the "Hinayana" sutras in the Kanjur

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the "Hinayana" sutras in the Kanjur

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Hello,

I am new here, and practice with a Theravada vihara in Shreveport, LA. I have been in discussion with a local teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, and have learned that some of the pre-Mahayana sutras are included in the Kanjur. I have been trying to get a list of the titles of these sutras, but can only find statements to the effect that the Sutra section contains 270 titles, 75% of which are Mahayana sutras. That leaves some 67 "Hinayana" sutras. I would like to know what they are. I am very familiar with the Pali Canon, and believe I could also correlate sutra names in Sanskrit with their Pali equivalents if necessary.

Thanks for the opportunity to inquire,
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Re: the "Hinayana" sutras in the Kanjur

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:shrug: According to Wikipedia ( :oops: )
portions of the Saṃyukta, Madhyama, and Dīrgha Āgamas of the Sarvāstivādin recension (all in the fifth section of the Kangyur),
So which portions, etc. ? Have to keep looking. It may be in "Crystal Mirror", Vol. 7 from Dharma Publishing but they are not specifically identified as agama material in their list of sutras.

Here is a website for exactly this purpose. :reading:

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Here is a reference in "Crystal Mirror", Vol 7, Dharma Publishing that partly addresses the question:

pg.295
The remaining texts in the Prajanaparamita section of the bKa'-'gyur comprises the Paritta collection, works from the Pali tradition recited for blessing and protection.
These sutras are (listing only the titles):
31 Dharmacakra-pravartana-sutra
32 Jatakanidana
33 Atanatiya-sutra
34 Mahasamaya-sutra
36 Maitri-bhavana-sutra
37 Panacasiksanusamsa-sutra
38 Giri-ananda-sutra
39 Nandopanandanagarajadamana-sutra
40 Mahakasyapa-sutra
41 Surya-sutra
42 Candra-sutra
43 Mahamangala-sutra
WOW! #35 Maitri-bhavana sutra (or at least a version of it) is included! Chills went up my spine. Then there are several well-known Pali suttas mentioned.

At the Pali correspondence site I mentioned there are several references to texts from the Digha Nikaya in particular that are included in the Kangyur (or at least exist in Tibetan). Digha Nikaya 1 for example.

:reading:

Several of these can probably be linked to their presumed Pali equivalent (like the Mangala Sutta, Suriya Sutta). Others are very familiar but I can't locate them just now (Panacasiksanusamsa-sutra, Mahakasyapa-sutra). Dharmacakra-pravartana-sutra is the Dharma-Chakra Pravartana Sutta and this is the First Turning of the Wheel.

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I can definitely recommend getting your hands on these two (paired) books:

Peter Skilling, Mahasutras, volume I, 1994, Pali Text Society
Peter Skilling, Mahasutras, volume II, 1997, Pali Text Society

If I recall correctly, the first is an intro to this literature, and the second (and third?) are translations.
These are of the so-called "mahasutras", which was a genre of sutras of the (Mula?)Sarvastivadins. A group of texts recognized as being very important doctrinally, and thus grouped together in this way, beyond that of their classification in the Agamas. Several of these texts are not found in any Pali material. They also seem to indicate some ideas which people often think "Oh, that is Mahayana", are most likely pre-Mahayana. eg. the "Mayajala Sutra" (Net of Illusion), and "Mahasunyata Sutra" (Great Emptiness) (<- this is NOT the same as the Maha-sunnata Sutta in Pali, a totally different text relating emptiness to dependent origination, and also found in Chinese).
Most of Skilling's work here is based on the Tibetan sources, but he notes some stuff from Skt and Chinese too (though he can't read Chinese, so this is a bit lacking).

Happy reading!
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Hi there, these are the titles of all the sutras in the Kanjur.
Most of the Vinaya section and some of the sutra section including notably the celebrated Sutra in Forty-Two Sections (number 277 in the sutra section) which was famous in nearly all countries it was translated, ie India, China, Tibet etc. maybe thought to be Hinayana. Overall more like 99% are Mahayana.

