He translated central Yogācāra texts such as the Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra and the Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra, as well as important texts such as the Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra and the Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja Sūtra ( Medicine Buddha Sūtra ).

Bhaiṣajyaguru is described in the eponymous Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja Sūtra (), commonly called the Medicine Buddha Sutra, as a bodhisattva who made 12 great vows.

A Sanskrit manuscript of the Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja Sūtra was among the textual finds at Gilgit, Pakistan, attesting to the popularity of Bhaiṣajyaguru in the ancient northwest Indian kingdom of Gandhāra.

Birchbark manuscript fragments from several Mahāyāna sūtras have been discovered at the site, including the Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja Sūtra ( MS 2385 ).

In the Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja Sūtra, the Medicine Buddha is described as having entered into a state of samadhi called " Eliminating All the Suffering and Afflictions of Sentient Beings.

Often, when Yakushi is the center of devotion in a Buddhist temple, he is flanked by the, who were twelve yaksha generals who had been converted through hearing the Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja Sūtra:

Bhaiṣajyaguru (), formally Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja (, ‘ Medicine Master and King of Lapis Lazuli Light ’), is the buddha of healing and medicine in Mahāyāna Buddhism.

The Tiantai school takes the Lotus Sūtra () as the main basis, the Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra of Nāgārjuna as the guide, the as the support, and the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra for methods of contemplation.

* Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra () in 703.

* The Saddharmapundarika Sūtra ()

* The Panca Vimsati Sāhasrikā prajnā pāramita Sūtra ()

The Amitābha Sūtra () is a popular colloquial name for the Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra.

The Kalpa Sūtra () is a Jain text containing the biographies of the Jain Tirthankaras, most notably Parshvanath and Mahavira, including the latter's Nirvana.

The Huayan developed the doctrine of " interpenetration " or " coalescence " ( Wylie: zung -' jug ; Sanskrit: yuganaddha ), based on the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, a Mahāyāna scripture.

Among the most important texts translated by Kumārajīva are the Diamond Sutra, Amitabha Sutra, Lotus Sutra, the Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra, Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, Mahāprajñāpāramitā Upadeśa which was a commentary ( attributed to Nagarjuna ) on the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra.

The Śrīmālā Sūtra is one of the earliest texts on tathagata-garbha thought.

Lokakṣema translated important Mahāyāna sūtras such as the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, as well as rare, early Mahāyāna sūtras on topics such as samādhi, and meditation on the buddha Akṣobhya.

The teachings of the Sūtra Piṭaka are usually considered to be one of the earliest teachings on Buddhism and a core text of the Early Buddhist Schools in China.

His extensive literary output runs to over 80 works in 240 fascicles, and some of his commentaries, such as those on the Nirvāṇa Sūtra and the Awakening of Faith ( Mahāyāna-śraddhotpāda Śāstra ), became classics revered throughout China and Japan as well as Korea.

It is based on the Sanskrit Flower Garland Sutra ( S. Avataṃsaka Sūtra, C. Huayan Jing ) and on a lengthy Chinese interpretation of it, the Huayan Lun.

The Daśabhūmika Sūtra describes the ten stages on the Bodhisattva-path.

Woncheuk is well-known amongst scholars of Tibetan Buddhism for his Commentary on the Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra.

The Triskandha Sūtra and the Golden Light Sutra ( Suvarṇaprabhāsa-sūtra ) focus on the practice of confession of faults.

The Lotus Sūtra ( Sanskrit: ) is one of the most popular and influential Mahāyāna sūtras, and the basis on which the Tiantai and Nichiren schools of Buddhism were established.

With this emphasis on silence the Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra served as a forerunner of the approach of the Ch ' an / Zen tradition, with its avoidance of positive statements on ' ultimate reality ':

The Nirvāṇa Sūtra, which presents itself as the final teachings of the Buddha on the tathāgatagarbha, makes clear that there are two kinds of self of which he speaks: one mundane and mutable, the other Buddhic and eternal.

