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Quick Reads
Discover our selection of Quick Reads on Buddhist sutras, each under 30 pages. These concise texts provide accessible insights into Buddhist teachings, perfect for both newcomers and seasoned practitioners seeking quick yet profound spiritual guidance.
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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “The Sūryagarbha Perfection of Wisdom”
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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “The Candragarbha Perfection of Wisdom”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Samantabhadra Perfection of Wisdom”
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The Sūtra on the Benefits of the Five Precepts
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The Sūtra of the Sun
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The Sūtra of the Moon (1)
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“The Scale of Life,” Chapter 37 of the Extensive Sūtra “The Ornaments of the Buddhas”
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“The Dwellings of Bodhisattvas,” Chapter 38 of the Extensive Sūtra “The Ornaments of the Buddhas”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Questions of Gaṅgottarā”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Questions of Bhadrapāla the Merchant”
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The Noble Account of Dharma “The Teaching by the Child Inconceivable Radiance”
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The Noble Dharma Discourse: Expounding the Qualities of the Thus-Gone Ones’ Buddhafields
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “Gayāśīrṣa Hill”
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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “The King of the Array of All Dharma Qualities”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Display of the Pure Land of Sukhāvatī”
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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “Infinite Jewels”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “Wisdom at the Hour of Death”
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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “The Gold Sūtra”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “Like Gold Dust”
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The Noble Sūtra Appearing Differently to All While Not Departing from Emptiness, the Essence of the True Nature of Things
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Dhāraṇī of the Vajra Quintessence”
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The Noble Dhāraṇī of the Six Gates
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The Noble Dhāraṇī “Entering into Nonconceptuality”
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The Two Stanza Dhāraṇī
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Question of Maitreya”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Inquiry of Avalokiteśvara on the Seven Qualities”
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The Questions of Pratibhānamati
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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “The Questions of the Nāga King Sāgara”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Questions of Brahmadatta”
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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “The Questions of Śrīvasu”
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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “The Questions of Ratnacandra”
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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “The Question of Kṣemaṅkara”
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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “The Questions of Rāṣṭrapāla (2)”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Questions of Śrīmatī the Brahmin Woman”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Questions of an Old Lady”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Question of Mañjuśrī”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “Questions on Selflessness”
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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “Mañjuśrī’s Teaching”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Teaching on the Aids to Enlightenment”
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The Noble “Teaching the Benefits of Generosity”
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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “Teaching the Practice of a Bodhisattva”
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The Noble Sūtra of the Great Vehicle “The Teaching on the Extraordinary Transformation That Is the Miracle of Attaining the Buddha’s Powers”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Prediction for Brahmaśrī”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Prophecy of Kṣemavatī”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Inquiry of Jayamati”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Dwelling Place of Mañjuśrī”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Nectar of Speech”
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The Noble Sūtra “The Bodhisattva Maitreya’s Birth in the Heaven of Joy”
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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “The Seal of Dharma”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The City Beggar Woman”
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The Mahāyāna Sūtra “Pure Sustenance of Food”
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The Great Vehicle Sūtra “The Strength of the Elephant”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Great Rumble”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Rice Seedling”
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The Sūtra “Teaching the Fundamental Exposition and Detailed Analysis of Dependent Arising”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra on Dependent Arising
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The Mahāyāna Sūtra “Advice to a King” (1): Advice to King Bimbisāra
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The Mahāyāna Sūtra “Advice to a King” (2): Advice to Udayana, King of Vatsa
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The Noble Śrīgupta Sūtra
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “Purification of Karmic Obscurations”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “Putting an End to Karmic Obscurations”
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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “Transmigration Through Existences”
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From the Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Great Cloud,” the Sixty-Fourth Chapter “The Array of Winds That Send Down Rainfall” Together with Its Ritual Manual [colophon title]
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Wheel of Meditative Concentration”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “Proper Dharma Conduct”
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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “The Sections of Dharma”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “Victory of the Ultimate Dharma”
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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “Distinguishing Phenomena and What Is Meaningful”
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The Great Vehicle Sūtra “The Accomplishment of the Sets of Four Qualities: The Bodhisattvas’ Prātimokṣa”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “Teaching the Four Factors”
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The Sūtra on the Four Factors
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra on the Four Factors
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra of Dharmaketu
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The Fourfold Accomplishment
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Basket Without Words, The Illuminator’s Matrix”
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Calling Witness with a Hundred Prostrations
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra "The Sūtra of King of the Inconceivable"
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “Dispelling the Darkness of the Ten Directions”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Seven Buddhas”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Eight Buddhas”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Twelve Buddhas”
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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “Not Forsaking the Buddha”
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Eight Auspicious Ones”
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The Sūtra on the Threefold Training
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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Three Bodies”
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The Noble Dedication “Fulfilling All Aspirations”
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The Noble Dedication “Protecting All Beings”
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The Mahāsūtra “The Crest Insignia” (1)
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The Mahāsūtra “The Crest Insignia” (2)
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The Sūtra “Multitude of Constituents”
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The Gaṇḍī Sūtra
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The Sūtra on Timings for the Gaṇḍī
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The Noble Sūtra on Reliance upon a Virtuous Spiritual Friend
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The Sūtra on What Mendicants Hold Most Dear
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The Sūtra on Having Moral Discipline
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The Sūtra “Declaring What Is Supreme”
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The Sūtra on the Limits of Life
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