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Liturgies for Opening and Closing Reading Group Sessions
1. Prajñāpāramitā, The Perfection of Wisdom
1. The practice of the knowledge of all modes
2. Śakra
3. Reverence for the receptacle of the perfections, which holds immeasurabl
4. The proclamation of qualities
5. The revolution of merit
6. Dedication and jubilation
7. Hell
8. Purity
9. Praise
10. Proclamation of the Qualities of Bearing in Mind
11. Māra's Deeds
12. Showing the World
13. Unthinkable
14. Similes
15. Gods
16. Suchness
17. Attributes, Tokens, and Signs of Irreversibility
18. Emptiness
19. The Goddess of the Ganges
20. Discussion of Skill in Means
21. Māra's Deeds
22. The Good Friends
23. Śakra
24. Conceit
25. Training
26. Like Illusion
27. The Core
28. Avakīrṇakusuma
29. Approaches
30. Sadāprarudita
31. Dharmodgata
32. Entrusting
2. Gaṇḍavyūha, The Array of Heroes
1. Introduction
2. First Appearance of Samantabhadra
3. First Mañjuśrī Section
4. Meghaśrī
5. Sāgaramegha
6. Supratiṣṭhita
7. Megha
8. Muktaka
9. Saradhvaja
10. Āśā
11. Bhīṣmottaranirghoṣa
12. Jayoṣmāyatana
13. Maitrāyaṇī
14. Sudarśana
15. Indriyeśvara
16. Prabhūtā
17. Vidvān
18. Ratnacūḍa
19. Samantanetra
20. Anala
21. Mahāprabha
22. Acalā
23.Sarvagāmin
24. Utpalabhūti
25. Vaira
26. Jayottama
27. Siṃhavijṛmbhita
28. Vasumitrā
29. Veṣṭhila
30. Avalokiteśvara
31. Ananyagāmin
32. Mahādeva
33. Sthāvarā
34. Vāsantī
35. Samantagambhīraśrīvimalaprabhā
36. Pramuditanayanajagadvirocanā
37. Samantasattvatrāṇojaḥśrī
38. Praśāntarutasāgaravatī
39. Sarvanagararakṣāsaṃbhavatejaḥśrī
40. Sarvavṛkṣapraphullanasukhasaṃvāsā
41. Sarvajagadrakṣāpraṇidhānavīryaprabhā
42. Sutejomaṇḍalaratiśrī
43. Gopā
44. Māyā
45. Surendrābhā
46–52. Viśvāmitra, Śilpābhijña, Bhadrottamā, Muktāsāra, Sucandra, Ajitasena
53. Śrīsaṃbhava and Śrīmati
54. Maitreya
55. Mañjuśrī
56. The Vow of Practice of Samantabhadra
3. Daśabhūmika, The Ten Stages
1. Introduction
2. First Stage: Extreme Joy
3. Second Stage: Purity
4. Third Stage: Refulgence
5. Fourth Stage: Blazing
6. Fifth Stage: Difficult to Conquer
7. Sixth Stage: Presence
8. Seventh Stage: Far-Going
9. Eighth Stage: Immovability
10. Ninth Stage: Good Mind
11. Tenth Stage: Cloud of Teachings
12. Bequest
4. Samādhirāja, The King of Samādhis
1. Introduction
2. Śalendrarāja
3. Praise of the Buddha's Qualities
4. Samādhi
5. Ghoṣadatta
6. Cultivating the Samādhi
7. The Attainment of Patience
8. Buddha Abhāvasamudgata
9. The Patience of the Profound Dharma
10. The Entry into the City
11. Becoming an Upholder of the Sūtra
12. The Training According to the Samādhi
13. The Teaching of the Samādhi
14. The Buddha's Smile
15. The Elucidation of the Buddha's Smile
16. The Past
17. The Entranceway to the Samādhi that is Taught by Many Buddhas
18. The Entrustment of the Samādhi
19. The Teaching of the Inconceivable Dharma of the Buddhas
20. Indraketudhvajarāja
21. The Past
22-23. The Teaching on the Body & the Tathāgata's Body
24. The Inapprehensible Tathāgata
25. Engaging in Discernment
26. Rejoicing
27. The Benefits of Generosity
28. The Teaching on Correct Conduct
29. Ten Benefits
30. Tejaguṇarāja
31. Benefits
32. The Teaching on the Nature of all Phenomena
33. The Benefits of Possessing the Sūtra
34. Kṣemadatta
35. Jñānāvatī
36. Supuṣpacandra
37. Teaching the Aggregate of Morality
38. Yaśaḥprabha
39. Restraint of the Body, Speech, and Mind
40. Conclusion
5. Laṅkāvatāra, The Descent into Laṅkā
1. King Rāvaṇa's Request
2.1. Mahāmati's Questions
2.2. Mahāmati’s Questions
2.3. Mahāmati’s Questions
3. More Questions
4. Final Questions
6. Saddharmapuṇḍarīkā, The White Lotus of the True Dharma
1. Introduction
2. Skilful Means
3. A Parable
4. Willing Acceptance
5. Herbs
6. Prediction
7. The Apparitional City
8. The Five Hundred Disciples Receive their Predictions
9. The Predictions for Those Who Still Have More to Learn and for Those Who
10. The Expounder of the Dharma
11. The Appearance of a Jewelled Stupa
12. Devadatta
13. Perseverance
14. Ease in Practice
15. Bodhisattvas Emerging from the Earth
16. The Lifespan of the Tathāgata
17. Description of Merits
18. The Merits of Joyful Acceptance
19. The Benefits Obtained by an Expounder of the Dharma
20. Bodhisattva Sadāparibhūta
21. Transcendent Powers of the Tathāgata
22. Entrustment
23. Ancient Accounts of Bodhisattva Bhaiṣajyarāja
24. Bodhisattva Gadgadasvara
