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84000. The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines (Śata­sāhasrikā­prajñā­pāramitā, shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa stong phrag brgya pa, Toh 8). Translated by Gareth Sparham. Online publication. 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2024.

84000. The Perfection of Wisdom in Twenty-Five Thousand Lines (Pañcaviṃśati­sāhasrikā­prajñā­pāramitā, shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa stong phrag nyi shu lnga pa, Toh 9). Translated by the Padmakara Translation Group. Online publication. 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2023.

84000. The Perfection of Wisdom in Eighteen Thousand Lines (Aṣṭādaśa­sāhasrikā­prajñā­pāramitā, shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa khri brgyad stong pa, Toh 10). Translated by Gareth Sparham. Online publication. 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2022.

84000. The Perfection of Wisdom in Ten Thousand Lines (Daśa­sāhasrikā­prajñā­pāramitā, shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa khri pa, Toh 11). Translated by the Padmakara Translation Group. Online publication. 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2018.

84000. The Chapter on Going Forth (Pravrajyāvastu, rab tu ’byung ba’i gzhi, chapter 1 of Vinayavastu, Toh 1). Translated by Robert Miller. Online publication. 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2018.

84000.The Dhāraṇī “Entering Into Nonconceptuality” (Avikalpapraveśadhāraṇī, rnam par mi rtog par ’jug pa’i gzungs, Toh 142). Translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee. Online publication. 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2020.

84000. Distinctly Ascertaining the Meanings (Arthaviniścaya, don rnam par nges pa’i chos kyi rnam grangs, Toh 317). Translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee. Online publication. 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2021.

84000. The Sūtra of the Wheel of Dharma (Dharmacakrasūtra, chos kyi ’khor lo’i mdo, Toh 337). Translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee. Online publication. 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2018.

84000. The Teaching on the Purification Practices from the Path to Liberation (Vimukti­mārga­dhuta­guṇa­nirdeśa, Toh 306). Translated by Sue Roach. Online publication. 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, forthcoming.

84000. The Teaching of Vimalakīrti (Vimala­kīrti­nirdeśa­sūtra, dri ma med par grags pas bstan pa’i mdo, Toh 176). Translated by Robert A. F. Thurman. Online publication. 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2017.

84000. The Ten Bhūmis (Daśabhūmika, su bcu pa, Toh 44, ch. 31). Translated by Peter Alan Roberts. Online publication. 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2021.

84000. Upholding the Roots of Virtue (Kuśala­mūla­saṃparigraha, dge ba’i rtsa ba yongs su ’dzin pa, Toh 101). Translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee. Online publication. 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2020.

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