Sutras

These three interpretations derive from a difference in the description of Shakyamuni Buddha found in the shravaka sutras, the bodhisattva sutras, and the highest tantras. ❋ Unknown (2000)

The shravaka sutras, often called the Hinayana (modest vehicle) sutras, include the Pali canon of the Theravada tradition and the Sanskrit canons of seventeen other early Indian Buddhist schools. ❋ Unknown (2000)

The shravaka sutras explain that Shakyamuni was born as an ordinary being, Prince Siddhartha, and that he developed his good qualities during his lifetime to become a Buddha. ❋ Unknown (2000)

Specially characteristic of Mahayanist Buddhism are the Vaipulya [120] sutras, that is sutras of great extension or development. ❋ Charles Eliot (1896)

(drawing and painting images of Buddha), learning how to write 'sutras' (Buddhist text) and meditation methods. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They also bowed toward two big golden statues of Buddha and chanted sutras before circling around a pagoda and burning mortuary tablets and incense. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Collections of sutras have no plot or narrative, but Sutra's sutra illustrates Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's story of spending several months with the Shaolin monks in their monastery near Dengfeng City in China's Henan Province, founded in 495 AD. ❋ Jillian Burt (2010)

The monastery in Tawang honors the great 5th Dalai Lama and has old things such as Buddhist sutras written in pure gold. ❋ Jim Luce (2011)

They're as interested in hip-hop and contemporary culture as they are in the Buddhist sutras. ❋ Jillian Burt (2010)

The religion of "Great Compassion" and the sutras that command respect for all life is an ideology and way of life that gives all animal lovers, worldwide, something to chew on. ❋ Wendy Diamond (2011)

We can know and read all the teachings, the sutras and the Bhagavad Gita, but that is not enough to fully awaken. ❋ Ed (2010)

Onstage, he's with a child monk and they're putting models of the human-sized wooden boxes into formations that suggest sutras that the adult monks, with their lifesize boxes, will be shown to be embodying in their lives. ❋ Jillian Burt (2010)

The ceremony started at 9:30 am at Kairyuji Temple, where we knelt on the tatami mat floor for prayers and chanted sutras to a wooden boat set up on an altar. ❋ Amy Chavez (2011)

When a member of the temple is dying, Benkong pays a visit and chants sutras to help them move from one life to the next, a transition known as the Bardo state, which lasts for forty-nine days. ❋ Ruth Davis Konigsberg (2011)

In several deep inhalations under his breath, he expels a well-versed medley of sutras, praying for the safety of the sea, beach and tourists. ❋ Amy Chavez (2011)

Marc will also be at the Forge, on 19-20 May, leading a workshop which explores yoga sutras, and practical sessions on asana, pranayama and meditation. • forgeyoga.co.uk, both workshops cost £100 for the weekend. ❋ Unknown (2012)