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    The Brahmajāla Sūtra (traditional Chinese: 梵網經; ; pinyin: Fànwǎng jīng; Japanese pronunciation: Bonmōkyō), also called the Brahma's Net Sutra, is a Mahayana...
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    – A sutra which depicts the teachings of a layman on non-dualism. Brahmajāla Sūtra – A text which contains an influential listing of bodhisattva precepts...
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    with the bodhisattva vow to save all beings and with bodhicitta. The Brahmajāla Sūtra, translated by Kumārajīva (c. 400 CE), has a list of ten major and...
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    body" or physical body. Vairocana Buddha is first introduced in the Brahmajala Sutra: Now, I, Vairocana Buddha am sitting atop a lotus pedestal; On a thousand...
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    Bodhisattva-prātimokṣa Sutra, the Upāliparipṛcchā (also known in Chinese as The Buddha Speaks of Decisive Vinaya Sutra) and the Brahmajāla Sutra (or Brahmajāla Bodhisattva...
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    compassion. The sutras which inveigh against meat-eating include the Mahayana version of the Nirvana Sutra, the Shurangama Sutra, the Brahmajala Sutra, the Angulimaliya...
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  • the episode "Annihilation of Joy" where prisoners die over and over. Brahmajala Sutra Coincidentia oppositorum Fazang Hosshin Kingdom Implicate and explicate...
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    ordination platform that required the Bodhisattva Precepts of the Brahmajala Sutra only, and not the pratimokṣa code of the Dharmaguptaka vinaya, which...
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  • diet, which is consistent with Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism. In the Brahmajala Sutra, a Buddhist code of ethics, vegetarianism is encouraged. Furthermore...
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    sangha members take on the Bodhisattva Precepts originating in the Brahmajāla Sūtra, which has a vow of vegetarianism as part of the Triple Platform Ordination...
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  • schools, from the Brahmajala Sutra translated by Zhi Qian (Chih Chien, 223–253), of the Kingdom of Wu, to An Explanation for Brahmajala Sutra written by Ji...
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    diet, which is consistent with Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism. In the Brahmajala Sutra, a Buddhist code of ethics, vegetarianism is encouraged. Other fictional...
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    cannibalism. The sutras which inveigh against meat-eating include the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, the Śūraṅgama Sūtra, the Brahmajāla Sūtra, the Aṅgulimālīya...
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    Important Mahayana sutras in Shingon include the Lotus Sutra, the Brahmajāla Sūtra and Heart Sutra. Kūkai wrote commentaries on all three. Shingon derives...
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    Kumārajīva (section Sutras)
    Brahmajala-sutra (T. 1484). Kumārajīva is also known to have authored a few original works, including his Commentary on the Vimalakīrti-nirdesa-sūtra...
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    Śrāvakayāna and that ordination should use the Mahayana precepts of the Brahmajala Sutra. He stipulated that monastics remain on Mount Hiei for twelve years...
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    Huayan (section Huayan sutra)
    Avatamsaka, the Lankavatara Sutra, the Awakening of Faith, the Brahmajāla Sūtra (Taisho no. 40, no. 1813) and the Ghanavyūha Sūtra (no. X368 in the supplement...
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    substances (except for medical reasons). In the bodhisattva vows of the Brahmajala Sutra, observed by Mahayana Buddhist communities, distribution of intoxicants...
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    Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra Brahmajāla Sūtra Vimalakirti Sutra Lotus Sutra Śūraṅgama Sūtra Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana...
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  • Bhikkhu (2007-12-01). The Discourse on the All-embracing Net of Views: The Brahmajāla Sutta and Its Commentaries. Buddhist Publication Society. p. 300. ISBN 978-955-24-0052-0...
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    Buddhist usage and the authorship of the Brahmajāla Sūtra (also called the Fànwǎng jīng in Chinese) or the Śūraṅgama Sūtra (also called the Shouleng'yan jing...
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    person aiming to become a Buddha (bodhisattva), as mentioned in the Brahmajala Sūtra of the Mahāyāna tradition. Contrasting these precepts with the five...
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    Chan Buddhism, Huayan teachings and the Bodhisattva Precepts of the Brahmajala Sutra to Japan in 736 and served as the "precept master" for ordination prior...
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    Mahāyāna sutras are the Prajñaparamita sutras such as the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, the Lotus Sutra, the Pure Land sutras, the Vimalakirti Sutra, the...
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  • The Brahmajāla Sutta is the first of 34 sutta in the Dīgha Nikāya (the Long Discourses of the Buddha), the first of the five nikāya, or collections, in...
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    sutras Angulimaliya Sutra Brahmajala Sutra Innumerable Meanings Sutra Lalitavistara Sutra Lankavatara Sutra Lotus Sutra Perfection of Wisdom sutras (Prajñāpāramitā)...
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    practice. For laypersons he recommended the bodhisattva precepts of the Brahmajala sutra. Hanshan taught various means of Buddhist practice which he saw as...
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    Aśokadatta, bodhisattva of the south Āśvāsahasta Bhadrapāla Bhadraśrī Brahmajāla Bhaiṣajyasena Buddhaghoṣa Buddhiśrī Candrabhānu Candra­śrī Candrasūryatrailokyadhārin...
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  • on September 6, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2020. Jing, Fanwang. "Brahmajala Sutra Translated Text". Purify Out Mind. p. 4. Archived from the original...
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    this in various ways, one of which is based on the early Buddhist Brahmajāla Sūtra which outlines 62 types of wrong views and he also provides another...
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