Buddhist text
historic literature of Buddhism
Sanskrit Buddhist sutra
Buddhist texts composed in Sanskrit
The Sutra of the Retribution for Good and Evil Deeds
Mahāyāna Buddhist text
Heart Sutra
short Mahayana sutra, surviving in Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan, expounding the Two Truths doctrine that ultimately all phenomena are sunyata
Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana
Mahayana text, attributed to Aśvaghoṣa, but actually a Chinese composition; harmonizes Buddha-nature and Yogacara into a synthetic vision based on the One Mind in Two Aspects concept
Good and Evil Cause and Effect Sutra
apocryphal Chinese Buddhist text composed in the 6th century in China
The Interpretation of the Buddha Land
Indian commentary on the Buddhabhūmi Sūtra by Bandhuprabha, translated into Chinese by Xuanzang
Older Sutra of Parables
collection of 61 stories about the past lives of the disciples of the Buddha
Mahayana sutra
religious texts in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition
The Esoteric Meaning of Amida
Japanese Shingon work by Kakuban that describes each of the syllables of the nembutsu, their underlying esoteric meaning, and the important symbolism of breath as life, and as a means of recitation
Record of Buddhist Kingdoms
record of the travels of the Chinese Buddhist monk Faxian from Jin China to India and back
Sutra on Stories of the Former Karma of the Bodhisattva
separate translation of the Jingxing (淨行品) and Púsà Shízhù (菩薩十住品) chapters of the Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra by Zhi Qian
Sutra of the Collected Stories of the Buddha's Deeds in Past Lives
biography of Gautama Buddha from birth in Tusita heaven to his rebirth in the human world, enlightenment, and preaching
The Gateless Gate
13th century Chinese collection of 48 koans
Blue Cliff Record
12th-century Chan Buddhist literary work
Memoirs of Eminent Monks
compilation of biographies of Buddhist monks by Huijiao in Sichuan circa 530, from the introduction of Buddhism to China up to the Liang Dynasty
Buddhist tantric literature
varied group of Indian and Tibetan texts
Buddhist canon
collection of Buddhist texts deemed canonical; e.g. the Pāli canon, the Chinese Buddhist Canon, or the Tibetan Buddhist Canon
sutra
a text in Hinduism, Buddhism or Jainism, often a collection of aphorisms
Dhammapada
collection of sayings of the Buddha; one of the best known Buddhist scriptures
publication of the Five Monasteries
Buddhist religious text
Treatise on the Twelve Gates
Madhyamaka treatise attributed to Nagarjuna
Records of the Three Treasuries Throughout Successive Dynasties
Buddhist text by Fei Changfang
Sutra of Offering Bowls to Repay Kindness Spoken by the Buddha
more idiomatic adaptation of Taisho 685 by an unknown author
Sutra of Past and Present, Cause and Effect
sūtra on the past lives of Śakyamuni and his present life’s enlightenment, translated by Guṇabhadra into Chinese in four fascicles
Sutra on the Merit of Bathing the Buddha
Buddhist text that details the merits accrued by paying respects to Buddha statues as well as the proper method of cleaning a Buddha statue
Fire Sermon
part of the Pali Buddhist Canon (SN 35.28)
Record of the Buddha and the Patriarchs of Various Dynasties
history of Buddhism written in Yuan dynasty China
Hong Ming Ji
anthology of Buddhist apologetic texts edited by Sengyou in 518
Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks
Buddhist texts by Daoxuan
The Wheel of the Formations of Divisions of the Doctrine
Indian treatise attributed to Vasumitra on the different sects of Indian Buddhism, extant in several Chinese translations and one Tibetan translation
Questioning Devas Sutra
Buddhist tableau from the early Tang Period