25. The Gateway to Every Direction [Manifested by Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvar
26. Dhāraṇī
27. Ancient Accounts of King Śubhavyūha
28. Encouragement of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra
7. Lalitavistara, The Play in Full
1. The Setting
2. The Inspiration
3. The Purity of the Family
4. The Gateways to the Light of the Dharma
5. Setting Out
6. Entering the Womb
7. The Birth
8. Going to the Temple
9. The Ornaments
10. The Demonstration at the Writing School
11. The Farming Village
12. Demonstrating Skill in the Arts
13. Encouragement
14. Dreams
15. Leaving Home
16. The Visit of King Bimbisāra
17. Practicing Austerities
18. The Nairañjanā River
19. Approaching the Seat of Awakening
20. The Displays at the Seat of Awakening
21. Conquering Māra
22. Perfect and Complete Awakening
23. Exaltation
24. Trapuṣa and Bhallika
25. Exhortation
26. Turning the Wheel of Dharma
27. Epilogue
8. Suvarṇaprabhāsa, The Sūtra of Golden Light
1. Introduction
2. The Measure of Life of the Tathāgata
3. Confession
4. Abundance of Lotuses
5. Emptiness
6. The Four Great Kings
7. Sarasvatī
8. Śrī
9. The Maintenance of the Names of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
10. Dṛḍhā
11. Saṃjñāya
12. Instruction Concerning Divine Kings
13. Susaṃbhava
14. The Refuge of the Yakṣas
15. The Prophecy Concerning the Ten Thousand Divine Sons
16. Healing Illness
17. Jalavāhana
18. The Tigress
19. The Praise of all the Tathāgatas
9. Tathāgataguhya, The Secrets of the Tathāgata
1. The Secret of the Bodhisattva's Body
2. The Secret of the Bodhisattva's Speech
3. The Secret of the Bodhisattva's Mind
4. Nādasvara Bodhisattva Comes to the Assembly
5. The Prior Deeds of the Cakravartin Dhṛtarāṣṭra
6. The Path to Awakening
7. The Inconceivable Secret of the Tathāgata's Body
8. The Inconceivable Secret of the Tathāgata's Speech
9. The Inconceivable Secret of the Tathāgata's Mind
10. The Praise of the Merits of Vajrapāṇi Bodhisattva, the Great Lord of
11. The Bodhisattva’s Practice & Acceptance of Food
12. The Bodhisattva's Reaching the Bodhimaṇḍa
13. The Defeat of Māra
14. Turning the Wheel of Dharma
15. Sense Objects
16. The Prediction of the Awakening of Vajrapāṇi Bodhisattva
17. Nonduality and Ineffability
18. Entry into the Great City in the Wilderness for Alms
19. The World Protectors
20. Departure
21. The Past Deeds of Śūrabala Bodhisattva
22. The Questions of King Ajātaśatru
23. Devaputra Bhadrarāja
24. Inexhaustible Similes Extoling the Merits of the Dhāraṇī
25. The Entrustment of the True Dharma
Sūtra Translations
T1 The Longer Āgama Sūtras
9. The Great Means of Conditions Sūtra (13)
10. Śakra’s Questions Sūtra (14)
T26 The Middle Āgama Sūtras
117. The Soft and Delicate Sūtra
T96 The Sūtra on the Control of the Mind
T99 The Connected Āgama Sūtras
1. The Connected Discourses on the Aggregates
6. The Connected Discourses on Feelings
15. The Connected Discourses on Training
20. The Connected Discourses on Kṣatriyas
31. The Connected Discourses on Mahākātyāyana
T115 The Sūtra on the Eight States of a Horse as a Parable for People
T125 The Increasing-by-One Āgama Sūtras
22. Three Offerings
24. High Banner
32. The Accumulation of Good
37. Lists of Sixes
T149 The Sūtra of Ānanda’s Fellow Student
T195 The Sūtra of the Life of the Buddha up to the Twelfth Year of his Care
T220 The Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra
Fourth Assembly: The Aṣṭasāhasrikā
Preface to Assembly IV
538-9. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 1: Practice of the Sublime)
539. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 2: Śakra)
539-41. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 3: Offerings to the Stūpa)
541. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 4: Praise of Merits)
541-2. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 5: The Gate of Merit)
543-4. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 6: Rejoicing and Dedication)
544. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 7: Hell)
545. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 8: Purity)
545. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 9: Praise)
545-6. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 10: Bearing)
Seventh Assembly: The Mañjuśrī Section
Preface to Assembly VII
574. The Mañjuśrī Section (Part 1)
575. The Mañjuśrī Section (Part 2)
