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    The Brahmajāla Sūtra (traditional Chinese: 梵網經; ; pinyin: Fànwǎng jīng; Japanese pronunciation: Bonmōkyō), also called the Brahma's Net Sutra, is a Mahayana...
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    – A sutra which depicts the teachings of a layman on non-dualism. Brahmajāla Sūtra – A text which contains an influential listing of bodhisattva precepts...
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    with the bodhisattva vow to save all beings and with bodhicitta. The Brahmajāla Sūtra, translated by Kumārajīva (c. 400 CE), has a list of ten major and...
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    body" or physical body. Vairocana Buddha is first introduced in the Brahmajala Sutra: Now, I, Vairocana Buddha am sitting atop a lotus pedestal; On a thousand...
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    Bodhisattva-prātimokṣa Sutra, the Upāliparipṛcchā (also known in Chinese as The Buddha Speaks of Decisive Vinaya Sutra) and the Brahmajāla Sutra (or Brahmajāla Bodhisattva...
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    compassion. The sutras which inveigh against meat-eating include the Mahayana version of the Nirvana Sutra, the Shurangama Sutra, the Brahmajala Sutra, the Angulimaliya...
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  • the episode "Annihilation of Joy" where prisoners die over and over. Brahmajala Sutra Coincidentia oppositorum Fazang Hosshin Kingdom Implicate and explicate...
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  • schools, from the Brahmajala Sutra translated by Zhi Qian (Chih Chien, 223–253), of the Kingdom of Wu, to An Explanation for Brahmajala Sutra written by Ji...
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    ordination platform that required the Bodhisattva Precepts of the Brahmajala Sutra only, and not the pratimokṣa code of the Dharmaguptaka vinaya, which...
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  • diet, which is consistent with Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism. In the Brahmajala Sutra, a Buddhist code of ethics, vegetarianism is encouraged. Furthermore...
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