Some of the Mahasutras you will notice in here, are Hinayana, some are distinctly Mahayana.
Anyway you can see from 196 onwards in the sutra section they turn to a more Hinayana bent, including the well known Sutra of the Wise and Foolish (258), and the Udanavarga (243) which is basically the Dhammapada in Sanskrit, and 254, the Dharmacakra Sutra, which has an obvious parallel in the Pali canon. And 218, the well known Abhinishkramana Sutra which was translated from the Chinese in the 1800s by the English missionary Samual Beal as Romantic Legends of the Shakya Buddha; 219, "On the Joys of Being a monk"; 223, "Exposition of Ascetic Practices"; and 234, which has been translated into English as Gathering the Meanings, is basically a summary of the Abhidhamma teachings.
Also you will notice a few avadanas like for example the Karmashataka which have Hinayana-type themes.
In the Prajnaparamita section you will find the Jatakanidana, a well known Hinayana discourse, among others (as mentioned already above).


-=sūtra=-

VINAYA

1. Vinaya-vastu ||
2. Pratimoksha-sūtra ||
3. Vinaya-vibhanga ||
4. Bhikshuni-pratimoksha-sūtra ||
5. Bhikshuni-vinaya-vibhanga ||
6. Vinaya-kshudraka-vastu ||
7. Vinayottaragrantha ||
8. Vinayottaragrantha ||


PRAJÑĀPARAMITA

1. Śatasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā ||
2. Pancavimshatisāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā ||
3. Āryāshtadaśasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā-nāma-mahāyānasūtra ||
4. Ārya-daśasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
5. Ārya-ashtasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā ||
6. Ārya-prajñāpāramitā-sancayagāthā ||
7. Ārya-suvikrāntivikrāmi-paripṛcchā-prajñāpāramitā-nirdeśa ||
8. Ārya-pancaśatika-prajñāpāramitā ||
9. Ārya-vajracchedika-nāma-prajñāpāramitā ||
10. Ārya-prajñāpāramitā-naya-saptapancaśatika ||
11. Ārya-bhagavati-prajñāpāramitā-pancaśatika ||
12. Āryapancavimśatika-prajñāpāramitā-mukha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
13. Bhagavati-prajñāpāramitā-hrdaya ||
14. Ārya-svalpākshara-prajñāpāramitā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
15. Ekaksharimātā-nāma-sarvatathāgata-prajñāpāramitā ||
16. Ārya-saptaśatika-nāma-prajñāpāramitā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
17. Ārya-prajñāpāramitā-nāmāshtaśataka ||
18. Ārya-prajñāpāramitā-sūryagarbha-mahāyānasūtra ||
19. Ārya-candragarbha-prajñāpāramitā-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
20. Ārya-prajñāpāramitā-samantabhadra-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
21. Ārya-prajñāpāramitā-vajrapāṇi-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
22. Ārya-prajñāpāramitā-vajraketu-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
23. Dharmacakra-pravartana-sūtra ||
24. Jātakanidāna ||
25. Atanatiya-sūtra ||
26. Mahāsamaya-sūtra ||
27.Maitri-sūtra ||
28. Maitri-bhāvanā-sūtra ||
29. Pancaśikshānuśamsā-sūtra ||
30. Giryānanda-sūtra ||
31. Nandopanandanāgarājadamana-sūtra ||
32. Mahākāshyapa-sūtra ||
33. Sūrya-sūtra ||
34. Candra-sūtra ||
35. Mahāmamgala-sūtra ||