Eighth Assembly: The Nāgaśrī-paripṛcchā
Preface to Assembly VIII
576. The Nāgaśrī-paripṛcchā
Ninth Assembly: The Vajracchedikā
Preface to Assembly IX
577. The Vajracchedikā
Tenth Assembly: The Prajñā-naya
Preface to Assembly X
578. The Prajñā-naya
T259 The Sūtra the Visualisation of the Mother of Buddhas
T306 The Section on the Cultivation of Kindness
T312 The Secrets of the Tathāgata Sūtra
T360 The Sūtra of Immeasurable Life
T362 The Great Amida Sūtra
T365 The Sūtra on the Contemplation of the Buddha of Infinite Life
T365a Unannotated Text
T365b with Shandao's Divisions
T366 The Amida Sūtra Spoken by the Buddha
T367 The Sūtra on the Praise of the Pure Land and the Embrace of the Buddha
T370 The Sūtra of the Dhāraṇī of the King of the Sound of Amitābha's Drum
T452 The Sūtra on the Contemplation of Maitreya Bodhisattva's Rebirth
T494 Ānanda's Seven Dreams Sūtra
T508; 509; 510; 626 King Ajātaśatru Sūtras
T639; 640; 641; 169 Candrapradīpa Samādhi Sūtra (Samādhirāja Sūtra)
T709/710 The Sūtra on the Rice Seedling
T784 The Sūtra in Forty-Two Sections
T792 Sūtra on the Reception of Defilement of Dharmas
T807 Sūtra of the Hundred Jewels of the Inner Treasury (Lokānuvartanasūtra)
T930 The Method of Contemplating and Making Offerings to Amitāyus Tathāgata
T933 The Nine Grades of Rebirth Amita Samādhi Dhāraṇī Sūtra
T937 The Mahāyāna Sūtra on the Dhāraṇī of the Noble Aparimitāyurjñāna
T1019 The Gate of Visualisation of the Forty-Two Letters
T1049 The Noble Six-Syllable Life-Prolonging Mahāvidyā Dhāraṇī Sūtra
T1071 The Sūtra of the Heart Vidyā Mantra of the Eleven-Faced One
T1080-3 The Avalokiteśvara Cintāmaṇicakra Dhāraṇī Sūtra
T1150 The Dharma Rite of Dharmacakrapravartin Mārapramardana Bodhisattva
T1180 The Six Syllable Vidyā Mantra Sūtra
T1181-2 The One-Syllable Mantra of Mañjuśrī (Two Translations)
T1183 Ritual Manual for the Recitation of the Dhāraṇī of the Youth Mañjuśrī
T1187 The Chapter on the Samādhi of the Meaning of All Names (Nāmasaṅgīti)
T1425 The Mahāsaṅghika Vinaya
4. The Precept on Lying
T1465 The Questions of Śāriputra Sūtra
T1753. Commentary on the Sutra on Contemplation of Amitāyus
1. The Profound Meaning Section (fascicle 1)
2. The Section on the Sūtra's Introduction (fascicle 2)
3. The Section on the Main Teaching: Meditative Good (fascicle 3)
4. The Section on the Main Teaching: Distracted Good (fascicle 4)
T2432 The Oral Transmission of Meditation on the Syllable A
T2679 The Essence of the Determination of the Settled Mind
The Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra
The Heart Dhāraṇī of Gaṇapati
ZW10 The Most Sublime Excellent Meditation Sūtra
Lamp of Initial Practices (Ādikarmapradīpa)
Pure Land Text Translations
Pure Land Glossary
From Śākyamuni Tathāgata to Shinran Shōnin
Jōdo Shinshū English Seiten
2.22. Notes on the Tale of the Afterlife
4.12. The Original Intent in Coming Into the World
In Praise of Infinite Life: Verses Inspired by the Jōdo Shinshū Liturgy
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Liturgies for Opening and Closing Reading Group Sessions
1. Prajñāpāramitā, The Perfection of Wisdom
1. The practice of the knowledge of all modes
2. Śakra
3. Reverence for the receptacle of the perfections, which holds immeasurabl
4. The proclamation of qualities
5. The revolution of merit
6. Dedication and jubilation
7. Hell
8. Purity
9. Praise
10. Proclamation of the Qualities of Bearing in Mind
11. Māra's Deeds
12. Showing the World
13. Unthinkable
14. Similes
15. Gods
16. Suchness
17. Attributes, Tokens, and Signs of Irreversibility
18. Emptiness
19. The Goddess of the Ganges
20. Discussion of Skill in Means
21. Māra's Deeds
22. The Good Friends
23. Śakra
24. Conceit
25. Training
26. Like Illusion
27. The Core
28. Avakīrṇakusuma
29. Approaches
30. Sadāprarudita
31. Dharmodgata
32. Entrusting
2. Gaṇḍavyūha, The Array of Heroes
1. Introduction
2. First Appearance of Samantabhadra
3. First Mañjuśrī Section
4. Meghaśrī
5. Sāgaramegha
6. Supratiṣṭhita
7. Megha
8. Muktaka
9. Saradhvaja
10. Āśā
11. Bhīṣmottaranirghoṣa
12. Jayoṣmāyatana
13. Maitrāyaṇī
14. Sudarśana
15. Indriyeśvara
16. Prabhūtā
17. Vidvān
18. Ratnacūḍa
19. Samantanetra
20. Anala
21. Mahāprabha
22. Acalā
23.Sarvagāmin
24. Utpalabhūti
25. Vaira
26. Jayottama
27. Siṃhavijṛmbhita
28. Vasumitrā
29. Veṣṭhila
30. Avalokiteśvara
31. Ananyagāmin
32. Mahādeva
33. Sthāvarā
34. Vāsantī
35. Samantagambhīraśrīvimalaprabhā
