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Madhyamaka
The Heart Sutra

The Heart Sutra

Heart Sutra, considered as the king of all Buddhist sutras, is the essence of Prajnaparamita. Heart Sutra and Diamond Sutra are the two most profound and wide-reaching influence of Buddhist texts in Prajnaparamita category.

Madhyamaka
The Diamond Sutra

The Diamond Sutra

“How should the mind abide and be subdued?” Diamond Sutra gives you the perfect answer.

Madhyamaka
The Introduction to Madhyamaka

The Introduction to Madhyamaka

This text includes all aspects of Madhyamaka, ranging from its category, objective, five great reasonings, four great reasonings, practice, and so on.

Madhyamaka
The Adornment of the Middle Way

The Adornment of the Middle Way

Cittamatra and Madhyamaka expound the relative truth and the ultimate truth in the most complete way. Through these two doctrines, this text reveals the unmistakable principle that these two truths hold.

Yogacara
Thirty Verses on Mind-Only

Thirty Verses on Mind-Only

Thirty Verses on Mind-Only is one of the most important texts, written by the Bodhisattva Vasubandhu, that established the the doctrine of Cittamatra or Mind-Only School.

Yogacara
Verses Delineating the Eight Consciousnesses

Verses Delineating the Eight Consciousnesses

Master Xuanzang of Chinese Buddhism helps you understand the eight consciousnesses.

Yogacara
Twenty Verses on Mind-Only

Twenty Verses on Mind-Only

Twenty Verses on Mind-Only, a philosophically important Yogacara works written by Vasubandhu, validates the doctrine of Yogacara by explaining questions posed by non-Buddhist doctrines and pre-Mahayana schools.

Yogacara
The Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas

The Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas

The Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas, written by Vasubandu, helps you understand all phenomena once for all.

Buddha Nature
Vimalakirti Sutra

Vimalakirti Sutra

Vimalakirti Sutra unfolds the essence of Buddhadharma by telling a story about the Vimalakirti,a famous lay Buddhist practitioner who attained a very high degree of enlightenment.

Buddha Nature
The Uttaratantra Treatise

The Uttaratantra Treatise

Revolved around Uttaratantra, or Buddha nature, the Uttaratantra Treatise, one of the Five Treatises of Maitreya, expounds seven aspects of Buddha nature, bridging between Sutrayana and Tantrayan. In terms of spiritual development, among all treatises in

Tiantai School
The Essentials of Tiantai School

The Essentials of Tiantai School

This text is the essence of Tiantai School, which is known as the doctrine that has perfect and complete Dharma teachings and practice methodology as well as equal emphasis on understanding and conduct of Buddhadharma.

Chan Buddhism
Platform Sutra

Platform Sutra

Platform Sutra is the most important text of Chan Buddhism. By depicting how Sixth Patriarch Huineng studied and practiced Buddhardharma and attained his enlightenment, this text reveals the best instruction that helps with achieving sudden awakening and

Chan Buddhism
Yongjia's Song of Enlightenment

Yongjia's Song of Enlightenment

Yongjia's Song of Enlightenment is written by the great Chan master Yongjia after he achieved his realization in Tang Dynasty. This text, easy to understand and expounding the core idea of Chan Buddhism, is the must-read one for anyone who is genuinely in
Chan Buddhism
The Path to Sudden Enlightenment

The Path to Sudden Enlightenment

The Path to Sudden Enlightenment is written by the great Chan master Dash Huihai. It has two volumes, explaining the essence of achieving liberation through Buddhist practice. When Mazu, one of the greatest Chan masters, came cross this text, he was so am
Chan Buddhism
Straight Talk to True Mind

Straight Talk to True Mind

Straight Talk to True Mind, written by the great Korean Chan master Zhina, expounds the theory and practice of Chan Buddhism that emphasizes the union of meditative concentration and wisdom as well as achieving sudden enlightenment with gradual practice m
Pure Land
Sutra on the Buddha of Infinite Life Delivered by the Buddha Shakyamuni

Sutra on the Buddha of Infinite Life Delivered by the Buddha Shakyamuni

Sutra on the Buddha of Infinite Life Delivered by the Buddha Shakyamuni, also known as the Large Sutra among the three Sutras of Pure-Land School, describes the Buddha of Infinite Life, through his dedicated practice, reached the Buddhahood, created the m
Pure Land
Sutra on Amitayus Buddha Delivered by the Buddha Shakyamuni

Sutra on Amitayus Buddha Delivered by the Buddha Shakyamuni

Sutra on Amitayus Buddha Delivered by the Buddha Shakyamuni, also known as the Little Sutra, is one of the three most fundamental Sutras of Pure-Land School, serving as a roadmap for those who desires to genuinely practice the Pure-Land method. Master Ouy
Pure Land
Introduction to the Pure Land Method

Introduction to the Pure Land Method

Introduction to the Pure Land Method is a course that introduces the basics of the Pure Land method. In terms of the theory, it uses the commentaries of Mind-Only School that follows the tradition of reasoning. For the practice method, it uses the best p
Mind Training
A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life

A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life

A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life incisively and comprehensivly expounds the studying and practicing system of generating Bodhicitta and following the conduct of Bodhisattvas that Mahayana Bodhisattvas must follow. Anyone who wants to follow the Bo
Mind Training
The Seven-Point of Mind Training

The Seven-Point of Mind Training

The Seven-Point of Mind Training is written by Chekawa Yeshe Dorje, the great Tibetan master of Kadampa. In the text, he summed up seven essential points that a practitioner who follows Mahayana tradition need to carry out through his entire life. These s
Mind Training
The Eight Verses of Training the Mind

The Eight Verses of Training the Mind

The Eight Verses of Training the Mind is written by Geshe Langri Thangpa of Kadampa. The eight verses are the essential teaching of the Bodhisattava’s discipline and conducts of Mahayana. Master Jigme Phuntsok once said: “ If a person really wants to prac
Mind Training
A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path

A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path

A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path, Gampopa's masterpiece, outlines conduct, principles, views, practices, and states that practitioners in Sutrayana and Tantrayana should know and follow s to perfect their spiritual practice.

Meditative Practice
Preliminary Practices

Preliminary Practices

The author of Preliminary Practices is seen as an emanation of Avalokiteshvara. It collects the essence of theories and the stages of the path taught by the Buddha Shakyamuni and delivers it in very concise and accurate manner. Its straightforwardness and
Meditative Practice
Meditative Concentration

Meditative Concentration

Meditative Concentratrion does not mean to be passively silent or escape from reality, but rather to develop a way to see the world and mind clearly and truthfully. Through meditation, we gain wisdom and compassion that transcend bewilderment and sufferin
Meditative Practice
Four Methods of Eliminating Attachment

Four Methods of Eliminating Attachment

Four Methods of Eliminating Attachment, also known as Four Alternatives, is a powerful and down-to-earth practice method of Madhyamaka. The four methods are: Taking away the person. Taking away the environment. Taking away both the person and the environ