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South Asian traditions Vedas Ancient sacred scriptures revealed in Sanskrit to Richi sages and on which Brahmanism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism were based - South Asian traditions Rigveda Most ancient Veda of the Hindus
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South Asian traditions Upanishads Ancient Sanskrit religious and philosophical texts of Hinduism - Tripitaka Buddhist scriptures
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South Asian traditions Atharvaveda One of four Vedas, ancient scriptures of Hinduism - Dhammapada Collection of sayings of the Buddha; one of the best known Buddhist scriptures
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South Asian traditions Yajurveda The Veda primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals -
Pāli Canon Buddhist scriptures preserved in the Pāli language by the Theravada tradition - Jātaka Collection of traditional narratives of the previous lives of Buddha before his last life as Gautama
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Heart Sutra Short Mahayana sutra, surviving in Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan, expounding the Two Truths doctrine that ultimately all phenomena are sunyata -
Lotus Sutra Mahayana sutra -
Bardo Thodol Nyingma terma text revealed by Karma Lingpa - Tradition Abhidhamma Piṭaka Pāli version of the advanced theology of Buddhism
- Majjhima Nikāya Buddhist scripture, a nikaya in the Sutta Pitaka of the Pali Tipitaka, consisting of 152 sutras of intermediate length
- Dīgha Nikāya Buddhist scripture
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Tripitaka Koreana Collection of wooden blocks imprinted with Korean Buddhist scriptures housed in a temple -
Avatamsaka Sutra Sutra of Mahāyāna Buddhism -
Vinaya Pitaka Primary religious text in Buddhism, first part of the Tripitaka - Pali Canon -
Milinda Pañha Pāli text, sometimes regarded as a part of Khuddaka Nikaya in the Pali Canon - Tibetan Buddhist canon Loosely defined list of sacred texts recognized by various schools of Tibetan Buddhism
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Lankavatara Sutra Sutra -
Vimalakirti Sutra Mahayana sutra describing a lay Buddhist meditator who has attained a very high degree of enlightenment - Buddhavaṁsa Hagiographical Buddhist text, the 14th chapter of the Khuddaka Nikāya in the Pāli canon; describes the life of Gautama Buddha and of the 24 buddhas preceding him
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Śūraṅgama Sūtra Mahayana Buddhist sutra, probably of non-Indic origin -
tengyur Tibetan collection of commentaries to the Buddhist teachings - kangyur Collection of sacred texts in Tibetan Buddhism
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Nīlakantha dhāranī Mahayana Buddhist dhāraṇī associated with the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara - Mettā Sutta Buddhist sutta found in the Suttanipāta (Sn 1.8) and Khuddakapāṭha (Khp 9) in the Pali Canon
- Sutta Nipāta Section of the Khuddaka Nikaya in the Pali Canon; regarded as one of the oldest parts of the Tipitaka
- Mūlamadhyamakakārikā Foundational text of the Madhyamaka school of Mahāyāna philosophy
- Brahmajāla Sutta 1st of 34 suttas in the Digha Nikaya; discusses the precepts Cula-sila, Majjhima-sila, and Maha-sila, and the 62 ditthi clung to by ascetics, comprising 18 about the past (pubbantanuditthino) and 44 about the future (aparantakappika)
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Infinite Life Sutra Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtra - Kathavatthu One of the seven books in the Theravada Abhidhamma Pitaka; contrasts the orthodox Theravada position on a range of issues to the heterodox views of various interlocutors
- Mahāparinibbāna Sutta One of 34 suttas in the Digha Nikaya; narrates the last few months of the Gautama Buddha's life, his death and funeral, and the distribution of his relics
- Therigatha A part of Khuddaka Nikaya in the Pali Canon
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Amitabha Sutra The shorter of the two Indian Mahayana sutras that describe Sukhāvatī, the pure land of Amitābha -
Golden Light Sutra Mahāyāna sutra - Mahāvastu Early Buddhist text
- Udāna Part of Khuddaka Nikaya in the Pali Canon, containing 80 utterances of the Buddha
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Amitayurdhyana Sutra Pure Land Mahayana sutra on meditations involving complex visualizations - Dhammasangani 1st part of Pāli Abhidhamma Pitak; begins with a matika (a list of classifications of dhammass); there are 22 3-fold classifications, followed by 100 2-fold ones according to the abhidhamma method and 42 according to the sutta method
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Guhyasamāja Tantra Tantric Buddhist scripture - Paṭṭhāna Part of the Pāli Abhidhamma Pitaka; a detailed examination of causal conditioning, the law of cause and effect, analyzing 24 types of conditional relations (paccaya) in relation to the classifications in the matika of the Dhammasangani
