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	Yoga Sutras \| Ashtanga Yoga \| Patanjali Yoga Sutras \| Pranayama and Asana
		In yoga sutras, Patanjali suggests eight steps that are the basic principles of yoga practice to calm one's mind and unite with the infinite.
		The yoga sutras are the physical activities that focus on the body, meditation and the mind.
		The last one of the yoga sutras is Samadhi or total absorption, is the capability of becoming one with the true self and unites into the object of concentration.
	www.onlineyogaguide.com /yoga-sutras.html (807 words)

	Heart Sutra : Introduction
		This sutra belongs to the teachings on the perfecting of insight or wisdom, sometimes referred to as the "mother of all Buddhas" in the sense that it is this insight or wisdom that brings about enlightened individuals, gives birth to Buddhas.
		In the sutra it is referred to as his "throne-like seat," but one should be aware that it was merely a slab of stone.
		The first two stages are the path of accumulation and the path of unification, and individuals on either of these paths are members of the community made up of ordinary Bodhisattvas.
	www.purifymind.com /HeartSutraInt.htm (3370 words)

	The Sutra on Limitless Meanings
		The Sutra is the Buddha's eternal life in what is known as the Spiritual Body or Spiritual Life (S. Dharmakaya).
		In practicing the Sutra (reading it, reciting it, understanding it, worshipping it, propagating it, living up to it, etc) one brings it to life and attains its wisdom and virtues (the Body of Reward, S. Sambhogakaya) and becomes the Buddha teaching the Dharma to enlighten others (the Body of Response or Manifestation, S.
		The Sutra is the Sutra, whether it is The Lotus Sutra, The Sutra of Limitless Meanings or any of the other manifestations of the word of the Buddha.
	www.tientai.net /lit/mrg/mrg1.htm (559 words)

	Buddhism 101, Part Two
		According to the Prajnaparamita Sutra, prajna is compared to a jewel with many facets that emits an illuminating light that eradicates all darkness, thereby revealing all aspects of the phenomenal world as they truly are: empty and without any intrinsic self-nature (sunyata).
		According to the Prajnaparamita Sutra, the aspiring bodhisattva must also exercise "skillful means" (upaya) that are born from the bodhisattva’s desire to work on behalf of the welfare of all living beings.
		The SHK concludes its discourse on the ten paramitas by equating them with the essence of five goddesses (devis) with whom the worshipper must unite in order to assemble the required equipment for fostering Buddhahood.
	www.borobudur.tv /buddhism_102.htm (1928 words)

	Buddhist Scriptures: Guide to Mahayana Sutras
		One of the three sutras that form the doctrinal basis of the Pureland School - the two others are Meditation Sutra and Longer Amitabha Sutra.
		One of the smallest sutras, and with the Diamond Sutra, one of the most popular of the 40 sutras, in the vast Prajnaparamita literature.
		It establishes the ten stages of cultivation that the Bodhisattva must traverse on the path to enlightenment.
	www.buddhanet.net /e-learning/history/s_mahasutras.htm (345 words)

	Yoga Meditation
		Bindu: The Final Convergence: There is a stage of meditation in which all experiences collapse, so to speak, into a point (Bindu) from which all experiences arose in the first place.
		Yoga Sutras: Yoga Meditation is outlined in 196 pithy statements or Sutras, summarized on one page so as to see the "big picture".
		The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is a primary source of learning the practices of traditional Yoga Meditation.
	www.swamij.com (2633 words)

	Rissho Ankoku Ron - a commentary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Commentary on the Ten Stage Sutra: Commentary attributed to Nagarjuna on a sutra that is actually a chapter in the Flower Garland Sutra.
		Lotus Sutra: (Skt Saddharma-pundarika Sutra; Chin Miao-fa Lien-hua Ching; Jpn Myoho Renge Kyo) A Mahayana Buddhist sutra that is the main sutra of the T’ien-t’ai school.
		Nirvana Sutra: A Mahayana Buddhist sutra that purports to be the last teachings of the Buddha’s life given on his deathbed.
	nichirenscoffeehouse.net /Ryuei/RAR35.html (5146 words)

