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'''Sutra''' (Skt. ''sūtra''; Tib. [[མདོ་]], ''do''; [[Wyl.]] ''mdo'') — the Sanskrit literally means ‘something that was heard from someone else’ and usually connotes ‘a discourse’.
*It refers to the discourses that the [[Buddha]] gave.
*‘Sutra’, as distinct from ‘[[tantra]]’. The entire teachings of the Buddha can be distinguished as either sutra or tantra.
* One of the [[three pitakas|three collections]] of the Buddha’s teachings: [[Vinaya]], Sutra (Tib. [[མདོ་སྡེ་]], ''do de'') and [[Abhidharma]]. Here, the Sutras are related primarily to [[meditation]], and are said to be the remedy for the poison of anger and aggression.

==Subdivisions==
There are three types of sutras: 
#sutras spoken directly by the Buddha, 
#sutras spoken through the blessing of the Buddha, and 
#sutras spoken through mandate. 

During the forty-five years the Buddha taught, he granted thousands of sutra teachings to his disciples. Other teachings, directly inspired by the blessing of the Buddha and spoken by the great [[bodhisattvas]], are also considered sutras. The most famous example of such a sutra is the [[Heart Sutra]], which is recited by the bodhisattva [[Avalokiteshvara]]. Sutras spoken through mandate are those which the Buddha instructed his followers to compile from the teachings they had heard.<ref>''Ways of Enlightenment'', Dharma Publishing pages 31-32</ref>

==References==
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==External Links==
*{{84000|http://read.84000.co/#!Section/O4JW3334JW510|General Sūtra Section}}

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