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	Nirvana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hinduism and Jainism also use the word nirvana to describe the state of moksha, and it is spoken of in several Hindu tantric texts as well as the Bhagavad Gita.
		It carries further connotations of stilling, cooling, and peace; the realizing of nirvana is compared to a fire gone out when its fuel supply is finished; this fuel being primarily the false idea of self, which causes (and is caused by) among other things craving, consciousness, birth, death, greed, hate, delusion, ignorance.
		Calling nirvana the 'opposite' of samsara or implying that it is apart from samsara may not be doctrinally accurate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nirvana (1271 words)

	Encyclopedia: Nirvana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The ultimate goal of Buddhism is realization of nirvana; what happens to a man after his parinirvana cannot be explained, as it is outside of all conceivable experience.
		Nirvana Sutra or Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (Chinese: Niepan Jing (涅槃經); Japanese: Nehangyō (涅槃経)) is one of the major texts of Mahāyāna Buddhism.
		The Buddha of the Mahaparinirvana Sutra insists on its eternal nature, saying: Nirvana Sutra or Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (Chinese: Niepan Jing (涅槃經); Japanese: Nehangyō (涅槃経)) is one of the major texts of Mahāyāna Buddhism.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nirvana (2325 words)

	nirvana sutra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nirvana Sutra or Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (Chinese: Niepan Jing) is one of the major texts of East Asian Mahāyāna; Buddhism.
		However, both for historical reasons and for the sake of clarity, the former is generally referred to by its Sanskrit title, Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (or simply "Nirvana Sutra"), and the latter by its Pali title, Mahaparinibbana Sutta.
		The Nirvana Sutra presents an account of the Buddha's final sermon prior to his parinirvana (his physical death).
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /nirvana_sutra.html (343 words)

	Nirvana Sutra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Nirvana Sutra is an enormously important scripture, not least because of its influence on Zen Buddhism.
		That version is called the "southern text" of the Nirvana Sutra, while Dharmak&7779;ema's version is called the "northern text." There is also a Tibetan translation, compiled in about 790 by Jinamitra, Jnanagarbha, and Devacandra, which is comparable in length to Faxian's translation.
		The Nirvana Sutra adopts this interpretation as its viewpoint, that beings are embryonic Tath&257;gatas by virtue of the pervasiveness of the buddha-dh&257;tu.
	nirvana-sutra.area51.ipupdater.com (1820 words)

	Nirvana Sutra :: Appreciation of the "Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In fact, the Nirvana Sutra is stated by the Buddha to be the unique culmination of all his teachings.
		In the Nirvana Sutra, the Buddha upholds his earlier teaching that what the ordinary person regards as his or her "self" is in fact "not the Self" (anatman).
		At a certain point in the Dharmakshema sutra, the Buddha says of the Buddha's being (kaya) that because it is free from causal conditioning, it is indeed possessed of the Self, and that because this is the Self, it is unchanging / eternal (nitya), blissful (sukha) and pure (subha).
	www.nirvanasutra.org.uk /selectedextracts.htm (10486 words)

	Nirvana Sutra Textual history See also Buddhism Pali Canon Pali Buddha Kashmir Central Asia sūtra Srimala Sutra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The text of the Nirvana Sutra in the original Sanskrit has survived only in a number of fragments, which were discovered in Central Asia, Afghanistan and Japan.
		Like the majority of Mahāyāna sūtras, the Nirvana Sutra evidently underwent a number of stages in its composition, which is of some importance for any discussion of the Tathāgatagarbha and Buddha-nature (buddha-dhātu) doctrines.
		sutras are easier than the Kegon Sutra, the Kegon is easier than the Nirvana Sutra, the Nirvana is easier than the Lotus Sutra, and the theoretical teaching of the...
	en.powerwissen.com /tbXtLeIMlWb3UPNysRXKgw%3D%3D_Nirvana_Sutra.html (1940 words)

	Hear Sutra - Prologue by Grand Master T'an Hsu
		In the sixth category, the name of a sutra expresses the connection between a person or a being, and an object or event that is the clue to the Dharma.
		Consequently, the characteristic of the voidness of all dharmas" is the substance of this sutra.
		The third profundity is focused on the clarification of the purpose of the sutra.
	www.buddhanet.net /e-learning/hartpro.htm (2876 words)

