Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra

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Buddhist scripture Mahayana Buddhist sutra religious text

The Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra is a key Mahayana Buddhist scripture that presents profound teachings on non-duality and emptiness through the figure of the enlightened layman Vimalakīrti.

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Label Occurrences
Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa 1
Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra canonical 1
Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist scripture ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhist sutra ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
alternativeName Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra ⓘ
surface form: Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa

Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra ⓘ
surface form: Vimalakīrti Sūtra

Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra ⓘ
surface form: Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa-sūtra
associatedWith Chan Buddhism ⓘ
Chinese Buddhism ⓘ
Tiantai school ⓘ
centralFigure Vimalakīrti ⓘ
containsEpisode Buddha-land made pure chapter ⓘ
Vimalakīrti’s feigned illness ⓘ
goddess and Śāriputra dialogue ⓘ
inconceivable liberation chapter ⓘ
silence of Vimalakīrti on non-duality ⓘ
doctrineType Prajñāpāramitā-related teaching ⓘ
emphasizes equality of lay and monastic practitioners ⓘ
lay bodhisattva ideal ⓘ
skillful means ⓘ
extantLanguage Classical Chinese ⓘ
Tibetan ⓘ
featuresCharacter Avalokiteśvara ⓘ
Manjushri ⓘ
surface form: Mañjuśrī

Vimalakīrti ⓘ
Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Śākyamuni Buddha

Śāriputra ⓘ
focusesOn emptiness ⓘ
non-duality ⓘ
genre Mahāyāna sūtra ⓘ
illustrates paradoxical and humorous teaching style ⓘ
influenced East Asian Buddhist thought ⓘ
concept of lay enlightenment in Buddhism ⓘ
languageOfOriginal Sanskrit ⓘ
regionOfProminence China ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Korea ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
surface form: Tibet
religion Buddhism ⓘ
setting Vaiśālī ⓘ
subjectOf Tibetan Buddhist commentaries ⓘ
commentaries by Chinese Buddhist masters ⓘ
teaches emptiness of all dharmas ⓘ
emptiness of gender distinctions ⓘ
inconceivable liberation ⓘ
non-dual wisdom ⓘ
non-duality of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa ⓘ
tradition Mahayana ⓘ
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mahayana sutras → includesText → Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra ⓘ
Mahayana → scriptures → Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra
Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra → alternativeName → Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vimalakīrti Sūtra
Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra → alternativeName → Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa
Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra → alternativeName → Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sutra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa-sūtra