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Buddhist Sutras & Mantras

Sutras Collection, Mantras Since 1999

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Collection of Mahayana Buddhist Sutras

These Collection of Mahayana Buddhist Sutras are external links mostly taken from http://www4.bayarea.net/~mtlee/ website.

Most sutras here have been translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. The merits of making these sutras available belong to all the translators.

	Sutra	Link / View Source
	The Amithabha Sutra	The Buddhist Text Translation Society Translated by Mark Andrews
	The Smaller Pure Land Sutra	Translated by F. Max Muller
	The Flower Adornment Sutra (The Avatamsaka Sutra)	The Buddhist Text Translation Society (Chapter 39, Short Excerpts) Translated by Mark Andrews (Chapter 40)
	The Sutra on The Buddha's Bequeathed Teaching	The Buddhist Text Translation Society
	The Brahma Net Sutra	The Buddhist Text Translation Society
	The Diamond Sutra	The Buddhst Text Translation Society Translated by A.F.Price and Wong Mou-Lam
	The Eight Enlightenment Sutra	The Buddhist Text Translation Society
	The Perfect Enlightenment Sutra	Translated by by Ven. Guo-go Bhikshu
	The Sutra of Forty-Two Sections	The Buddhist Text Translation Society
	The Heart Sutra	The Buddhist Text Translation Society BFB Internal Link (PDF-In Chinese Characters/Kanji scanned) The Nalanda Translation Committee Translated by Dharma Master Lok To
	The Hundred Parables Sutra	Translated by Tetcheng Liao
	The Great Vehicle Infinite Life Sutra The Larger Sukhavativyuha Sutra or The Sutra on the Buddha of Eternal Life	Translated by F. Max Mueller
	The Sutra on the Visualisation of The Buddha of Infinite Lifespan	Translated by J. Takakusu; edited by Richard St. Clair
	The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra	The Buddhist Text Translation Society
	The Lankavatara Sutra	Translated by Suzuki and Goddard
	The Lotus Sutra	The Buddhist Text Translation Society (Universal Door Chapter) Translated by H. Kern
	The Mahaparinirvana Sutra	Translated by Charles Patton Translated by Kosho Yamamoto (Chapter 12) (Chapter 18)
	The Sutra of the Merit and Virtue of the Past Vows of Medicine Master Vaidurya Light Tathagata	The Buddhist Text Translation Society
	The Parable Sutra	Translated by Charles Patton (PDF)
	The Sutra about the Parents' Deep Kindness and the Difficulty In Repaying It.	Translated by Upasika Terri Nicholson BFB Internal Link
	The Samantabhadra Contemplation Sutra	The Buddhist Text Translation Society
	The Shurangama Sutra	The Buddhist Text Translation Society
	The Srimala Simhanada Sutra	Translated by Alex and Hideko Wayman
	The Ten Wholesome Ways of Actions Sutra	http://www4.bayarea.net/~mtlee/10.txt
	The Ullambana Sutra	The Buddhist Text Translation Society
	The Sutra of Unmeasured Principles	The Buddhist Information Society of North America
	The Usnisa Vijaya Dharani Sutra	Provided by Jiang Yiwang
	The Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra	Translated by Robert A. F. Thurman (copyrighted material)

Buddhist Mantras

The Great Compassion Mantra
In Chinese Pinyin
In Sanskrit

Buddhist Chanting

Buddhanet Audio at
http://www.buddhanet.net/audio-chant.htm
offers a list of Buddhist Chants, downloadable MP3 audio files, good for practice. It includes :

Chinese Pureland Chants,
Pali Devotional Chanting,
Pali Devotional Hynms,
The Buddhist Society of Western Australia Chanting Book,
Magnetic Buddha Dharma Chanting,
Vietnamese Chanting,
Pureland Chanting,
Om Mani Padme Hum,
Chanting of Nichiren Buddhism,
Pali Buddhist Chanting - Thai Style,
Paritta Pali Chanting - Burmese Style,
Name of Amitabha Buddha