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	Buddhist
		In the Nirvana Sutra, it is called by the Buddha the "True Self" (to distinguish it from the "false" worldly self of the five skandhas).
		In one of the Pali sutras belonging to the Theravada lineage of Buddhism, the Buddha says that vegetarianism is preferable, but as monks in ancient India were expected to receive all their food by begging they had little or no control over their diet.
		A long passage in the Lankavatara Sutra shows the Buddha weighing strongly in favor of vegetarianism, since the eating of the flesh of fellow sentient beings is said by him to be incompatible with the compassion that a Bodhisattva should strive to cultivate.
	www.cooldictionary.com /words/Buddhist.wikipedia (5751 words)

	Srimala Sutra -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was translated to (Any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system) Chinese in 436 CE by Gunabhadra ((additional info and facts about 394) 394- (additional info and facts about 468) 468).
		The sutra teaches the reality of an ultimate, immaculate Consciousness within each living being, which is the Buddhic " (additional info and facts about Dharmakaya) Dharmakaya" (essence of Truth), which is yet temporarily sheathed in obscuring defilement.
		The sutra has significantly contributed to the Mahayana notion of the permanent, steadfast and eternal " (additional info and facts about Tathagatagarbha) Tathagatagarbha" (Buddha-Matrix), which is nothing less than the perfect Dharmakaya temporarily concealed by (ultimately unreal) mental contaminants.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sr/srimala_sutra.htm (326 words)

	Shunyata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Heart Sutra declares that the skandhas, which constitute our mental and physical existence, are empty in their nature or essence, i.e., empty of any such nature or essence.
		The class of Buddhist scriptures known as the "Tathagatagarbha" sutras presents a seemingly variant view of Emptiness, according to which the Buddha and Nirvana, unlike compounded, conditioned phenomena, are not empty of intrinsic existence, but merely of the impermanent, the painful and the selfless.
		The "Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra" supports such a vision and views Ultimate Emptiness as the Buddhic Knowledge which sees both Emptiness and non-Emptiness, wherein "the Empty is the totality of Samsara and the non-Empty is Great Nirvana".
	hallencyclopedia.com /Shunyata (967 words)

	Buddha-nature biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The "Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra" is, however, generally accepted by Mahayana Buddhists as genuine "Buddha-word" and is not alone amongst Mahayana sutras in asserting the reality of an essential Self within each sentient being (including animals) and linking it to the Tathagatagarbha/Buddha-dhatu.
		The Buddha states (in the Tibetan version of the Sutra): "all phenomena ["dharmas"] are not non-Self: the Self is Reality("tattva"), the Self is eternal ("nitya"), the Self is virtue ("guna"), the Self is everlasting ("shasvata"), the Self is stable ("dhruva"), and the Self is peace ("siva")".
		The main concern in the "Mahaparinirvana Sutra" in contrasting this doctrine of the Self with that of the Astikas seems to have been to remove the reifying notion that the Self was a little person, the size of a grain of rice or of one's thumb, sitting in the heart of the being.
	www.biography.ms /Buddha-nature.html (690 words)

	BUDDHISM FACTS AND INFORMATION
		It is finally revealed (in the last of the Buddha's Mahayana sutras, the Nirvana_Sutra) not as the circumscribed "non-self", the clinging ego (which is indeed anatta/anatman), but as the ever-enduring, egoless Great Self or Dharmakaya of the Buddha.
		A long passage in the Lankavatara_Sutra shows the Buddha weighing strongly in favor of vegetarianism, since the eating of the flesh of fellow sentient beings is said by him to be incompatible with the compassion that a Bodhisattva should strive to cultivate.
		The Mahāyāna corpus of sutras further expanded after Buddhism was transmitted to China, where the existing texts were translated, and new texts were composed for the purpose of adapting the Indian tradition to the East Asian philosophical mindset.
	www.palfacts.com /Buddhism (8105 words)