	The Wonderful Law of the Lotus Sutra
		What is striking to many about the Lotus Sutra is the radical emphasis on devotion and faith, noting that the path to buddhahood is not restricted to those who practiced monastic auterities but to those who worship the buddha (or buddhas) in a number of ways.
		In the Lotus Sutra's 23rd Chapter on the Deed of the Medicine-King Bodhisattva, the Pure Land of Amida Buddha is described as the next birth for women and men who joyfully accept the accounting of that bodhisattva in the 23rd chapter.
		It is clear especially in the 14th chapter that the main thrust of the Lotus Sutra is for the elite of highly-attained bodhisattvas in the closing Dharma-age (Mappo), to clarify their practice and to demonstrate the unity of the Buddha Dharma behind the facade of seemingly infinite diversity of 'practices' (upaya).
	web.mit.edu /stclair/www/lotus.html (1715 words)

	Fifth Chapter
		According to various sutras, there are five in-conceivabilities: first, the number of sentient beings [which neither increases nor decreases]; second, karma-power, third, dragons' power [to cause rain to fall]; fourth, meditation-power [to produce miracles, etc.]; and fifth, the power of the Buddha Dharma.
		Furthermore, in the Contemplation Sutra it is stated that when the three classes of aspirants of the highest grade are about to die, Amida Buddha together with his transformed bodies come to welcome them.
		The passage [in the Contemplation Sutra] beginning with "I now wish to be born in [the Pure Land of] Amida" shows that Queen [Vaidehi] especially chose the land where she desired to be born.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /pureland/fifth_chapter.htm (8518 words)

	The Doctrine of Buddha Nature
		The study and exegesis of the Nirvana Sutra continued during the fourth century and into the beginning of the fifth, largely due to Tao-sheng's study of the text and the contraversy over the related theory of Buddha-nature he initiated.
		Tao-sheng was placed at the top of the list of exegetes of the Nirvana Sutra and expounders of the theory of the Buddha-nature; he was first not just chronologically but also as the initiator of the tradition.
		As a matter of fact, the Nirvana School is considered a forerunner of the T'ien-t'ai School, as it became absorbed into the latter.
	www.purifymind.com /DoctrineBuddNat.htm (1062 words)

	Letter from Teradomari
		This passage from the Nirvana Sutra recounts the evil words which the various Brahman believers spoke against Shakyamuni Buddha because he refuted the scriptures preached by their original teachers, the two deities and the three ascetics.
		The eighteenth volume of the Nirvana Sutra sets forth the doctrine of "the precious jewels that ransom life." The Great Teacher T'ien-t'ai, after studying and pondering this passage, concluded that "life" refers to the Lotus Sutra, and the "precious jewels," to the first three of the four teachings expounded in the Nirvana Sutra.
		If so, then both the Nirvana Sutra, which was preached after the Lotus Sutra, and the other sutras that were preached before, are all to be regarded as precious jewels offered for the sake of the Lotus Sutra.
	www.sgi-usa.org /buddhism/library/Nichiren/Gosho/LetterTeradomari.htm (1891 words)

	Establishment of the Legitimate Teaching for the Protection of the Country
		The same sutra also states: "Now when I use the five types of vision to clearly perceive the three existences, I see that all the kings in their past existences served five hundred Buddhas, and that is the reason that they were able to become emperors and sovereigns.
		I was born as the son of the one Buddha, Shakyamuni, and I serve the king of scriptures, the Lotus Sutra.
		The Nirvana Sutra states: "Now I entrust the correct teaching, which is unexcelled, to the rulers, the ministers, the high officials, and the four kinds of Buddhists.
	www.sgi-usa.org /buddhism/library/Nichiren/Gosho/RisshoAnkokuRon.htm (11603 words)

	Buddhist Sutra Libraries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fugen) in chapter 28 of the Lotus Sutra and its postlogue, the Meditation Sutra.
		Nirvana is the goal of Buddhism, and yet it is not a heavenly paradise or any kind of eternal life or union with a divine being.
		Nirvana is usually spoken of in terms of what it removes or destroys, namely the three poisons...
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	Repaying Debts of Gratitude
		In this commentary he stated, "This sutra is not truly eminent," and spoke of it as "an unusual expedient." By this he meant that the Lotus Sutra does not fully reveal the truth of Buddhism.
		In the fourteenth volume of the Nirvana Sutra, there is a discussion of the relative merit of the Nirvana Sutra in comparison to the sutras of the Kegon, Agon, Hodo and Hannya periods, but no mention whatsoever of its merit in comparison to the Lotus Sutra.
		Nevertheless, the Lotus Sutra was preached by Shakyamuni Buddha and thus represents merely the truth as spoken by a commoner, whereas the Dainichi Sutra represents the truth as spoken by the Son of Heaven.
	www.geocities.com /chris_holte/Buddhism/Gosho/hoonsho.htm (14602 words)

