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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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...
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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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    Prajñaparamita sutras Lankavatara Sutra Śrīmālādevī Sūtra Lotus Sutra Vimalakirti Sutra Avatamsaka Sutra Mahaparinirvana Sutra Chinese texts Two Entrances...
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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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    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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  • enlightened. In another sense, a buddhavacana recorded the zen patriarch Vimalakirti as being an advocate of marital continence instead of monastic renunciation...
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    Diana (2004). The Sutra of Queen Śrīmālā of the Lion’s Roar and The Vimalakīrti Sutra, p. 69. BDK America, Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    (or nirvana). The Buddhist concept of non-duality applies here. The Vimalakirti Sutra's "Goddess" chapter clearly illustrates an enlightened being who...
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    śravakas and arhats, as is typical of later Mahāyāna texts like the Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa Sūtra. It also lacks any self-awareness of itself as being part...
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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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  • Mandala "Buddhist Door Glossary A - E". www.buddhistdoor.com. Thurman, Robert. The Holy Teaching of Vimalakīrti: A Mahāyāna Scripture. 1992. p. 120 v t e...
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