Sutra

[[Image:Dharma.JPG|frame|Texts from the Longchen Nyingtik Field of merit)] Sutra (Skt. sūtra; Tib. Template:BigTibetan, do; Wyl. mdo) — the Sanskrit literally means ‘something that was heard from someone else’ and usually connotes ‘a discourse’.

• It refers to the discourses that the Buddha gave.
• ‘Sutra’, as Template:Wiki from ‘tantra’. The entire teachings of the Buddha can be Template:Wiki as either sutra or tantra.
• One of the three collections of the Buddha’s teachings: Vinaya, Sutra (Tib. Template:BigTibetan, do de) and Abhidharma. Here, the Sutras are related primarily to meditation, and are said to be the remedy for the poison of anger and aggression.

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• General Sūtra Section

sutra; An aphorism; a thread of suggestive words or phrases summarizing religious and philosophical instruction. In buddhism, it refers to a Template:Wiki by the Buddha or one of his major disciples. The Sutra collection is one of the three divisions of the Buddhist scriptures.

see also; Sūtra Template:R www.ymba.org