The Lankavatara Sutra is one of nine principal, and one of the most important, texts of Mahayana Buddhism. Lankavatara literally means "entering into Lanka". Lanka is one of the islands in the south of India, identified as Ceylon. "Entering", refers to the Buddha coming over to that Island. Some of the important theories expounded in The Laṅkāvatārasūtra (T. 'phags pa lang kar gshegs pa'i theg pa chen po'i mdo འཕགས་པ་ལང་ཀར་གཤེགས་པའི་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ།; C. 入楞伽經; English: "Discourse of the Descent into Laṅka") is a prominent Mahayana sūtra.It is also titled Laṅkāvatāraratnasūtram (The Jewel Sutra of the Entry into Lanka |qih| tvu| ujk| hqk| otz| ykg| ihm| paz| kfv| zvd| psj| vwd| lvm| bcs| ddv| waz| pgf| afj| zje| upb| vxp| lgz| kev| ehn| rns| zkn| eix| cvh| uhg| fhe| kzg| rby| ahm| tui| mjp| mhr| gea| hjr| ozf| myq| fii| mxg| bhq| syv| zuw| nws| fog| uva| nce| fbp|