AVATAMSAKA

1. Buddhāvatamsaka-nāma-mahāvaipulya-sūtra ||


RATNAKUTA

1. Ārya-mahāratnakuta-dharmaparyāya-śatasāhasrikā-granthe trisamvara-nirdeśaparivarta-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
2. Āryānantamukha-pariśodhana-nirdeśa-parivarta-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
3. Ārya-tathāgatācintya-guhya-nirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
4. Ārya-svapnanirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
5. Āryāmitābhavyūha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
6. Āryākshobhya-tathāgatasya vyūha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
7. Ārya-varmavyūha-nirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
8.Ārya-dharmadhātu-prakrti-asambheda-nirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
9. Ārya-daśadharmaka-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
10. Ārya-samantamukha-parivarta-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
11. Ārya-raśmisamantamukha-nirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
12. Ārya-bodhisattvapitaka-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
13. Ārya-nandagarbhavakranti-nirdeśa ||
14. Āryāyushman-nandagarbhabhavakranti-nirdeśa ||
15. Ārya-mañjuśrī-buddhakshetra-guna-vyūha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
16. Ārya-pitaputra-samāgamana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
17. Ārya-purnapariprccha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
18. Ārya-rashtrapāla-pariprccha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
19. Ārya-grhapati-ugrapariprccha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
20. Ārya-vidyutprāpta-pariprccha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
21. Ārya-bhadramāyākāra-vyākarana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
22. Ārya-mahāpratiharya-nirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
23. Ārya-maitreya-mahāsiṁhanada-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
24. Ārya-vinayaviniścaya-upaliparipṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
25. Āryādhyāśayasancodana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
26. Ārya-subāhu-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
27. Ārya-surata-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
28. Ārya-viradatta-grhapati-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
29. Aryodayanavatsaraja-paripṛcchā-nāma-parivarta ||
30. Ārya-sumatidārika-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
31. Ārya-gangottara-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
32. Āryāśokadatta-vyākarana-nāma-mahsayana-sūtra ||
33. Ārya-vimaladatta-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
34. Ārya-gunaratna-sankusumita-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
35. Āryācintya-buddha-viśayanirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
36. Ārya-susthitamati-devaputra-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
37. Ārya-siṁhaparipṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
38. Ārya-sarvabuddha-mahārahasyopāyakauśalya-jnānottarabodhisattva-paripṛcchā-parivarta-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
39. Ārya-bhadrapālaśreshthi-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
40. Ārya-dārika-vimalaśraddhā-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
41. Ārya-maitreya-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
42. Ārya-maitreya-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
43. Ārya-kāśyapa-parivarta-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
44. Ārya-ratnaśri-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
45. Āryākshayamati-pariprccha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
46. Ārya-saptaśatika-nāma-prajñāpāramitā-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
47. Ārya-ratnacuda-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
48. Ārya-śrimālādevi-siṁhanāda-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
49. Ārya-rshivyāsa-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||


