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Sutra Resourse and Glossary Thread
oceancaldera207
Veteran
Hello all, I'm leaving again for a while, and I was going to give the 'A complete Buddhist Sutra collection' thread another bump before I went, but then I figured it might be nice to organize it, clean out the dead links, and start a clean new thread with links to downloadable translations of Buddhist Sutras. I personally highly recommend having several different translations of your favorite sutras, as no two translations are ever exactly alike. I’ve also added at least one link for major sutras individually in order to make them searchable on New Buddhist. So grab a thumb drive and save away!
Indexes:
http://buddhasutra.com/ Very big collection
http://www.e-sangha.com/alphone/tripitaka.htm
http://www.lapislazulitexts.com/translations.html
http://suttacentral.net/
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/oldweb/resources/sutras/sutra_index.htm
http://www.purifymind.com/Sutras.htm A nice collection.
http://www.woodenfish.org/sutra/texts
http://www.fodian.net/world/tripitaka.htm Various languages
http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/Sutta-nipataBM6.pdf Sutta nipata
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/
http://www4.bayarea.net/~mtlee/ Multiple translations of scriptures, some dead links
http://online.sfsu.edu/rone/Buddhism/sutras.html
http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/2Majjhima-Nikaya/index.html
Majjhima Nikaya (huge)
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh107.pdf Samyutta Nikaya I
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh183.pdf Samyutta Nikaya II
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh318.pdf Samyutta Nikaya III
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh155.pdf Anguttara Nikaya I
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh208.pdf Anguttara Nikaya II
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh238.pdf Anguttara Nikaya III
http://www.palicanon.org/en/sutta-pitaka/downloads-group1/digha-nikaya.html
Digha Nikaya
http://www.dharma.org/bcbs/pages/documents/itivuttaka.pdf
Itivuttaka (short verses)
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/17.16-Udana-S-s22.55-piya.pdf Udana sutra
http://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Khuddakapatha/Khuddakapatha.pdf Khuddakapatha
Books & Sutras:
Lotus Sutra
http://www.rk-world.org/publications/ThreefoldLotusSutra.pdf
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/oldweb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/contents.htm
Also, I really like the G. Reeves translation, but could not find a downloadable version.
The short Prajnaparamita Sutras
(Prajnaparamita in 700, 500, 150, 50, 25 Lines; in few words; in One Letter; for Kausika; for Five Bodhisattvas. Diamond Sutra. Heart of Prajnaparamita. Questions of Survikrantavikramin; of Nagarsi. 108 Names of Holy Prajnaparamita. 25 Doors to Prajnaparamita.)
http://lirs.ru/lib/conze/The_Short_Prajnaparamita_Texts,Conze,1973,1993.djvu
Verses On The Perfection Of Wisdom
Prajnaparamita Ratnagunasamcayagatha
[Translated from the Sanskrit by Edward Conze]
http://lit.lib.ru/img/i/irhin_w_j/prajnaparamita108/ratnagunasamcayagatha.pdf
Surangama Sutra
http://www.mandala.hr/3/surangama.html
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/oldweb/resources/sutras/shurangama/sources/contents.htm
The Larger Prajnaparamita Sutra
http://ia600502.us.archive.org/33/items/buddhismPrajnaparamitaLargeSutraOnPerfectWisdom/buddhismPrajnaparamitaLargeSutraOnPerfectWisdom.pdf
http://archive.org/details/buddhismPrajnaparamitaLargeSutraOnPerfectWisdom (other formats)
Samdhinirmocana Sutra (Complete Exposition on Perfect Wisdom)
http://bibleoteca.narod.ru/Samdhinirmocana-sutra.pdf
Tathagatagarbha Sutra
http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu/resources/downloads/sutras/02Prajnaparamita/Tathagatagarbha.doc.pdf
Lankavatara Sutra
http://lirs.ru/do/lanka_eng/lanka-nondiacritical.htm
Mahaparinirvana Sutra
http://www.nirvanasutra.net/convenient/Mahaparinirvana_Sutra_Yamamoto_Page_2007.pdf Kosho Yamamoto from Chinese
www.zhaxizhuoma.net/DHARMA/Tripitaka/MahaparinirvanaMahayana.htm
Vimalikirti Nirdesa Sutra
http://www2.fodian.net/World/0475.html
Dharmapada (Dhammapada)
