Sutra; 經藏, 契經, 修多羅; Tibetan: མདོའི་སྡེ (do de); Wylie: mdo’i sde; Sanskrit: Sutra;
Sutra means thread in Sanskrit. In Buddhism, the Sutra Pitaka (Sutta Pitaja), one of the Tripitaka, contains over 10,000 canonical teachings of Lord Buddha separated into 5 collections (nikayas):
- 長部 Digha Nikaya: long discourses
- 中部 Majjhima Nikaya: medium length discourses
- 相應部 Samyutta Nikaya: connected discourses
- 增支部 Anguttara Nikaya: numerical discourses
- 小部 Khuddaka Nikaya: minor collection
There are three types of Sutras:
- as spoken directly by Lord Buddha
- spoken by Bodhisattvas with inspiration and blessing of the Buddha
- as compiled by disciples of Lord Buddha from his teachings
Synonyms 同義詞:
Sutra, 經藏, 契經, 修多羅, Sutta Pitaja
