The Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra

Translation of Great Nirvāṇa Mahāyāna Sūtra

Citation

Chapter One: Introductory1
Chapter Two: On Cunda15
Chapter Three: On Grief25
Chapter Four: On Long Life33
Chapter Five: On the Adamantine Body43
Chapter Six: On the Virtue of the Name49
Chapter Seven: On the Four Aspects51
Chapter Eight: On the Four Dependables75
Chapter Nine: On Wrong and Right89
Chapter Ten: On the Four Truths97
Chapter Eleven: On the Four Inversions99
Chapter Twelve: On the Nature of the Tathagata101
Chapter Thirteen: On Letters113
Chapter Fourteen: On the Parable of the Birds117
Chapter Fifteen: On the Parable of the Moon121
Chapter Sixteen: On the Bodhisattva125
Chapter Seventeen: On the Questions Raised by the Crowd139
Chapter Eighteen: On Actual Illness151
Chapter Nineteen: On Holy Actions (a)159
Chapter Twenty: On Holy Actions (b)177
Chapter Twenty-One: On Pure Actions (a)201
Chapter Twenty-Two: On Pure Actions (b)217
Chapter Twenty-Three: On Pure Actions (c)235
Chapter Twenty-Four: On Pure Actions (d)253
Chapter Twenty-Five: On Pure Actions (e)269
Chapter Twenty-Six: On the Action of the Child281
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (a)283
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (b)299
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (c)311
Chapter Thirty: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (d)323
Chapter Thirty-One: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (e)337
Chapter Thirty-Two: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (f)351
Chapter Thirty-Three: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (a)365
Chapter Thirty-Four: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (b)381
Chapter Thirty-Five: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (c)399
Chapter Thirty-Six: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (d)407
Chapter Thirty-Six: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (d)415
Chapter Thirty-Seven: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (e)423
Chapter Thirty-Eight: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (f)437
Chapter Thirty-Nine: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (g)453
Chapter Forty: On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (a)469
Chapter Forty-One: On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (b)489
Chapter Forty-Two: On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (c)509
Chapter Forty-Three: On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (d)525
Chapter Forty-Four: On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (e)529
Chapter Forty-Five: On Kaundinya (a)547
Chapter Forty-Six: On Kaundinya (b)565