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List of sutras
Below is a list of sutras organized alphabetically under the broad categories of Hinduism and Buddhism. Note that there is considerable difficulty in fixing the period of the various sutras.
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Sutras primarily associated with Hinduism
Vedic sutras (800-300 BC)
- Kalpa Sutras , covering rituals
- Srauta Sutras , performance of sacrifices
- Sulba Sutras , architecture of sacrificial area
- Smarta Sutras , covering domestic life
- Grhya Sutras
- Samayacarika or Dharma Sutras
- Ashtadhyayi (Panini), discussing grammar
Sutras of Hindu Philosophy
- Vedanta Sutra (Badarayana )
- Yoga Sutras; (Patanjali); Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
- Nyaya Sutra , on logic
- Vaisesika Sutra
Sutras primarily associated with Buddhism
Pali Suttas
- Anapanasati Sutta , a discourse on the method of being mindful of the breath
- Brahmajala Sutta , a critique of 64 'wrong views' current at the time of the Buddha
- Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta , the Buddha's first discourse on the nature of his enlightenment
- Dhammapada, a collection of sayings and aphorisms thought to be amongst the oldest texts
- Goshinga Sutta
- Kalama Sutta
- Mahaparinibbana Sutta , the last days of the Buddha, Theravada version
- Metta Sutta , a rhapsody on the quality of universal loving-kindness
- Satipathana Sutta
- Upanisa Sutta , on the two types of conditionality
Mahayana Sutras
- Amitabha Sutra , or Smaller Pure Land Sutra
- Avatamsaka Sutra or Flower Garland Sutra (Chinese: Huayan Jing)
- Contemplation Sutra , important in Pure Land Buddhism
- Diamond Sutra
- Heart Sutra, important in Zen Buddhism
- Infinite Life Sutra, or Large Pure Land Sutra
- Lankavatara Sutra
- Lotus Sutra, foundational text of Tiantai and Nichiren sects
- Mahaparinirvana Sutra, the last days of the Buddha, Mahayana version
- Perfection of Wisdom or Prajñāparamita Sutras
- Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
- Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment (Chinese: Yuanjue Jing)
- Shurangama Sutra
- Sutra in Forty-Two Sections
- Sutra of Golden Light, important in Japanese Buddhism
See also Buddhist Texts: Mahayana text
Vajrayana Sutras
- Mahavairocana Sutra also known as the Mahavairocanādhisambodhi Tantra.
- Vajrasekhara Sutra
See also
- Buddhist texts which includes non-canonical texts important to Buddhism
- Pali canon of the Theravada school
- Chinese Buddhist canon of the Mahayana
- Tibetan Buddhist canon associated with Vajrayana Buddhism
Last updated: 10-24-2004 05:10:45