This edict states that, following Saichō ’ s request, the ordinands would be divided between two curricula: the shanagō course, centering on the study of the Mahavairocana Sūtra ( this was the Mikkyō curriculum, shana being the abbreviation for Birushana, the Japanese transliteration of Vairocana ), and the shikangō course, based on the study of the Mo-ho chih-kuan, the seminal work of the T ’ ien-t ’ ai patriarch Chih-i 智顗 ( 538 – 597 ) ( this

Jan Nattier points out in her article on the origins of the Heart Sūtra that this mantra in several variations is present in the Chinese associated with several different Prajñāpāramitā texts.

One feature of these commentaries Tibetan on the Heart Sūtra struck me quite forcibly: each commentary seemed so different to the others, and yet they all seemed to show in greater or lesser degree the influence of the Mādhyamika school of Buddhist philosophy.

cit., applying the Sūnyam Samuccaya Sūtra to solve a second special type of quadratic equation ( of a fraction of binomial expressions on both the LHS and the RHS, wherein, N < sub > 1 </ sub > + N < sub > 2 </ sub >

In addition to popularizing Mādhyamaka, Jizang also wrote commentaries on the Mahāyāna sūtras such as the Lotus Sūtra and the Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra.

* Sūtra, A Sanskrit word which literally means a thread or line that holds things together

Larger number in Buddhism works up to Bukeshuo bukeshuo zhuan ( 不可說不可說轉 ) or 10 < sup > 37218383881977644441306597687849648128 </ sup >, which appeared as Bodhisattva's maths in the Avataṃsaka Sūtra., though chapter 30 ( the Asamkyeyas ) in Thomas Cleary's translation of it we find the definition of the number " untold " as exactly 10 < sup > 10 * 2 < sup > 122 </ sup ></ sup >, expanded in the 2nd verses to 10 < sup > 45 * 2 < sup > 121 </ sup ></ sup > and continuing a similar expansion indeterminately.

Also related to the Pure Land tradition is the Pratyutpannabuddha Saṃmukhāvasthita Samādhi Sūtra, which describes the practice of reciting the name of Amitābha Buddha as a meditation method.

The basis of this is found in the Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra (" Amitābha Meditation Sūtra "), in which the Buddha describes to Queen Vaidehi the practices of thirteen progressive visualization methods, corresponding to the attainment of various levels of rebirth in the Pure Land.

These āgamas comprise the only other complete surviving Sūtra Piṭaka, which is generally comparable to the Pali Sutta Pitaka of Theravada Buddhism.

The school heavily utilized the principles found in the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra, a sūtra utilizing the teachings of Yogācāra and those of Tathāgatagarbha, and which teaches the One Vehicle ( Skt.

The Hridaya Sūtra and the " five meditations " are recited, after which monks will be served with the gruel and vegetables.

Yogācāra, which had its genesis in the Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra, was largely formulated by the brahmin born half-brothers Vasubandhu and Asaṅga ( who was said to be inspired by the quasihistorical Maitreya-nātha, or the divine Maitreya ).

However, in his extensive scholarly works, composed as commentaries and essays, he embraced the whole spectrum of the Buddhist teachings which were received in Korea, including such schools as Pure Land, Nirvana, Sanlun and Tiantai ( Lotus Sūtra school ).

In the final part of the Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra, Śākyamuni Buddha discusses the 9 levels into which those born into the Pure Land are categorized.

Among these was Guṇabhadra's translation of the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra in four fascicles, which would also become important in the early history of the Chán school.

Also related to the Pure Land tradition is the Pratyutpanna Samādhi Sūtra, which describes the practice of reciting the name of Amitābha Buddha as a meditation method.

These are especially the Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra, the Śrīmālā Sūtra ( Śrīmālādevi-simhanāda Sūtra ) and the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra ( which is very different in character from the Pāli Mahaparinibbana Sutta ).

In the later Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra it is said that the tathāgatagarbha might be mistaken for a self, which it is not.

The earliest known Sanskrit title for the sūtra is the Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, which may be translated roughly as the " Vajra Cutter Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra.