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    The Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Sanskrit: लिङ्गअवतारसूत्र, "Discourse of the Descent into Laṅkā", Standard Tibetan: ལང་ཀར་བཤེགས་པའི་མདོ་, Chinese: 入楞伽經) is a prominent...
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    Tathāgatagarbha sūtras include the Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra, Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra, Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra and the Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra. Related ideas...
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    sometimes referred to as the "Laṅkāvatāra school" (楞伽宗 Léngqié zōng). The Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra, one of the Mahayana sutras, is a highly "difficult and obscure"...
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    Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra Samādhirāja Sūtra Gandavyūha Sūtra Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra Daśabhūmika Sūtra Lalitavistara Sūtra Tathāgataguhya Sūtra (actually replaced...
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    text. Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra – A "Buddha nature" text, very influential in East Asian Buddhism. Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra – Includes Yogacara and Tathāgatagarbha...
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  • the Mahāyāna sūtras and especially to the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra. As a result, early masters of the Zen tradition were referred to as "Laṅkāvatāra masters". As...
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    Heart Sutra is derivable from the larger Sanskrit Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, including the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra in...
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    Mahāyāna sūtras and especially to the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra. As a result, early masters of the Chan tradition were referred to as "Laṅkāvatāra masters"....
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    Mahāyāna thought, especially Yogachara, the Tathāgatagarbha sūtras, the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra, and the Huayan school, with their emphasis on Buddha-nature...
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    with Shiva at temples. He also appears in the Buddhist Mahayana text Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra, in Buddhist Jatakas, as well as in Jain Ramayanas. In some scriptures...
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