The Sanskrit word sutra means a theme of practice. From Wordnik.com. [Comparison of the "Dharma-Lite" and "Real Thing Dharma" Versions of Lam-rim] Reference
An entry in the glossary explains the word sutra. From Wordnik.com. [Tales From the Narmada Woods] Reference
(His Mountains and Rivers Without End, which he calls "a kind of sutra," spans four decades of poetic and Buddhist practice.). From Wordnik.com. [Slate Magazine] Reference
経行 is composed of the kanji for "sutra" or "to pass through" combined with the kanji for "go" our carry out. From Wordnik.com. [越命 十句 観音経] Reference
"sutra" denotes literally "threads," and is used by Brahmanic writers for short, dry sentences, brief expositions. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy] Reference
He glanced at the pages of the sutra lying before him. From Wordnik.com. [The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
This is the way sutra practice combines method and wisdom. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of Tantra ��� 6 Gelug Presentation of Tantra in General] Reference
I will ascend that rock; read the sutra of the Lady Kwannon. From Wordnik.com. [The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
In this case, we may gain inspiration to follow the sutra path. From Wordnik.com. [Essentials for Taking a Kalachakra Initiation] Reference
There goes my -- but what about somebody using like karma sutra?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2009] Reference
That takes the emptiness explained in the Causal Vehicle (sutra). From Wordnik.com. [Speech to the Second Gelug Conference] Reference
In sutra, we focus on the voidness of a phenomenon or of a person. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of Tantra ��� 6 Gelug Presentation of Tantra in General] Reference
Young men strung up colorful streamers imprinted with sutra verses. From Wordnik.com. [Desperate Devotion] Reference
Karma Kagyu agrees with Gelug on these points only in terms of sutra Prasangika. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of Tantra ��� 9 Non-Gelug Variations Concerning General Anuttarayoga] Reference
These sorrows may be escaped by reciting this sutra whose substance we find above. From Wordnik.com. [Buddhism and Buddhists in China] Reference
Thus, voidness nonconceptually realized in bodhisattva sutra and tantra is the same. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of Tantra ��� 9 Non-Gelug Variations Concerning General Anuttarayoga] Reference
Without slip or fault he repeated the sutra, expounded the intricacies of its meaning. From Wordnik.com. [The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
Hanuman series, a beguiling meditation on appetite that reads like an improvised sutra. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Silberman's Interview with Robert Hunter from Poetry Flash] Reference
This is the general meaning of the instruction, shared by sutra and tantra practitioners. From Wordnik.com. [Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building a Healthy Relationship ��� 12 Advanced Points concerning Seeing That a Tantric Master Is a Buddha] Reference
The practice of Kalachakra requires a stable background in the bodhisattva sutra practices. From Wordnik.com. [Essentials for Taking a Kalachakra Initiation] Reference
He who in addition to repeating the sutra practices abstinence will insure peace for himself. From Wordnik.com. [Buddhism and Buddhists in China] Reference
All tantra classes also require a stable background in the other bodhisattva sutra practices. From Wordnik.com. [Basic Features of Tantra] Reference
The next reason why tantra is faster than sutra is that the basis for voidness it uses is special. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of Tantra ��� 6 Gelug Presentation of Tantra in General] Reference
He may begin as the Buddhist missionaries did with the sutra of the Forty-two sections and then take up the Diamond. From Wordnik.com. [Buddhism and Buddhists in China] Reference
But really, it's a sutra from Patanjali, one of the first documenters of yoga, which roughly translates as: "Now, the inquiry of yoga.". From Wordnik.com. [10 Things I Learned at Yoga Teacher Training] Reference
The Nyingma presentations of bodhisattva sutra and the three lower tantras do not include discussions of rigpa or methods for accessing it. From Wordnik.com. [Making Sense of Tantra ��� 9 Non-Gelug Variations Concerning General Anuttarayoga] Reference
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