As the preface to this text reads, this Pure Land sutra is one which "Shakyamuni Buddha chose to speak spontaneously."

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This summarized sutra is also known as the "Sutra on Observing Amitabha and His Pure Land" and is part of the Pure Land School.

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Find a summarized version of the sutra that is also known as the 'Longer Amitabha Sutra", one of the Pure Land Sutras.

Jataka stories are Buddhist stories with a moral. Read through a collection of these stories.

Students can find the larger of the Sukhavativyuha Sutra, also known as the Sutra on the Buddha of Eternal Life.

Find the chapter called the "Enlightenment of Great Strength Bodhisattva", which is part of the Shurangama Sutra of the Pure Land study.

Have a look at this text-only resource that provides the text to the Sutra on the Buddha Amitayus.

Find the sutra simply known as the "Contemplation Sutra" and which is part of the Three Sutras of Pure Land Buddhism.

Visualization Sutra, as it is commonly known, is called a actual manual of meditation and is an important part of the Pure land School.

Click through a collection of sutras offered by the Vietnam Buddhist Monasteries Buddha Gaya and Lumbini. Includes the Satipatthana Sutra.