	Ten Stages Sutra
		The Ten Stages Sutra (Sanskrit Daśabhūmikasūtra-śāstra, Dasabhūmikabhāsya; Chinese 十地經論, 十地論, 地論; pinyin shi di jing lun; also known as the Sutra on the Ten Stages) is an influential Mahayana Buddhist scripture written by Vasubandhu in Sanskrit and translated in to Chinese by Bodhiruci and others during the 6th century.
		Supposedly a Daśabhūmikā; sect arose in China at one time, centered around this sutra, but was later absorbed by the Huayan school.
		The Huayan school continues to study and propagate the Ten Stages Sutra as part of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra;.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/t/te/ten_stages_sutra.html (102 words)

	Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment: Gihwa's Edition
		The sutra was extremely popular and influential within the meditation-oriented Buddhist schools of East Asia: first in Chinese Chan, where its influence was considerable, and then later in Korean Seon, where it grew in popularity to the extent that it was made part of the official monastic curriculum of the main Korean school, the Jogye.
		The structure of the sutra is such that the most "essential" and suddenistic discussions occur in the earlier chapters and the more "functional" and gradualistic dialogues occur later.
		I beg of you on behalf of the bodhisattvas of this assembly and the sentient beings of the degenerate age, to expound on the bodhisattvas' stages and practice.
	www.hm.tyg.jp /~acmuller/bud-canon/sutra_of_perfect_enlightenment.html (7466 words)

	Three Baskets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Canonical texts, also called the (Sanskrit: sutra) or (Pali: sutta), are held to be, literally or metaphorically, the actual words of Gautama Buddha.
		The Pali term Tipitaka is commonly used to refer to the Pali Canon, while the Sanskrit term Tripitaka (Chinese: 三藏 sanzàng) is also widely used as a title given to a master who has perfected in the study of the teachings of a Buddha.
		The Sandhi-nirmocana Sutra of the Mahayana Canon reveal that the Buddha's dharma may be divided into three general hierarchical categories, known as the Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma, which is:-
	buddhism.2be.net /Three_Baskets (739 words)

	Ten Stages Sutra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Ten Stages Sutra (Sanskrit Daśabhūmikasūtra-śāstra, Dasabhūmikabhāsya; Chinese 十地經論, 十地論, 地論; pinyin shi di jing lun; also known as the Sutra on the Ten Stages) is an influential Mahayana Buddhist scripture written by Vasubandhu in Sanskrit and translated into Chinese by Bodhiruci and others during the 6th century.
		Supposedly, a sect, the Daśabhūmikā, arose in China at one time, centered on this sutra, but was later absorbed by the Huayan school.
		The teaching of the Ten Stages was absorbed into the Huayan's Avataṃsaka Sūtra as its twenty-sixth chapter, and can be found in modified form in the thirty-ninth chapter as part of the journey of the bodhisattva Sudhana.
	vb.game-host.org /en/Ten_Stages_Sutra.htm (186 words)

	Stages of Practice
		And the third stage of practice is very much like the first stage again, although you’re not trying to accomplish anything in particular and you just go along with things; but your going along with things helps everyone.
		The third stage is when we no longer remain in some special quiet place but just allow ourselves to return to the first stage of involvement with circumstances as they appear, putting our self in a position that is not necessarily ideal, but riding with difficult circumstances in the world and sharing those difficulties.
		Without abandoning the effort and purity of the first stage, the second stage is a maturing of the first stage—and the third stage is the maturity growing out of the second stage.
	www.intrex.net /chzg/stagesof.htm (1767 words)

