Wednesday, July 20, 2011
The Scriptures of Buddhism
The Buddhist religion has several scriptures. Scriptures are sacred writings of religion. The buddhist scriptures are divided into two divisions: Canonical and Non-Canonical. The Canonical texts are the words of Buddha himself. The Canonical texts are also known as the Sutras or the Suttas in differen places. The Non - canonical texts include part of the Canonical texts and the Dharma. Other buddhist scriptures are the Triptaka, the Mahayana Sutras and the Tibetan Book of the Dead. The Triptaka is large as it is still being added to. It was originally written on leaves. The Mahayana Sutras was written during 200 BCE and 200 CE. It is extremely large consisting of over two thousand different Mahayana Sutras. The most prominent Mahayana Sutras are the Lotus Sutras ans the Heart Sutras. The Tibetan Book of the Dead is written from the prospective of a Buddhist monk. It expalins the time between death and the rebirth.
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