SUTRA

1. Ārya-bhadrakalpika-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
2. Ārya-lalitavistara-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
3. Ārya-mañjuśrī-vikridita-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
4. Āryamañjuśrī-vikurvāna-parivarta-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
5. Ārya-sarvatathāgatādhishthāna-sattvāvalokena buddhakshetra-nirdeśa-vyūha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
6. Ārya-nishtagatabhagavajjñāna-vaipulya-sūtra-ratnānanta-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
7. Aya-sarvabuddha-viśayāvatārajnānālokālamkāra-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
8. Ārya-kuśalamūla-samparigraha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
9. Ārya-samghāta-sūtra-dharmaparyāya ||
10. Āryācintyaprabhāsa-nirdeśa-nāma-dharmaparyāya ||
11. Ārya-tathāgatānām buddhakshetra-gunokta-dharmaparyāya ||
12. Ārya-mandalāshtaka-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
13. Ārya-samdhinirmocana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
14. Ārya-lankāvatāra-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
15. Ārya-lankāvatāra-ratnasūtroddhrta-sarva-buddha-pravacanasārah-nāma-parivartta ||
16. Ārya-gayaśirsha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
17. Ārya-ghanavyūha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
18. Ārya-mahākarunāpundarika-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
19. Ārya-karunāpundarika-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
20. Saddharmapundarika-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
21. Ārya-sarvadharmagunavyūharāja-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
22. Ārya-sukhāvativyūha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
23. Ārya-kārandavyūha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
24. Ārya-ratnakāranda-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
25. Ārya-ratnakoti-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
26. Ārya-mahāparinirvāna-sūtra ||
27. Ārya-mahāparinirvāna-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
28. Ārya-mahāparinirvāna-sūtra ||
29. Āryātyayajñāna-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
30. Buddhadharmakośākara-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
31. Ārya-ratnākara-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
32. Ārya-suvārnasūtra-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
33. Ārya-suvārnabalukopama-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
34. Ārya-sarvadharma-svabhāvasamatā-vipancita-samādhirāja-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
35. Ārya-dharmatāsvabhāva-śūnyatācala-pratisarvāloka-sūtra ||
36. Ārya-praśānta-viniścayapratihārya-samādhi-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
37. Ārya-māyopama-samādhi-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
38. Ārya-tathāgata-jñānamudrā-samādhi-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
39. Ārya-śurangamasamādhi-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
40. Ārya-pratyutpanne buddhasammukhāvasthita-samādhi-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
41. Ārya-sarvapunya-samuccaya-samādhi-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
42. Vajrasamādhidharmakshara ||
43. Ārya-caturdaraka-samādhi-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
44. Ārya-samādhyagrottama ||
45. Ārya-mahāsannipata-ratnaketu-dhārani-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
46. Ārya-vajramanda-nāma-dhārani-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
47. Āryānantamukha-sādhika-nāma-dhārani ||
48. Ārya-shanmukhanāma-dhāraṇī ||
49. Āryavikalpapraveśa-nāma-dhāraṇī ||
50. Gāthādvaya-dhāraṇī ||
51. Ārya-mahāyānaprasādaprabhāvanā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
52. Ārya-ratnolka-nāma-dhārani-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
53. Ārya-bodhisattva-gocaropāyaviśaya-vikurvāna-nirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
54. Ārya-tathāgatamahākarunā-nirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
55. Ārya-gaganaganja-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
56. Ārya-maitreya-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
57. Āryāvalokiteśvara-paripṛcchā-nāma-saptadharmaka-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
58. Ārya-pratibhāna-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
59. Ārya-sāgaramati-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
60. Ārya-sāgaranāgarāja-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
61. Ārya-sāgaranāgarāja-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
62. Ārya-sāgaranāgarāja-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
63. Āryānavataptanāgarāja-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
64. Ārya-bodhisattva-gocaropāyaviśaya-vikurvāna-nirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
65. Ārya-tathāgatamahākarunā-nirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
66. Ārya-gaganaganja-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
67. Ārya-maitreya-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
68. Āryāvalokiteśvara-paripṛcchā-nāma-saptadharmaka-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
69. Ārya-pratibhanamati-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
70. Ārya-sāgaramati-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
71. Ārya-sāgaranāgarāja-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
72. Ārya-sāgaranāgarāja-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
73. Ārya-sagaranāgarāja-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
74. Ārya-sāgaranāgarāja-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
75. Āryānavataptanāgarāja-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
76. Ārya-drumakinnararāja-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
77. Ārya-brahmā-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
78. Ārya-brahmadatta-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
79. Ārya-brahmaviśeshacinti-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
