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Heart Sutra
short Mahayana sutra, surviving in Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan, expounding the Two Truths doctrine that ultimately all phenomena are sunyata
Diamond Sutra
Mahayana sutra
Lotus Sutra
Mahayana sutra
Prajñāpāramitā
thumb|A Tibetan painting with a Prajñāpāramitā sūtra at the center of the mandala thumb|Prajñāpāramitā Devi, a personification of Transcendent Wisdom, Folio from a Tibetan 100,000 line Prajñāpāramitā manuscript thumb|Tibetan Painting of Mañjuśrī bodhisattva with the sword of wisdom and a sūtra manuscript, which are common symbols of Prajñāpāramitā in [[Buddhist art]]
Avatamsaka Sutra
sutra of Mahāyāna Buddhism
Lankavatara Sutra
sutra
Vimalakirti Sutra
Mahayana sutra describing a lay Buddhist meditator who has attained a very high degree of enlightenment
Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra
Mahāyāna sūtra that uses the backdrop of the Buddha's final nirvana to describe the undying and eternal nature of the Buddha and the buddha-nature within all living beings
Śūraṅgama Sūtra
Mahayana Buddhist sutra, probably of non-Indic origin
Mahayana sutra
religious texts in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition
Lalitavistara Sutra
Sanskrit Mahayana Buddhist sutra that tells the story of Gautama Buddha from the time of his descent from Tushita until his first sermon in the Deer Park at Sarnath near Varanasi
Chinese Buddhist canon
canon of Chinese Buddhism, and much of the Sinosphere
Platform Sutra
Chan Buddhist scripture
Infinite Life Sutra
Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtra
Amitabha Sutra
the shorter of the two Indian Mahayana sutras that describe Sukhāvatī, the pure land of Amitābha
Golden Light Sutra
Mahāyāna sutra
Amitayurdhyana Sutra
Pure Land Mahayana sutra on meditations involving complex visualizations
Mahāratnakūṭa Sūtra
collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtras
Ten Stages Sutra
Mahāyāna Buddhist sutra about the 10 stages of a bodhisattva, Buddha-nature, and the awakening of the aspiration for Enlightenment
Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra
sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism
Brahmajala Sutra
Mahayana text that introduces Vairocana and the ten Bodhisattva precepts, named after the jeweled net in Brahma's palace as metaphor for the Dharma Doors of the Buddhas
Sandhinirmocana Sutra
Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtra of the Yogācāra school, containing explanations of key Yogācāra concepts such as the basal-consciousness (ālayavijñāna), the doctrine of appearance-only (vijñaptimātra) and the three own natures (trisvabhāva)
Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment
Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhist text dealing with deals with issues such as the meaning and origin of ignorance, sudden and gradual enlightenment, original Buddhahood, etc.
Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra
Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtra (c.50 CE)
Śrīmālādevī Sūtra
Mahayana sutra
Shurangama Samadhi Sutra
early Mahayana sutra of Indian origin
Gandavyuha Sutra
thumb|Seven Leaves from a Manuscript of the Gandavyuha-sutra, Eastern India, Pala dynasty (Kamarupa)|Pala period.
Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra
Mahāyāna scripture on the existence of the Tathāgatagarbha within all sentient beings
Sutra of Forty-two Chapters
early Chinese Buddhist text consisting of passages extracted from canonical sūtras
Mahayana-sutra-alamkara-karika
Mahāyāna-sūtrālamkāra-kārikā (Verses on the Ornament of the Mahāyāna Sūtras) is a major work of Buddhist philosophy attributed to Maitreya-nātha which is said to have transmitted it to Asanga (ca. 320 to ca. 390 CE). The Mahāyāna-sūtrālamkāra, written in verse, presents the Mahayana path from the Yogacara perspective. It comprises twenty-two chapters with a total of 800 verses and shows considerable similarity in arrangement and content to the Bodhisattvabhūmiśāstra, although the interesting first chapter proving the validity and authenticity of Mahāyāna is unique to this work. Associated with
Innumerable Meanings Sutra
Mahāyāna Buddhist sutra associated with the Threefold Lotus Sutra
Ullambana Sutra
sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism
Uṣṇīṣavijaya Dhāraṇī Sūtra
dhāraṇī sūtra in Mahāyāna Buddhism
Samadhiraja Sutra
sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism
Mahasamnipata Sutra
anthology of 17 Mahāyāna sūtras, extant in complete form only in Chinese translation (but with some sūtras also extant in Sanskrit and Tibetan)
Bequeathed Teachings Sutra
Mahayana sutra purporting to describe the final teachings of Gautama Buddha before his death
Tathāgatagarbha Sutras
set of Mahayana Buddhist theological texts on the concept of the "womb" or "embryo" of the Buddha
Humane King Sutra
Mahayana sutra, probably composed in China, found in Taisho No. 245 and 246
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra
sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism
The Great Dharani Sutra
Buddhist scripture
Ucchuṣma
thumb|Hōzan-ji Ucchuṣma (; Rōmaji: ) is a Vidyārāja in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism.
Samantabhadra Meditation Sutra
Mahāyāna Buddhist sutra associated with the Threefold Lotus Sutra
Angulimaliya Sutra
Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtra belonging to the Tathāgatagarbha class
Śālistambasūtra
Buddhist sūtra
Threefold Lotus Sutra
compilation of 3 sutras: Innumerable Meanings Sutra (無量義經), Lotus Sutra (妙法蓮華經), Samantabhadra Meditation Sutra (普賢經)
Kāraṇḍavyūhasūtra
sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism
Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki
Japanese annotation of the Avatamsaka Sūtra