Mahayana sutras

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)
Predicate Object
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gptkb:Cosmic_Buddhas
gptkb:Six_Paramitas
gptkb:Three_Vehicles_(Triyana)
Bodhisattva ideal
gptkbp:compositionPeriod 1st century BCE
5th century CE
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:Early_Buddhist_schools
Modern scholars
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Zen_Buddhism
gptkb:Tibetan_Buddhism
gptkb:East_Asian_Buddhism
gptkb:Pure_Land_Buddhism
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkb:Tibetan
gptkb:Classical_Chinese
gptkb:Prakrit
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gptkb:Avatamsaka_Sutra
gptkb:Heart_Sutra
gptkb:Lankavatara_Sutra
gptkb:Lotus_Sutra
gptkb:Prajnaparamita_Sutras
gptkb:Pure_Land_Sutras
gptkb:Samdhinirmocana_Sutra
gptkb:Shrimaladevi_Simhanada_Sutra
gptkb:Surangama_Sutra
gptkb:Tathagatagarbha_Sutras
gptkb:Vimalakirti_Sutra
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:Chinese_Buddhist_Canon
gptkb:Tibetan_Kangyur
Nepalese Sanskrit manuscripts
gptkbp:status Central to Mahayana canon
Not recognized in Theravada canon
gptkbp:subject Buddha-nature
Compassion
Emptiness (Shunyata)
Skillful means (Upaya)
Bodhisattva path
Multiple Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
gptkbp:tradition gptkb:Mahayana_Buddhism
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gptkb:Kumarajiva
gptkb:Paramartha
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gptkb:The_Platform_Sutra
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gptkb:Manjushri-nama-samgiti
gptkb:Japanese_Buddhists
gptkb:Mahayana_canon
gptkb:Refuge_in_Buddhism
gptkb:Sutra_Mahamudra
gptkb:Ten_Abiding_Stages_of_Mind
gptkb:The_Sutra_of_the_Lotus_Flower_of_the_Wonderful_Law
gptkb:Three_Bodies_of_Buddha_(Trikaya)
gptkb:Theravāda
gptkb:Three_Refuges
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
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