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Mahayana sutras
- Tathāgatagarbha sūtrasThe Sanskrit term tathāgatagarbha splits into two distinct roots that define the entire doctrine. The first root, tathāgata, refers to "the one thus gone"…
- Mahayana sutrasScholars have long debated when the first Mahayana sutras appeared. Modern research suggests these texts began to circulate widely between the 1st century…
- Chinese Buddhist canonDuring the reign of Emperor Ming, who ruled from 58 to 75 CE, the first Chinese translations of Buddhist texts appeared.
- Lalitavistara SūtraIn the early 20th century, scholar P. L. Vaidya dated the finished Sanskrit text of the Lalitavistara Sūtra to the third century AD.
- Salistamba SutraThe Śālistamba Sūtra emerged in a period when Buddhist literature was still taking shape. N. Ross Reat suggests the text could date as far back as 200 BCE.
- Śūraṅgama SūtraIn 713 CE, a Ven. Master Huai Di and an unnamed Indian monk brought the Śūrañgama Sūtra to Chang'an, according to the Kaiyuan shijiao lu catalog published…
- PrajnaparamitaThe Sanskrit term Prajñāpāramitā combines two words: prajñā meaning wisdom or knowledge, and pāramitā meaning excellence, perfection, or that which has gone…
- Laṅkāvatāra SūtraScholars generally place the compilation of the Lañkāvatāra Sūtra between 350 and 400 CE. Some researchers argue that the core text may date back to the…
- Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa SūtraThe Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvānā Sūtra emerged in the second century CE within South India, specifically in regions like Andhra or the Deccan plateau.