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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. | '''Sutra''' (Skt. ''sūtra''; Tib. [[མདོ་]], ''do''; [[Wyl.]] ''mdo'') — 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. | ||
* One of the [[three pitakas|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. | * One of the [[three pitakas|three collections]] of the Buddha’s teachings: [[Vinaya]], Sutra (Tib. [[མདོ་སྡེ་]], ''do de'') and [[Abhidharma]]. Here, the Sutras are related primarily to [[meditation]], and are said to be the remedy for the poison of anger and aggression. | ||
[[Category:Key Terms]] | [[Category:Key Terms]] | ||
Revision as of 03:13, 2 February 2011
Sutra (Skt. sūtra; Tib. མདོ་, do; Wyl. mdo) — 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 (Tib. མདོ་སྡེ་, do de) and Abhidharma. Here, the Sutras are related primarily to meditation, and are said to be the remedy for the poison of anger and aggression.