36. Pramuditanayanajagadvirocanā
37. Samantasattvatrāṇojaḥśrī
38. Praśāntarutasāgaravatī
39. Sarvanagararakṣāsaṃbhavatejaḥśrī
40. Sarvavṛkṣapraphullanasukhasaṃvāsā
41. Sarvajagadrakṣāpraṇidhānavīryaprabhā
42. Sutejomaṇḍalaratiśrī
43. Gopā
44. Māyā
45. Surendrābhā
46–52. Viśvāmitra, Śilpābhijña, Bhadrottamā, Muktāsāra, Sucandra, Ajitasena
53. Śrīsaṃbhava and Śrīmati
54. Maitreya
55. Mañjuśrī
56. The Vow of Practice of Samantabhadra
3. Daśabhūmika, The Ten Stages
1. Introduction
2. First Stage: Extreme Joy
3. Second Stage: Purity
4. Third Stage: Refulgence
5. Fourth Stage: Blazing
6. Fifth Stage: Difficult to Conquer
7. Sixth Stage: Presence
8. Seventh Stage: Far-Going
9. Eighth Stage: Immovability
10. Ninth Stage: Good Mind
11. Tenth Stage: Cloud of Teachings
12. Bequest
4. Samādhirāja, The King of Samādhis
1. Introduction
2. Śalendrarāja
3. Praise of the Buddha's Qualities
4. Samādhi
5. Ghoṣadatta
6. Cultivating the Samādhi
7. The Attainment of Patience
8. Buddha Abhāvasamudgata
9. The Patience of the Profound Dharma
10. The Entry into the City
11. Becoming an Upholder of the Sūtra
12. The Training According to the Samādhi
13. The Teaching of the Samādhi
14. The Buddha's Smile
15. The Elucidation of the Buddha's Smile
16. The Past
17. The Entranceway to the Samādhi that is Taught by Many Buddhas
18. The Entrustment of the Samādhi
19. The Teaching of the Inconceivable Dharma of the Buddhas
20. Indraketudhvajarāja
21. The Past
22-23. The Teaching on the Body & the Tathāgata's Body
24. The Inapprehensible Tathāgata
25. Engaging in Discernment
26. Rejoicing
27. The Benefits of Generosity
28. The Teaching on Correct Conduct
29. Ten Benefits
30. Tejaguṇarāja
31. Benefits
32. The Teaching on the Nature of all Phenomena
33. The Benefits of Possessing the Sūtra
34. Kṣemadatta
35. Jñānāvatī
36. Supuṣpacandra
37. Teaching the Aggregate of Morality
38. Yaśaḥprabha
39. Restraint of the Body, Speech, and Mind
40. Conclusion
5. Laṅkāvatāra, The Descent into Laṅkā
1. King Rāvaṇa's Request
2.1. Mahāmati's Questions
2.2. Mahāmati’s Questions
2.3. Mahāmati’s Questions
3. More Questions
4. Final Questions
6. Saddharmapuṇḍarīkā, The White Lotus of the True Dharma
1. Introduction
2. Skilful Means
3. A Parable
4. Willing Acceptance
5. Herbs
6. Prediction
7. The Apparitional City
8. The Five Hundred Disciples Receive their Predictions
9. The Predictions for Those Who Still Have More to Learn and for Those Who
10. The Expounder of the Dharma
11. The Appearance of a Jewelled Stupa
12. Devadatta
13. Perseverance
14. Ease in Practice
15. Bodhisattvas Emerging from the Earth
16. The Lifespan of the Tathāgata
17. Description of Merits
18. The Merits of Joyful Acceptance
19. The Benefits Obtained by an Expounder of the Dharma
20. Bodhisattva Sadāparibhūta
21. Transcendent Powers of the Tathāgata
22. Entrustment
23. Ancient Accounts of Bodhisattva Bhaiṣajyarāja
24. Bodhisattva Gadgadasvara
25. The Gateway to Every Direction [Manifested by Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvar
26. Dhāraṇī
27. Ancient Accounts of King Śubhavyūha
28. Encouragement of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra
7. Lalitavistara, The Play in Full
1. The Setting
2. The Inspiration
3. The Purity of the Family
4. The Gateways to the Light of the Dharma
5. Setting Out
6. Entering the Womb
7. The Birth
8. Going to the Temple
9. The Ornaments
10. The Demonstration at the Writing School
11. The Farming Village
12. Demonstrating Skill in the Arts
13. Encouragement
14. Dreams
15. Leaving Home
16. The Visit of King Bimbisāra
17. Practicing Austerities
18. The Nairañjanā River
19. Approaching the Seat of Awakening
20. The Displays at the Seat of Awakening
21. Conquering Māra
22. Perfect and Complete Awakening
23. Exaltation
24. Trapuṣa and Bhallika
25. Exhortation
26. Turning the Wheel of Dharma
27. Epilogue
8. Suvarṇaprabhāsa, The Sūtra of Golden Light
1. Introduction
2. The Measure of Life of the Tathāgata
3. Confession
4. Abundance of Lotuses
5. Emptiness
6. The Four Great Kings
7. Sarasvatī
8. Śrī
9. The Maintenance of the Names of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
10. Dṛḍhā
11. Saṃjñāya
12. Instruction Concerning Divine Kings
13. Susaṃbhava
14. The Refuge of the Yakṣas
15. The Prophecy Concerning the Ten Thousand Divine Sons
16. Healing Illness
17. Jalavāhana
18. The Tigress
19. The Praise of all the Tathāgatas
