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Diamond Sutra
Chapter 1 (2)
Upon a memorable occasion, the Lord Buddha sojourned in the kingdom of Shravasti, lodging in the grove of Jeta, a park within the imperial domain, which Jeta, the heir-apparent, bestowed upon Sutana, a benevolent Minister of State, renowned for his charities and benefactions.
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 6: The Inconceivable Liberation (18)
Further, Sariputra, a Bodhisattva who has won this inconceivable liberation can gather in one country all the majestic things of all Buddha lands so...
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 13: The Offering of Dharma (7)
The Buddha continued: “Long before an uncountable number of aeons in the past there was a Buddha called Bhaisajya-raja (whose titles are:) Tathagata,...
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 11: The Bodhisattva Conduct (1)
The Buddha was expounding the Dharma at Amravana park which suddenly became majestic and extensive while all those present turned golden hued.
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 10: The Buddha of the Fragrant Land (2)
At that, Vimalakirti entered the state of samadhi and used his transcendental power to show to the assembly a country, which is above separated from...
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 13: The Offering of Dharma (19)
Sakra, who was that Royal Precious Canopy? He is now a Buddha called the Tathagata Precious Flame and his one thousand sons are the thousand Buddhas...
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 13: The Offering of Dharma (8)
“At the time Precious Canopy and his retinue had worshipped and made offerings to the Tathagata Bhaisajya-raja for five aeons after which he said to...
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 6: The Inconceivable Liberation (6)
At that time, Vimalakirti used his transcendental powers to invite Buddha Merukalpa to send to his room thirty-two thousand high, large, majestic and...
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 1: The Buddha Land (56)
ANSWER: “Look at the majestic purity of this Buddha land of mine.”...
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 12: Seeing Aksobhya Buddha (7)
ANSWER: “There is a (Buddha) land called the realm of Profound Joy whose Buddha is Aksobhya Buddha where Vimalakirti disappeared to come here.”...
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 7: Looking at Living Beings (44)
Seventh, when the Venerable Upasaka thinks of Sakyamuni Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, Aksobhya Buddha, the Buddha of Precious Virtues, the Buddha of...
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 1: The Buddha Land (19)
As all kings in this world. With mercy He used His ‘ten powers’ to make this change. The witnesses praise the Buddha. I bow to the most Honoured One...
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 11: The Bodhisattva Conduct (17)
There are Buddha lands where the Buddha light performs the work of salvation; Where the Bodhisattvas perform it; Where illusory men created by the...
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 7: Looking at Living Beings (38)
Sariputra, I have stayed here for twelve years during which I have never heard the Dharmas of sravakas and pratyeka-buddhas but only the doctrine of...
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 12: Seeing Aksobhya Buddha (21)
ANSWER: “Have you seen the world of Profound Joy and its Immutable Tathagata?” Sariputra replied: “Yes, World Honoured One, I have. May all living beings win...
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 1: The Buddha Land (55)
At that time, the Buddha pressed the toes of His (right ) foot on the ground and the world was suddenly adorned with hundreds and thousands of rare...
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 1: The Buddha Land (9)
With Mount Sumeru and all the concentric ranges around it, great seas, rivers, streams, the sun, the moon, planets and stars, and the palaces of...
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 10: The Buddha of the Fragrant Land (19)
Vimalakirti then asked the visiting Bodhisattvas: “How does the Tathagata of your land preach the Dharma?” They replied: “The Tathagata of our land...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book I: The Sixth Day (9.8)
The All-Good Father, and the All-Good Mother, the Great Ancestors of all the Buddhas: Samata- Bhadra [and Samanta-Bhadra], the Divine Father and the...
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 1: The Buddha Land (57)
Sariputra said: “World Honoured One, I have never seen and heard of this Buddha land in its majestic purity.”
Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
Chapter 1: The Buddha Land (7)
Thus, surrounded by an incalculable number of people circumambulating to pay their respects, the Buddha was about to expound the Dharma. Like the...
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