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One of the most
challenging parts of learning about Buddhism is making sense of the
riotous diversity of Buddhist scripture. This week's issue provides
an overview of Buddhist canons.
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The Chinese
Canon
The Chinese Canon is a vast
treasury of Mahayana Buddhist sutras, commentaries, and lots of other
stuff.
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The Tibetan
Canon
The Tibetan Buddhist
scriptural canon is in two parts, called the Kangyur and the Tengyur.
Here is a basic introduction.
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The Pali
Canon
The Pali Canon preserves some of
the earliest scriptures of Buddhism .
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Chinese Mahayana
Sutras
There are myriad Mahayana
sutras associated with the so-called Chinese Canon of Mahayana
Buddhist scripture. Here is an introduction to the Chinese Mahayana
sutras.
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