9. Tathāgataguhya, The Secrets of the Tathāgata
1. The Secret of the Bodhisattva's Body
2. The Secret of the Bodhisattva's Speech
3. The Secret of the Bodhisattva's Mind
4. Nādasvara Bodhisattva Comes to the Assembly
5. The Prior Deeds of the Cakravartin Dhṛtarāṣṭra
6. The Path to Awakening
7. The Inconceivable Secret of the Tathāgata's Body
8. The Inconceivable Secret of the Tathāgata's Speech
9. The Inconceivable Secret of the Tathāgata's Mind
10. The Praise of the Merits of Vajrapāṇi Bodhisattva, the Great Lord of
11. The Bodhisattva’s Practice & Acceptance of Food
12. The Bodhisattva's Reaching the Bodhimaṇḍa
13. The Defeat of Māra
14. Turning the Wheel of Dharma
15. Sense Objects
16. The Prediction of the Awakening of Vajrapāṇi Bodhisattva
17. Nonduality and Ineffability
18. Entry into the Great City in the Wilderness for Alms
19. The World Protectors
20. Departure
21. The Past Deeds of Śūrabala Bodhisattva
22. The Questions of King Ajātaśatru
23. Devaputra Bhadrarāja
24. Inexhaustible Similes Extoling the Merits of the Dhāraṇī
25. The Entrustment of the True Dharma
Sūtra Translations
T1 The Longer Āgama Sūtras
9. The Great Means of Conditions Sūtra (13)
10. Śakra’s Questions Sūtra (14)
T26 The Middle Āgama Sūtras
117. The Soft and Delicate Sūtra
T96 The Sūtra on the Control of the Mind
T99 The Connected Āgama Sūtras
1. The Connected Discourses on the Aggregates
6. The Connected Discourses on Feelings
15. The Connected Discourses on Training
20. The Connected Discourses on Kṣatriyas
31. The Connected Discourses on Mahākātyāyana
T115 The Sūtra on the Eight States of a Horse as a Parable for People
T125 The Increasing-by-One Āgama Sūtras
22. Three Offerings
24. High Banner
32. The Accumulation of Good
37. Lists of Sixes
T149 The Sūtra of Ānanda’s Fellow Student
T195 The Sūtra of the Life of the Buddha up to the Twelfth Year of his Care
T220 The Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra
Fourth Assembly: The Aṣṭasāhasrikā
Preface to Assembly IV
538-9. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 1: Practice of the Sublime)
539. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 2: Śakra)
539-41. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 3: Offerings to the Stūpa)
541. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 4: Praise of Merits)
541-2. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 5: The Gate of Merit)
543-4. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 6: Rejoicing and Dedication)
544. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 7: Hell)
545. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 8: Purity)
545. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 9: Praise)
545-6. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 10: Bearing)
Seventh Assembly: The Mañjuśrī Section
Preface to Assembly VII
574. The Mañjuśrī Section (Part 1)
575. The Mañjuśrī Section (Part 2)
Eighth Assembly: The Nāgaśrī-paripṛcchā
Preface to Assembly VIII
576. The Nāgaśrī-paripṛcchā
Ninth Assembly: The Vajracchedikā
Preface to Assembly IX
577. The Vajracchedikā
Tenth Assembly: The Prajñā-naya
Preface to Assembly X
578. The Prajñā-naya
T259 The Sūtra the Visualisation of the Mother of Buddhas
T306 The Section on the Cultivation of Kindness
T312 The Secrets of the Tathāgata Sūtra
T360 The Sūtra of Immeasurable Life
T362 The Great Amida Sūtra
T365 The Sūtra on the Contemplation of the Buddha of Infinite Life
T365a Unannotated Text
T365b with Shandao's Divisions
T366 The Amida Sūtra Spoken by the Buddha
T367 The Sūtra on the Praise of the Pure Land and the Embrace of the Buddha
T370 The Sūtra of the Dhāraṇī of the King of the Sound of Amitābha's Drum
T452 The Sūtra on the Contemplation of Maitreya Bodhisattva's Rebirth
T494 Ānanda's Seven Dreams Sūtra
T508; 509; 510; 626 King Ajātaśatru Sūtras
T639; 640; 641; 169 Candrapradīpa Samādhi Sūtra (Samādhirāja Sūtra)
T709/710 The Sūtra on the Rice Seedling
T784 The Sūtra in Forty-Two Sections
T792 Sūtra on the Reception of Defilement of Dharmas
T807 Sūtra of the Hundred Jewels of the Inner Treasury (Lokānuvartanasūtra)
T930 The Method of Contemplating and Making Offerings to Amitāyus Tathāgata
T933 The Nine Grades of Rebirth Amita Samādhi Dhāraṇī Sūtra
T937 The Mahāyāna Sūtra on the Dhāraṇī of the Noble Aparimitāyurjñāna
T1019 The Gate of Visualisation of the Forty-Two Letters