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/oldweb/resources/sutras/dharma_sutra.htm
Mahayana Sutra of Consciousness Revealed
http://www.sutrasmantras.info/sutra18.html
Avatamsaka Sutra (Flower Garland)
dharmaflower.net/_collection/avatamsaka.PDF
Vajrasamadhi Sutra
http://www.purifymind.com/Sutras9.htm
Golden Light Sutra
http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu/resources/downloads/sutras/08technicalMayayana/goldenlightsutra1206lttr.pdf
Medicine Buddha Sutra
http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/medbudsutra.pdf
Diamond Sutra (Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra) Translations
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe49/sbe4929.htm Translated by E.B. Cowell, F. Max Mulller, and J. Takakusu
http://www.hermetics.org/pdf/The_Diamond_Sutra.pdf A.F. Price
http://www.fodian.net/English/Dcutter.pdf Lobsang Chunzin, Michael Roach,
http://reluctant-messenger.com/diamond_sutra.htm Charles Patton from Chinese
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Clubs/buddhism/sutras/diamond1.html Unknown
http://www.emahofoundation.org/documents/DiamondSutraText.pdf revised translation of the Indian abbot Silendra Bodhi
http://sourceoflightmonastery.tripod.com/webonmediacontents/1950244.pdf William Gemmel
The Thomas Cleary translation is my favorite, but I can’t find a downloadable copy online.. I’ll type it up and post it here someday.
Heart Sutra (Heart of Perfection of Wisdom) Prajnaparamita hrydaya
http://www.sfzc.org/sp_download/liturgy/08_Heart_of_Great_Perfect_Wisdom_Sutra.pdf unknown
http://www.quangduc.com/English/Maha/013heart.html Translator Truc Huy
http://www4.bayarea.net/~mtlee/heart.txt Pevahouse from Chinese
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/oldweb/resources/sutras/heart_sutra.htm
Red Pine’s Translation of the Heart of Perfection of Wisdom Sutra ( a personal favorite)
The noble Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva
while practicing the deep practice of Prajnaparamita
looked upon the Five Skandhas
and seeing that they were empty of self-existence
said, “Here, Shariputra,
form is emptiness, emptiness is form;
emptiness is not separate from form
form is not separate from emptiness
whatever is form is emptiness,
whatever is emptiness is form.
The same holds for sensation and perception,
memory and consciousness.
Here, Shariputra, all dharmas (things) are defined by emptiness
not birth or destruction, purity or defilement,
completeness or deficiency.
Therefore, Shariputra, in emptiness there is no form,
no sensation, no perception, no memory and no consciousness;
no eye, no ear, no nose, no tounge, no body and no mind;
no shape, no sound, no smell, no taste, no feeling
and no thought;
no element of perception, from eye to conceptual consciousness;
no causal link, from ignorance to old age and death;
no suffering, no source, no relief, no path;
no knowledge, no attainment, and no non-attainment.
Therefore, Shariputra, without attainment,
bodhisattvas take refuge in Prajnaparamita
and live without walls of the mind.
Without walls of the mind and thus without fears,
they see through delusions and finally nirvana.
All buddhas past, present and future
also take refuge in Prajnaparamita
and realize unexcelled, perfect enlightenment.
You should therefore know the great mantra of Prajnaparamita,
the mantra of great magic, the unexcelled mantra,
the mantra equal to the unequalled,
which heals all suffering and is true, not false,
the mantra in Prajnaparamita spoken thus:
‘Gate, gate, paragate, parasangate, bodhi svaha.”
Glossaries
I am also a firm believer in not leaving un-translated words too ambiguous in your own mind as you read sutras; here are some links to glossaries of Buddhist terms. I recommend looking at several glossaries before coming to a conclusion about commonly un-translated words found in sutras. [‘Bodhisattva‘, for example, is a very common term whose definition actually varies widely. I prefer the simple definition: Enlightening Being, or Enlightenment Being. And even the word ‘Buddha‘ is really not a name, but has a meaning of it‘s own] You’ll find a lot of variation on the exact definition of a lot of these common words, so if you’re a beginner, read multiple definitions and make up your own mind! . Of course, definition of terms vary with sect, lineage, and belief system also.