	Gošo: Lečenje karmičke bolesti
		The Nirvana Sutra, referring to the Lotus Sutra, states, "Even the offense of slandering this correct teaching [will be eradicated] if one repents and professes faith in the correct teaching....
		It is not the Lotus Sutra but the Dainichi Sutra that is filled with childish theory and is in the region of darkness.
		Takvu bolest može izlečiti samo dobar lek Lotos sutre Šakjamuni Bude, kao što sama ta sutra objašnjava.
	www.angelfire.com /mi2/mica2/gosoCuringKarmicDisease.html (5292 words)

	Candle of the Latter Dharma by Saicho: Tendai Buddhism
		To begin with, the Nirvana Sutra and other sutras prohibited the monks of the True Dharma from breaking the precepts, and not the bhiksus of the Imitative and Latter Dharmas.
		Within these and other sutras, the age is clearly indicated and the activities of the period are described in detail.
		Judging from the words of the Benevolent Kings Sutra, etc., to venerate the superintendant of monks is a profanity destroying the community of monks.
	nichirenscoffeehouse.net /books/Candle.html (4748 words)

	Chinese Cultural Studies: The Lotus Sutra: The True Nature of the Buddha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Although the Tathagata has not entered Nirvana, he makes a show of entering Nirvana, for the sake of those who have to be educated.
		Considering this the Tathagata, although he does not actually enter Nirvana, announces his entering into Nirvana, f or the sake of those to be educated.
		And that is a discourse on Dharma by the Tathagata himself..
	acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu /~phalsall/texts/lotus0.html (410 words)

	The Prose & Verse of The Lotus Sutra
		The Lotus Sutra there is the understanding of the three and the clarifying of the one.
		It is impossible for one to master all the situations that the different Sutras and teachers have understood.
		The Sri-Mala Sutra: More fully known as The Sutra on the Lion's Roar of Queen Sri-Mala (S. Arya Sri-Maladevi Simhanada Sutra), translated into Chinese by Dharmaksema in the early fifth century, definitively by Gunabhadra in 436 CE, and again by Bodhiruci in the early eighth century.
	www.tientai.net /lit/hkmg/chapter16/16-2.htm (786 words)

	The Seven Parables in the Lotus Sutra
		The Lotus Sutra is the single vehicle of Buddhahood that leads all living beings to enlightenment.
		The Lotus Sutra is the treasury of the hidden core of all Buddhas.
		The Lotus Sutra is the most excellent teaching compared to the other Buddhist scriptures because the Buddha gave certification to attain Buddhahood toward shomon and engaku, who had not been allowed to do so in other sutras.
	la.nichirenshu.org /lotus/lectures/7parable.htm (3167 words)

	Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism: Mahaparinirvana Sutra
		Either of the two Chinese versions of the Mahayana Nirvana Sutra: the northern version, translated by Dharmaraksha in 421; and the southern version, translated by Huikuan, Hui-yen, and Hsieh Ling-yün in 436.
		This sutra consists of six volumes and corresponds in content to the first ten volumes of the forty-volume (northern version) Mahaparinirvana Sutra translated by Dharmaraksha in 421.
		This sutra consists of three volumes and records the final events of Shakyamuni Buddha's life and what took place after his death such as the cremation of his body and the erection of stupas to enshrine his ashes.
	www.sgi-usa.org /buddhism/library/sgdb/lexicon.cgi?tid=2356 (380 words)

	Beliefnet.com
		Further, according to this sutra, the knowledge of these two truths is not "reserved to initiates" as one has been alluded to on another thread, Rather, the Buddha states quite clearly that ALL who comprehend their dhamma-nature will comprehend both truths.
		All this is to make away with the wrong concept of the people, to show them the way and make them stand above, to show them that they stick to self, that what goes in the world is all false and not true, and make then practice no-self and purify their own self.
		The stuff quoted above is indicative of the rather wildly diverse positions the numerous authors of the numerous Mahayana sutras took over the hundreds of years of their compositions.
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	Mahaparinirvana Sutra: Chapter 12 On the Buddha Nature
		O good man! There is, for example, a person here who goes to the battle field and thinks: 'I am the first of all the first of these.
		O good man! The same is the case with the bodhisattva-mahasattva, and he thinks: 'How does the three become one with me?' O good man! I make it that the three things are the nirvana.
		The pure actions of the bodhisattva is well proclaimed in the great nirvana sutra.
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	Nirvana Sutra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		To Brilliant, this destination didn't look like ambition -- it smelled like Nirvana.
		Think of the Gita as the Kama Sutra of work.
		This Sūtra, which is supposed to be the account of the Buddha's final sermon prior to his passing away, stresses the fact that all sentient beings possess the buddha-nature, and that all beings, even icchantikas (incorrigibles), will become buddhas.
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