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Buddhist texts

Buddhist texts are religious texts that belong to, or are associated with, Buddhism and its traditions. There is no single textual collection for all of Buddhism. Instead, there are three main Buddhist Canons: the Pāli Canon of the Theravāda tradition, the Chinese Buddhist Canon used in East Asian Buddhist tradition, and the Tibetan Buddhist Canon used…

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The texts of the early Buddhist schools

PrakritsMagadhanSri LankaSarvastivadaDharmaguptaka
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Mahāyāna texts

Mahāyāna sūtrasCommon eraBodhisattvasDharmabhāṇakasTaishō Tripiṭaka
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Vajrayana texts

MantrasMandalasMudrasFire offeringsYogatantra
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Theravāda texts

BuddhaghosaDhammapalaSub-commentariesVisuddhimaggaMahavihara
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The texts of the early Buddhist schools

Theravāda texts

Mahāyāna texts

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related to External links · 35
Buddhist texts → Alexander Wynne, April, Bibliography, Buddhism, Buddhism Archived November, Buddhist, Chinese Buddhist CanonBuddhist Canonical, Discovering Sacred Texts, Early Buddhist Texts, English, EnglishBeyond, Field Guide, History, How, Indian Buddhism, Indian Philosophy, Karl Potter, Media, Oxford University, Pali Canon
related to Early Buddhist texts · 22
Buddhist texts → BCE, Buddhism, Buddhist, Chinese, Dharmaguptaka, For, Gāndhārī, Magadhan, Mahāsāṅghika, Mahīśāsaka, Middle Indo-Aryan, Mūlasarvāstivāda, Prakrits, Pāli, Pāli Canon, Pāli Nikayas, Sarvāstivāda, Sri Lanka, The, Theravāda
related to Buddhist tantras · 11
Buddhist texts → Buddhist, Buddhist Tantric, Dharanis, Fire, Mandalas, Mantras, Many, Mudras, Seventh, Tantras, The
see also · 11
Buddhist texts → Abhidhamma PiṭakaAtthakathaĀgama, BuddhavacanaBuddhist Publication SocietyChinese Buddhist, Buddhism, Buddhism-related, BuddhismTripiṭaka KoreanaVinaya PiṭakaYana, Buddhist, CanonPali LiteraturePali Text SocietyPalm-leaf, Indian, PiṭakaTaishō TripiṭakaTibetan Buddhist, Sanskrit Buddhist, Society FundEarly Buddhist TextsGandharan

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buddhist texts buddhism chinese early buddha also mahāyāna sutra tibetan text buddhavacana sūtras sutras literature various pali schools another known

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Buddhist Chineseinstance ofThese texts were collected into various collections and translated into other languages0.80text
Buddhasinstance ofA number of different beings0.80text
disciples of the Buddhainstance ofA number of different beings0.80text
ṛṣisinstance ofA number of different beings0.80text
and devas were considered capable of transmitting buddhavacanainstance ofA number of different beings0.80text
Richard Gombrichinstance ofThe modern study of early pre-sectarian Buddhism often relies on comparative scholarship using these various early Buddhist sources.Various scholars of Buddhist studies0.80text
Akira Hirakawainstance ofThe modern study of early pre-sectarian Buddhism often relies on comparative scholarship using these various early Buddhist sources.Various scholars of Buddhist studies0.80text
Alexander Wynneinstance ofThe modern study of early pre-sectarian Buddhism often relies on comparative scholarship using these various early Buddhist sources.Various scholars of Buddhist studies0.80text
and Ainstance ofThe modern study of early pre-sectarian Buddhism often relies on comparative scholarship using these various early Buddhist sources.Various scholars of Buddhist studies0.80text
dependent originationinstance ofthis text is in general agreement with the basic doctrines of the early sutras of the Sthavira schools0.80text
theinstance ofthis text is in general agreement with the basic doctrines of the early sutras of the Sthavira schools0.80text
the Aṭṭhakavaggainstance ofincluding texts0.80text

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