http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/religionet/er/buddhism/bglossry.htm
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Clubs/buddhism/glossary.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Buddhism
http://www.dharmafellowship.org/library/essays/buddhist-glossary.htm
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/glossary.html
http://www.rinpoche.com/glossary.htm
http://kadampa.org/reference/glossary-of-buddhist-terms/
http://viewonbuddhism.org/glossary_az.html
Thanks to everyone who contributed links in the original thread. I have greatly benefited from many of these sutras and I hope you will as well! Additions and corrections are always welcome. OC207
Indexes:
http://buddhasutra.com/ Very big collection
http://www.e-sangha.com/alphone/tripitaka.htm
http://www.lapislazulitexts.com/translations.html
http://suttacentral.net/
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/oldweb/resources/sutras/sutra_index.htm
http://www.purifymind.com/Sutras.htm A nice collection.
http://www.woodenfish.org/sutra/texts
http://www.fodian.net/world/tripitaka.htm Various languages
http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/Sutta-nipataBM6.pdf Sutta nipata
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/
http://www4.bayarea.net/~mtlee/ Multiple translations of scriptures, some dead links
http://online.sfsu.edu/rone/Buddhism/sutras.html
http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/2Majjhima-Nikaya/index.html
Majjhima Nikaya (huge)
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh107.pdf Samyutta Nikaya I
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh183.pdf Samyutta Nikaya II
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh318.pdf Samyutta Nikaya III
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh155.pdf Anguttara Nikaya I
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh208.pdf Anguttara Nikaya II
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh238.pdf Anguttara Nikaya III
http://www.palicanon.org/en/sutta-pitaka/downloads-group1/digha-nikaya.html
Digha Nikaya
http://www.dharma.org/bcbs/pages/documents/itivuttaka.pdf
Itivuttaka (short verses)
http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/17.16-Udana-S-s22.55-piya.pdf Udana sutra
http://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Khuddakapatha/Khuddakapatha.pdf Khuddakapatha
Books & Sutras:
Lotus Sutra
http://www.rk-world.org/publications/ThreefoldLotusSutra.pdf
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/oldweb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/contents.htm
Also, I really like the G. Reeves translation, but could not find a downloadable version.
The short Prajnaparamita Sutras
(Prajnaparamita in 700, 500, 150, 50, 25 Lines; in few words; in One Letter; for Kausika; for Five Bodhisattvas. Diamond Sutra. Heart of Prajnaparamita. Questions of Survikrantavikramin; of Nagarsi. 108 Names of Holy Prajnaparamita. 25 Doors to Prajnaparamita.)
http://lirs.ru/lib/conze/The_Short_Prajnaparamita_Texts,Conze,1973,1993.djvu
Verses On The Perfection Of Wisdom
Prajnaparamita Ratnagunasamcayagatha
[Translated from the Sanskrit by Edward Conze]
http://lit.lib.ru/img/i/irhin_w_j/prajnaparamita108/ratnagunasamcayagatha.pdf
Surangama Sutra
http://www.mandala.hr/3/surangama.html
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/oldweb/resources/sutras/shurangama/sources/contents.htm
The Larger Prajnaparamita Sutra
http://ia600502.us.archive.org/33/items/buddhismPrajnaparamitaLargeSutraOnPerfectWisdom/buddhismPrajnaparamitaLargeSutraOnPerfectWisdom.pdf
http://archive.org/details/buddhismPrajnaparamitaLargeSutraOnPerfectWisdom (other formats)
Samdhinirmocana Sutra (Complete Exposition on Perfect Wisdom)
http://bibleoteca.narod.ru/Samdhinirmocana-sutra.pdf
Tathagatagarbha Sutra
http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu/resources/downloads/sutras/02Prajnaparamita/Tathagatagarbha.doc.pdf
Lankavatara Sutra
http://lirs.ru/do/lanka_eng/lanka-nondiacritical.htm
Mahaparinirvana Sutra
http://www.nirvanasutra.net/convenient/Mahaparinirvana_Sutra_Yamamoto_Page_2007.pdf Kosho Yamamoto from Chinese
www.zhaxizhuoma.net/DHARMA/Tripitaka/MahaparinirvanaMahayana.htm
Vimalikirti Nirdesa Sutra
http://www2.fodian.net/World/0475.html
Dharmapada (Dhammapada)
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/oldweb/resources/sutras/dharma_sutra.htm
Mahayana Sutra of Consciousness Revealed
http://www.sutrasmantras.info/sutra18.html
Avatamsaka Sutra (Flower Garland)
dharmaflower.net/_collection/avatamsaka.PDF
Vajrasamadhi Sutra
http://www.purifymind.com/Sutras9.htm
Golden Light Sutra
http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu/resources/downloads/sutras/08technicalMayayana/goldenlightsutra1206lttr.pdf
Medicine Buddha Sutra
http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/medbudsutra.pdf
Diamond Sutra (Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra) Translations
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe49/sbe4929.htm Translated by E.B. Cowell, F. Max Mulller, and J. Takakusu
http://www.hermetics.org/pdf/The_Diamond_Sutra.pdf A.F. Price
http://www.fodian.net/English/Dcutter.pdf Lobsang Chunzin, Michael Roach,
http://reluctant-messenger.com/diamond_sutra.htm Charles Patton from Chinese
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Clubs/buddhism/sutras/diamond1.html Unknown
http://www.emahofoundation.org/documents/DiamondSutraText.pdf revised translation of the Indian abbot Silendra Bodhi
http://sourceoflightmonastery.tripod.com/webonmediacontents/1950244.pdf William Gemmel
The Thomas Cleary translation is my favorite, but I can’t find a downloadable copy online.. I’ll type it up and post it here someday.
