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This practice involves focusing the mind, often through controlled breathing or mantras, and is central to achieving inner peace in Buddhist tradition.
Difficulty: Easy- Fasting
- Pilgrimage
- Chanting
- Meditation
This collection of 422 verses organized in 26 chapters is perhaps the most widely read Buddhist text, containing pithy wisdom sayings.
Difficulty: Medium- Heart Sutra
- Lotus Sutra
- Dhammapada
- Diamond Sutra
This logical treatise by Dignaga established Buddhist epistemology, distinguishing perception from inference as valid sources of knowledge.
Difficulty: Hard- Abhidharmakosha
- Pramanasamuccaya
- Madhyamakakarika
- Nyayabindu
This Sanskrit word describes the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth that Buddhists seek to escape through spiritual practice.
Difficulty: Easy- Dharma
- Moksha
- Samsara
- Prana
This collection of about 550 stories depicts the previous lives of Siddhartha as humans, animals, and deities accumulating merit.
Difficulty: Medium- Avadanas
- Sutras
- Puranas
- Jataka Tales
This Vasubandhu text remains the principal Abhidharma work in Tibetan and East Asian scholarship, summarizing earlier systematic philosophy.
Difficulty: Hard- Pramanasamuccaya
- Visuddhimagga
- Abhidharmakosha
- Yogacarabhumi
This concept holds that every action has consequences — good deeds lead to positive outcomes, while harmful actions bring suffering.
Difficulty: Easy- Dharma
- Samsara
- Nirvana
- Karma
This short text declares that form is emptiness and emptiness is form, encapsulating Mahayana philosophy in under 300 words.
Difficulty: Medium- Diamond Sutra
- Lotus Sutra
- Heart Sutra
- Platform Sutra
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