva Vimalakirti was residing. In the 4th...

sutras, such as the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā prajñāpāramitā, Lankavatara, Vimalakirti, and Lotus Sutras, also state that this dualism between purity and impurity...

the wisest "Hinayana" disciple had difficulty understanding it. In the Vimalakīrti Sūtra, Śāriputra is depicted as being unable to grasp Mahayana doctrines...

Vajjika League which had its capital in Vaishali. Vimalakirti, the central figure of the Vimalakirti Sutra and a lay practitioner of Buddhism. India portal...

characters used for daochang Thurman, Robert (1992). The Holy Teaching of Vimalakīrti: A Mahāyāna Scripture. University Park, Penn.: Pennsylvania State University...

philosophical outlook, on the accounts of the Indian sage Vimalakīrti from the Vimalakīrti Sūtra. Chōmei introduces the essay with analogies emphasizing...

tassel and drapery patterns. The front wall is covered with a large Vimalakirti relief, the Prince Sattva jataka, the Prince Sudatta jataka, an emperor/empress...

Buddhism. She is named Shiskar Apa in Lahul and Spiti. Vimalakirti The central figure of the Vimalakirti Sutra where he is depicted as the ideal Buddhist lay...

through ignorance), except in representations of his Vimalakirti Sutra discussion with the layman Vimalakirti, when Manjusri holds a ruyi scepter instead(Davidson...

Diana (2004), The Sutra of Queen Śrīmālā of the Lion's Roar and the Vimalakīrti Sutra (PDF), Berkeley, CA: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and...

2014. Retrieved 10 October 2016. Thurman, Robert. The Holy Teaching of Vimalakīrti: A Mahāyāna Scripture. 1992. p. 120 Bryant, Barry (1992). Wheel of time...

scriptures in Chinese Buddhism include: Lotus Sutra, Flower Ornament Sutra, Vimalakirtī Sutra, Nirvana Sutra, and Amitābha Sutra. Chinese Buddhism is the largest...

Sukhāvatī-vyūha (T 366) Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra (Lotus Sutra) (T 263–62) Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra (T 475) Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, (T 227, 408...

in Hino was inspired by the dwelling of the Buddhist recluse Vimalakirti. The Vimalakirti Sutra exerted a profound influence on Hōjōki. Chōmei wrote Mumyōshō...

Marshall, A Guide to Sanchi, 1918 p.46ff (Public Domain text) 12. Vision of the Universe Abhirati and the Tathagata Aksobhya from Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra...

Pure Land cults centred on Amitayus and Aksobhya." According to the Vimalakirti sutra, this seemingly impure world, Sakyamuni's buddha-field, is actually...

many of his works "Wang Weimojie". Wei-mo-Jie (維摩詰) was a reference to Vimalakirti, the central figure of the Buddhist sutra by the same name. In this Buddhist...

Vajrasattva, an important figure in Vajrayana Buddhism Vimalakirti the famous lay bodhisattva of the Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Akṣayamati, the main character in the...

Prajñaparamita sutras Lankavatara Sutra Śrīmālādevī Sūtra Lotus Sutra Vimalakirti Sutra Avatamsaka Sutra Mahaparinirvana Sutra Chinese texts Two Entrances...

enlightened. In another sense, a buddhavacana recorded the zen patriarch Vimalakirti as being an advocate of marital continence instead of monastic renunciation...

scriptures in Chinese Buddhism include: Lotus Sutra, Flower Ornament Sutra, Vimalakirtī Sutra, Nirvana Sutra, and Amitābha Sutra. Chinese Buddhism is the largest...

(or nirvana). The Buddhist concept of non-duality applies here. The Vimalakirti Sutra's "Goddess" chapter clearly illustrates an enlightened being who...