	Chinese Bhikkhunis in the Ch
		The spiritual status of women is presented differently from sutra to sutra within the Mahayana tradition.
		Although the possibility of being born in the Pure Land is not denied to women, the implication here is that a male-nature is necessary for progress on the Bodhisattva path in the Pure Land.
		In these sutras women are acknowledged as "good-knowing advisors" or spiritual "good friends" but they are relegated to the lower Bodhisattva stages.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /chinese_bhikkhunis_in_the_ch.htm (5091 words)

	Tathagatagarbha doctrine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Three of the most important early texts for the introduction of this doctrine are the Tathagatagarbha Sutra, the Śrīmālā-sūtra and the Awakening of Faith; the "Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra" and the Anunatva-Apurnatva-Nirdesa sutra are also vital texts for a fuller understanding of "Tathagatagarbha" teaching.
		The Tathagatagarbha doctrine is closely related to the notion of the Buddha-nature; indeed, in the Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra, which is the lengthiest sutra dealing with the immanent and transcendent presence of the Tathagatagarbha within all beings, the terms "Buddha-nature" ("Buddha-dhatu") and "Tathagatagarbha" are presented as essentially synonymous.
		The Tathagatagarbha is indicated by the relevant sutras to be the ultimate, pure, ungraspable, irreducible, invulnerable, true and deathless Quintessence of the Buddha's liberating Reality, the very core of his highest being (Dharmakaya).
	www.tocatch.info /en/Tathagatagarbha.htm (603 words)

	The Ultimacy of Jodo Shinshu
		This concept was an important aspect of the spiritual authority attributed to the "Lotus Sutra." It proclaims the ideal of universal deliverance for sentient beings.
		According to the Sutra, the Buddhas appear in the world for one reason and that is "to cause all living beings to open [the gate to] the insight of the Buddha..." [5]
		The "Lotus Sutra " is concerned with the One Vehicle in terms of true and provisional teaching, while the Pure Land teaching focuses on the nature of the beings for whom the Buddha appears, particularly for those who live in the defiled age.
	www.shindharmanet.com /writings/ultimacy.htm (6980 words)

	Tathagatagarbha Sutra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Tathagatagarbha Sutra is an influential and doctrinally striking Mahayana Buddhist scripture which treats of the existence of the "Tathagatagarbha" (Buddha-Matrix, Buddha-Embryo) within all sentient creatures.
		The ultimacy of the tathagatagarbha doctrine (from the Mahayana standpoint) as articulated by the sutra is indicated by the exalted nature of the audience to whom it is delivered - an audience which includes Manjusri (embodiment of supreme Wisdom), Avalokitesvara (the manifestation of highest Compassion), and the future Buddha, Maitreya (personification of limitless Loving-kindness).
		The Tathagatagarbha Sutra constitutes one of a number of Buddha-nature sutras (including the Mahaparinirvana Sutra, the Srimala Sutra, and the Anunatva-Apurnatva-Nirdesa scripture) which apodeictically declare the reality of an Awakened Essence within each being.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/Tathagatagarbha-Sutra.htm (443 words)

	WOMEN IN ZEN BUDDHISM: Chinese Bhiksunis in the Ch'an Tradition
		In these sutras women are protrayed as representing the profane world, `samsara`, and thus as potential obstacles to spiritual growth.
		`Srimala`, an advanced female Bodhisattva, not only is the leading character in a Buddhist sutra, but actually teaches the very important doctrine of `Tathagatagarbha` thought, which happens to advocate the existence of universal Buddhahood.
		It has been said she was able to recite the whole of the Lotus Sutra, some say it was the Heart Sutra, word-for-word from memory.
	www.geocities.com /zennun12_8/chanwomen.html (3940 words)

