According to the Buddhist text Anguttara Nikaya and the Jaina text, the Bhagavati Sutra, Kosala was one of the Solasa ( sixteen ) Mahajanapadas ( powerful realms ) in 6th century BCE and its cultural and political strength earned it the status of great power.

Nichiren Buddhism is based on the Lotus Sutra: “ According to Nichiren, the Lotus Sutra is the highest teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha.

According to Nichiren's interpretation of the teachings of the Lotus Sutra, persecutions which Nichiren Buddhists encountered should be perceived as a natural outcome of abiding by their beliefs, as predicted in various chapters of that Sutra: " There will be many ignorant people, who will curse and speak ill of us and will attack us with swords and staves, but we will endure all these things ”.

According to the Sutra Prasangika view, external objects do exist, just not inherently: " Just as objects of mind do not exist, mind also does not exist ".

According to the Platform Sutra, one day while delivering firewood to a store, he heard a customer reciting the Diamond Sutra and had an awakening.

According to McRae, the Platform Sutra itself is the synthesis in this threefold structure, giving a balance between the need of constant practice and the insight into the absolute.

According to the Lankavatara Sutra and the schools of Chan / Zen Buddhism, the alaya-vjnana is identical with the tathagata-garbha, and is fundamentally pure.

According to McRae, the Platform Sutra itself is the synthesis in this threefold structure, giving a balance between the need of constant practice and the insight into the absolute.

According to tradition, Nagarjuna retrieved the Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra from the realm of nāgas, though actual reference to Mahayana sutras seems to be scarce in his works.

According to Nichiren Buddhists ' interpretation of the Lotus Sutra, one may awaken one's Buddha Nature through a practice of chanting the phrase:.

According to the Shui Wakashu, quoting from the Tōdaiji Yōroku, Gyoki stated that they were together at Vulture Peak when the Buddha preached the Lotus Sutra.

According to Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki ( who uses the term " Manas " rather than " Manas Vijnana " for the seventh consciousness ) the Lankavatara Sutra presents the Zen view of the Eight Consciousnesses rather than the Yogacara view.

According to the " Pavilion of Vajra Peak and all its Yogas and Yogins Sutra " with the abbreviated name of the " Yogins Sutra ", possibly an apocryphal work attributed to the great Buddhist patriarch Vajrabodhi, Rāgarāja represents the state at which sexual excitement or agitation can be channeled towards enlightenment and passionate love can become compassion for all living things.

According to the Master, the Lotus Sutra is the culmination of the Buddha's teachings, while the Sutra of Immeasurable Righteousness ( U Liang Yi ) is the precursor to the Lotus Sutra.

According to modern Buddhist movement of Nichiren Buddhism, the essence of Buddhist humanism lies in treasuring diversity: “ The humanism of the Lotus Sutra comes down to the tenet of treasuring the individual ”

According to the old Jain book Acaranga Sutra, the last ( 24th ) great Tirthankara Mahavira had wandered through this land, referred to as the " pathless country of Ladha in Vajjabhumi and Subbhabhumi ( probably Suhma )" in the 5th century, B. C.

According to the records of the time, when building work started a copy of the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment ( in Japanese, engaku-kyō 円覚経 ) was dug out of the hillside in a stone chest during the initial building works, giving its name to the temple.

According to Mahabharata, Purana, Harivamsha Vanga was one of the adopted sons of king Vali who founded the Vanga kingdom.

According to the Mahabharata, a number of Puranas and the Harivamsha Vanga was one of the adopted sons of king Vali who founded the Vanga Kingdom.

According to the Garuda Purana, a soul after leaving the body, travels through a very long & dark tunnel towards South.

* According to Vamana Purana 32. 1-4, the Sarasvati rose from the Plaksa tree ( Pipal tree ).

According to Vishnu Purana and Padma Purana, Daksha and his wife Prasuti had 24 daughters.

According to Matsya Purana, Daksha and his wife Panchajani ( daughter of Virani ) had 60 daughters, not one of whom resembled their father.

According to Padma Purana, when Daksha felt the number of women are still not sufficient, he decided to have 60 more daughters.

According to the Matsya Purana, the king of pre-ancient Aryavarta ( North India ) and a devotee of Vishnu, Satyavrata who later was known as Manu was washing his hands in a river when a little fish swam into his hands and pleaded with him to save its life.

According to a story from Bhagavata Purana, Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha are Vishnu's gatekeepers Jaya and Vijaya, born on earth as the result of a curse from the Four Kumaras.

According to a narrative in the Devi Mahatmya story of the Markandeya Purana text, Durga was created as a warrior goddess to fight an asura ( an inhuman force / demon ) named Mahishasura.

According to the Harivansa Purana, Vasudeva and Nanda were brothers.

According to the scripture Sthala Purana, the legend of Venkateshwara's Avatar ( incarnation ) is as follows:

According to the Vishnu Purana, Kali is a negative manifestation of Vishnu working towards the cause of ' the end ' or rather towards eventual rejuvenation of the universe.

According to Pargiter, the " original Purana " may date to the time of the final redaction of the Vedas.

According to Matysa Purana, they are said to narrate five subjects, called Pancha Lakshana ( Sanskrit :) (" five distinguishing marks ", though some scholars have suggested that these are shared by other traditional religious scriptures ):

According to Charles Allen, one description in the Vishnu Purana of the mountain states that its four faces are made of crystal, ruby, gold, and lapis lazuli.

According to medieval Hindu theology, its origin is found in one of the most popular medieval puranas, the Bhagavata Purana.

According to Gita Mahatmya of Padma Purana, reading the 3rd, 7th and 8th chapter of Bhagavad Gita and mentally offering the result to departed persons helps them to get released from their ghostly situation.

According to Vayu Purana ( II. 36. 107 ), the Gandharas were destroyed by Pramiti, aka Kalika, at the end of Kaliyuga.

According to Swayambhu Purana, the Kathmandu Valley was once a lake.

According to the Skanda Purana, there was a divine prophesy that King Indradyumna would arrive at the Purushottam kshetra and desire to settle down there after renouncing Samsar.

According to the Padma Purana, Bali along with his kinsmen, friends and followers were bound.

According to the Matsya Purana, Dwaimushyayana Gotra or Dual Gotra is mentioned in Shounga-Shaishirey

According to the Swayambhu Purana, Manjusri then established a city called Manjupattan ( Sanskrit " Land Established by Manjusri "), now called Manjipā, and made Dharmākara its king.

According to the Shiva Purana, the Mahashivaratri worship must incorporate six items: