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Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections
Later compilation
The Sutra in Forty-Two Sections
四十二章經
Forty-two brief maxims on renunciation, desire, patience and meditation, in a style close to the Chinese classics. Its founding legend—Emperor Ming's dream of a golden man—is the traditional account of Buddhism's arrival in China, and the text was widely circulated in Chan and Zen.
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Authorship note
A Chinese florilegium of sayings attributed to the Buddha, drawn from various texts. Tradition makes it the first sutra translated into Chinese (c. 67 CE, under Emperor Ming of the Han); scholarship regards it as a compilation of the second to third centuries, retouched in later periods.
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Chino clásico · 文言
Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
佛說四十二章經
The Conscious Library佛說四十二章經
Project Gutenberg
Texto chino; Project Gutenberg n.º 23585.
Other works by Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
- Tipitaka, the Pali Canon ("Three Baskets") · 25
- Digha Nikaya (The Long Discourses) · 25
- Majjhima Nikaya (The Middle Length Discourses) · 25
- Samyutta Nikaya (The Connected Discourses) · 25
- Anguttara Nikaya (The Numerical Discourses) · 25
- Dhammapada (Verses on the Dhamma) · 25
- Sutta Nipata (The Group of Discourses) · 25
- Udana (Inspired Utterances) · 25
- Vinaya Pitaka (The Basket of Discipline) · 25
- The Discourse on Setting the Wheel of the Dhamma in Motion · 25
- Mahaparinibbana Sutta (The Great Discourse on the Final Extinguishment) · 25
- The Lotus Sutra (Saddharmapundarika) · 100
- The Diamond Sutra · 300
- The Heart Sutra · 650
- The Lankavatara Sutra · 400
- Itivuttaka (Thus It Was Said) · 25
- Khuddakapatha (The Minor Readings) · 25
- Jataka (Stories of the Buddha's Former Births) · 25
- Satipatthana Sutta (Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness) · 25
- Anattalakkhana Sutta (Discourse on the Characteristic of Not-Self) · 25
- Kalama Sutta (Discourse to the Kalamas) · 25
- Pure Land Sutras (Sukhavativyuha) · 150
- Avatamsaka Sutra (Flower Ornament Sutra) · 400
Sources
- Williams, Paul. Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations. Routledge, Londres, 1989 (2.ª ed. 2009).
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