[Index to the Three Pure Land Sutras]
(1) The text --- (file). | (2) Ref. to the Mandala ---(file) | (3) Ref. to The Three Pure Land Sutras,3rd edition, 2000, Nagata Bunshodo, Kyoto and to the Taisho Tripitaka (TT.) |
Larger Sutra - Part 1 | Larger Sutra Mandala | pp. 225-267 ---[TT, 12, 265c-272b] |
Larger Sutra - Part 2 ---- file | pp. 268-313 --- [TT. 12, 272b-279a] | |
Contemplation Sutra ---- file | Taima Mandala | pp. 315-350 --- [TT. 12, 340c-346b] |
Amida Sutra (Smaller Sutra)- file | Amida Sutra Mandala | pp. 351-360 --- [TT. 12, 346b-348b] |
The text follows the Taisho Tripitaka edition, vol. 12, and the passage numbers follow Jodoshinshu Seiten, 1988, pp. 3-40. |
Preface |
Virtues of the bodhisattva audience |
Glorious features of the Buddha |
53 past Buddhas |
Lokeshvararaja Buddha and Dharmakara |
Sanbutsuge - Verses Praising the Buddha |
Dharmakara's resolution to become a Buddha |
Forty-eight Vows |
Juseige - Verses Confirming the Vows |
Dharmakara's practices of the Bodhisattva Path |
Dharmakara's attainment of Buddhahood |
Amida's light |
Amida's life-span |
The number of the audience at the first assembly |
Jewelled trees |
The Bodhi-tree |
Glorious adornments |
Bodily appearance of the inhabitants and the pleasures they enjoy |
Karmic rewards of a beggar and a king |
Comparison between heavens and the Pure Land |
Pleasures in the Pure Land |
Flowers and innumerable rays of light emitted from them |
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