T1049 The Noble Six-Syllable Life-Prolonging Mahāvidyā Dhāraṇī Sūtra
T1071 The Sūtra of the Heart Vidyā Mantra of the Eleven-Faced One
T1080-3 The Avalokiteśvara Cintāmaṇicakra Dhāraṇī Sūtra
T1150 The Dharma Rite of Dharmacakrapravartin Mārapramardana Bodhisattva
T1180 The Six Syllable Vidyā Mantra Sūtra
T1181-2 The One-Syllable Mantra of Mañjuśrī (Two Translations)
T1183 Ritual Manual for the Recitation of the Dhāraṇī of the Youth Mañjuśrī
T1187 The Chapter on the Samādhi of the Meaning of All Names (Nāmasaṅgīti)
T1425 The Mahāsaṅghika Vinaya
4. The Precept on Lying
T1465 The Questions of Śāriputra Sūtra
T1753. Commentary on the Sutra on Contemplation of Amitāyus
1. The Profound Meaning Section (fascicle 1)
2. The Section on the Sūtra's Introduction (fascicle 2)
3. The Section on the Main Teaching: Meditative Good (fascicle 3)
4. The Section on the Main Teaching: Distracted Good (fascicle 4)
T2432 The Oral Transmission of Meditation on the Syllable A
T2679 The Essence of the Determination of the Settled Mind
The Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra
The Heart Dhāraṇī of Gaṇapati
ZW10 The Most Sublime Excellent Meditation Sūtra
Lamp of Initial Practices (Ādikarmapradīpa)
Pure Land Text Translations
Pure Land Glossary
From Śākyamuni Tathāgata to Shinran Shōnin
Jōdo Shinshū English Seiten
2.22. Notes on the Tale of the Afterlife
4.12. The Original Intent in Coming Into the World
In Praise of Infinite Life: Verses Inspired by the Jōdo Shinshū Liturgy
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1. Prajñāpāramitā, The Perfection of Wisdom
1. The practice of the knowledge of all modes
2. Śakra
3. Reverence for the receptacle of the perfections, which holds immeasurabl
4. The proclamation of qualities
5. The revolution of merit
6. Dedication and jubilation
7. Hell
8. Purity
9. Praise
10. Proclamation of the Qualities of Bearing in Mind
11. Māra's Deeds
12. Showing the World
13. Unthinkable
14. Similes
15. Gods
16. Suchness
17. Attributes, Tokens, and Signs of Irreversibility
18. Emptiness
19. The Goddess of the Ganges
20. Discussion of Skill in Means
21. Māra's Deeds
22. The Good Friends
23. Śakra
24. Conceit
25. Training
26. Like Illusion
27. The Core
28. Avakīrṇakusuma
29. Approaches
30. Sadāprarudita
31. Dharmodgata
32. Entrusting
2. Gaṇḍavyūha, The Array of Heroes
1. Introduction
2. First Appearance of Samantabhadra
3. First Mañjuśrī Section
4. Meghaśrī
5. Sāgaramegha
6. Supratiṣṭhita
7. Megha
8. Muktaka
9. Saradhvaja
10. Āśā
11. Bhīṣmottaranirghoṣa
12. Jayoṣmāyatana
13. Maitrāyaṇī
14. Sudarśana
15. Indriyeśvara
16. Prabhūtā
17. Vidvān
18. Ratnacūḍa
19. Samantanetra
20. Anala
21. Mahāprabha
22. Acalā
23.Sarvagāmin
24. Utpalabhūti
25. Vaira
26. Jayottama
27. Siṃhavijṛmbhita
28. Vasumitrā
29. Veṣṭhila
30. Avalokiteśvara
31. Ananyagāmin
32. Mahādeva
33. Sthāvarā
34. Vāsantī
35. Samantagambhīraśrīvimalaprabhā
36. Pramuditanayanajagadvirocanā
37. Samantasattvatrāṇojaḥśrī
38. Praśāntarutasāgaravatī
39. Sarvanagararakṣāsaṃbhavatejaḥśrī
40. Sarvavṛkṣapraphullanasukhasaṃvāsā
41. Sarvajagadrakṣāpraṇidhānavīryaprabhā
42. Sutejomaṇḍalaratiśrī
43. Gopā
44. Māyā
45. Surendrābhā
46–52. Viśvāmitra, Śilpābhijña, Bhadrottamā, Muktāsāra, Sucandra, Ajitasena
53. Śrīsaṃbhava and Śrīmati
54. Maitreya
55. Mañjuśrī
56. The Vow of Practice of Samantabhadra
3. Daśabhūmika, The Ten Stages
1. Introduction
2. First Stage: Extreme Joy
3. Second Stage: Purity
4. Third Stage: Refulgence
5. Fourth Stage: Blazing
6. Fifth Stage: Difficult to Conquer
7. Sixth Stage: Presence
8. Seventh Stage: Far-Going
9. Eighth Stage: Immovability
10. Ninth Stage: Good Mind
11. Tenth Stage: Cloud of Teachings
12. Bequest
4. Samādhirāja, The King of Samādhis
1. Introduction
2. Śalendrarāja
3. Praise of the Buddha's Qualities
4. Samādhi
5. Ghoṣadatta
6. Cultivating the Samādhi
7. The Attainment of Patience
8. Buddha Abhāvasamudgata
9. The Patience of the Profound Dharma
10. The Entry into the City
11. Becoming an Upholder of the Sūtra
12. The Training According to the Samādhi
13. The Teaching of the Samādhi
14. The Buddha's Smile
15. The Elucidation of the Buddha's Smile
16. The Past
17. The Entranceway to the Samādhi that is Taught by Many Buddhas
18. The Entrustment of the Samādhi
19. The Teaching of the Inconceivable Dharma of the Buddhas
20. Indraketudhvajarāja
21. The Past
22-23. The Teaching on the Body & the Tathāgata's Body