Heart Sutra (Heart of Perfection of Wisdom) Prajnaparamita hrydaya
http://www.sfzc.org/sp_download/liturgy/08_Heart_of_Great_Perfect_Wisdom_Sutra.pdf unknown
http://www.quangduc.com/English/Maha/013heart.html Translator Truc Huy
http://www4.bayarea.net/~mtlee/heart.txt Pevahouse from Chinese
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/oldweb/resources/sutras/heart_sutra.htm
Red Pine’s Translation of the Heart of Perfection of Wisdom Sutra ( a personal favorite)
The noble Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva
while practicing the deep practice of Prajnaparamita
looked upon the Five Skandhas
and seeing that they were empty of self-existence
said, “Here, Shariputra,
form is emptiness, emptiness is form;
emptiness is not separate from form
form is not separate from emptiness
whatever is form is emptiness,
whatever is emptiness is form.
The same holds for sensation and perception,
memory and consciousness.
Here, Shariputra, all dharmas (things) are defined by emptiness
not birth or destruction, purity or defilement,
completeness or deficiency.
Therefore, Shariputra, in emptiness there is no form,
no sensation, no perception, no memory and no consciousness;
no eye, no ear, no nose, no tounge, no body and no mind;
no shape, no sound, no smell, no taste, no feeling
and no thought;
no element of perception, from eye to conceptual consciousness;
no causal link, from ignorance to old age and death;
no suffering, no source, no relief, no path;
no knowledge, no attainment, and no non-attainment.
Therefore, Shariputra, without attainment,
bodhisattvas take refuge in Prajnaparamita
and live without walls of the mind.
Without walls of the mind and thus without fears,
they see through delusions and finally nirvana.
All buddhas past, present and future
also take refuge in Prajnaparamita
and realize unexcelled, perfect enlightenment.
You should therefore know the great mantra of Prajnaparamita,
the mantra of great magic, the unexcelled mantra,
the mantra equal to the unequalled,
which heals all suffering and is true, not false,
the mantra in Prajnaparamita spoken thus:
‘Gate, gate, paragate, parasangate, bodhi svaha.”
Glossaries
I am also a firm believer in not leaving un-translated words too ambiguous in your own mind as you read sutras; here are some links to glossaries of Buddhist terms. I recommend looking at several glossaries before coming to a conclusion about commonly un-translated words found in sutras. [‘Bodhisattva‘, for example, is a very common term whose definition actually varies widely. I prefer the simple definition: Enlightening Being, or Enlightenment Being. And even the word ‘Buddha‘ is really not a name, but has a meaning of it‘s own] You’ll find a lot of variation on the exact definition of a lot of these common words, so if you’re a beginner, read multiple definitions and make up your own mind! . Of course, definition of terms vary with sect, lineage, and belief system also.
http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/religionet/er/buddhism/bglossry.htm
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Clubs/buddhism/glossary.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Buddhism
http://www.dharmafellowship.org/library/essays/buddhist-glossary.htm
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/glossary.html
http://www.rinpoche.com/glossary.htm
http://kadampa.org/reference/glossary-of-buddhist-terms/
http://viewonbuddhism.org/glossary_az.html
Thanks to everyone who contributed links in the original thread. I have greatly benefited from many of these sutras and I hope you will as well! Additions and corrections are always welcome. OC207
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