Sutras Teachings Buddhism

Sutras

• - The Dhammapada consists of 423 verses in Pali uttered by the Buddha on some 305 occasions for the benefit of a wide range of human beings.
  
• - Sutra on All the Fermentations (thoughts that arise in mind).
  
• - Provides links of various Suttas on the internet.
  
• - A document from the Pali canon of Buddhist scriptures in which Buddha speaks on not-self characteristic.
  
• - A collection of quotes from various sutras. Indexed by author.
  
• - The third division of the Sutta Pitaka, contains 2,889 suttas grouped into five sections (vaggas).
  
• - Sutra of the Foremost Shurangama at the Crown of the Great Buddha; and of All the Bodhisattvas’ Myriad Practices for Cultivating and Certifying to the Complete Meaning of the Tathagata’s Secret Cause. Translated during the Tang Dynasty by Shramana Par
  
• - Sutra on mindfulness of breathing.
  
• - Translation of chapter 40 of the Avatamsaka Sutra, the basic scripture of the Hua Yen school.
  
• - The Fruits of the Contemplative Life Sutra. This discourse is one of the masterpieces of the Pali Canon.
  
• - Over 700 translated discourses by the Buddha.
  
• - 10 suttas about Mara, the personification of doubt and evil, trying in vain to lure the bhikkhunis (nuns) away from their meditation spots in the forest by asking them provocative questions.
  
• - The Great Frames of Reference Sutra.
  
• - On Voidness (sunyata) - the quintessence of Buddhism.
  
• - Discourse on The Four Foundations of Mindfulness.
  
• - The Discourse on Effacement.
  
• - A collection of 423 verses containing the Buddha's essential teachings on some 305 occasions for the benefit of a wide range of human beings.
  
• - "The Great Forty" - a discourse on Right View.
  
• - To Ananda (on Mindfulness of Breathing).
  
• - The Buddha's Words on Kindness (Metta Sutta)
  
• - Setting Rolling the Wheel of Truth.
  
• - The Great Causes Discourse.
  
• - Page with various mahayana sutras and a few commentries on sutras. They include Diamond Sutra, Heart Sutra, Sutra of Hui Neng, Amitabha Sutra, and Sutra of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Enlightenment Sutra.
  
• - A sutra from the Sutta Nipata, discussing definition of friendship.
  
• - Buddha's teaching about ways in which one is made impure by verbal or mental actions.
  
• - A small collection of various Buddhist teachings and sutras.
  
• - Subjects for Contemplation.
  
• - Sutra on Mindfulness immersing in the body.
  
• - Quotes and excerpts from the Buddhist sutras.
  
• - The Sermon on the Not-Self Characteristic.
  
• - May all beings be at ease....
  
• - Buddha's parable about the straightness of wheels as corresponding to the straightness of practice.
  
• - Translated By H. Kern (1884).
  
• - The foundations of mindfulness.
  
• - To General Siha (On Generosity). Anguttara Nikaya V.34.
  
• - Discourse on the mindfulness of breathing
  
• - The Discourse to Sigala -- The Layperson's Code of Discipline.
  
• - The Lesser Discourse on Emptiness.
  
• - This is the complete text in English as translated by H. Kern in 1884.
  
• - Paper by John R.A. Mayer. Presents reflections on how this text is applicable to issues in contemporary Western philosophy. Contrasts Nichiren and Tendai traditions with Zen.
  
• - The Fire Sermon.
  
• - The discourse to Bhumija.
  
• - A collection of verses; being one of the canonical books of the Buddhists.
  
• - A reconstruction of Buddha's first sermon. Composed at least several centuries after Siddhartha Gautama's death, contains the essence of what the Buddha taught his earliest disciples.
  
• - Transalation presented in the form of a seemingly mythic dialogue between the Buddha and Kishitigarbha. Includes historical introduction, the text and a glossary.
  
• - This discourse of the Buddha has been described as "the Buddha's Charter of Free Inquiry." It counters the decrees of dogmatism and blind faith with a vigorous call for free investigation, exhorting one to not rely on what others say in what to
  
• - Full English translations of the Dhammapada.
  
• - Excerpts from the Lankavatara Sutra.
  
• - The Story of Prince Dighavu. Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
  
• - The Discourse on Right View
  
• - The sutra on right view.
  
• - Site is dedicated to the study of sati - a Pali word for the Buddhist concept which is most often translated as "mindfulness."
  
• - This extract exemplifies the scientific and rational approach to Buddhist practice and teachings, instead of by blind faith. It also demonstrates that the teachings of the Buddha are closely bonded to logic and his basic principle that if something is
  
• - A 19th century compilation from a variety of Buddhist texts by Paul Carus. It is modelled on the New Testament. It was very widely read, and was even recommended by Ceylonese Buddhist leaders as a teaching tool for Buddhist children.
  
• - Sutra on the Last Days of the Buddha. This sutra gives a good summary of the Buddha's Teachings.
  
• - Buddhist text on how Action differentiates beings in terms of baseness & excellence.
  
• - The discourse to Sunakkhatta on craving.
  
• - A large collection of sutras.
  
• - A sacred text of Mahayana Buddhism on the subject of the true nature of the Buddha.
  
• - The Shorter Set of Questions-and-Answers.
  
• - The Shorter Instructions to Malunkya regarding the cosmos.
  
• - A version of Buddha's first sermon and a discussion of the nature of Nirvana.
  
  

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