	ANUNATVA-APURNATVA-NIRDESA FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Anunatva-Apurnatva-Nirdesa ("Exposition of Non-Decrease and Non-Increase") is a Buddhist sutra belonging to the Tathagatagarbha class of sutras.
		It is noteworthy for its teaching (delivered, in this text, by the Buddha to Sariputra) that Nirvana is not cessation of being or utter vacuity, but is the realm of the Tathagatagarbha, the unfabricated, utterly pure and everlasting essence of all creatures and beings.
		This sutra is notable for its doctrinal closeness, regarding the Tathagatagarbha, to the "Srimaladevisimhanada Sutra" (commonly known as the "Srimala_Sutra").
	www.bluestarbase.com /Anunatva-Apurnatva-Nirdesa (191 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Atman (Buddhism)
		This Buddha-dhatu is said in the Nirvana Sutra to be the uncreated, immutable and immortal essence (“svabhava”) of all beings, which can never be harmed or destroyed.
		The most extensive sutra promulgating this as an "ultimate teaching" (uttara-tantra) on the Buddhic essence of all creatures (animals included) is the Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra.
		For instance, the Srimala Sutra insists: "When sentient beings have faith in the Tathagata Buddha and those sentient beings conceive him with permanence, pleasure, self, and purity, they do not go astray.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Atman_(Buddhism) (1003 words)

	Rev. Ryuei: The Proper Approach to the Buddhist Canon
		This is in response to the ignoramus spamming various Nichiren newsgroups with out of context passages from the Pali Canon in his efforts to denigrate Mahayana Buddhism.
		The translator and teacher David Kalupahana has even put forward the claim that Mahayana teachers like Nagarjuna were even more faithful to the teachings found in the pre-Mahayana canon than even the 5th century Theravadin teacher Buddhaghosa whose commentaries have become authoritative in the Theravadin traditon.
		To cut off the Pali Canon or dismiss it as irrelevant is to deprive yourself of the root of that conversation and to abolish the context of what is said later in the Mahayana.
	www.fraughtwithperil.com /blogs/ryuei/archives/000258.html (745 words)

	The Lion
		While Queen Srimala was hearing the sublime prophesy, uncountable gods and men were inspired to be born in that Buddha land.
		Queen Srimala appealed to the Lord: "Lord, there are three kinds of good son of the family and good daughter of the family who guard themselves to be unblemished and unspoiled regarding the profound Dharma; and these generate much merit and also have entered the path of the Great Vehicle.
		Meanwhile Queen Srimala and her retinue, with hands folded at their heads, were gazing enraptured and unblinking at the Lord.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /ida_b_wells_memorial_sutra_library/the_lions_roar_0f_queen_srimala_sutra.htm (9224 words)

	biology - Buddhism
		A long passage in the Lankavatara Sutra shows the Buddha weighing strongly in favor of vegetarianism, since the eating of the flesh of fellow sentient beings is said by him to be incompatible with the compassion which a Bodhisattva should strive to cultivate.
		This is considered to be the oldest of the surviving Buddhist canons, and its sutras are accepted as authentic in every branch of Buddhism.
		Other new texts, such as the Platform Sutra and the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment did not pretend to be of Indian origin, but were widely accepted as valid scriptures on their own merits.
	www.biologydaily.com /biology/Buddhist (5967 words)

	Women in Buddhism
		Although she was ruthlessly using Buddhism for her own political gain, the new sutras which declared the spiritual potential of women benefited the nuns in various Chinese sects.
		Ironically, when Buddhism was first established in Japan in the 6th century, the three sutras emphasized by Prince Shotoku were the Lotus Sutra, Vimalakirti Sutra and the Queen Srimala Sutra.
		In one episode of the Vimalakirti Sutra, a woman creates the illusion of changing bodies with one of the Buddha's disciples in order to prove that the physical form of a person has nothing to do with their spiritual insight.
	www.urbandharma.org /udharma/womenbuddhist.html (3679 words)

	The Lion's Roar Discourse of Queen Srimala
		Srimala said, "All the vows of opening to Openness, as numberless as the sands of the river Ganges, are contained within embracing the Thus Come's complete Teachings of Reality.
		Queen Srimala then said, "Generous One, empowered by the Thus Come, may I be eloquent in teaching of this vast extent.
		"Srimala, as this is so, you should establish beings in the embrace of the complete Teachings of Reality through revealing it, demonstrating it, rejoicing in it, and teaching it.
	wwzc.org /translations/lionsRoar.htm (2054 words)

