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suttafriends.org
ShanJieshi2
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a website I have just discovered and I think it is very good is suttafriends.org.
It is more than just a collection of suttas, it is more like a complete system of systematized information about suttas.
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Thanks for that ShanJieshi2.
I read a half a dozen sutra’s while taking a gander at the site, it seems a good place for casually reading through them.
Thanks for sharing. I find the search feature and user interface on this site much more friendly than on https://www.accesstoinsight.org/ while both have a quality of content I appreciate so far. I'll keep checking out the resources there.
But you should always have suttacentral at hand...I have looked up some terms on both pages and the bottom line is in favour of suttacentral.
Suitors are our friends? Not if we are a None.
Eh wait … must learn to spell. Suttas and Nuns. Got it!
Suttas are our Dharma Friends. So many friends I haz. No need for Farcebook or other unsocial madia …
Many thanks @ShanJieshi2
For those who are interested… The selection of indexes were all working links as of about a year ago, but I can’t guarantee the rest of the links.
Indexes:
http://buddhasutra.com/ Very big collection
http://www.lapislazulitexts.com/translations.html
http://suttacentral.net/
http://www.purifymind.com/Sutras.htm A nice collection.
http://www.woodenfish.org/sutra/texts
http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/Sutta-nipataBM6.pdf Sutta nipata
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/
http://online.sfsu.edu/rone/Buddhism/sutras.html
http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/2Majjhima-Nikaya/index.html Majjhima Nikaya (huge)
http://www.palicanon.org/
http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/
http://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Khuddakapatha/Khuddakapatha.pdf Khuddakapatha
https://plumvillage.org/category/sutra/
https://read.84000.co/section/LOBBY.html Tibetan Kangyur and Tengyur
Books & Individual Sutras:
Lotus Sutra
http://www.rk-world.org/publications/ThreefoldLotusSutra.pdf
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
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
Mahayana Sutra of Consciousness Revealed
http://www.sutrasmantras.info/sutra18.html
Avatamsaka Sutra (Flower Garland)
https://www.scribd.com/document/179387947/avatamsaka-cleary-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://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
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
Glossaries:
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
http://www.palikanon.com/english/wtb/dic_idx.html
http://www.palikanon.com/english/pali_names/dic_idx.html
woooooooooooooowwww
It’s good to see that buddhism is flourishing on the internet, isn’t it? I’ve added suttafriends.org to other places where I have kept this list, I think it’s a very worthy addition.
It's quite nice. Especially since diving into all that feels like a healthier way to spend my time than most others.
My experience was always that practice and sutra study are best done hand in hand. Its not necessary to devote equal time, but to have a little time on a fairly regular basis to study the words of the buddha is beneficial judging from years gone past.