sutra
IPA: sˈutrʌ
noun
- A rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy.
- (Buddhism, Hinduism) A scriptural narrative, especially a discourse of the Buddha.
- Alternative form of sutra [A rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy.]
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Examples of "sutra" in Sentences
- Author of the earliest Dharma sutra.
- It was also the only sutra that Ven.
- Emptiness in the Buddha nature sutras.
- The case of the Lotus Sutra is interesting.
- This is a misreading of the sutra as a whole.
- Fulfilling the prediction of the Lotus Sutra.
- The Sanskrit word sutra means a theme of practice.
- The groom ties the mangal sutra around the neck of the bride.
- Ashtanga is the yoga of Patanjali, the compiler of the Yoga Sutras.
- The Kama Sutra is now perhaps the most prolific secular text in the world.
- Were the Prajnaparamita sutras calling the sutras of the Pali Canon inferior
- The term "sutra" refers to literary fragments that have descended from the Buddha.
- In basic terms, a sutra is a narrative text generally regarded as a discourse of the Buddha.
- Red Pine aptly calls the sutra "Buddhism in a nutshell," and "a work of art as much as religion."
- Indeed, in one particular 'sutra' the Buddha contemns such a belief as deleterious to the development of man's spiritual understanding.
- In tantra guru-yoga, disciples need to see their mentors as Buddhas on all three levels - shravaka sutra, bodhisattva sutra, and highest tantra.
- The second wheel of Dharma teaches us the perfection of wisdom sutra, which is a profound saying paying homage to the holy Perfection of Wisdom!
- -- Apropos of the magical use of the text, as described in this story, it is worth remarking that the subject of the sutra is the Doctrine of the Emptiness of Forms, -- that is to say, of the unreal character of all phenomena or noumena ...
- The word "sutra" means "thread" in Sanskrit but came to designate any pithy statement; the Diamond Sutra -- more accurately, the Diamond-Cutter Sutra -- was so called because the sharp facets of its aphorisms slice through the illusions of both mind and senses.
- So built into the translation process was a kind of orality that would be uncommon to most formal written Chinese, but that would be part of both the Indian philosophical tradition since a sutra is a lecture and the informal tradition of philosophical discussion and poetry-writing that was an important part of the social lives of Chinese intellectuals.