The Buddhāvataṃsaka-nāma-mahā­vaipulya-sūtra (The Mahāvaipulya Sūtra named "Buddhāvataṃsaka") is one of the most influential Mahāyāna sutras of East Asian...

wrote that the Mahāsāṃghikas revere the sūtras that teach the Buddha-nature doctrine. The Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra was translated to Chinese in 436 CE...

The Heart Sūtra is a popular sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism. In Sanskrit, the title Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya translates as "The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom"...

other sūtras. One quite influential composite sūtra is the Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra (The Buddha Wreath Sūtra), a large text contraining numerous chapters...

was further developed by the Mahayana school in the 3rd century Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra and later by the Huayan school between the 6th and 8th centuries...

The Śūraṅgama Sūtra (Chinese: 首楞嚴經; pinyin: Shǒuléngyán jīng, Sūtra of the Heroic March) (Taisho no. 945) is a Mahayana Buddhist sutra that has been especially...

in various Mahayana sutras. Two of the most common sets of precepts are the Brahmajāla Sūtra precepts and the Upāsakāśīla sūtra precepts. In Chinese...

Tathāgatagarbha sūtras include the Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra, Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra, Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra and the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra. Related ideas...

विमलकीर्तिनिर्देश) (sometimes referred to as the Vimalakīrti Sūtra or Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra) is a Buddhist text which centers on a lay Buddhist meditator...

romaja: Wongakgyeong; Vietnamese: kinh Viên Giác) is a Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtra highly esteemed by both the Huayan and Zen schools. The earliest records...

Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Sanskrit: अष्टसाहस्रिका प्रज्ञापारमिता सूत्र; English: The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand [Lines]) is a Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtra in the...

the sutra with the Mahāsāṃghika-Lokottaravāda school. According to Stephen Hodge, internal textual evidence in the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra, Mahābheri Sūtra, and...

the sūtra). This process led to (5) further expansion into larger PP sūtras as well as (6) contraction into the shorter sūtras (i.e. Diamond Sūtra, Heart...

references to Mahāyāna are those that occur in the Lotus Sūtra (Skt. Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra) dating between the 1st century BCE and the 1st century...

Mahāyāna sutras. According to Jan Nattier, there is a set of four bodhisattva vows that appears in various sutras including the Ugraparipṛcchā Sūtra, the...

needed]. In the Lotus Sūtra, Mañjuśrī also leads the Nagaraja's daughter to enlightenment. He also figures in the Vimalakīrti Sūtra in a debate with Vimalakīrti...

The Lotus Sūtra (Sanskrit: Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtram, Sūtra on the White Lotus of the True Dharma, Chinese: 妙法蓮華經) is one of the most influential and...

Chinese: 入楞伽經) is a prominent Mahayana Buddhist sūtra. It is also titled Laṅkāvatāraratnasūtram (The Jewel Sutra of the Entry into Laṅkā, Gunabhadra's Chinese...

Amitābha Sūtra. Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation, 2000. Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra (Amitayus Sutra) Amitāyus Contemplation Sūtra Sukhavati...

worldview is based primarily on the Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra (Chinese: 華嚴經; pinyin: Huáyán jīng, Flower Garland Sutra) as well as on the works of Huayan patriarchs...

contains the Medicine Buddha Sūtra (Bhaiṣajyaguruvaiḍūryaprabhārāja Sūtra). The Diamond Sūtra gave rise to a culture of artwork, sūtra veneration, and commentaries...

Sūtra (Chinese: 大方等大集經, pinyin: Dàfāng děng dà jí jīng, Great Extensive Great Collection Sūtra) is a Mahayana Buddhist anthology of Mahayana sutras....

Tripitaka no. 360) also known as the Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra, is one of the two Indian Mahayana sutras which describe the pure land of Amitābha (also known...

Mahāmegha Sūtra (Great Cloud Sutra, Chinese: Dayun jing 大雲經, Tibetan: Sprin chen po'i mdo) is a Mahayana sutra of the tathāgatagarbha type. The sutra shares...

Ārya-saṃdhi-nirmocana-sūtra (Sanskrit) or Noble Sūtra of the Explanation of the Profound Secrets is a Mahāyāna Buddhist text and the most important sutra of the Yogācāra...

"Only you can know that, only I can prove you". According to the Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra, the whole universe is a vast pure buddha-field which has been purified...

Blissful). This is reflected in the name of the sūtra, which can be translated as "Amitāyus Contemplation Sūtra." It is believed to have first been composed...

Vijaya Dhāraṇī Sūtra Śūraṅgama Sūtra Translation Committee of the Buddhist Text Translation Society, 2009, p. xviii. Śūraṅgama Sūtra Translation Committee...

Śūraṅgama Samādhi Sūtra was translated from the Sanskrit into Chinese by Kumārajīva probably between 402 and 409 C.E. Sengyou's sutra catalogue entitled...

Mahāyāna Sūtra from India, specifically a Dhāraṇī Sūtra (a scripture which contains a recitation, or magical incantation). The central deity of the sutra is...