- The Gateless Gate 13th century Chinese collection of 48 koans
- Vibhanga Part of the Pāli Abhidhamma Pitaka; has 18 chapters/topics (khandha, āyatana, dhātu etc.), each analyzed in 3 ways: by sutta (quotations from suttas), abhidhamma (synonym lists, numerical classifications) and questions (using Dhammasangani’s matika)
- Yamaka Part of the Pāli Abhidhamma Pitaka; in 10 chapters, each dealing with a particular topic of Buddhist doctrine: roots, aggregates and so on; the treatment is by way of questions and answers: Is X Y? But is Y X? (hence the title “Pairs”)
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Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana Mahayana text, attributed to Aśvaghoṣa, but actually a Chinese composition; harmonizes Buddha-nature and Yogacara into a synthetic vision based on the One Mind in Two Aspects concept -
Brahmajala Sutra Mahayana text that introduces Vairocana and the ten Bodhisattva precepts, named after the jeweled net in Brahma's palace as metaphor for the Dharma Doors of the Buddhas - Dhatukatha Part of the Pāli Abhidamma Pitaka; combines ideas from the two preceding abhidhamma books, the Dhammasangani and Vibhanga, in the form of questions and answers, grouped into 14 chapters by form
- Ekottara Āgama Early Indian Buddhist text
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Mahāratnakūṭa Sūtra Collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtras - Memoirs of Eminent Monks Compilation of biographies of Buddhist monks by Huijiao in Sichuan circa 530, from the introduction of Buddhism to China up to the Liang Dynasty
- Puggalapannatti Part of the Pāli Abhidhamma Pitaka; deals with classifications of persons, which are arranged numerically, from 1-fold to 10-fold
- Sāmaññaphala Sutta 2nd of 34 suttas in the Digha Nikaya; tells the story of King Ajatasattu of Magadha, who asked “What is the benefit of a contemplative life?” to many sages; after many unsatisfactory answers, he accepts the Buddha's answer and becomes a lay Buddhist
- Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta 10th sutta in the Majjhima Nikaya
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Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra Buddhist treatise by Shantideva - Itivuttaka Buddhist scripture, part of Khuddaka Nikaya in the Pali Canon
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Ten Stages Sutra Mahāyāna Buddhist sutra about the 10 stages of a bodhisattva, Buddha-nature, and the awakening of the aspiration for Enlightenment -
Mahavairocana Tantra Vajrayana Buddhist text - Pratyutpanna Samādhi Sūtra Mahayana Buddhist scripture (1st c. BCE – 2nd c. CE)
- Sandhinirmocana Sutra Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtra of the Yogācāra school, containing explanations of key Yogācāra concepts such as the basal-consciousness (ālayavijñāna), the doctrine of appearance-only (vijñaptimātra) and the three own natures (trisvabhāva)
- Sigalovada Sutta 31st Sutta in the Digha Nikaya
- Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra Text associated with Mahayana Buddhism
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Madhyama Āgama Indian Buddhist text - Mahāprajñāpāramitāupadeśa Encyclopedic Mahayana Buddhist treatise and commentary on the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra
- Ratana Sutta Buddhist sutta found in the Pali Canon's Sutta Nipata (Sn 2.1) and Khuddakapatha (Khp 7)
- Śrīmālādevī Sūtra Mahayana sutra
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Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhist text dealing with deals with issues such as the meaning and origin of ignorance, sudden and gradual enlightenment, original Buddhahood, etc. - Theragatha Buddhist text, part of Khuddaka Nikaya in the Pali Canon
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Abhidharma-samuccaya Yogācāra Buddhist text - Anapanasati Sutta Sutta No. 118 in Majjhima Nikaya
- Apadāna Collection of Buddhist biographical stories in the Khuddaka Nikaya of the Pāli Canon
- Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtra (c.50 CE)
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Gandavyuha Sutra Mahayana sutra, the last part of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra anthology (the 34th chapter of the 60-fascicle Chinese Avataṃsaka Sūtra; the 39th chapter of the 80-fascicle Chinese Avataṃsaka Sūtra) -
Innumerable Meanings Sutra Mahāyāna Buddhist sutra associated with the Threefold Lotus Sutra -
Mahāyāna-samgraha Comprehensive work on the doctrines and practices of the Yogacara school; translated into Chinese by Paramartha; originally in Sanskrit, but survives only in Tibetan and Chinese - Shurangama Samadhi Sutra Early Mahayana sutra of Indian origin
- Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra Mahāyāna scripture on the existence of the Tathāgatagarbha within all sentient beings
