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Dhāraṇī sutras are Mahayana sutras that focus on specific dhāraṇīs (recitations, chants, incantations, spells), which are mostly in some form of Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit. Dhāraṇīs are understood as having various magical powers, including protection against evil, purification, promotion of good rebirth, generation of merit, and even ...
In the Kongō Range surrounding Osaka, Japan, the Katsuragi 28 Shuku is a series of sutra mounds corresponding to each of the twenty-eight chapters of the Lotus Sutra. According to legend, each chapter of the Lotus Sutra was buried in a separate location by En no Gyoja, the mythical 7th-century founder of Shugendō. [257] [258] [259] [260]
The sutra states that during the age of Dharma decline, the Mahayana sutras will be lost (including the Nirvana sutra itself), false teachings will spread, and monks will act unethically, owning servants, cattle and horses, and engaging in lay jobs like farming, smithing, painting, sculpture and divination (instead of focusing on the Dharma). [4]
A General Explanation: The Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra [30] Buddhist Text Translation Society 2002 ISBN 0881394300: Nan Huai-Chin: The Diamond Sutra Explained: Primodia Media 2004 ISBN 0-9716561-2-6: A.F. Price and Wong Mou-Lam Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui-neng: Shambhala Classics Translation of the Diamond Sūtra and Platform Sutra: 2005
'Large Perfection of Wisdom Sutra') is a group or family of Mahayana sutras of the Prajñāpāramitā (PP) genre. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Modern scholars consider these to be later expansions based on the earlier Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra , which is seen as a prototype of the Larger sutras.
In East Asian Mahayana, one of the most widely chanted texts is the Heart Sutra. Holy sites and temples: Indian Mahayana Buddhists often performed devotional practices in specific holy sites, which often included stupas, temples, shrines with Buddha statues and other shrines and Buddhist caves.
The Mahāyāna-sūtrālamkāra, written in verse, presents the Mahayana path from the Yogacara perspective. It comprises twenty-two chapters with a total of 800 verses and shows considerable similarity in arrangement and content to the Bodhisattvabhūmiśāstra , although the interesting first chapter proving the validity and authenticity of ...
Sutra (Sanskrit: सूत्र, romanized: sūtra, lit. 'string, thread') [1] in Indian literary traditions refers to an aphorism or a collection of aphorisms in the form of a manual or, more broadly, a condensed manual or text. Sutras are a genre of ancient and medieval Indian texts found in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. [1] [2]