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A sutra (IAST: sūtra सूत्र) is a Sanskrit word that means "string, thread". In Indian literary traditions, it also refers to an aphorism or a collection of aphorisms in the form of a manual or, more broadly, a condensed manual or text.Sutras are a genre of ancient and medieval Indian texts found in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
In Hinduism, Sutra denotes a distinct type of literary composition, a compilation of short aphoristic statements. Each sutra is any short rule, like a theorem distilled into few words or syllables, around which "teachings of ritual, philosophy, grammar or any field of knowledge" can be woven. The oldest sutras of Hinduism are found in the Brahmana and Aranyaka layers of the Vedas. Every school of Hindu philosophy, Vedic guides for rites of passage, various fields of arts, law and social ethics developed respective sutras, which helped teach and transmit ideas from one generation to the next.
In Buddhism, sutra or sutta refers mostly to canonical scriptures, many of which are regarded as records of the oral teachings of Gautama Buddha. The Pali form of the word, sutta, is used exclusively to refer to the scriptures of the early Pali Canon, the only texts recognized by Theravada Buddhism as canonical.
Anandamayi Ma (Bengali: শ্রী আনন্দময়ী মা) (30 April 1896 – 27 August 1982) of India (from Bengal), was regarded as a Self/God-realized master. Sivananda Saraswati of the Divine Life Society described her as "the most perfect flower the Indian soil has produced."Precognition, faith healing and other miracles were attributed to her by her followers.Paramhansa Yogananda translates Anandamayi as "joy-permeated". This name was given to her by her devotees in the 1920s to describe what they saw as her habitual state of divine joy and bliss.
Anandamayi was born Nirmala Sundari (নির্মলা সুন্দরী; Nirmôla Shundori, English: "Immaculate, Beautiful One") on 30 April 1896 to Bipinbihari Bhattacharya and Mokshada Sundari Devi in Kheora, Brahmanbaria District, British India, in what is now Bangladesh. Her father, originally from Vidyakut in Tripura, was a Vaishnavite singer known for his devotion. They lived in poverty. Nirmala attended the village school for approximately two years. Although her teachers were pleased with her ability, her family thought she was dullminded because of her indifference and constantly happy demeanor. When her mother once fell seriously ill, relatives remarked with puzzlement about the child remaining apparently unaffected.
Imee Ooi - The Diamond Sūtra (金剛般若波羅蜜多經)
The Heart Sūtra Mantra by Deva Premal
Deva Premal - Heart Sūtra Mantra (Gaté Gaté) - Anandamayi Ma
Heart Sūtra in Sanskrit - Vidhya Rao (Eng sub) ཤེས་རབ་་སྙིང་པོ་།
Sutra del Diamante - वज्रच्छेदिका प्रज्ञापारमितासूत्र - Vajracchedikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra
Usnisa Vijaya Dharani (Sarvadurgatipariśodhana Uṣṇīṣa Vijaya Dhāraṇī Sūtra)
彌勒下生成佛記 - 超清動畫 Buddha Pronounces the Sūtra of Maitreya Bodhisattva's Attainment of Buddhahood
Phật Thuyết Kinh Quán Vô Lượng Thọ Phật - Sūtra of Visualization of Amitāyus Buddha
Phật Thuyết Kinh Vô Lượng Thọ - Buddha Pronounces the Sūtra of Amitāyus Buddha (Sub)
Prajnaparamita hrdaya sutra. Heart sutra. El sutra del corazon
The wind cast a ruin upon my soul.
The night is dying, yet we cursed the dawn, each mourning, upon a festering grave.
The moonlight has no shine through the doom.
The burning corpse of god shall keep us warm in the doom of howling winds