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The Open Door: The Buddha’s Life in Verse cover
Books

The Open Door: The Buddha’s Life in Verse

A continuous verse narrative in six Books and 27 chapters, from the Buddha’s birth to the legacy of his teaching. Original poetry surrounds credited canonical passages, including the appeal for beings with little dust in their eyes.

English
2026 · Ti-Ratana Dhamma
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Dhamma LibraryHeart Sūtra
Suttas / sūtras

Heart Sūtra · 般若波羅蜜多心經

Complete main text of the identified Chinese source edition, with its prefatory material. Original XML retains the full critical apparatus. Optional tone-marked pinyin is a generated reading aid.

Chinese (Traditional) · Mandarin pinyin
2026 · 唐 玄奘譯
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Dhamma LibraryDiamond Sūtra
Suttas / sūtras

Diamond Sūtra · 金剛般若波羅蜜經

Complete main text of the identified Chinese source edition, with its prefatory material. Original XML retains the full critical apparatus. Optional tone-marked pinyin is a generated reading aid.

Chinese (Traditional) · Mandarin pinyin · English · Bahasa Malaysia · Chinese (Simplified) · Sanskrit
2026 · 後秦 鳩摩羅什譯
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Dhamma LibraryAmitābha Sūtra
Suttas / sūtras

Amitābha Sūtra · 佛說阿彌陀經

Complete main text of the identified Chinese source edition, with its prefatory material. Original XML retains the full critical apparatus. Optional tone-marked pinyin is a generated reading aid.

Chinese (Traditional) · Mandarin pinyin · English · Bahasa Malaysia · Chinese (Simplified)
2026 · 姚秦 鳩摩羅什譯
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Dhamma LibraryLotus Sūtra
Suttas / sūtras

Lotus Sūtra · 妙法蓮華經

Complete main text of the identified Chinese source edition, with its prefatory material. Original XML retains the full critical apparatus. Optional tone-marked pinyin is a generated reading aid.

Chinese (Traditional) · Mandarin pinyin · Chinese (Simplified)
2026 · 姚秦 鳩摩羅什譯
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Dhamma LibraryKṣitigarbha Sūtra
Suttas / sūtras

Kṣitigarbha Sūtra · 地藏菩薩本願經

Complete main text of the identified Chinese source edition, with its prefatory material. Original XML retains the full critical apparatus. Optional tone-marked pinyin is a generated reading aid.

Chinese (Traditional) · Mandarin pinyin · Chinese (Simplified)
2026 · 唐 實叉難陀譯
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Dhamma LibraryInfinite Life Sūtra
Suttas / sūtras

Infinite Life Sūtra · 佛說無量壽經

Complete main text of the identified Chinese source edition, with its prefatory material. Original XML retains the full critical apparatus. Optional tone-marked pinyin is a generated reading aid.

Chinese (Traditional) · Mandarin pinyin · Chinese (Simplified)
2026 · 曹魏 康僧鎧譯
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Dhamma LibraryPembebasan
Books

Pembebasan: Hubung Kait Sutta–Vinaya

The complete 2012 Bahasa Malaysia edition of Bhikkhu Dhammavuddho Mahāthera’s essay on studying the suttas and Vinaya, linked to its publisher’s 16-page PDF.

Bahasa Malaysia
2012 · Bhikkhu Dhammavuddho Mahāthera; translation by Para Penyokong Vihara Buddha Gotama
Official source PDF
Dhamma LibraryŚūraṅgama Sūtra
Suttas / sūtras

Śūraṅgama Sūtra · 大佛頂首楞嚴經

Complete Chinese main text of the identified edition, with source header and original XML. Classical Chinese is retained; a modern Mandarin translation is not implied.

Chinese (Traditional) · Chinese (Simplified) · Mandarin pinyin
2026 · CBETA Foundation; traditional translator recorded in the source header
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Dhamma LibraryVimalakīrti Sūtra
Suttas / sūtras

Vimalakīrti Sūtra · 維摩詰所說經

Complete Chinese main text of the identified edition, with source header and original XML. Classical Chinese is retained; a modern Mandarin translation is not implied.

Chinese (Traditional) · Chinese (Simplified) · Mandarin pinyin
2026 · CBETA Foundation; traditional translator recorded in the source header
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Dhamma LibraryPlatform Sūtra
Suttas / sūtras

Platform Sūtra · 六祖大師法寶壇經

Complete Chinese main text of the identified edition, with source header and original XML. Classical Chinese is retained; a modern Mandarin translation is not implied.

Chinese (Traditional) · Chinese (Simplified) · Mandarin pinyin
2026 · CBETA Foundation; traditional translator recorded in the source header
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Dhamma LibraryUllambana Sūtra
Suttas / sūtras

Ullambana Sūtra · 佛說盂蘭盆經

Complete Chinese main text of the identified edition, with source header and original XML. Classical Chinese is retained; a modern Mandarin translation is not implied.

Chinese (Traditional) · English · Bahasa Malaysia · Chinese (Simplified) · Mandarin pinyin
2026 · CBETA Foundation; traditional translator recorded in the source header
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Dhamma LibraryThe Śūraṅgama Sūtra
Suttas / sūtras

The Śūraṅgama Sūtra · English

All eight chapters of the CTTB English sūtra text. Source paragraph and volume/page references are retained. This is the CTTB web edition, not the different 2009 book translation. Introductions and commentary are linked separately.

English
2026 · Buddhist Text Translation Society
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Dhamma LibraryŚūraṅgama Mantra
Suttas / sūtras

Śūraṅgama Mantra · 楞嚴咒

All five assemblies in the cited Sanskrit/Chinese transcription. Recensions and pronunciation vary. This is a reading reference, not a critical Sanskrit edition or a semantic English/Malay translation of every mantra syllable.

Sanskrit · Chinese (Traditional) · Chinese (Simplified) · Mandarin pinyin · English · Bahasa Malaysia · Modern Chinese meanings (Traditional) · Modern Chinese meanings (Simplified) · Pāli
2026 · Traditional text; digital transcription by Wikipedia contributors
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