	Bigliography, Sections 5.4-5.6
		A translation of the Srimala Sutra from the Chinese [W].
		Sutton, Florin Giripescu, Existence and Enlightenment in the Lankavatara Sutra: A Study in the Ontology and Epistemology of the Yogacara School of Mahayana Buddhism.
		Treats the sutra as presenting a doctrine of Idealistic monism.
	here-and-now.org /buddrel/5.4thru5.6.html (1542 words)

	Chapter 6
		While there were occasional lectures on important sutras sponsored in the court, the major employment of such texts was to be read or chanted in connection with some need.
		It is interesting to note that the Chinese sutras were not translated into Japanese because they were not intended to be understood by the general run of people but only by the skilled clergy.
		The use of Buddhism as a source of magical protection for the state as a whole is based on a number of Mahayana sutras such as the "Ninnogyo," "Konkomyo-saisho-o-kyo," "Hokkekyo" (Lotus Sutra), which promise security for the state in return for governmental support for Buddhism.
	www.shindharmanet.com /course/chapter6.htm (4770 words)

	Srimala Sutra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was later translated into English by Alex and Hideko Wayman as The Lion's Roar of Queen Srimala.
		The sutra teaches the reality of an ultimate, immaculate Consciousness within each living being, which is the Buddhic "Dharmakaya" (essence of Truth), which is yet temporarily sheathed in obscuring defilement.
		The sutra has significantly contributed to the Mahayana notion of the permanent, steadfast and eternal "Tathagatagarbha" (Buddha-Matrix), which is nothing less than the perfect Dharmakaya temporarily concealed by (ultimately unreal) mental contaminants.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Srimala-Sutra.htm (340 words)

	biology - Shunyata
		The Heart Sutra (one of the Mahayana Perfection of Wisdom Sutras) declares that the skandhas, which constitute our mental and physical existence, are empty in their nature or essence, i.e., empty of any such nature or essence.
		The class of Buddhist scriptures known as the Tathagatagarbha sutras presents a seemingly variant understanding of Emptiness, according to which the Buddha and Nirvana, unlike compounded, conditioned phenomena, are not empty of intrinsic existence, but merely empty of the impermanent, the painful and the Self-less.
		The "Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra" supports such a vision and views Ultimate Emptiness as the Buddhic cognition ("jnana") which perceives both Emptiness and non-Emptiness, wherein "the Empty is the totality of Samsara and the non-Empty is Great Nirvana".
	www.biologydaily.com /biology/Shunyata (799 words)

	The Ultimacy of Jodo Shinshu: Shinran's Response to Tendai
		According to the Sutra, the Buddhas appear in the world for one reason and that is "to cause all living beings to open [the gate to] the insight of the Buddha...."(5) The theme is reiterated four times in this passage with certain modifications, indicating strong emphasis.
		While Shinran had the Lotus Sutra and Tendai Buddhism in his background, his passage is based on the text of the Queen Srimala Sutra (Shomangyo).
		However, it is a mark of the Lotus Sutra that all followers of the various vehicles and paths in Buddhism will attain the highest Enlightenment, even though their aspirations and practice may be devoted to inferior ways.
	ccbs.ntu.edu.tw /FULLTEXT/JR-ENG/bloom.htm (6057 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum > The Lotus Sutra And The Tathagata's Lifespan
		One of the consequences of the 17th Chapter of the Lotus Sutra is that all the previous lives of the Buddha as a Bodhisattva are no longer seen as leading up to his enlightenment under the bodhi tree.
		Oct 26 2003, 11:39 PM the lotus sutra is a great sutra, but it is the method one practices and the honest determination which one practices that method which is important, not the sutra.
		My point here is that the Lotus Sutra is consistent with this view of Nibbana as not a mere absence, but as something to be experienced by the wise, and that that something which is experienced is deathless, unborn, unconditioned, in a word, eternal.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/lofiversion/index.php/t472-0.html (11838 words)

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