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(1) Dīrghāgama
(22) Śrāmaṇyaphalasūtra
(26) Madhyamāgama
Volume 1
Volume 2
Others (incomplete, for sūtras after 131)
(96) The Sūtra on the Control of the Mind
(99) Saṃyuktāgama (incomplete)
(100) Alternate Saṃyuktāgama (incomplete)
(115) The Sūtra on the Eight States of a Horse as a Parable for People
(120) Sūtra of Aṅgulimālika
(150) Saptasthānasūtra
(157) Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka (incomplete)
(159) The Mahāyāna Sūtra of Previous Lives and Contemplation of the Mind-Ground
(190) Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra
(192) Buddhacarita
(198) Arthapādasūtra
(203) The Storehouse of Sundry Valuables
(209) The One Hundred Parable Sūtra
(210) Dharmapada
(211) Dharmapada with Parables
(217) The Parable Sūtra
(219) Bhiśajupamānasūtra
(232) The Sūtra of Mahāprajñāpāramitā Pronounced by Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva
(235) The Diamond Sūtra
(243) The Way of Great Enjoyment Sūtra (first section)
(246) The Sūtra for Humane Kings (pp. 207–74)
(250) Mahāvidyā Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra
(251) Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra
(252) Universal Treasury of Wisdom Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya Sūtra
(262) The Lotus Sūtra
(270) Great Dharma Drum Sūtra
(273) Vajrasamādhi Sūtra
(275) Mahāyāna Sūtra of Total Retention
(276) Infinite Meanings Sūtra (pp. 3–44)
(277) Sūtra of Contemplation on the Dharma Practice of Samantabhadra (pp. 45–84)
(278) Great Means Avataṃsakasūtra
(279) Avataṃsaka Sūtra (Vol. 1), (Vol. 2), (Vol. 3)
(293) Avataṃsaka (Fasc. 40)
(301) Inconceivable State of the Tathāgatas Sūtra
(304) Entering the Tathāgata's Inconceivable Wisdom Sūtra
(306) "The Section on the Cultivation of Kindness" from the Mahāvaipulya Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra
(310) Mahāratnakūṭa Sūtra (Incomplete)
(312) The Secrets of the Tathāgata Sūtra
(326) The Three Great Heaps Sūtra
(347) Mahāyāna Sūtra of Consciousness Revealed
(353) The Sūtra of Queen Śrīmāla of the Lion's Roar (pp. 3–56)
(358) The Sūtra of Entering the States of All Buddhas Adorned with Wisdom
(360) The Sūtra of Immeasurable Life
(365) Sūtra on the Contemplation of Buddha Amitāyus
(366) The Smaller Sūtra on Amida Buddha
(367) The Smaller Pure Land Sūtra
(370) The Sūtra of the Dhāraṇī of the King of the Sound of Amitābha's Drum
(371) Sūtra of the Prophecy Bestowed upon Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva
(374) The Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra
Volume 1 (3 more volumes to come)
(375) The Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra
(412) The Original Vows of Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Sūtra
(417) The Sūtra of the Pratyutpanna Buddha Sammukhāvasthita Samādhi
(418) The Pratyutpanna Samādhi Sūtra (pp. 1–116)
(449) Medicine Buddha Sūtra
(450) Medicine Master of Lapis Lazuli Light Sūtra (pp. 3–38)
(456) The Sūtra of Maitreya Bodhisattva's Attainment of Buddhahood
(463) The Mañjuśrī Parinirvāṇa Sūtra
(468) The Sūtra of Mañjuśrī's Questions (pp. 29–150)
(474) The Vimalakirti Sūtra (pp. 57–182)
(480) The Sūtra Of The Girl Candrottarā (pp. 39–90)
(494) Ānanda's Seven Dreams Sūtra
(507) The Unarisen Injustice Sūtra (pp. 224–9)
(508) The Sūtra on King Ajātaśatru's Questions on the Five Heinous Crimes
