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   Nirvana Sutra

   The Nirvana Sutra, or Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (Chinese: Niepan Jing (涅槃經); Japanese: Nehankyō (涅槃経); Tibetan: myang 'das kyi mdo).), is one of the major Mahayana Sutras of Mahāyāna Buddhism.
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   Mahayana

   Bodhicitta as the main focus of realization (see, for example, the Nirvana Sutra and various Prajnaparamita Sutras);
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   Buddha-nature

   "Nirvana Sutra": full text of "Nirvana Sutra", plus appreciation of its teachings.
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   Tathagatagarbha doctrine

   The Tathagatagarbha is, according to the final sutric teaching of the Mahayana Nirvana Sutra, the hidden interior Buddhic Self (Atman), untouched by all impurity and grasping ego.
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   Ātman (Buddhism)

   This Buddha-dhatu is said in the Nirvana Sutra to be the uncreated, immutable and immortal essence ("svabhava") of all beings, which can never be harmed or destroyed.
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   Buddhist vegetarianism

   In the Nirvana Sutra, a Mahayana Buddhist scripture purporting to give the Buddha's final teachings, he insists that his followers should not eat any kind of meat or fish, even those not included in the 10 types, and that even vegetarian food that has been touched by meat should be washed before being eaten.
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   Parinirvana

   The parinirvana of the Buddha is described in two different sutras: the Mahaparinirvana Sutta and the Nirvana Sutra.
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   Buddhism Article, 4 Sept. 2008

   The Buddha of some Mahayana sutras, such as the Lotus Sutra, the Angulimaliya Sutra and the Nirvana Sutra, also teaches that powerful sutras such as the above-named can, through the very act of their being heard or recited, wholly expunge great swathes of negative karma.
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   Mahayana sutras

   The Mahayana version of this text (the Nirvana Sutra) however, displays a disregard for historic particulars and a fascination with the supernatural, and uses the narrative of the Buddha's life merely as a convenient springboard for the expression of standard Mahayana ideals.
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    Buddhism

    For example, the texts of certain Sutras (such as the Lotus Sutra, the Angulimaliya Sutra and the Nirvana Sutra) claim that reciting or merely hearing their texts can expunge great swathes of negative Karma.

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• Buddhism Article, 4 Sept. 2008,
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