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Primary Original Source: The Tripitaka Sutra, Shastra and Vinaya teachings
(as found in the scripture storehouse of the Indian Sanskrit-Siddham,
Chinese, Tibetan and Japanese traditions of the Nalanda Tradition of ancient
Nalanda University) of Shakyamuni Buddha, and his Arya Sagely
Bodhisattva
Bhikshu Monk and
Upasaka disciples.
These Good and Wise Advisors (Kaliyanamitra) Dharma Master teachers include Arya Venerables Nagarjuna, Ashvaghosha, Aryasura, Kumarajiva, Shantideva, Chandrakirti, Chandragomin, Vasubandhu, Asanga, Hui Neng, Atisha, Kamalashila, Dharmarakshita, Tsong Khapa, Thogme Zangpo, Patanjali, Sushruta, Charaka, Vagbhata, Nichiren, Hsu Yun, Hsuan Hua, Shen Kai, Tenzin Gyatso, Kyabje Zopa, Ajahn Chah, Vasant Lad, and other modern day masters. We consider them to be in accord with Master Hsuan Hua’s "Seven Guidelines for Recognizing Genuine Teachers"
Nalanda Online University's teachings are based especially on the Dharma Flower Lotus Sutra, the Avatamsaka Sutra, the Shurangama Sutra, the Ksitigarbha Sutra, the Bhaisajya Guru Sutra, the Dharani Sutra, the Vajra Sutra, the Prajna Paramita Hridayam Sutra, the Guhyasamaja, the Kalachakra and their commentaries (shastras) by the above Arya Tripitakacharya Dharma Masters.
At Nalanda Online University
we
practice daily and introduce you to (via downloadable multimedia MP3 audio and WMV
video lectures) the teachings and practices of the
Five Traditions transmitted by
the Buddha Shakyamuni:
1.
Teaching School (Mahayana Sutrayana -
Paramitayana -
Hua
Yan and
Tian Tai,
Yogachara, Nalanda Prasangika
Madhyamika,
Theravada
Sutta)
See also: Tripitaka (1. Sutras, 2. Vinaya, 3. Shastras or Abhidharma, or Tantra), Taisho Catalog Numbering System, Dharma, and names of individual sutras (such as Shurangama Sutra, Avatamsaka Sutra [Flower Adornment Sutra], Lotus Sutra [Wonderful Dharma Flower Sutra], Earth Store Sutra, Dharani Sutra, Brahma Net Sutra, Medicine Master Buddha Sutra, Sixth Patriarch Platform Sutra, Sutra in 42 Sections, Sutra on the Buddha's Bequeathed Teaching, et al.
2.
Moral Regulations School (Vinaya
Pratimoksha
Shila - Bodhisattva
Pranidhana - Vajrayana-Samaya - Yogic Yama)
3.
Esoteric School (Vajrayana -
Mantrayana - Tantrayana - Dharani - Secret
School of the Mahayana)
4.
Meditation School (Indian
Dhyana
Samadhi -
Shamatha -
Vipassana, Chinese
Chan,
Japanese Zen,
Tibetan Mahamudra of Kagyupa, and
Tibetan Dzogchen of Nyingmapa)
5.
Pure Land Devotional School (Bhakti Puja - Buddha-Bodhisattva
Mindfulness and Nama Japa --
Name Recitation of Buddhas
Amitabha-Amitayus,
Medicine
Buddha - Bhaisajya Guru - Akshobhya,
and Bodhisattvas:
Avalokiteshvara-Guanyin-Chenrezig-Mahakala,
Tara,
Samantabhadra Universal
Worthy,
Manjushri-Kalarupa
Great Wisdom,
Maitreya Great Loving-Kindness,
Mahasthamaprapta Great Strength,
Ksitigarbha - Earth Store Great Vows,
Vajrapani,
Vajrasattva,
Chandraprabha Moonlight
Radiance, Suryaprabha Sunlight Radiance,
Medicine King Bodhisattva,
Medicine Superior Bodhisattva
and others Dharma Protecting
Dharmapala Lokapala Bodhisattvas,
Gods and Goddesses)
Compilation Sources for the Above Material on the Teachings of the Buddha:
Primary Compilation Source: Epstein, Ronald B., Ph.D, compiler, Buddhist Text Translation Society's
Buddhism A to Z, Burlingame, California: Buddhist Text Translation Society, 2003.
ISBN: 0881393533 Paperback: 284 pages.
www.BTTSOnline.org
www.Amazon.com
http://www.bttsonline.org/product.aspx?pid=118
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0881393533/ref=ase_medicinebuddh-20
Secondary Compilation Source: The Seeker’s Glossary of Buddhism, 2nd ed., San Francisco, California: Sutra Translation Committee of the United States and Canada, 1998: www.budaedu.org.tw
Secondary Compilation Source: Muller, Charles, editor, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism [DDB], Toyo
Gakuen University, Japan, 2007: Username is "guest", with no password.
http://buddhism-dict.net/ddb - Based in large part on the
Dictionary of
Chinese Buddhist Terms with Sanskrit and English Equivalents (by Soothill
and Hodous) Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass, 1997.
Secondary Compilation Source: Ehrhard, Diener, Fischer, et al, The
Shambhala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen, Boston, Massachusetts: Shambhala
Publications, 1991. 296 pages. ISBN 978-0-87773-520-5
www.Shambhala.com,
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0877735204/ref=ase_medicinebuddh-20,
http://www.shambhala.com/html/catalog/items/isbn/978-0-87773-520-5.cfm
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On the Buddha Shakyamuni's Birthday 2007,
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written out),
in accordance with the
Lotus Saddharma Pundarika Sutra Chapter 19: "Merit
and Virtue of a Dharma Master" as a
selfless offering to the
Buddhas and Bodhisattva
Sangha above to adorn the
Pure Lands and
to liberate
living beings suffering in samsara below by
compassionately
helping them to plant good
roots in this and their future rebirths.
The
merit
is dedicated to
anuttarasamyaksambodhi.
Increasing Effect
Mantra:
Om Sambhara Sambhara (These
Bhikshu Bodhisattva
Bodhichitta
Vows)
Bimana Sara (Spread) Maha
(Greatly) Java (Rapidly) Hum (recited 7x)
To increase by 100,000 times the
merit created:
Tadyatha Om Pancha Griya (five offerings or five faces) Ava
Bodhani Svaha (7x)
Om Dhuru Dhuru Jaya (Victory) Mukhe (Face or Mouth) Svaha (7x)
I Now Universally Transfer the
Merit and Virtue of to All Beings to realize
Anuttara-Samyak-Sam-Bodhi
(“Unsurpassed Proper and Equal Right Enlightenment”)
Sarva Mangalam.
May all be Auspicious.
Arya
Bhikshu
Shantideva’s Bodhisattvacharyavatara says:
Just as Manjushri
works
To fulfill the aims of all limited beings
To the far reaches of space in the ten directions,
May my
behavior become just like that.
For as long as space remains,
And for as long as wandering beings remain,
May
I too remain for that
long,
Dispelling the sufferings
of wandering
beings.
(Like Ananda says in the Shurangama Sutra introduction
to the Shurangama Mantra,
"And even could the nature of
shunyata melt away, my vajra-like
Supreme Resolve would
still remain unmoved.)
Whatever sufferings wandering beings might have,
May all of them ripen on me,
And through the Bodhisattva
assembly,
May wandering beings enjoy happiness.
May
the teachings,
the sole medicine for the sufferings of wandering beings
And the
source of all happiness,
Continue to endure for a very
long time,
With material support and shows of
respect.
Updated July 17, 2008