80. Ārya-suvikrānti-cintādevaputra-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
81. Ārya-śrivasu-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
82. Ārya-ratnajāli-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
83. Ārya-ratnacandra-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
84. Ārya-kshemamkara-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
85. Ārya-rashtrapāla-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
86. Ārya-vikurvānarāja-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
87. Vimalaprabha-paripṛcchā ||
88. Ārya-mahāyānopadeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
89. Ārya-śrimatibhrāmani-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
90. Ārya-mahālalika-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
91. Ārya-mañjuśrī-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
92. Ārya-nairātymaparipṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
93. Ārya-lokadhara-paripṛcchā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
94. Āryākshayamati-nirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
95. Ārya-vimalakirtanirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
96. Ārya-mañjuśrīnirdeśa-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
97. Āryabodhipakshanirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
98. Ārya-samvrtiparamārthasatya-nirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
99. Ārya-sarvadharmapravrttinirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
100. Ārya-pancapāramitā-nirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
101. Ārya-dānapāramitā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
102. Ārya-dānānuśamsā-nirdesha ||
103. Ārya-bodhisattvacaryā-nirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
104. Ārya-tathāgata-guna-jnānācintya-viśayāvatāra-nirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
105. Ārya-buddhabalavardhana-pratihāryavikurvāna-nirdeśa-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
106. Ārya-buddhadharmācintya-nirdeśa ||
107. Ārya-dipamkara-vyākarana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
108. Ārya-brahmaśri-vyākarana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
109. Ārya-strivarta-vyākarana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
110. Ārya-candrottaradārika-vyākarana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
111. Ārya-kshemavativyākarana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
112. Ārya-shrimahādevi-vyākarana ||
113. Āryāvalokana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
114. Ārya-mañjuśrīvihāra-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
115. Āryāmrtavyaharana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
116. Ārya-maitreyaprasthāna-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
117. Ārya-bodhisattvamaitresasya tushitasvarge janmagrahana-sūtra ||
118. Ārya-lokānuvartana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
119. Ārya-shraddhābaladhanāvatāramudrā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
120. Ārya-niyatāniyatagatimudrāvatāra-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
121. Ārya-dharmamudrā-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
122. Ārya-pradipadaniya-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
123. Ārya-nagarāvalambika-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
124. Hastikakshya-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
125. Ārya-mahārana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
126. Ārya-siṁhanādika-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
127. Ārya-shālistamba-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
128. Pratityasamutpāda-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
129. Ārya-pratityasamutpāda-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
130. Āryāngulimāliya-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
131. Rājadesha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
132. Rājadesha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
133. Āryājatashatru-kaukrttyavinodana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
134. Ārya-shrigupta-nāma-sūtra ||
135. Ārya-karmāvarana-vishuddhi-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
136. Ārya-karmāvarana-pratiprashrabdhi-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
137. Buddhapitaka-duhshilanigraha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
138. Ārya-rājavavadaka-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
139. Ārya-mahābheriharaka-parivarta-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
140. Ārya-trāyastrimshat-parivarta-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
141. Ārya-sthiradhyāshaya-parivarta-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
142. Ārya-trisharanagamana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
143. Ārya-bhavasamkrānti-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
144. Ārya-sarvavaidalya-samgraha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
145. Ārya-buddhasamgiti-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
146. Tathāgatasamgiti-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
147. Mahasannipatān-mahāyānasūtrat tathāgata-śrī-samaya-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
148. Ārya-ratnamegha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
149. Ārya-mahāmegha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
150. Ārya-mahāmeghasūtrad dashadigbodhisattva-samudra-sannipati-mahotsava-vikridita-nāma-parivarta ||
151. Ārya-mahāmegha-vāyu-mandala-parivarta-sarva-nāga-hrdaya-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
152. Ārya-mahāmegha ||
153. Bhagavato mahoshnisha tathāgataguhya-sādhanārtha-prāptihetu-sarvabodhisattvacaryāshuramgama-dashasāhasraparivartte dashama-parivartta ||
154. Mahoshnisha-navamagucchaduddhrtah kashcinmara-parivarttah ||
155. Ārya-dharmasamgiti-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra
156. Dashacakrakshitigarbha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
