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Within the vision of the Mahavairocana Sutra, the state of bodhi ("awakening, enlightenment") is seen as naturally inherent to the mind - the mind's natural and pure state (as in Dzogchen and Tathagatagarbha) - and is viewed as the perceptual sphere of non-duality, where all false distinctions between a perceiving subject and perceived objects ...
The sutra also states that our world is in Vairocana's buddhafield. [17] Vairocana is closely associated with Shakyamuni Buddha, in some cases he is even identified with him in the Avatamsaka Sutra. [18] Huayan generally sees Shakyamuni as an emanation body (nirmanakaya) from the ultimate Buddha Vairocana ("The Illuminator"). [19]
In the Mahavairocana Sutra, meanwhile, the Buddha's Body of Principle (Jp.: ri; Ch.: li) is symbolized by a lotus and stands for "compassion, potentiality, growth and creativity" according to Hakeda. [77] For Kūkai, both of these bodies are non-dual. Kūkai writes: That which realizes is Wisdom and that which is to be realized is Principle.
Elsewhere, Vajrasattva is an important figure in two esoteric Buddhist sutras, the Mahavairocana Sutra and the Vajrasekhara Sutra. In the first chapter of the Mahavairocana Sutra, Vajrasattva leads a host of beings who visit Vairocana Buddha to learn the Dharma. Vajrasattva inquires about the cause, goal and foundation of all-embracing wisdom ...
Ancient style of scripture used for the Pāli Canon The Chinese Diamond Sutra, the oldest known dated printed book in the world, printed in the 9th year of Xiantong Era of the Tang dynasty, or 868 CE. The Bhagavad Gita is Krishna's counsel to Arjuna on the battlefield of the Kurukshetra.
The Lotus Sutra was the main sutra that was buried, but the Heart Sutra, Amitabha Sutra, Mahavairocana Tantra, Vajrasekhara Sutra were also buried. In other locations, the Sutra of Immeasurable Meanings, Kannon sutra, and opening and closing sutras were also found. The sutras were usually copied onto paper, but materials like clay, copper ...
Suvarnaprabhasa Sutra (or Golden Light Sutra). Avataṃsaka Sūtra – A compilation of numerous texts, such as the Gaṇḍavyūha Sutra and the Daśabhūmika Sūtra. Sandhinirmocana Sutra (c. 2nd century CE), the main sutra of Yogacara Buddhism, introduces the doctrine of the "three turnings".
Buddhaguhya, wrote a commentary on the Mahavairocana Tantra; Mañjuśrīmitra (8th century), an important author on non-conceptual meditation which is a precursor to later Tibetan Dzogchen texts. He wrote The Transcendent State of Bodhicitta (Tibetan: Byang chub sems bsgom pa), considered a key work of early Dzogchen Semde literature.