Buddha Nature Sutras

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The present compendium aims to give the Buddhist student an opportunity to come into direct contact with these very positive and cataphatic (Truth-affirmative) doctrines and therewith enrich his or her practice of the Dharma. The Nirvana Sutra gives us the Buddha's own direct teachings, and the Srimala Sutra communicates similar doctrines through the person of the great Buddhist queen, while speaking in the approving presence of the Buddha himself. (Tony Page, preface, 4)

Citation	Yamamoto, Kosho, and Tsultrim Gyurme, trans. Buddha Nature Sutras: Translation of the Nirvana Sutra, The Srimaladevi Sutra and the Infinite Life Sutra. San Bernardino, CA, 2019.

Table of Contents for the Nirvana Sutra

Chapter One: IntroductoryV1
Chapter Two: On CundaV58
Chapter Three: On GriefV93
Chapter Four: On Long LifeV136
Chapter Five: On the Adamantine BodyV179
Chapter Six: On the Virtue of the NameV199
Chapter Seven: On the Four AspectsV204
Chapter Eight: On the Four DependablesV321
Chapter Nine: On Wrong and RightV373
Chapter Ten: On the Four TruthsV408
Chapter Eleven: On the Four lnversionsV413
Chapter Twelve: On the Nature of the TathāgataV417
Chapter Thirteen: On LettersV465
Chapter Fourteen: On the Parable of the BirdsV479
Chapter Fifteen: On the Parable of the MoonV494
Chapter Sixteen: On the BodhisattvaV505
Chapter Seventeen: On the Questions Raised by the CrowdV559

Table of Contents for the Srimaladevi Sutra

Chapter 1: Praises of the unlimited merit of the World Honored OneV1
Chapter 2: The ten inconceivable Bodhisattva vowsV8
Chapter 3: The great aspiration that contains all aspirationsV21
Chapter 4: The inconceivable acceptance of the Correct DharmaV23
Chapter 5: The way to enter the EkayanaV52
Chapter 6: The limitless Noble truthsV88
Chapter 7: The TathagatagarbhaV91
Chapter 8: The DharmakayaV96
Chapter 9: The true understanding of the meaning of emptinessV97
Chapter 10: The One TruthV99
Chapter 11: The One Refuge is eternal and unchangingV100
Chapter 12: The wrong viewsV100
Chapter 13: The inherently pure mind that is obscured by defilementsV105
Chapter 14: The True Sons and Daughters of the World Honored OneV111
Chapter 15: Queen Srimala and her Lion's roarV113

Table of Contents for the Infinite Life Sutra

The Assembly of Shravakas and BodhisattvasV1
The deeds and virtues of the BodhisattvasV4
The Buddha's glorious ImageV20
The prior fifty three BuddhasV27
Dharmakara's hymns, praises, and vowsV28
Dharmakara aspires to establish a Buddha landV40
Dharmakara's forty eight vowsV49
Dharmakara confirms his vows and resolutionV98
Dharmakara's Bodhisattva practices and meritsV105
Dharmakara becomes Amitabha BuddhaV112
Description of Amitabha Buddha's Pure Land V114
Amitabha's beautiful lightV118