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	Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism
		Vimalakirti, the protagonist of the sutra, is a wealthy and prominent citizen of the city of Vaishali at the time of Shakyamuni.
		Vimalakirti, questioned by Manjushri about the nature of his illness, replies that, because all living beings are ill, he is ill; if all living beings are relieved of sickness, then his sickness will likewise be relieved.
		The dialogue between Vimalakirti and Bodhisattva Manjushri continues, and the doctrines of Hinayana are sharply criticized based on the teaching of non-substantiality, which this sutra refers to as non-duality.
	www.sgi-usa.org /buddhism/dictionary/define?tid=768 (407 words)

	The Vimalakirti Sutra
		Unlike most sutras, its central figure is not a Buddha but a wealthy townsman, who, in his mastery of doctrine and religious practice, epitomizes the ideal lay believer.
		Like many sutras of the Mahayana, the Vimalakirti is set at a time when Sakyamuni is present to preach the sutra itself to a great assembly, suggesting that the views of the Mahayana were actually expounded by the Buddha and not invented centuries later to accommodate the aspirations of the lay community.
		Vimalakirti, who is praised and honored by the thousand-millionfold Buddhas and heavenly beings, sets the pace for the layman who strives for annutara-samyak-sambodhi, or supreme perfect enlightenment, showing us that to be a perfect Buddhist one need not renounce family life and join the order of monks and nuns.
	www.cuppalove.com /Shopping/Details/0231106572.aspx (1342 words)

	Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
		Vimalakirti: It should be sought in the prime mental activity of all living beings.
		Vimalakirti: Manjusri, a bodhisattva who is terrified by fear of life should resort to the magnanimity of the Buddha.
		Vimalakirti: Unreal construction is the root of desire.
	www.mandala.hr /3/vimalakirti.html (17740 words)

	Vimalakirti Sutra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This scripture is considered one of the most profound, as well as literarily excellent of the Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist sutras.
		The sutra expounds the profound principle of Mahāyāna as opposed to Theravada teachings, focusing on the explication of the meaning of nonduality.
		A significant aspect of the scripture is the fact that it is a teaching addressed to high-ranking Buddhist disciples through the mouth of the layman bodhisattva Vimalakīrti, who expounds the doctrine of emptiness in depth, eventually resorting to silence.
	www.gogoglo.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/v/vi/vimalakirti_sutra.html (144 words)

	A talk on the Vimalakirti Sutra
		In fact, this sutra is also called The Renowned-for-Purity Sutra, and Vimalakirti has come to mean the one who has eliminated all impurity, or the one renowned for accomplishing this.
		The Vimalakirti Sutra also seems to have been composed six years after Shakyamuni's death, at the beginning of the second century C. As a matter of historical fact, we cannot be certain whether Shakyamuni or Vimalakirti really said what is recorded in the sutra.
		Thus, whether The Vimalakirti Sutra is considered a sermon directly from Shakyamuni's "golden lips" or from a later date, I want to find a way to live in truth by learning from it and understanding it for myself.
	www.purifymind.com /TalkVimalakirti.htm (8184 words)

	A Talk On The Vimalakirti Sutra
		Although the sutras were believed to have had their beginnings in Shakyamuni's day, scholars are now claiming that most of them were composed much later.
		Thus, in the "Disciples" chapter Vimalakirti scolds Shariputra, who is sitting quietly in the woods, saying "Sitting in complete repose means body and mind not appearing in the three worlds." Body and mind not appearing in the three worlds means that, being formless, there is no mental or physical form whatsoever.
		Vimalakirti describes it as "Not abiding in the mind, nor outside of it; this is called sitting in complete repose." Truly sitting upright is free of inside and outside, so there remains nothing limited or determined.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /a_talk_on_the_vimalakirti_sutra.htm (8184 words)

	VIMALAKIRTI NIRDESA SUTRA
		Vimalakirti continued, "Reverend Shariputra, he who is interested in the Dharma is not interested even in his own body, much less in a chair.
		Then the Licchavi Vimalakirti said to the patriarch Maha-Kasyapa, "Reverend Maha-Kasyapa, the Mara’s who play the devil in the innumerable universes of the ten directions are all bodhisattvas dwelling in the inconceivable liberation, who are playing the devil in order to develop living beings through their skill in liberative technique.
		Vimalakirti replied, "Manjusri, a bodhisattva should regard all livings beings as a wise man regards the reflection of the moon in water or as magicians regard men created by magic.
	www.buddhistinformation.com /ida_b_wells_memorial_sutra_library/vimalakirti_nirdesa_sutra.htm (18921 words)