	Nirvana Sutra :: Appreciation of the "Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra"
		Those slanderers of the vaipulya sutras, those who have committed the five deadly sins, and the icchantika are termed those who are not fixed.
		The Heaven of Meaning is for the Bodhisattva-mahasattvas of the stage of the ten abodes [“bhumis”].
		Seeing such virtue in this sutra, my aspiration doubled [and I prayed]: "I pray that in days to come I shall attain Bodhi and be called Shakyamuni." O good man! Due to this single gatha I am now with this congregation, fully addressing gods and men.
	www.nirvanasutra.org.uk /nirvanasutrau.htm (7825 words)

	King of Samadhi Sutra
		The primary difference between the sutra approach and the approach of the vajrayana is that in the sutra approach, we take inferential reasoning as our path and in the vajrayana approach, we take direct experience as our path.
		This sutra is used as a background or a support for the practice of Mahamudra.
		In the sutra, the Buddha makes a prediction how this same bodhisattva in a future life would be born under the name Dawo Shonnu, Youthful Moonlight, and would spread the flawless teachings on samadhi, and in doing so benefit innumerable beings.
	www.rinpoche.com /samadisutra.html (11322 words)

	The Surangama Sutra Teachings on Breaking Through the Consciousness Skandha
		This is called 'the realm of the skandha of consciousness.' In the midst of the world's attractions they are now able to maintain their identity with the world, for they have overcome the six senses, so that the senses are able to unite or function separately, and hearing and seeing are interchangeable in their purity.
		The world of the ten directions, together with his own body and mind are like glass, which is perfectly transparent within and without.
		When the skandha of consciousness is overcome, then all of your senses are coordinated, and you can enter the first stage of the indestructible wisdom of the bodhisattva, whose perfect and clear mind will be transformed into pure glass containing a precious moon within.
	www.meditationexpert.com /zen-buddhism-tao/z_surangama_sutra_consciousness_skandha_teachings.htm (2342 words)

	Blue Lotus Assembly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Well-known as the "Bodhisattva Precepts Sutra", the Brahma Net Sutra is regarded as fundamental among scriptures elucidating Mahayana bodhisattva precepts.
		Volume 1 expounds forty stages of bodhisattva practice that are classified into four groups: (1) ten initial stages, (2) ten steps in the nourishment of perfection, (3) ten diamond steps of firmness, and (4) ten stages of development.
		This sutra was highly valued in China and Japan because it describes the precepts for Mahayana bodhisattvas, and many commentaries were written on it.
	www.skhquest.com /mvm/bla/BrahmaNetSutra.html (210 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> 52 Stage Of Bodhisattvas
		The ten stages of the development of a Bodhisattva into a Buddha, which are the fifth ten of the 52 Bodhisattva’s positions in cultivation.
		Prabhakar (發光地) — the stage of illumination, i.e.
		The ten are greed, hatred, stupidity, arrogance, doubt, the view of (bodily) self, one-sided views, deviant views, the view of being attached to views, and the view of grasping (non-beneficial) prohibitive precepts.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/index.php?showtopic=6142 (6065 words)

	THE LARGER SUKHAVATIVYUHA SUTRA
		And they, through their meditation that dwells on perceiving the sight of the Tathagata, and with unfailing memory, will, when they have died, be born in the same Buddha country.
		Ten nayutas of kotis of Bodhisattvas will be born in the world Sukhavati from the place of the Tathagata Narendraraja.
		The praise of the beauty of the excellences of Sukhavati, the country of the blessed Amitabha, the Tathagata, the entry of the Bodhisattva on the stage of never returning, the story of Amitabha, the Mahayanasutra of the Description of Sukhavati is finished.
	www.shindharmanet.com /documents/largersutra.htm (10692 words)