(509) The Sūtra on King Ajātaśatru's Reception of his Prediction
(510) The Sūtra on the Flower Pickers
(562) Sūtra of the Unsullied Worthy Girl
(590) The Sūtra of the Four Heavenly Kings
(592) The Buddha and a Deva (pp. 15–7)
(599) The Dharma-Seal Sūtra for the Nāga King
(600) The Sūtra on the Ten Ways of Wholesome Action
(613) The Sūtra on the Recondite Essentials of Meditation (pp. 111–248)
(614) The Sūtra on the Concentration of Sitting Meditation
(616) The Essential Explanation of the Method of Dhyāna
(620) Secret Essentials for Healing the Maladies of Meditation (pp. 249–300)
(626) The King Ajātaśatru Sūtra
(642) The Śūraṅgama Samādhi Sūtra (pp. 111–198)
(666) The Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra
(668) The Sūtra of Neither Increase nor Decrease
(669) The Sūtra of the Unsurpassed Reliance
(670) The Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra
(673) The Clear Understanding of the Mahāyāna Sūtra
(676) The Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra
(680) The Buddha Ground Sūtra
(684) The Sūtra on the Difficulty of Repaying the Profound Kindness of Parents (pp. 42–91)
(685) The Lowering of the Bowl Sūtra (pp. 2–19)
(686) The Sūtra on Repaying Kindness by Offering Bowls (pp. 49–54)
(687) The Filial Child Sūtra (pp. 68–78)
(692) The Sūtra on the Production of Buddha Images (pp. 264–7)
(698) The Sūtra on the Merit of Bathing the Buddha
(701) The Sūtra on Bathing the Saṅgha in the Bathhouse
(706) The Five Great Bestowments of Charity Sūtra
(779) Sūtra on the Eight Realizations of Mahāsattvas
(784) Sūtra of Forty-two Sections (pp. 27–44)
(792) Sūtra on the Reception of Defilement of Dharmas
(793) Sūtra on Buddhist Medicine
(801) Impermanence Sūtra (pp. 67–76)
(830) Sūtra on the Universally Illuminating Wordless Dharma Gate
(839) Sūtra of Detecting Good or Evil Karma and Requital (fascicle 2 only)
(848) The Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sūtra
(865) The Adamantine Pinnacle Sūtra
(869) The Indications of the Goals of the Eighteen ASsemblies of the Yoga of the Adamantine Pinnacle Sūtra
(892) Hevajratantra
(893) Susiddhikara Sūtra
(905) Secret Dhāraṇī Method of Three Attainments which Destroy Hell and Reverse Karmic Hindrances in the Three Worlds (pp. 370–80)
(924) Healing Dhāraṇīs (pp. 292–303)
(930) The Method of Contemplating and Making Offerings to Amitāyus Tathāgata Vidhi
(933) The Nine Grades of Rebirth Amita Samādhi Dhāraṇī Sūtra
(937) The Mahāyāna Sūtra of the Holy Infinite-Life Resolute Radiance King Tathāgata Dhāraṇī
(945) The Śūraṅgama Sūtra
(959) Cakravartin Abhiṣeka Manual (pp. 29–66)
(967) Uṣṇiṣa Vijāya Dhāraṇī Sūtra
(970) Buddha-Crown Superb Victory Dhāraṇī Sūtra
(986) The Mahāmāyūri Sūtra (pp. 258–9)
(1019) The Gate of Visualisation of the Forty-Two Letters
(1022) The Whole Body Relic Treasure Chest Seal Dhāraṇī, the Heart Secret of all Tathāgatas
(1029) The Sūtra on the Dhāraṇī of Settling a Residence
(1043) Avalokiteśvara Petitioning Sūtra (pp. 337–41)
(1049) The Noble Six-Syllable Life-Prolonging Mahāvidyā Dhāraṇī Sūtra
(1050) Avalokiteśvāra Guṇakāraṇḍavyūha Sūtra
(1059) Sutra on the Use of Medicinal Herbs for Healing by the Thousand-eyed, Thousand-hands Avalokiteśvara (pp. 314–21)
(1060) Sūtra on the Dhāraṇī of the Vast, Complete, and Unobstructed Great Compassion of the Bodhisattva with a Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes (pp. 252–85)
