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The sutra sees the awakening of a Buddha as the only and ultimate goal, and it claims that "of any who hear the dharma, none shall fail to achieve buddhahood." [ 9 ] Numerous figures in the sutra receive predictions of future Buddhahood, including the ultimate Buddhist villain Devadatta .
The Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (Pali; Sanskrit: Dharmacakrapravartana Sūtra; English: The Setting in Motion of the Wheel of the Dhamma Sutta or Promulgation of the Law Sutta) is a Buddhist scripture that is considered by Buddhists to be a record of the first sermon given by Gautama Buddha, the Sermon in the Deer Park at Sarnath.
In the Lotus Sutra, Viśiṣṭacāritra is entrusted to spread Buddhist dharma in the age of Dharma decline and save mankind and the earth. He and countless other bodhisattvas , specifically called Bodhisattvas of the Earth (of which he is the leader), vow to be reborn in a latter day to re-create Buddhist dharma, thus turning the degenerate ...
The Lotus Sutra also states that defaming a Dharma teacher is worse than defaming the Buddha. It also predicts that some dharmabhāṇakas will be persecuted in the future. It states that dharmabhāṇakas who preach the Lotus Sutra will see the Buddha and have a favorable rebirth. Furthermore, their bodies will also become more beautiful (like ...
The Buddha's Path of Virtue, tr F. L. Woodward, Theosophical Publishing House, London & Madras, 1921; In Buddhist Legends, tr E. W. Burlinghame, Harvard Oriental Series, 1921, 3 volumes; reprinted by Pali Text Society, Bristol; translation of the stories from the commentary, with the Dhammapada verses embedded
An atheistic school that supported external Vedic sacrifices and rituals, its Mimamsa Sutra contains twelve chapters with nearly 2700 sutras. [48] Dharma-sutras – of Āpastamba, Gautama, Baudhāyana, and Vāsiṣṭha; Artha-sutras – the Niti Sutras of Chanakya and Somadeva are treatises on governance, law, economics, and politics.
The Buddhabhūmi-sūtra (Scripture on the Buddha Land, Ch: 佛說佛地經, Taishō Tripitaka no. 680) is an Indian Mahayana Buddhist sutra.The Buddhabhūmi-sūtra is associated with the Yogācāra school of Buddhism, and possibly the texts of the Maitreya corpus, especially the Mahāyānasūtrālamkāra, which shares some verses with the sutra.
The sutra, among the longest Buddhist sutras, is a compilation of disparate texts on various topics such as the Bodhisattva path, the interpenetration of phenomena , the omnipresence of Buddhahood, the miraculous powers of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas, the visionary powers of meditation, and the equality of things in emptiness. [20] [21]