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Votive Stela that includes scenes from the Vimalakirti Sutra and the Lotus Sutra. Northern Qi Dynasty (550–577). Found in Hebei, China. Displayed at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. According to Lopez, the Lotus "is clearly a work of high literary quality. Its authors are unknown, but they were likely ...
The Diamond Sutra (Sanskrit: Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra) is a Mahāyāna Buddhist sutra (a kind of holy scripture) from the genre of Prajñāpāramitā ('perfection of wisdom') sutras.
It has been influenced by sutras such as the Lankavatara Sutra, [2] [3] the Vimalakirti Sutra, [4] [5] [6] the Avatamsaka Sutra, [7] and the Lotus Sutra. Subsequently, the Zen tradition produced a rich corpus of written literature which has become a part of its practice and teaching, including the Platform Sutra , [ 3 ] [ 8 ] lineage charts ...
Some of the most influential Mahāyāna sūtras include the Lotus Sutra, the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras, the Avatamsaka Sutra, the Lankavatara Sutra, the Pure Land Sutras, and the Nirvana Sutra. Mahāyāna Buddhists typically consider several major Mahāyāna sūtras to have been taught by Shakyamuni Buddha , committed to memory and recited by ...
The Diamond Sutra with a Vietnamese Thiền commentary 1992 Red Pine: The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom; Text and Commentaries Translated from Sanskrit and Chinese ISBN 1-58243-256-2: Counterpoint The Diamond Sutra with Chán/Zen commentary 2001 Red Pine: The Heart Sutra: the Womb of Buddhas ISBN 978-1-59376-009-0: Counterpoint
In the 11th chapter of the Lotus Sutra, Prabhūtaratna is described as living in a land "tens of millions of billions of countless worlds to the east" called "Treasure Purity.". [1] Here he resides within a stupa translated variously as the "Precious Stupa," the "Treasure Tower," the "Jeweled Stupa," or the "Stupa of the Precious Seven ...
Before Nichiren's time, during a Lotus Sutra lecture series in Japan in 1110 C.E., a tale was told of an illiterate monk in Sui-dynasty China who was instructed to chant from dawn to night the daimoku mantra "Namu Ichijō Myōhō Renge Kyō" as a way to honor the Lotus Sutra as the One Vehicle teaching of the Buddha since he could not read the ...
Saddharmapundarīka-sūtra (Lotus Sutra) – One of the most influential texts in East Asian Buddhism. Mahāratnakūta Sūtra – Actually a collection of various sūtras. Suvarnaprabhasa Sutra (or Golden Light Sutra). Avataṃsaka Sūtra – A compilation of numerous texts, such as the Gaṇḍavyūha Sutra and the Daśabhūmika Sūtra.