	Vimalakirti 10
		Then, the Licchavi Vimalakirti set himself in such a concentration and performed such a miraculous feat that those bodhisattvas and those great disciples were enabled to see the universe called Sarvagandhasugandha, which is located in the direction of the zenith, beyond as many buddha-fields as there are sands in forty-two Ganges rivers.
		Then, the Licchavi Vimalakirti, without rising from his couch, magically emanated an incarnation-bodhisattva, whose body was of golden color, adorned with the auspicious signs and marks, and of such an appearance that he outshone the whole assembly.
		The Licchavi Vimalakirti addressed that incarnated bodhisattva: "Noble son, go in the direction of the zenith and when you have crossed as many buddha-fields as there are sands in forty-two Ganges rivers, you will reach a universe called Sarvagandhasugandha, where you will find the Tathagata Sugandhakuta taking his meal.
	bodhipines.com /vimlkrti10.html (2614 words)

	AfricasGateway.com - Store - The Vimalakirti Sutra
		Although I have a slight preference for the magnificent translation of this very funny and insightful sutra by Columbia University's Robert Thurman, this translation by Burton Watson was the first version that I read.
		Each has a different reason, but in short, they won't go because the last time they ran into this fellow, he gave them a very hard time indeed about whatever they were doing, said things that they are still puzzling over, and enlightened many thousands of listeners in the process.
		The author of this sutra tries to make up for this defect by a series of flighty miraculous episodes, which serve only to enhance the general effect of triviality." p.
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	iMeditate OnLine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This Mahayana scripture tells of conversations between Vimalakirti, a Mahasiddha who lived around the time of Gautama Buddha (sixth to fifth century BC).
		Vimalakirti lived in the city of Vaisali where he was well-known as a Enlightened teacher who also was involved in the business and political scene.
		Vimalakirti taught wherever people were, and through whatever they were doing -- depicted in the Oxherding pictures as the last one.
	www.imeditate.com /vimalakirti (221 words)

	Glasgow Zen Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It starts with Vimalakirti, a layman, being ill. The Buddha is concerned about him, and requests his disciples go to Vimalakirti to see how he's doing.
		This sutra expresses the message which is fundamental to the Mahayana and to Zen.
		Vimalakirti, the ordinary layman, needs to correct the understanding of the Buddha's disciples who produce all kinds of dichotomies to separate themselves from the immediacy of the world.
	www.glasgowzen.org /vimalakirti-sutra.html (266 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Vimalakirti Sutra: Books: Kumarajiva (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It is at this point that the main body of the sutra begins with Vimalakirti teaching about emptiness and most important of all non-duality.
		Vimalakirti is the name of an ordinary householder who managed to achieve the bodhisattva level of enlightenment without ever renouncing his family life.
		Not only does Vimalakirti champion the lifestyle lived by the majority of Buddhists--the laity--he delivers his teachings in a way that is often quite humorous, sometimes bordering on a blatent disrespect for the status quo of the buddhist monastic institution.
	www.amazon.ca /Vimalakirti-Sutra-Kumarajiva/dp/8120816722 (1374 words)

	DharmaJim's Realms: Vimalakirti
		What has struck me about the Vimalakirti, as wonderful as it is, is that in contrast with the Lotus Sutra it has a restricted message.
		Another Mahayana Sutra with strongly exclusivist tendencies is the "Ugrapariprccha" or "The Inquiry of Ugra", recently translated by Jan Nattier.
		I think the the idea of the exclusiveness of the Lotus Sutra derives from the claim that the Lotus Sutra is superior, that it is an ultimate teaching, and that other Discourses are provisional.
	www.fraughtwithperil.com /blogs/realms/archives/000227.html (1018 words)

	Vimalakirti Sutra by Watson, Burton at Wisdom Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		One of the most popular Asian classics for roughly two thousand years, the Vimalakirti Sutra stands out among the sacred texts of Mahayana Buddhism for it eloquence, humour, and key teachings on emptiness.
		Unlike most sutras, its central figure is not the Buddha, but a wealthy townsman who epitomises the ideal lay believer.
		For this reason, the sutra has held particular significance for lay men and women in Asia, assuring them that they can reach levels of spiritual attainment fully comparable to those accessible to the monastic order.
	www.wisdom-books.com /ProductDetail.asp?CatNumber=9109 (204 words)

