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English: Seokbosangjeol (Life history and sermons of Buddha abstracted from Buddhist scriptures) was compiled by Prince Suyang, the son of King Sejong and Queen Soheon, in the 29th year of King Sejong’s reign (1447). It was written in Korean prose style, not only to pray for the repose of the prince’s mother, but also to let the common ...
Print blocks of the Tripitaka Koreana A woodblock of the Tripiṭaka Koreana in Haeinsa, Hapcheon, South Korea Main article: Chinese Buddhist canon The Chinese Buddhist Canon is the Tripiṭaka collection maintained by the East Asian Buddhist tradition .
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. There is evidence to suggest that these texts may belong to the Dharmaguptaka school. [ 10 ]
Buddhist texts can be categorized in a number of ways. The Western terms "scripture" and "canonical" are applied to Buddhism in inconsistent ways by Western scholars: for example, one authority refers to "scriptures and other canonical texts", while another says that scriptures can be categorized into canonical, commentarial, and pseudo-canonical.
It contains Easwaran's translation of the Dhammapada, a Buddhist scripture traditionally ascribed to the Buddha himself. The book also contains a substantial overall introduction of about 70 pages, [3] together with introductory notes to each of the Dhammapada 's 26 chapters. English-language editions have also been published in the UK and ...
The Tibetan Buddhist canon is a defined collection of sacred texts recognized by various schools of Tibetan Buddhism, comprising the Kangyur and the Tengyur.The Kangyur or Kanjur is Buddha's recorded teachings (or the 'Translation of the Word'), and the Tengyur or Tanjur is the commentaries by great masters on Buddha's teachings (or the 'Translation of Treatises').
The Land of Pure Bliss, On the Nature of Faith & Practice in Greater Vehicle (Mahāyāna) Buddhism, Including a Full Translation of Shàndǎo’s Commentary in Four Parts Explaining The Scripture About Meditation on the Buddha ‘Of Infinite Life’ (Amitāyur Buddha Dhyāna Sūtra, 觀無量壽佛經), An Lac Publications. ISBN 978-1-7923-4208-0
The Eighty-eight Buddhas Great Repentance Text (Chinese: 禮佛大懺悔文) is a Buddhist text widely used in the repentance practice or ritual of Buddhism, especially in the East Asian Mahayana tradition, where it is recited daily in monasteries, temples, and households.