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[[Image:Dharma.JPG|frame|Texts from the [[Longchen Nyingtik]] [[Field of merit]]]] | [[Image:Dharma.JPG|frame|Texts from the [[Longchen Nyingtik]] [[Field of merit]]]] | ||
'''Sutra''' (Skt. ''sūtra''; Tib. ''do''; [[Wyl.]] ''mdo'') — the Sanskrit literally means ‘something that was heard from someone else’ and usually connotes ‘a discourse’. | '''Sutra''' (Skt. ''sūtra''; Tib. མདོ་སྡེ་, ''do de''; [[Wyl.]] ''mdo sde'') — the Sanskrit literally means ‘something that was heard from someone else’ and usually connotes ‘a discourse’. | ||
*It refers to the discourses that the [[Buddha]] gave. | *It refers to the discourses that the [[Buddha]] gave. | ||
*‘Sutra’, as distinct from ‘[[tantra]]’. The entire teachings of the Buddha can be distinguished as either sutra or tantra. | *‘Sutra’, as distinct from ‘[[tantra]]’. The entire teachings of the Buddha can be distinguished as either sutra or tantra. | ||
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Sutra (Skt. sūtra; Tib. མདོ་སྡེ་, do de; Wyl. mdo sde) — the Sanskrit literally means ‘something that was heard from someone else’ and usually connotes ‘a discourse’.
- It refers to the discourses that the Buddha gave.
- ‘Sutra’, as distinct from ‘tantra’. The entire teachings of the Buddha can be distinguished as either sutra or tantra.
- One of the three collections of the Buddha’s teachings: Vinaya, Sutra and Abhidharma. Here, the Sutras are related primarily to meditation, and are said to be the remedy for the poison of anger and aggression.