	Amazon.com: The Vimalakirti Sutra: Books: Burton Watson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Vimalakirti is not only one of the most popular sutras in Buddhism, but it is also one of the easiest to read, most enlightening and at the same time full of humor.
		Vimalakirti was a Boddhisattva who decides to pretend he is sick so that others will come to him, learn, and achieve enlightenment.
		The highpoint of the sutra is when all the various boddhisattvas are asked how to understand the non-dual dharma.
	www.amazon.com /Vimalakirti-Sutra-Burton-Watson/dp/0231106572 (2307 words)

	JZS Summer Sutra Course
		This sutra course is designed to give us a chance to carefully examine selections from six popular Buddhist sutras whose study was an important factor in the rise of Zen in China.
		The Vimalakirti sutra is considered to be the layperson’s sutra, because is emphases the ability of the ordinary person to attain enlightenment.
		The sutras have their own style, which can be off-putting if you try to read one like a novel.
	www.jaxzensangha.org /summersutra.php (773 words)

	Dharma Jewel: Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Licchavi Vimalakirti came there, and, having saluted me, said, 'Reverend Ananda, what are you doing on the threshold of this house with your bowl in your hand so early in the morning?'
		At that moment, the Licchavi Vimalakirti, having focused himself in concentration, performed a miraculous feat such that the Lord Tathagata.
		The Licchavi Vimalakirti replied, "Reverend Shariputra, for the Tathagatas and the bodhisattvas, there is a liberation called 'Inconceivable.' The bodhisattva who lives in the inconceivable liberation can put the king of mountains, Sumeru, which is so high, so great, so noble, and so vast, into a mustard seed.
	www.thab.us /_jewel/_arc/vimalakirtinirdesasutra.htm (15850 words)

	Amazon.com: The Lotus Sutra: Books: Burton Watson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Lotus Sutra, or Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma (J., Myohorengekyo, Hokkekyo), the preeminent scripture in the Mahayana Buddhism of East Asia -- China, Tibet, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam -- is known primarily through the translation into Chinese of the Sanskrit Saddharma-pundarika-sutra by Kumarajiva in CE 406.
		The Lotus Sutra is basically a statement of philosophical principles and should not be approached as literary entertainment.
		Note, however, that although the Lotus Sutra freely admits many routes to enlightenment (because of the varying needs of individuals), it does NOT claim that "one view is just as good as any another," i.e., relativism.
	www.amazon.com /Lotus-Sutra-Burton-Watson/dp/0231081618 (2181 words)

	VIMALAKIRTI NIRDESA SUTRA
		And the eighty-four thousand living beings who were devoted to the grandeur of the buddha-field, having understood that all things are by nature but magical creations, all conceived in their own minds the spirit of unexcelled, totally perfect enlightenment.
		On the head of the Tathagata Dusprasaha, the pearl necklace took the form of a pavilion, decorated with strings of pearls, resting on four bases, with four columns, symmetrical, well constructed, and lovely to behold.
		At that moment, the Licchavi Vimalakirti, having focused himself in concentration, performed a miraculous feat such that the Lord Tathagata Merupradiparaja, in the universe Merudhvaja, sent to this universe thirty-two hundred thousand thrones.
	home.primusonline.com.au /peony/vimilakirti.htm (18166 words)

	Vimalakirti Sutra; Author: Waston, Burton; Author: Translator Watson, Burton; Hardback; Book
		Vimalakirti Sutra; Author: Waston, Burton; Author: Translator Watson, Burton; Hardback; Book
		Originally written in Sanskrit, this sutra is one of the most influenctial works in the Mahayana canon.
		This beautiful translation of Kumarajivas popular Chinese version highlights the sutras frequent touches of humor, the liveliness of its episodes, and its eloquent, orderly exposition of basic Mahayana tenets.
	www.netstoreusa.com /rkbooks/023/0231106564.shtml (255 words)

	THE SUTRA OF VIMALAKIRTI'S PREACHING.
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		A sutra of Mahayama Buddhism is analyzed for its concept of the householder.
		The proper role of the householder is judged to be the maintenance of the home life, without the attachment or craving of worldly possessions.
	www.academictermpapers.com /abstracts/52000/52767.html (166 words)

	Books : The Vimalakirti Sutra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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		Many arhats and bodhisattvas gathered together in Vimalakirti's home, where they all tried to express the Dharma of "not two", which as a previous reviewer noted,...
		All of these fancy displays are intended to convince the reader that by striving to attain the state of bodhisattva, and adhering to the sutra's tailored doctrine of the Great Vehicle,...
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	Amazon.ca: Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra: Books: Kuanyu Lu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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