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    The Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (Sanskrit; traditional Chinese: 大般涅槃經; pinyin: Dàbānnièpán-jīng; Japanese: Daihatsunehan-gyō, Tibetan: mya ngan las...
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    Parinirvana (redirect from Mahaparinirvana)
    as the dissolution of the skandhas. In some Mahāyāna scriptures, notably the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, parinirvāṇa is described as the realm of the...
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    The Mahāyāna sūtras are a broad genre of Buddhist scripture (sūtra) that are accepted as canonical and as buddhavacana ("Buddha word") in Mahāyāna Buddhism...
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    idea may include the Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra and the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra. The Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa refers to "a sacred nature that is the...
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  • the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra uses "positive language" to denote "absolute reality". According to Paul Williams, the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra teaches...
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    bewildered by emptiness. Aṅgulimālīya Sūtra Anunatva-Apurnatva-Nirdesa Ātman (Buddhism) Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra Purity in Buddhism Shōmangyō Gisho...
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  • in the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra and related texts, Stephen Hodge estimates a compilation period between 100 CE and 220 CE for the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa...
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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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    Buddha-nature (category Mahayana)
    when the nature of mind is recognised for what it is. The Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (written 2nd century CE), which was very influential in the...
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    defilement. This is Nirvana. — Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra, Chapter 31, Translated by Kōshō Yamamoto In the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, the Buddha speak of four...
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