(1077) Sūtra of the Great Cundī Dhāraṇī The Heart of the Mother of Seven Koṭi Buddhas
(1094) The Uṣṇiṣavijāya Dhāraṇī Sūtra
(1128) Vajragarbhatantrarājasūtra
(1150) The Dharma Rite of Dharmacakrapravartin Mārapramardana Bodhisattva
(1158) The Exorcism Method of Kṣitigarbha's Aspiration Towards Great Awakening (pp. 253–7)
(1159) Ritual Manual on Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva (pp. 241–52)
(1166) Ritual Instructions for the Recitation of the Incomparably Efficacious Method of the Divine Power of Aśvaghoṣa Bodhisattva (pp. 283–6)
(1177) The One Hundred and Eight Names of Mañjuśrī
(1206) The Great Nāga Kṛkāla's Victory, the Tīrthikas' surrender, and Dhāraṇī Sūtra
(1277) The Garuḍa Aveśa Rite Explained by the God Maheśvara Which Swiftly Establishes its Efficacy
(1300) The Mātaṅgī Sūtra
(1305) Ritual Procedures for Invoking the Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper (pp. 392–3)
(1306) Secret Essentials for Performing Homa to the Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper (pp. 393–5)
(1307) Scripture Expounded by the Buddha on Prolonging Life Through Worship of the Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper (pp. 389–92)
(1313) The Buddha’s Discourse on the Scripture of the Spell for Saving the Burning-Mouth Hungry Ghost
(1323-9) Healing Dhāraṇīs (pp. 292–303)
(1330) Kumāratantra of Rāvaṇa (pp. 269–86)
(1369) The Hundred Thousand Seals Dhāraṇī Sūtra
(1385) Kāśyapa Saṃhitā (pp. 53–64)
(1428) The Dharmaguptaka Vinaya (incomplete)
(1462) The All-pleasing: A Commentary on the Rules of Discipline
(1478) The Mahāprajāpati Bhikṣuṇī Sūtra
(1484) The Brahmā's Net Sūtra
(1485) Sūtra of the Garland of a Bodhisattva’s Primary Karmas
(1486) Sūtra of Accepting the Ten Good Karmas as Precepts
(1488) Sūtra of the Upāsaka Precepts
(1489) Vaipulya Sūtra of the Pure Vinaya
(1509) Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra of Nāgārjuna (First Part)
(1516) Navaślokī of Kambalapada (pp. 233–246)
(1519) Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Upadeśa
(1524) Upadeśa on the Sūtra of Amitāyus Buddha
(1530) Buddhabhūmy Upadeśa
(1585) Demonstration of Consciousness Only
(1586) The Thirty Verses on Consciousness Only
(1587) The Evolution of Consciousness
(1588) The Treatise in Twenty Verses on Consciousness Only
(1592) Mahāyānasaṃgrāha
(1600) Analysis of the Middle and Extremes
(1609) A Mahayana Demonstration on the Theme of Action
(1611) Ratnagotravibhāga
(1630) Nyāyapraveśa of Dignāga
(1631) Vigrahavyāvartanī of Nāgārjuna
(1642) Upāyahṛdaya of Nāgārjuna
(1646) Satyasiddhiśāstra of Harivarman
(1648) Vimuktimarga of Upatissa
(1656) Ratnāvalī of Nāgārjuna
(1659) Treatise on Arousing Bodhicitta of Vasubandhu
(1660) The Bodhisaṃbhāra of Nāgārjuna
(1665) Treatise on Stirring the Anuttarasamyak-saṃbodhicitta in the Vajraśekhara Yoga by Nāgārjuna
(1666) Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith of Aśvaghoṣa
(1670) The Scripture on the Monk Nāgasena
(1672) The Dharma Essentials Verses Composed by Nāgārjuna Bodhisattva for King Śatakarṇī (pp. 25–65)
(1673) Dharma Essentials Verses for the Exhortation of Kings (pp. 69–115)
(1674) Nāgārjuna Bodhisattva’s Verses Exhorting and Admonishing the King (pp. 119–170)
(1680) The Śatapañcāśatika of Mātṛceṭa
(1685) The Eight Great Caityas (pp. 230–2)
(1710) A Comprehensive Commentary on the Heart Sūtra by K'uei-chi
