The Lankavatara Sutra

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gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Tathagatagarbha
gptkb:Yogacara
gptkbp:category Buddhist scripture
Mahayana literature
gptkbp:contains dialogue between Buddha and Ravana
gptkbp:date 3rd century CE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Lankavatara Sutra
gptkbp:importantFor gptkb:Zen_Buddhism
gptkb:Chan_Buddhism
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:East_Asian_Buddhism
gptkb:Japanese_Zen
gptkb:Korean_Seon
gptkb:Vietnamese_Thiền
gptkbp:language gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkb:Tibetan
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Ravana
gptkbp:notableFor emphasis on direct experience
discussion of vegetarianism
critique of ritual and scripture attachment
influence on Zen koan practice
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:Tibetan_Kangyur
gptkb:Taisho_Tripitaka
Sanskrit manuscripts
gptkbp:setting Lanka (Sri Lanka)
gptkbp:teaches self-realization
sudden enlightenment
storehouse consciousness (alaya-vijnana)
illusory nature of the world
rejection of language as ultimate
gptkbp:theme emptiness
Buddha-nature
non-duality
mind-only doctrine
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Śikṣānanda
gptkb:Bodhiruci
gptkb:Guṇabhadra
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Manual_of_Zen_Buddhism
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