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Buddhavacana texts have special status as sacred scripture and are generally seen as in accord with the teachings of the historical Buddha, which is termed "the Dharma". According to Donald Lopez , the criteria for determining what should be considered buddhavacana were developed at an early stage, and that the early formulations do not suggest ...
The Tibetan Buddhist canon is a collection of sacred texts recognized by various sects of Tibetan Buddhism. In addition to sutrayana texts, the Tibetan canon includes tantric texts. The Tibetan Canon underwent a final compilation in the 14th century by Buton Rinchen Drub .
Nepalese Buddhist pūjā worshiping the Navagrantha (the nine most sacred texts in Newar Buddhism). Numerous Mahayana sutras teach the veneration and recitation of the sutras themselves as a religious icon and as an embodiment of the Dharma and the Buddha.
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
Due to the religious and sacred emphasis on the Buddhist text, some East Asian traditions have compiled the Lotus Sūtra together with two other sutras which serve as a prologue and epilogue The Sutra of Innumerable Meanings (Chinese: 無量義經; pinyin: Wúliángyì jīng; Japanese: Muryōgi kyō); [164] and
Alex Wynne said that some texts in the Pali Canon may go back to the very beginning of Buddhism, which perhaps include the substance of the Buddha's teaching, and in some cases, maybe even his words. [ e ] He suggests the canon was composed soon after Buddha's paranirvana, but after a period of free improvisation, and then the core teachings ...
The text is a composite one which includes past life narratives, stories of previous Buddhas, stories of Gautama Buddha's final life, embedded early Buddhist sutras and two prologues . [8] [6] Over half of the text is composed of Jātaka and Avadāna tales, accounts of the earlier lives of the Buddha and other bodhisattvas. [3]
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.