24. The Inapprehensible Tathāgata
25. Engaging in Discernment
26. Rejoicing
27. The Benefits of Generosity
28. The Teaching on Correct Conduct
29. Ten Benefits
30. Tejaguṇarāja
31. Benefits
32. The Teaching on the Nature of all Phenomena
33. The Benefits of Possessing the Sūtra
34. Kṣemadatta
35. Jñānāvatī
36. Supuṣpacandra
37. Teaching the Aggregate of Morality
38. Yaśaḥprabha
39. Restraint of the Body, Speech, and Mind
40. Conclusion
5. Laṅkāvatāra, The Descent into Laṅkā
1. King Rāvaṇa's Request
2.1. Mahāmati's Questions
2.2. Mahāmati’s Questions
2.3. Mahāmati’s Questions
3. More Questions
4. Final Questions
6. Saddharmapuṇḍarīkā, The White Lotus of the True Dharma
1. Introduction
2. Skilful Means
3. A Parable
4. Willing Acceptance
5. Herbs
6. Prediction
7. The Apparitional City
8. The Five Hundred Disciples Receive their Predictions
9. The Predictions for Those Who Still Have More to Learn and for Those Who
10. The Expounder of the Dharma
11. The Appearance of a Jewelled Stupa
12. Devadatta
13. Perseverance
14. Ease in Practice
15. Bodhisattvas Emerging from the Earth
16. The Lifespan of the Tathāgata
17. Description of Merits
18. The Merits of Joyful Acceptance
19. The Benefits Obtained by an Expounder of the Dharma
20. Bodhisattva Sadāparibhūta
21. Transcendent Powers of the Tathāgata
22. Entrustment
23. Ancient Accounts of Bodhisattva Bhaiṣajyarāja
24. Bodhisattva Gadgadasvara
25. The Gateway to Every Direction [Manifested by Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvar
26. Dhāraṇī
27. Ancient Accounts of King Śubhavyūha
28. Encouragement of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra
7. Lalitavistara, The Play in Full
1. The Setting
2. The Inspiration
3. The Purity of the Family
4. The Gateways to the Light of the Dharma
5. Setting Out
6. Entering the Womb
7. The Birth
8. Going to the Temple
9. The Ornaments
10. The Demonstration at the Writing School
11. The Farming Village
12. Demonstrating Skill in the Arts
13. Encouragement
14. Dreams
15. Leaving Home
16. The Visit of King Bimbisāra
17. Practicing Austerities
18. The Nairañjanā River
19. Approaching the Seat of Awakening
20. The Displays at the Seat of Awakening
21. Conquering Māra
22. Perfect and Complete Awakening
23. Exaltation
24. Trapuṣa and Bhallika
25. Exhortation
26. Turning the Wheel of Dharma
27. Epilogue
8. Suvarṇaprabhāsa, The Sūtra of Golden Light
1. Introduction
2. The Measure of Life of the Tathāgata
3. Confession
4. Abundance of Lotuses
5. Emptiness
6. The Four Great Kings
7. Sarasvatī
8. Śrī
9. The Maintenance of the Names of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
10. Dṛḍhā
11. Saṃjñāya
12. Instruction Concerning Divine Kings
13. Susaṃbhava
14. The Refuge of the Yakṣas
15. The Prophecy Concerning the Ten Thousand Divine Sons
16. Healing Illness
17. Jalavāhana
18. The Tigress
19. The Praise of all the Tathāgatas
9. Tathāgataguhya, The Secrets of the Tathāgata
1. The Secret of the Bodhisattva's Body
2. The Secret of the Bodhisattva's Speech
3. The Secret of the Bodhisattva's Mind
4. Nādasvara Bodhisattva Comes to the Assembly
5. The Prior Deeds of the Cakravartin Dhṛtarāṣṭra
6. The Path to Awakening
7. The Inconceivable Secret of the Tathāgata's Body
8. The Inconceivable Secret of the Tathāgata's Speech
9. The Inconceivable Secret of the Tathāgata's Mind
10. The Praise of the Merits of Vajrapāṇi Bodhisattva, the Great Lord of
11. The Bodhisattva’s Practice & Acceptance of Food
12. The Bodhisattva's Reaching the Bodhimaṇḍa
13. The Defeat of Māra
14. Turning the Wheel of Dharma
15. Sense Objects
16. The Prediction of the Awakening of Vajrapāṇi Bodhisattva
17. Nonduality and Ineffability
18. Entry into the Great City in the Wilderness for Alms
19. The World Protectors
20. Departure
21. The Past Deeds of Śūrabala Bodhisattva
22. The Questions of King Ajātaśatru
23. Devaputra Bhadrarāja
24. Inexhaustible Similes Extoling the Merits of the Dhāraṇī
25. The Entrustment of the True Dharma
Sūtra Translations
T1 The Longer Āgama Sūtras
9. The Great Means of Conditions Sūtra (13)
10. Śakra’s Questions Sūtra (14)
T26 The Middle Āgama Sūtras
117. The Soft and Delicate Sūtra
T96 The Sūtra on the Control of the Mind
T99 The Connected Āgama Sūtras
1. The Connected Discourses on the Aggregates
6. The Connected Discourses on Feelings
15. The Connected Discourses on Training
