Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Buddhist scripture
gptkbp:category gptkb:Sutras
Buddhist scripture
Mahayana literature
gptkbp:date 1st-2nd century CE
gptkbp:dialoguesBy gptkb:Manjusri
gptkb:Vimalakirti
Buddha's disciples
gptkbp:focusesOn lay practitioner wisdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Zen_Buddhism
gptkb:East_Asian_Buddhism
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Manjusri
gptkb:Buddha_Shakyamuni
gptkb:Vimalakirti
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Vaishali
gptkbp:significance important Mahayana text
gptkbp:teaches emptiness (shunyata)
bodhisattva path
inconceivable liberation
nonduality of phenomena
skillful means (upaya)
gptkbp:theme emptiness
skillful means
nonduality
lay bodhisattva
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:Tibetan
gptkb:Xuanzang
gptkb:Dharmaraksha
gptkb:Kumarajiva
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Vimalakirti_Sutra
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5