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Buddhist Tantras are key texts in Vajrayana Buddhism, which is the dominant form of Buddhism in Tibet, Bhutan and Mongolia. They can be found in the Chinese canon, but even more so in the Tibetan Kangyur which contains translations of almost 500 tantras .
The earliest Buddhist texts were orally composed and transmitted in Middle Indo-Aryan dialects called Prakrits. [8] [9] [10] Various parallel passages in the Buddhist Vinayas state that when asked to put the sutras into chandasas the Buddha refused and instead said the teachings could be transmitted in sakāya niruttiyā (Skt. svakā niruktiḥ).
Early Buddhist texts ... The language of these texts is a form of Ancient Chinese termed ... text called The Application of Mindfulness of the Sacred ...
Ancient Buddhist Texts Retrieved 25 Nov 2008. Ānandajoti, Bhikkhu (2017). Dhammapada: Dhamma Verses, 2nd edition. Ancient Buddhist Texts Retrieved 1 May 2022. Brough, John (2001). The Gāndhārī Dharmapada. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited. Buswell, Robert E. (ed.) (2003). Encyclopedia of Buddhism. MacMillan Reference Books.
Nepalese Buddhist pūjā worshiping the Navagrantha (the nine most sacred texts in Newar Buddhism). Numerous Mahayana sutras teach the veneration and recitation of the sutras themselves as a religious icon and as an embodiment of the Dharma and the Buddha.
The Tibetan Buddhist canon is a collection of sacred texts recognized by various sects of Tibetan Buddhism. In addition to sutrayana texts, the Tibetan canon includes tantric texts. The Tibetan Canon underwent a final compilation in the 14th century by Buton Rinchen Drub .
Retrieved 25 Nov 2008 from "Ancient Buddhist Texts" J.K. Nariman (1923), Literary History of Sanskrit Buddhism , Bombay: Indian Book Depot; pp. 11–18 Tournier, Vincent (2012), "The Mahāvastu and the Vinayapiṭaka of the Mahāsāṃghika-Lokottaravādins" (PDF) , Annual Report of the International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology ...
In Buddhism, an āgama (आगम Sanskrit and Pāli, Tibetan ལུང་ (Wylie: lung) for "sacred work" [1] or "scripture" [2]) is a collection of early Buddhist texts.. The five āgama together comprise the Suttapiṭaka of the early Buddhist schools, which had different recensions of each āgama.