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UK
/sˈʌtɹɐ/
]
NOUN
- a rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization
How To Use sutra In A Sentence
- Once Chandagirikaa had gone to the Kukkutaaraama vihara where he happened to hear a monk reciting the ‘Baalapandita Sutra ‘which describes the five great tortures that beings suffer in hell.’
- Holiness answers audience questions addressing the situation of Tibet, goal of bodhicitta, nature of enlightened mind, future of the Dalai Lama institution, compatibility of Buddhist practices with theistic faith, universal purpose of human life, practice of patience towards harm-doers, subtle energy and mind, and the Heart Sutra mantra. Nagarjuna's Bodhichitta Commentary
- All Vedantic expositions are commentaries by various Acharyas on the Vedanta sutras.
- Inspector Rajaram Pardeshi, in-charge of the Junnar police station said the suspects in Shivneri cut three iron grills of the temple window with a sharp object and decamped with a mangalsutra and a nath (nose ring) and some money (totalling Rs 10,725) by breaking open the donation box sometime between Monday night and early Tuesday morning. Are We Losing Our Faith in Tough Times?
- The monks also study various subjects of Buddhist sutra and tantra of both the Ancient and New traditions.
- The collection included a wide range of jewellery such as necklaces, earrings, bangles, studs, broaches and mangalsutra.
- Dislocation also occurred when Buddhist sutras and commentaries were cut up, dispersed, and sometimes reformatted in calligraphy model books (tekagami).
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- Wang: In the seventh chapter of the Agama Sutra, a Confucian and a Buddhist are discussing the issue of life and death.
- So built into the translation process was a kind of orality that would be uncommon to most formal written Chinese, but that would be part of both the Indian philosophical tradition since a sutra is a lecture and the informal tradition of philosophical discussion and poetry-writing that was an important part of the social lives of Chinese intellectuals. Languagehat.com: WRITTEN VERNACULARS IN ASIA.