Lankavatarasutra, Lankavatara-sutra, Laṅkāvatārasūtra: 1 definition
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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Shodhganga: Thought of buddha natureas depicted in the Lankavatara-sutraLaṅkāvatārasūtra (लङ्कावतारसूत्र) is a Buddhist text of the later period of the Tathāgatagarbha literature, in which the thought of the Buddha-nature is depicted in relationship with most of the Mahāyāna concepts such as the Buddhatā, Tathāgatagarbha, Ālayavijñāna, Dharmakāya, Mind-only, etc. Especially, the Laṅkāvatārasūtra emphasizes the practice of self-realization and sudden enlightenment of the Buddha-nature. It is also said that the Sūtra was handed down by Bodhidharma to his heir disciple Hui-ke 慧可 as the proof of enlightenment in Chan (Zen) Buddhism.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
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Partial matches: Lankavatara, Sutra.
Full-text (+495): Karmapa, Lankavatara, Prativishodhayati, Mauna, Gandhasugandha, Saptakutiraka, Simhasaudasa, Kheja, Anupraveshaka, Dhigama, Vaipakika, Prativikalpa, Vedali, Nagahvaya, Shrimala, Suryavidyutprabha, Rashmivimalaprabha, Svabhavaka, Prasuyata, Anucalin.
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Buddha-nature (as Depicted in the Lankavatara-sutra) (by Nguyen Dac Sy)
2.2. Chan and the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra < [Chapter 6 - Further Development of the Thought of Buddha-nature in China]
1.2. The Ālayavijñāna < [Chapter 4 - The Thought of Buddha-Nature in the Laṅkāvatārasūtra]
1.3. Ālayavijñāna and Tathāgatagarbha < [Chapter 4 - The Thought of Buddha-Nature in the Laṅkāvatārasūtra]
Dhyana in the Buddhist Literature (by Truong Thi Thuy La)
3.2 (a): The Dhyāna in the Laṅkāvatāra sūtra < [Chapter 3 - The Dhyāna in Mahāyāna Literature]
3.4 (a): Bodhidharma and Hui K’o (3rd–4th century CE) < [Chapter 3 - The Dhyāna in Mahāyāna Literature]
1.4: Organisation of the Present Work < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 13 - Uncompromising Idealism or the School of Vijñānavāda Buddhism < [Chapter V - Buddhist Philosophy]
Part 2 - Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika sūtras < [Chapter VIII - The Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika Philosophy]
Part 4 - Vedānta in Gauḍapāda < [Chapter X - The Śaṅkara School Of Vedānta]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 2c.2 - The sign of the path of liberation being accomplished < [B. The gradation of powers of those who meditate into high, middle, and low]
C. What is to be abandoned < [Chapter X - The view of prajña that realizes the ground without dwelling in dualistic extremes]
A. Entering into the nature of all dharmas, the unborn < [Chapter X - The view of prajña that realizes the ground without dwelling in dualistic extremes]
Lankavatara Sutra (by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki)
The Concept of Sharira as Prameya (by Elizabeth T. Jones)
Works on Nyāya < [Chapter 1]