(1711) A Commentary on the Heart Sūtra by Wonch'uk
(1725) Doctrinal Essentials of the Lotus Sūtra by Wonhyo
(1730) Vajrasamādhi Sūtra Commentary: Cultivating Original Enlightenment by Wonhyo
(1645) The Treatise on the Elucidation of the Knowable
(1747) Doctrinal Essentials of the Sūtra of Immeasurable Life by Wonhyo (pp. 140–212)
(1749) Commentary on the Visualisation Sūtra by Ching-ying Hui-yuan
(1753) Commentary on the Visualisation Sūtra by Shandao
(1762) Commentary on the Amitābha Sūtra by Ou-i
(1815) Exposition of the Sūtra of Bramhā's Net by Taehyeon
(1819) Commentary on the Treatise on the Sūtra of the Buddha of Immeasurable Life with the Verses of Aspiration for Birth in the Pure Land by Bodhisattva Vasubandhu, annotated by Tanluan
Part One
Part Two
(1857) Treasure Store Treatise by Sengzhao
(1858) Essays of Sengzhao
(1866) Treatise on the Five Doctrines by Fa-tsang
(1884) Commentary on Meditative Approaches to the Hua-Yen Dharmadhātu by Guifeng Zongmi
(1886) Treatise on the Origin of Humanity by Zongmi
(1899) Illustrated Sūtra of the Jetavana Monastery in Śrāvastī, Madhyadeśa by Daoxuan (pp. 235–354)
(1911) The Great Calming and Cessation by Tiantai Zhiyi
(1915) The Essentials of Meditation by Tiantai Zhiyi (pp. 1659–1759)
(1920) Treatise on the Contemplation of the Mind by Tiantai Zhiyi (pp. 52–90)
(1926) The Meaning of the Lotus Sūtra's Course of Ease and Bliss by Nanyue Huisi
(1931) Outline of the Tiantai Fourfold Teachings by Chegwan
(1932) The Diamond Scalpel by Chanjan (pp. 361–556)
(1940) The Method of the Vaipulya Samādhi by Zhiche (pp. 538–596)
(1941) The Method of the Dharma Lotus Samādhi by Zhiyi (pp. 468–537)
(1959) Method of Contemplation on Amida Buddha
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
(1961) Treatise on Ten Doubts about the Pure Land by Zhiyi
(1972) Doubts and Questions about the Pure Land by Tienju
(1985) The Record of Linji
(1986) The Record of Tungshan
(1988) The Record of Chan Master Yunmen
(2003) The Blue Cliff Record
(2004) The Book of Equanimity
(2005) The Gateless Gate
(2008) The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
(2010) The Faith-Mind Maxim
(2012) Essentials of the Transmission of Mind
(2014) Yongjia's Song of Actualizing the Way
(2015) Preface to Collection of Various Writings on the Chan Source (pp. 100–294)
(2016) Records of the Source-Mirror (pp. 223–75)
(2017) The Meaning of Myriad Good Deeds
(2019) Straight Talk on the True Mind and Admonitions to Beginning students (pp. 160–90 and 135–139)
(2020) Secrets on Cultivating the Mind (pp. 140–59)
(2022) Zen Lessons
(2030) The Perpetuity of the Dharma by Nandimitra
(2031) The Cycle of the Formation of the Schismatic Doctrines
(2043) The Biographical Scripture of King Asoka
(2046) The Life of Asvaghosa Bodhisattva
(2047) The Life of Nāgārjuna Bodhisattva
(2048) Tradition of Deva Bodhisattva (pp. 265-82)
(2049) The Biography of Dharma Master Vasubandhu
(2053) A Biography of the Tripitaka Master of the Great Ci'en Monastery of the Great Tang Dynasty
(2059) The Biographies of Eminent Monks
(2063) Biographies of Bhikṣuṇīs
(2075) Record of Dharma Transmission
(2076) Transmission of the Lamp
Part 1 – The Buddhas and Indian Patriarchs
Part 2 – The Early Masters
Part 3 – The Nanyue Huairang Lineage
Part 4 – The Shitou Line
Part 5 – Heirs of Master Xuefeng Yicun et al.
Part 6 – Heirs of Tiantai Deshau. Congzhan. Yunmen et al.
