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... sutra ( " Wreath Sutra " or " Garland Sutra " ) . According to legend , the Avatamsaka - sūtra was first preached by the buddha Vairocana expressing the perfect truth revealed in his Enlightenment but then kept secret when it proved ...
... sutra ( " Wreath Sutra " or " Garland Sutra " ) . According to legend , the Avatamsaka - sūtra was first preached by the buddha Vairocana expressing the perfect truth revealed in his Enlightenment but then kept secret when it proved ...
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... Sutra was first propounded in the 6th century . Prior to this , the original Sanskrit text was studied extensively in China ; it was translated into Chinese early in the 5th century by Kumārajiva , and it was taught in North China by ...
... Sutra was first propounded in the 6th century . Prior to this , the original Sanskrit text was studied extensively in China ; it was translated into Chinese early in the 5th century by Kumārajiva , and it was taught in North China by ...
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... sutras except the Pure Land Sutra and rejected the vows of Dharmakara in the Pure Land Sutra that stress individual merit . Basing his doctrines on the 18th vow , Shinran discouraged any attempt to accumulate merit , for he felt that ...
... sutras except the Pure Land Sutra and rejected the vows of Dharmakara in the Pure Land Sutra that stress individual merit . Basing his doctrines on the 18th vow , Shinran discouraged any attempt to accumulate merit , for he felt that ...
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