The Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa (Devanagari: विमलकीर्तिनिर्देश) (sometimes referred to as the Vimalakīrti Sūtra or Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra) is a Buddhist text...
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text. Vimalakīrti (Sanskrit: विमल vimala "stainless, undefiled" + कीर्ति kīrti "fame, glory, reputation") is the central figure in the Vimalakirti Sutra...
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The Teaching of Vimalakīrti (Vimalakīrtinirdeśa), originally titled in French L'Enseignement de Vimalakīrti (Vimalakīrtinirdeśa), is a study and translation...
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Buddhologist Jan Nattier has praised the style of Thurman's translation of the Vimalakīrti Sūtra, praising it as among the very best of translations of that important...
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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...
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Śāriputra (section The Vimalakīrti Sūtra)
the wisest "Hinayana" disciple had difficulty understanding it. In the Vimalakīrti Sūtra, Śāriputra is depicted as being unable to grasp Mahayana doctrines...
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Prajñāpāramitā sutras, the Mahāratnakūta, the Mahāsamnipāta, and the Vimalakīrti. Zen developed a rich textual tradition, based on original Zen writings...
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2014. Retrieved 10 October 2016. Thurman, Robert. The Holy Teaching of Vimalakīrti: A Mahāyāna Scripture. 1992. p. 120 Bryant, Barry (1992). Wheel of time...
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philosophical outlook, on the accounts of the Indian sage Vimalakīrti from the Vimalakīrti Sūtra. Chōmei introduces the essay with analogies emphasizing...
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characters used for daochang Thurman, Robert (1992). The Holy Teaching of Vimalakīrti: A Mahāyāna Scripture. University Park, Penn.: Pennsylvania State University...
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Nichiren Buddhism Library. Retrieved 2019-08-23. McRae, John R. (2004). The Vimalakīrti Sutra (PDF). Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research. v t...
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Education India. pp. 260–263. ISBN 978-81-317-1677-9. The Holy Teaching of Vimalakīrti: A Mahāyāna Scripture. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. 1991. p. 20. ISBN 978-81-208-0874-4...
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celebrated lay Buddhist in the Chinese Chán (Zen) tradition. Much like Vimalakīrti, Layman Pang is considered to exemplify the potential for non-monastic...
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interpretation of a Pure Land is that it is non-dual with our world. The Vimalakīrti Sutra was widely cited by exponents of this non-dual view of the Pure...
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and Central Asia. The ten disciples are mentioned in the Mahāyāna text Vimalakīrti-nideśa, among others. In this text, they are called the "Ten Wise Ones"...
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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...
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Prajñaparamita sutras Lankavatara Sutra Śrīmālādevī Sūtra Lotus Sutra Vimalakirti Sutra Avatamsaka Sutra Mahaparinirvana Sutra Chinese texts Two Entrances...
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Prajñaparamita sutras Lankavatara Sutra Śrīmālādevī Sūtra Lotus Sutra Vimalakirti Sutra Avatamsaka Sutra Mahaparinirvana Sutra Chinese texts Two Entrances...
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the development of Mahāyāna and is partly based on some texts like the Vimalakirti Sūtra, which praise lay figures at the expense of monastics. This theory...
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Vajrasattva, an important figure in Vajrayana Buddhism Vimalakirti the famous lay bodhisattva of the Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Akṣayamati, the main character in the...
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Petavatthu. The Mahayana Vimalakirti Sutra also spoke of the city of Vaishali as where the lay Licchavi bodhisattva Vimalakirti was residing. In the 4th...
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texts, but it does appear in some of the Mahayana sutras, such as the Vimalakīrti. The Buddha taught meditative inquiry (dhyana) and nondiscursive attention...
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Prajñaparamita sutras Lankavatara Sutra Śrīmālādevī Sūtra Lotus Sutra Vimalakirti Sutra Avatamsaka Sutra Mahaparinirvana Sutra Chinese texts Two Entrances...
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a debate with Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of Wisdom), the lay devotee Vimalakīrti expounds the doctrine of Śūnyatā, or emptiness, to an assembly that includes...
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scriptures in Chinese Buddhism include: Lotus Sutra, Flower Ornament Sutra, Vimalakirtī Sutra, Nirvana Sutra, and Amitābha Sutra. Chinese Buddhism is the largest...
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Provence (France). Jnanagupta, Afghan Buddhist monk, translates the Vimalakirti Sutra into Chinese. Cadwallon ap Cadfan, king of Gwynedd (approximate...
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Retrieved 2017-09-12. "The Sutra of Queen Śrīmālā of the Lion's Roar and the Vimalakīrti Sutra" (PDF). 2014-09-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-12...
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Zen scriptures (section Vimalakirti Sutra)
the Diamond Sūtra, the Lotus Sūtra (Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra), the Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra, the Śūraṅgama Sūtra, the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra, the Awakening...
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Prajñaparamita sutras Lankavatara Sutra Śrīmālādevī Sūtra Lotus Sutra Vimalakirti Sutra Avatamsaka Sutra Mahaparinirvana Sutra Chinese texts Two Entrances...
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Prajñaparamita sutras Lankavatara Sutra Śrīmālādevī Sūtra Lotus Sutra Vimalakirti Sutra Avatamsaka Sutra Mahaparinirvana Sutra Chinese texts Two Entrances...
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