Part 7 – Biographies and Extended Discourses
Part 8 – Chan Poetry and Inscriptions
(2082) Record of Miraculous Retribution by Tang lin
(2085) The Journey of the Eminent Monk Faxian
(2086) Senghui's Record of the Western Regions
(2087) The Great T'ang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions
(2089) The Voyage of Kanshin
Part 1
Part 2
(2092) Record of Monasteries in Louyang
(2096) Record of the Tiantai Mountains
(2102) The Collection for the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism
Part 1
Part 2
(2141) The Compendium of the Doctrines and Styles of the Teaching of Mani, the Buddha of Light
(2142) The Xuting Messiah Sūtra (pp.125–60)
(2143) The Nestorian Motwa Hymn in Adoration of the Holy Trinity (pp. 226–8)
(2185) Commentary on the Śrīmāla Sūtra by Prince Shōtoku
(2186) Commentary on the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa Sūtra by Prince Shōtoku
(2203) The Secret Key to the Heart Sūtra by Kūkai (pp. 262–75)
(2211) On the Title of the Mahāvairocana Sūtra
(2221) On the Title of the Vajraśekhara-sutra
(2312) Observing the Mind, Awakening from a Dream
(2348) The Essentials of the Vinaya Tradition
(2366) The Collected Teachings of the Tendai Lotus School
(2426) The Precious Key to the Secret Treasury
(2427) On the Differences Between the Exoteric and Esoteric Teachings
(2428) The Meaning of Becoming a Buddha in This Very Body
(2429) The Meanings of Sound, Sign, and Reality
(2430) The Meanings of the Word Hūṃ
(2456) The Compendium of the Precious Mirror by Yūkai
(2462) The Samāya Admonition
(2514) The Illuminating Secret Commentary on the Five Cakras and the Nine Syllables
(2527) The Mitsugonin Confession by Kakuban
(2543) A Treatise on Letting Zen Flourish to Protect the State by Eisai
(2580) A Universal Recommendation for True Zazen by Dōgen
(2581) Guidelines for Studying the Way by Dōgen
(2582) The True Dharma-Eye Treasury by Dōgen
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
(2583) The Extensive Record of Eihei Dōgen
(2584) Dōgen's Pure Rules (pp. 104–61)
(2585) Record of the Transmission of the Light by Keizan
(2586) Advice on the Practice of Zazen by Keizan
(2608) A Collection of Passages on the Nembutsu Chosen in the Original Vow by Hōnen
(2646) Collected Passages on Teaching, Practice, Faith, and Enlightenment by Shinran
(2647) Passages on the Pure Land Way by Shinran
(2648) Gutoku's Notes by Shinran
(2649) Hymn of the Two Gateways of Entrance and Emergence by Shinran
(2650) Hymns of the Pure Land by Shinran
(2651) Hymns of the Pure Land Masters by Shinran
(2652) Hymns of the Dharma-Ages by Shinran
(2653) Hymns in Praise of Prince Shōtoku by Shinran
(2654) A Collection of Passages on the Types of Birth in the Three Pure Land Sutras by Shinran
(2655) Passages on the Two Aspects of the Tathagata's Directing of Virtue by Shinran
(2656) Notes on the Inscriptions on Sacred Scrolls by Shinran
(2657) Notes on Once-Calling and Many-Calling by Shinran
(2658) Notes on 'Essentials of Faith Alone' by Shinran
(2659) Lamp for the Latter Ages by Shinran
(2660) A Collection of Letters by Shinran
(2661) A Record in Lament of Divergences by Yuien
(2668) The Letters of Rennyō
(2669) The Sayings of Rennyō Shōnin
(2675) Essentials of Faith Alone by Seikaku
(2677) Clarification of Once-Calling and Many-Calling by Ryukan
(2833) Bodhidharma's Treatise on Contemplating Mind
(2837) Records of the Teachers and Students of the Lanka
(2838) Annals of the Transmission of the Dharma Treasure
(2865) Scripture on Saving and Protecting Body and Life
(2870) Book of Resolving Doubts Concerning the Semblance Dharma (pp. 260–71)
(2887) Sutra on the Profound Kindness of Parents
(2909) The Bodhisattva Dizang Sūtra (p. 258)
(2920) Sutra Spoken by the Monk Seng-chieh on the Six Perfections Before His Entering Nirvāṇa