Pāli Canon — The Pāli Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pali language. [Gombrich, Theravada Buddhism , 2nd edn, Routledge, London, 2006, page 3] It is the only completely surviving early… … Wikipedia
Khuddaka Nikaya — (Pali: Short Collection ) Collection of Buddhist texts. It constitutes the fifth and last section of the Pali language Sutta Pitaka, one of the sacred texts of Theravada Buddhism. Written between 500 BC and the 1st century AD, its contents… … Universalium
Sūtra — Lankāvatāra Sūtra, que cuenta el descenso de Buda a Sri Lanka. Los sūtras o suttas son mayoritariamente discursos dados por Buda o alguno de sus discípulos más próximos. Si bien se asocian principalmente al budismo, puede ser utilizada para… … Wikipedia Español
Buddhism — Buddhist, n., adj. Buddhistic, Buddhistical, adj. Buddhistically, adv. /booh diz euhm, bood iz /, n. a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that… … Universalium
Atthakavagga and Parayanavagga — The IAST|Aṭṭhakavagga (Pali, Octet Chapter ) and the Pārāyanavagga (Pali, Way to the Far Shore Chapter ) are two small collections of suttas within the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. [In the Pali canon, these chapters are the fourth and fifth… … Wikipedia
Sutta Pitaka — The Sutta Pitaka (IAST|suttapiṭaka; or Suttanta Pitaka; cf Sanskrit सूत्र पिटक Sutra Pitaka) is the second of the three divisions of the Tipitaka or Pali Canon, the great Pali collection of Buddhist writings, the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism … Wikipedia
Rhinoceros Sutra — The Rhinoceros Sutra (Pāli: Khaggavisāna sutta) is a very early Buddhist text advocating the merit of solitary asceticism for pursuing enlightenment (as opposed to practicing as a householder or in a community of monks or nuns).The Rhinoceros… … Wikipedia
Two truths doctrine — The Buddhist doctrine of the two truths differentiates between two levels of truth in Buddhist discourse, a relative , or commonsense truth, and an ultimate or absolute spiritual truth. This avoids confusion between doctrinally accurate… … Wikipedia
Samyutta Nikaya — The Samyutta Nikaya (IAST|Saṃyutta Nikāya SN, Connected Discourses or Kindred Sayings ) is a Buddhist scripture, the third of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the three baskets that compose the Pali Tipitaka… … Wikipedia
Khuddaka Nikaya — The Khuddaka Nikaya ( nikāya; Minor Collection ) is the last of the five nikayas, or collections, in the Sutta Pitaka, which is one of the three baskets that compose the Pali Tipitaka, the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism. This nikaya consists of … Wikipedia