20. The Connected Discourses on Kṣatriyas
31. The Connected Discourses on Mahākātyāyana
T115 The Sūtra on the Eight States of a Horse as a Parable for People
T125 The Increasing-by-One Āgama Sūtras
22. Three Offerings
24. High Banner
32. The Accumulation of Good
37. Lists of Sixes
T149 The Sūtra of Ānanda’s Fellow Student
T195 The Sūtra of the Life of the Buddha up to the Twelfth Year of his Care
T220 The Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra
Fourth Assembly: The Aṣṭasāhasrikā
Preface to Assembly IV
538-9. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 1: Practice of the Sublime)
539. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 2: Śakra)
539-41. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 3: Offerings to the Stūpa)
541. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 4: Praise of Merits)
541-2. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 5: The Gate of Merit)
543-4. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 6: Rejoicing and Dedication)
544. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 7: Hell)
545. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 8: Purity)
545. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 9: Praise)
545-6. The Aṣṭa (Ch. 10: Bearing)
Seventh Assembly: The Mañjuśrī Section
Preface to Assembly VII
574. The Mañjuśrī Section (Part 1)
575. The Mañjuśrī Section (Part 2)
Eighth Assembly: The Nāgaśrī-paripṛcchā
Preface to Assembly VIII
576. The Nāgaśrī-paripṛcchā
Ninth Assembly: The Vajracchedikā
Preface to Assembly IX
577. The Vajracchedikā
Tenth Assembly: The Prajñā-naya
Preface to Assembly X
578. The Prajñā-naya
T259 The Sūtra the Visualisation of the Mother of Buddhas
T306 The Section on the Cultivation of Kindness
T312 The Secrets of the Tathāgata Sūtra
T360 The Sūtra of Immeasurable Life
T362 The Great Amida Sūtra
T365 The Sūtra on the Contemplation of the Buddha of Infinite Life
T365a Unannotated Text
T365b with Shandao's Divisions
T366 The Amida Sūtra Spoken by the Buddha
T367 The Sūtra on the Praise of the Pure Land and the Embrace of the Buddha
T370 The Sūtra of the Dhāraṇī of the King of the Sound of Amitābha's Drum
T452 The Sūtra on the Contemplation of Maitreya Bodhisattva's Rebirth
T494 Ānanda's Seven Dreams Sūtra
T508; 509; 510; 626 King Ajātaśatru Sūtras
T639; 640; 641; 169 Candrapradīpa Samādhi Sūtra (Samādhirāja Sūtra)
T709/710 The Sūtra on the Rice Seedling
T784 The Sūtra in Forty-Two Sections
T792 Sūtra on the Reception of Defilement of Dharmas
T807 Sūtra of the Hundred Jewels of the Inner Treasury (Lokānuvartanasūtra)
T930 The Method of Contemplating and Making Offerings to Amitāyus Tathāgata
T933 The Nine Grades of Rebirth Amita Samādhi Dhāraṇī Sūtra
T937 The Mahāyāna Sūtra on the Dhāraṇī of the Noble Aparimitāyurjñāna
T1019 The Gate of Visualisation of the Forty-Two Letters
T1049 The Noble Six-Syllable Life-Prolonging Mahāvidyā Dhāraṇī Sūtra
T1071 The Sūtra of the Heart Vidyā Mantra of the Eleven-Faced One
T1080-3 The Avalokiteśvara Cintāmaṇicakra Dhāraṇī Sūtra
T1150 The Dharma Rite of Dharmacakrapravartin Mārapramardana Bodhisattva
T1180 The Six Syllable Vidyā Mantra Sūtra
T1181-2 The One-Syllable Mantra of Mañjuśrī (Two Translations)
T1183 Ritual Manual for the Recitation of the Dhāraṇī of the Youth Mañjuśrī
T1187 The Chapter on the Samādhi of the Meaning of All Names (Nāmasaṅgīti)
T1425 The Mahāsaṅghika Vinaya
4. The Precept on Lying
T1465 The Questions of Śāriputra Sūtra
T1753. Commentary on the Sutra on Contemplation of Amitāyus
1. The Profound Meaning Section (fascicle 1)
2. The Section on the Sūtra's Introduction (fascicle 2)
3. The Section on the Main Teaching: Meditative Good (fascicle 3)
4. The Section on the Main Teaching: Distracted Good (fascicle 4)
T2432 The Oral Transmission of Meditation on the Syllable A
T2679 The Essence of the Determination of the Settled Mind
The Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra
The Heart Dhāraṇī of Gaṇapati
ZW10 The Most Sublime Excellent Meditation Sūtra
Lamp of Initial Practices (Ādikarmapradīpa)
Pure Land Text Translations
Pure Land Glossary
From Śākyamuni Tathāgata to Shinran Shōnin
Jōdo Shinshū English Seiten
2.22. Notes on the Tale of the Afterlife
4.12. The Original Intent in Coming Into the World
In Praise of Infinite Life: Verses Inspired by the Jōdo Shinshū Liturgy
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