Scriptures
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Browse a growing editorial archive of Buddhist texts as written works, spoken forms, practices, and points of connection. Filters reflect structured metadata and use teaching classifications only where historically appropriate.
Mahāyāna
Heart Sutra
Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya
A compact Perfection of Wisdom text known across East Asian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions.
Mahāyāna
Diamond Sutra
Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra
A Perfection of Wisdom dialogue that repeatedly unsettles attachment to persons, concepts, and even teachings.
Mahāyāna
Lotus Sutra
Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra
An influential Mahāyāna scripture centered on skillful means and the universal scope of buddhahood.
Mahāyāna
Amitābha Sutra
Sukhāvatīvyūha (shorter recension)
A foundational Pure Land scripture describing Sukhāvatī and the recollection of Amitābha Buddha.
Mahāyāna
Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa
Vimalakīrtinirdeśa Sūtra
A dramatic Mahāyāna scripture in which the lay bodhisattva Vimalakīrti teaches nonduality.
Early Buddhism · Theravāda
Dhammapada
Dhammapada
A widely read Pāli anthology of 423 verses arranged in twenty-six thematic chapters.
Early Buddhism · Theravāda
Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
Satipaṭṭhānasutta (MN 10)
A major early discourse organizing mindfulness around body, feelings, mind, and principles.
Early Buddhism · Theravāda
Ānāpānasati Sutta
Ānāpānassatisutta (MN 118)
An early discourse presenting sixteen steps of mindfulness of breathing.
Early Buddhism · Theravāda
Mettā Sutta
Karaṇīyamettasutta (Snp 1.8)
A frequently recited early poem on conduct and boundless goodwill.
Early Buddhism · Theravāda
Maṅgala Sutta
Maṅgalasutta (Snp 2.4)
An early verse discourse that reframes blessing as ethical, relational, and contemplative practice.
Early Buddhism · Theravāda
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
Dhammacakkappavattanasutta (SN 56.11)
The early discourse conventionally identified as the Buddha's first teaching after awakening.
Mahāyāna · Tibetan Buddhism
The Prayer of Good Conduct
Bhadracarīpraṇidhāna / བཟང་སྤྱོད་སྨོན་ལམ།
A widely recited aspiration associated with Samantabhadra and the conclusion of the Gaṇḍavyūha.
Mahāyāna · Tibetan Buddhism
The Samantabhadra Perfection of Wisdom
འཕགས་པ་ཀུན་ཏུ་བཟང་པོའི་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པ།
A short Perfection of Wisdom scripture preserved in Tibetan and centered on two levels of wisdom.