Mahayana sutras

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The Mahayana sutras are a broad collection of later Buddhist scriptures that present the philosophical foundations, cosmology, and bodhisattva-centered ideals of Mahayana Buddhism.

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Label Occurrences
Mahayana sutras canonical 21
Mahāyāna sūtras 18
Mahāyāna sutras 5

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Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist scripture collection ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhist text ⓘ
aim universal liberation of all sentient beings ⓘ
associatedWithSchool Madhyamaka ⓘ
Yogācāra ⓘ
attributedTo Gautama Buddha ⓘ
linked to: Shakyamuni Buddha
contrastWith Nikāya/Āgama sutras ⓘ
cosmology innumerable world-systems ⓘ
multiple Buddhas in the ten directions ⓘ
pure lands ⓘ
vast eons (kalpas) ⓘ
developedIn Indian subcontinent ⓘ
doctrine bodhisattva path ⓘ
compassion (karuṇā) ⓘ
non-duality ⓘ
six perfections (pāramitās) ⓘ
upāya-kauśalya ⓘ
wisdom (prajñā) ⓘ
ethicalIdeal altruistic bodhisattva ⓘ
genre religious scripture ⓘ
includesText Avataṃsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) ⓘ
Diamond Sutra ⓘ
Heart Sutra ⓘ
Lankāvatāra Sutra ⓘ
Lotus Sutra ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana sutras

Pure Land sutras ⓘ
Tathāgatagarbha sutras ⓘ
Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra ⓘ
influenced East Asian Buddhism ⓘ
Japanese Buddhism ⓘ
Korean Buddhism ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: East Asian Buddhism
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
Tibetan ⓘ
laterWrittenDownAs manuscripts ⓘ
mainConcept Buddha-nature (tathāgatagarbha) ⓘ
bodhisattva ideal ⓘ
cosmic bodhisattvas ⓘ
emptiness (śūnyatā) ⓘ
multiple Buddhas and Buddha-fields ⓘ
perfection of wisdom (prajñāpāramitā) ⓘ
skillful means (upāya) ⓘ
three bodies of the Buddha (trikāya) ⓘ
universal Buddhahood ⓘ
period post-early Buddhist period ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
religiousTradition Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana
textualForm sūtra ⓘ
transmittedAs oral tradition ⓘ
usedFor doctrinal foundation of Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
meditative contemplation ⓘ
ritual recitation ⓘ

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Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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