	The Sutra on the Unlimited Life of the Threefold Body
		One of their main texts is a sutra, "Sutra on the Unlimited Life of the Threefold Body" which apparently was composed through 'Kantoku' ("inspired vision") by a follower in Japan, but is often attributed to either the Buddha or to En-no-Gyoja.
		In the "Sutra of Unlimited Life..." Manjushri poses questions to the Buddha on the source of the Buddha's teachings and authority.
		The Buddha, after preaching this sutra, sat in the lotus position and entered the concentration [samadhi] that is wonderful and supreme.
	www.healing-touch.co.uk /shugendo.htm (1108 words)

	Saiva Siddhanta Church
		To foster international alliances with organizations of all sects of Hinduism based on the doctrine of Hindu solidarity, with the objective of providing a firm foundation for the Sanatana Dharma to persist in the future with the same potency which has made it the world's spiritual leader and guide for thousands of years.
		Siva's followers all believe in the law of karma--that one must reap the effects of all actions he has caused--and that each soul continues to reincarnate until all karmas are resolved and moksha, liberation, is attained.
		Siva's followers all believe that the performance of charya, virtuous living, kriya, temple worship, and yoga, leading to Parasiva through the grace of the living satguru, is absolutely necessary to bring forth jnana, wisdom.
	www.himalayanacademy.com /ssc (2766 words)

	Buddhist philosophy, Chinese : Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online
		Two Indian monks collaborated on a translation of Vasubandhu’s Daśabhūmikasūutra śāstra (Treatise on the Ten Stages Sutra; in Chinese, Shidijing lun, or Dilun for short).
		The Dilun described the ten stages through which a bodhisattva proceeded on the way to nirvāṇa, and Vasubandhu’s exposition of it highlighted aspects most in accord with the tenets of the Yogācāra school (see Buddhism, Yogācāra school of; Vasubandhu).
		Since, like a stream, the ālaya-vijñāna is reconfigured each moment in response to constantly changing conditions, it is not a permanent self, although, being nothing more than a sequential chain of causes and effects, it provides sufficient stability for an individual to maintain a sense of continuity.
	www.rep.routledge.com /article/G002SECT4 (819 words)

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	Avatamsaka Sutra
		The sutra reveals different causes and ways of cultivation of many great Bodhisattvas, such as Ten Grades of Faith, Ten Stages of Wisdom, Ten Activities, Ten Transference of Merits, Ten Stages of Bodhisattvas, Absolute Universal Enlightenment, Wonderful Enlightenment, etc. It also reveals how to enter Avatamsaka World (Buddha's world) from the Saha World.
		That is to say, there are those born from eggs, the womb-born, the transformational born, as well as those who live and rely on earth, water, fire and air for their existence.
		They were able to enter into one stage, according to technical expediency, yet maintain the virtues of all stages, supported by the ocean of all vows, always accompanied by wisdom, throughout the future.
	www.fodian.net /English/Avatamsaka_Sutra.htm (0 words)

	Deva (Jp. = Tenbu) - Protectors of Buddhist Law, Japanese Buddhism & Shintoism Photo Dictionary
		In the "Devadatta" (twelfth) chapter of the Lotus Sutra, the dragon king Sagara is described as the father of a dragon girl who attained enlightenment at age eight.
		Above the TENBU (the sixth state) are the final four states, yielding a total of Ten States (the Ten Worlds) that must be achieved prior to Buddhahood.
		The TEN deities usually first appeared in ancient Indian myths, and from the time of Siddhartha Gautama (the Historical Buddha) they developed a deep interrelationship with Buddhism.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/tenbu-top.shtml (2329 words)

	Kukai Summary
		Stages four and five are two Hinayana stages, in which there is but partial understanding and where extinction in nirvana is the highest aspiration.
		The sixth stage is that of Pseudo-Mahayana, which aims at discovering the nature of existence through the investigation of its characteristics (the Hosso sect is an example).
		The seventh, eighth, and ninth stages are represented, respectively, by Sanron and its elimination of all false conceptions, the universality of Tendai (one moment contains eternity; a sesame seed may hold a mountain), and Kegon with its doctrine of interdependence and convertibility.
	www.bookrags.com /Kukai (7031 words)

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