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The buddha-dhātu (buddha-nature, buddha-element) is presented as a timeless, eternal (nitya) and pure "Self" . [ 33 ] [ 5 ] This notion of a buddhist theory of a true self (i.e. a Buddhist ātma-vada ) is a radical one which caused much controversy and was interpreted in many different ways.
The manuscripts were written in the Gāndhārī language using the Kharoṣṭhī script and are therefore sometimes also called the Kharoṣṭhī Manuscripts. The collection is composed of a diversity of texts: a Dhammapada, discourses of the Buddha such as the Rhinoceros Sutra, avadanas and Purvayogas, commentaries and abhidharma texts.
For Buddhists, the term "Innumerable Meanings" or "Infinite Meanings" is used in two senses. The first, used in the singular, refers to the true aspect of all things, the true nature of all forms in the universe. The second sense, used in the plural, refers to the countless appearances or phenomena of the physical, visible world.
According to Paul Williams, in Mahāyāna, a Buddha is often seen as "a spiritual king, relating to and caring for the world", rather than simply a teacher who after his death "has completely 'gone beyond' the world and its cares". [67] Buddha Sakyamuni's life and death on earth is then usually understood as a "mere appearance", his death is an ...
The Bequeathed Teachings Sutra, or the Sutra on the Buddha's Bequeathed Teaching and Bequeathed Sutra (Ch. 佛垂般涅槃略說敎誡經, T.389) is a brief Mahayana sutra containing instructions left by the Gautama Buddha before His said final nirvana. It is reportedly translated by Kumārajīva into Chinese around 400 C.E. [1] [2]
The Garbhadhatu Mandala depicts the buddhafield of Vairocana in Chinese Esoteric Buddhism and Shingon Buddhism.. The sutra recounts a discourse between Śākyamuni Buddha and a bodhisattva named Vajra-garbha (whose name is a synonym for the Tathāgatagarbha) which takes place in the supreme buddhafield called Ghanavyūha (Dense Array or Secret Adornment). [3]
The Buddhabhūmi-sūtra (Scripture on the Buddha Land, Ch: 佛說佛地經, Taishō Tripitaka no. 680) is an Indian Mahayana Buddhist sutra.The Buddhabhūmi-sūtra is associated with the Yogācāra school of Buddhism, and possibly the texts of the Maitreya corpus, especially the Mahāyānasūtrālamkāra, which shares some verses with the sutra.
The Khuddakapāṭha is not widely used or studied in modern Theravada countries, but several of its texts are included in a common Paritta collection (the Maha Pirit Potha), suggesting that this collection originated with the Khuddakapāṭha or a precursor text.