Article - Buddhist Texts
There are a great variety of Buddhist texts. Buddhists place varying value on them: attitudes range from worship of the text itself, to d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vinaya Pitaka: Encyclopedia - Vinaya Pitaka
The Vinaya Pitaka is the first of three divisions of the Tripitaka, the canon of Buddhism. It mainly concerns the vinaya, or code of cond...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts
There are a great variety of Buddhist texts. Buddhists place varying value on them: attitudes range from worship of the text itself, to d...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism: Buddhist Scriptures
Buddhism: Buddhist Scriptures The Buddhist canon of scripture is known in Sanskrit as the Tripitaka and in Pali as the Tipitaka. These t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahaparinibbana Sutta: Encyclopedia - Mahaparinibbana Sutta
For the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, a text of East Asian Mahayana Buddhism, see Nirvana Sutra. The Mahaparinibbana Sutta is a Buddhist su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Majjhima Nikaya: Encyclopedia - Majjhima Nikaya
The Majjhima Nikaya ("Collection of Middle-length Discourses") is the second of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Symbolism - The 32 Signs Of A Great Man And 80 Secondary Characteristics
Main article: Physical characteristics of the Buddha Although the Buddha was not represented in human form until around the 1st century C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Symbolism - The 32 Signs Of A Great Man, And 80 Secondary Characteristics
Main article: Physical characteristics of the Buddha Although the Buddha was not represented in human form until around the 1st century C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhadasa: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhadasa - Wat Suan Mokkh
In 1932, Buddhadasa founded Wat Suan Mokkh ("The Garden of Liberation"), a forest Dhamma Center and Buddhist temple in Chaiya, Southern T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism - Scriptures
The Buddhist canon of scripture is known in Sanskrit as the Tripitaka and in Pāli as the Tipitaka. These terms literally mean "three bas...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Amagandha Sutta: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Amagandha Sutta
Amagandha Sutta (Pali) Buddhist text (BCW 11:470-1).   (See also: Amagandha Sutta , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maha-parinibbana-sutta, Suttanta: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Maha-parinibbana-sutta, Suttanta
Maha-Parinibbana-Sutta or Suttanta (Pali) [from maha great + parinibbana complete nirvana + sutta, suttanta text, book]   The Boo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anatta: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Anatta
Anatta (Pali) (from an not + atta self, soul)   Non-self, nonegoity; a Buddhist doctrine postulating that there is no unchanging,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Mahayana Texts
See Mahayana Sutras for a list of sutras categorised by source, without discussion. Buddhist texts - Perfection of Wisdom Texts. Deal w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Vajrayana Texts
Buddhist texts - Buddhist tantras. The canon of the Vajrayana schools includes a number of Nikaya-related texts from a number of the sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Canonical Texts
These are, in some way or other, texts associated with Gautama, the historical Buddha. Different schools, however, are not always in agre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Non-canonical Texts
Non or semi-canonical texts have been important from very early in Buddhism. Extensive commentaries exist in Pali for the Pali Canon and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Texts Of The Nikaya Schools
There is some dispute over what to call the more conservative stratum of Buddhist schools and the texts associated with them. The most wi...   » Read the article