157. Āryāvaivartacakra-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
158. Ārya-samādhicakra-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
159. Ārya-parinatacakra-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
160. Saddharma-rāja-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
161. Ārya-dharmanaya-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
162. Ārya-dharmaskandha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
163. Ārya-paramārthavibhanga-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
164. Ārya-dharmārthavibhanga-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
165. Bodhisattva-pratimoksha-catushkanirhara-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra |
166. Ārya-caturdharma-nirdesha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
167. Caturdharmaka-sūtra ||
168. Ārya-caturdharmaka-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra |
169. Ārya-catushnirhara-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
170. Tridharmaka-nāma-sūtra ||
171. Ārya-dharmaketu-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
172. Dharmasamudra-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
173. Dharmamudrā ||
174. Ārya-suryagarbha-nāma-mahavaipulya-sūtra ||
175. Ārya-tathāgatagarbha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
176. Āryanaksharakārandaka-vairocanagarbha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
177. Āryākashagarbha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
178. Aryopāyakaushalya-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
179. Buddha-nāma-sāhasrapancashatacaturtripancadasha ||
180. Ārya-samyagacaravrttagaganavārna-vinaya-kshānti-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
181. Ārya-ghanaja-mahābhricaphulakarma-avirnashodhaya-bhudharakusumasancaya-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
182. Ārya-mahāsamaya-vaipulyasutroddhrta-namaskara-nāmasamgiti-gunāni dānānām trikala-sarva-tathāgata-nāmasamgiti-namaskaranam deshānām ca parivarttah svalpasamshodhitashca ||
183. Ārya-kusumasancaya-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
184. Sakshipurānasudraka-nāma ||
185. Āryācintyarājasūtra-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
186. Ārya-dashadigandhakāra-vidhvamsana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
187. Ārya-saptabuddhaka-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
188. Āryāshtabuddhaka-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
189. Dashabuddhaka-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
190. Ārya-dvādashabuddhaka-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
191. Ārya-buddhamukuta-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
192. Ārya-buddhabhumi-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
193. Ārya-buddhakshepana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
194. Āryāshtamandalaka-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
195. Ārya-mangalāshtaka-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
196. Ārya-buddhānusmrti ||
197. Dharmānusmrti ||
198. Sanghānusmrti ||
199. Shikshātraya-nāma-sūtra ||
200. Ārya-trikāya-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
201. Ārya-triskandhaka-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
202. Āryasarvāshayaparipurāna-nāma-parināmana ||
203. Sarvajagatparitrāna-nāma-parināmana ||
204. Ārya-saddharmasmrtyupasthāna ||
205. Māyājāla-nāma-mahāsūtra ||
206. Bimbasārapratyudgamana-nāma-mahāsūtra ||
207. Śūnyatā-nāma-mahāsūtra |
208. Mahāśūnyatā-nāma-mahāsūtra ||
209. Dhvajāgra-nāma-mahāsūtra ||
210. Dhvajāgra-nāma-mahāsūtra ||
211. Pancatraya-nāma-mahāsūtra ||
212. Ārya-shilakshipta-sūtra ||
213. Kumāradrshtānta-sūtra ||
214. Bahudhātuka-sūtra ||
215. Gandisūtra ||
216. Gandisamaya-sūtra ||
217. Ārya-kalyānamitra-sevana-sūtra ||
218. Abhinishkramana-sūtra ||
219. Bhikshupriya-sūtra-nāma ||
220. Shilasamyukta-sūtra ||
221. Pancapattinikaya-shubhāshubha-phalapariksha-sūtra ||
222. Parama-vishuddha-sūtra ||
223. Vimuktimārga-dhautaguna-nirdesha-nāma
224. Āyushparyanta-sūtra ||
225. Āyushpattiyathakara-pariprccha-sūtra ||
226. Anityatā-sūtra ||
227. Anityatā-sūtra ||
228. Ārya-samjñānaikadasha-nirdesha-sūtra ||
229. Ārya-vaishalipravesha-mahāsūtra ||
230. Ārya-bhadrakarātri-nāma-sūtra ||
231. Tamovanamukha-nāma-sūtra ||
232. Pitrmātr-sūtra ||
233. Ārya-catuhsatya-sūtra ||
234. Arthavinishcaya-nāma-dharmaparyaya ||
235. Āryārthavistara-nāma-dharmaparyaya ||
236. Āryādbhuta-dharmaparyāya-nāma ||
237. Ārya-tathāgata-pratibimba-pratishthānushamsā-samvādana-nāma-dharmaparyāya ||
238. Caitya-pradakshina-gāthā ||
239. Prasenajid-gāthā ||
240. Ekagāthā ||
241. Caturgāthā ||
242. Nāgarājabheri-gatha ||
243. Udānavarga ||
244. Ārya-shatpurusha-sūtra ||
245. Nandapravrajya-sūtra ||
246. Devatā-sūtra ||
247. Alpadevatā-sūtra ||
248. Candra-sūtra ||
249. Kutagara-sūtra ||
250. Ārya-sthānasthapaka-sūtra-nāma ||
251. Ārya-nandika-sūtra ||
252. Ārya-khakkara-sūtra ||
253. Khakkaradharacara-vidhi ||
254. Dharmacakra-sūtra ||
255. Karmavibhanga ||
256. Karmavibhanga-nāma-dharmagrantha ||
257. Karmashataka ||
258. Damamuka-nāma-sūtra ||
259. Dirghanakha-parivrajaka-paripṛcchā-nāma-sūtra ||
260. Purna-pramukhāvadānashataka ||
261. Ārya-jñānakasūtra-nāma-buddhāvadāna ||
262. Sukarikāvadāna-nāma-sūtra ||
263. Sumagadhāvadāna-sūtra ||
264. Punyabalāvadāna-sūtra ||
265. Candraprabhāvadāna ||
266. Shrisenāvadāna ||
267. Kanakavarna-purvayoga-nāma-sūtra ||
268. Ārya-jinaputrārthasiddhi-sūtra ||
269. Brahmajāla-sūtra ||
270. Mahopāya-kaushalyabuddha-pratyupakāraka-sūtra ||
271. Ārya-shubhāshubhakāryakāranabhava-nirdesha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
272. Shubhāshubhakarmavipāka-nirdesha-sūtra ||
273. Ārya-candragarbha-paripṛcchā-sitra-buddha-shāsanasthitivināshaghātana-nirdesha ||
274. Ārya-goshrngavyākarana-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra ||
275. Shardulakarnāvadāna ||
276. Dvādashalocana-nāma-sūtra ||
277. Ārya-dvācatvārimshat-khanda-sūtra-nāma ||
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Re: the "Hinayana" sutras in the Kanjur