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The Universal Gate of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva Mahayana sutra, the 25th chapter of the Lotus sutra - Vajraśekhara Sūtra Buddhist tantra
- Cariyapitaka A part of Khuddaka Nikaya in the Pali Canon; a short hagiographic work of 35 verse accounts of the Buddha's former lives when he as a bodhisattva exhibited perfections, which are prerequisites to buddhahood
- Cheng Weishi Lun Discourse on Yogacara by the early Tang dynasty monk Xuanzang; framed around Vasubandhu's work Triṃśikā-vijñaptimātratā
- Fire Sermon Part of the Pali Buddhist Canon (SN 35.28)
- Kevaḍḍha Sutta One of 34 suttas in the Digha Nikaya
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Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra Sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism - Mahayana-sutra-alamkara-karika Buddhist philosophical work attributed to Maitreya-nātha, written in verse, that presents the Mahayana path from the Yogacara perspective
- South Asian traditions Mandala 10 Tenth mandala of the Rigveda
- Ullambana Sutra Sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Aggañña Sutta 27th Sutta of the Digha Nikaya collection about the beginning of the Earth and the birth of social order (including castes)
- Dharmaskandha
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Humane King Sutra Mahayana sutra, probably composed in China, found in Taisho No. 245 and 246 - Kāraṇḍavyūhasūtra Sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Long Scroll of the Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices Chan Buddhist text
- Niddesa Part of the Khuddaka Nikaya of the Pali Canon; a commentary on parts of the Suttanipata; has 2 parts:Mahā-Niddesa (a commentary on Atthaka Vagga) and Cūḷa-Niddesa (commenting on the Parayana Vagga and Khaggavisana Sutta)
- Patisambhidamagga The 12th book of Khuddaka Nikaya in the Pali Canon; comprises 30 chapters on different topics, of which the first, on knowledge, makes up about a third of the book
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Samantabhadra Meditation Sutra Mahāyāna Buddhist sutra associated with the Threefold Lotus Sutra -
Sutra of Filial Piety Sutra, attributed to a translation by Kumārajīva but actually composed in China, that synthesizes Confucianism and Buddhist teachings and refutes the criticism that monasticism undermines filial piety -
Zhaocheng Jin Tripitaka An edition of Chinese Buddhist canon published in Jin dynasty, dicovered in Zhaocheng, Shanxi -
Angulimaliya Sutra Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtra belonging to the Tathāgatagarbha class - Āṭānāṭiya Sutta 32nd Sutta in the Digha Nikaya
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Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks Buddhist texts by Daoxuan - Kayagatasati Sutta The 119th sutta in the Majjhima Nikaya
- Mulapariyaya Sutta The first sutta in the Majjhima Nikaya; analyzes the thinking process of four types of people; shows how dukkha arises due to an intricate process starting with perception and why it can only be ended by insight into the true nature of reality
- Nettipakarana Pāli Buddhist text, sometimes included in the Khuddaka Nikaya in the Pali Canon, that systematizes Buddhist teachings; the text describes itself as being composed by Kaccana
- Petavatthu A part of Khuddaka Nikaya in the Pali Canon, dating to later than 300 BCE; consists of 51 verse narratives about how bad karma leads to rebirth in the realm of petas (ghosts) and how meritorious actions by the living can benefit such suffering souls
- Sammaditthi Sutta The 9th sutta in the Majjhima Nikaya
- Sanghata Sutra Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtra extant in Sanskrit, in two Chinese translations (T. 423, T. 424) and a Tibetan translation as well as Khotanese and Sogdian fragments
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Sarvāstivāda Vinaya Chinese translation of the Sarvāstivāda version of the Vinaya -
The Great Dharani Sutra Buddhist scripture - Threefold Lotus Sutra Compilation of 3 sutras: Innumerable Meanings Sutra (無量義經), Lotus Sutra (妙法蓮華經), Samantabhadra Meditation Sutra (普賢經)
- Treatise on the Sutra of Limitless Life Commentary by Vasubandhu on the Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra
- Vajrasamadhi-sutra Mahayana Buddhist text originating in Korea
- Vimanavatthu A part of Khuddaka Nikaya in the Pali Canon
- Basic Points Unifying the Theravāda and the Mahāyāna Buddhist ecumenical statement in 1967
- Eighty-eight Buddhas Great Repentance Text
- Hong Ming Ji Anthology of Buddhist apologetic texts edited by Sengyou in 518
- Introduction The 1st chapter of the Lotus Sutra
- Lohicca Sutta 12th sutta among the 34 suttas in the Digha Nikaya; a dialogue between Lohicca the brahmin and Gotama Buddha about the ethics of teaching and the role of a teacher
- Mahānidāna Sutta One of 34 suttas in the Digha Nikaya, dealing with dependent origination
- Primal Vow Pure Land Buddhist scripture passage and mythical event
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