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Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra – Diamond Sutra
2nd-5th century CE, exact date unknown. First Chinese Translation 5th century CE. “The Diamond That cuts through illusion” or the Vajra Cutter Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra” (Vajra – thunderbolt, diamond, adamantine weapon). This is a key Mahāyāna Sutra from the Prajñāpāramitā family of texts. Very popular in Chinese tradition as: 金剛般若波羅蜜多經, Jīngāng Bōrě-bōluómìduō Jīng; shortened…
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Yogacarabhumiśastra – Maitreya/Asanga
~ 400 CE. Attributed to Asanga (300-350 BCE) and/or Maitreya From Wikipedia: The Yogācārabhūmi is generally associated with the Indian Yogācāra school because it contains certain unique Yogācāra doctrines, like the eight consciousnesses and the ālaya-vijñāna (storehouse or foundational consciousness). According to Ulrich Timme Kragh, “its overall objective seems to be to present a coherent…
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Chinese Buddhist terms lookup
From Nan Tien, Fo Guang Shan Australia: https://ntireader.org/ “The Nan Tien Institute (NTI) Buddhist Text Reader (NTI Reader) is a free, open source project for use in reading and analyzing Chinese Buddhist texts. For more a more detailed description of the NTI Reader, see the page Description of the NTI Reader. To find out what…
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Digital Dictionary of Buddhism
A monumental work edited by Charles Muller: http://www.buddhism-dict.net/ddb/ From the site introduction: “This dictionary is a compilation of Buddhist terms, texts, temple, schools, persons, etc. found in Buddhist canonical sources. Its compilation was initiated in 1986 during my first semester of graduate school, upon my realization of the dearth of comprehensive English language reference works…
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