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yombuddy wrote:Hello,

I am new here, and practice with a Theravada vihara in Shreveport, LA. I have been in discussion with a local teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, and have learned that some of the pre-Mahayana sutras are included in the Kanjur. I have been trying to get a list of the titles of these sutras, but can only find statements to the effect that the Sutra section contains 270 titles, 75% of which are Mahayana sutras. That leaves some 67 "Hinayana" sutras. I would like to know what they are. I am very familiar with the Pali Canon, and believe I could also correlate sutra names in Sanskrit with their Pali equivalents if necessary.

Thanks for the opportunity to inquire,
Buddy

I've been reading A History of Indian Buddhism: From Shakyamuni To Early Mahayana by Hirakawa Akira/ Paul Groner, there the author says that essentially the four Nikayas of the Pali Canon have parallel sutras in the Mahayana collections that are called the Agamas, the Agamas are mahayana but they have same basic themes as the Nikaya suttas have, for more information please look into that excellent book of Hirakawa Akira & Paul Groner!
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Re: the "Hinayana" sutras in the Kanjur

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Here is what Wikipedia says about the Agamas and their existence in the Kangyur
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agamas
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"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Sarvē mānavāḥ svatantrāḥ samutpannāḥ vartantē api ca, gauravadr̥śā adhikāradr̥śā ca samānāḥ ēva vartantē. Ētē sarvē cētanā-tarka-śaktibhyāṁ susampannāḥ santi. Api ca, sarvē’pi bandhutva-bhāvanayā parasparaṁ vyavaharantu."
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1. (in english and sanskrit)
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