What is Dhyāna sutras?
The '''Dhyāna sutras''' (Chan-jing) are a group of early [[Buddhist]] [[meditation]] texts which contain meditation teachings from the [[Sarvastivada]] school along with some early proto-Mahayana meditations. They were mostly the work of Buddhist [[Yoga]] teachers from [[Kashmir]]. They were influential in Chinese Buddhist meditation. We only have them in Chinese translation. The five main types of meditation in these [[sutras]] are: * anapanasati (mindfulness of breathing), * paṭikūlamanasikāra meditation - mindfulness of the impurities of the body, * loving-kindness maitrī meditation, * the contemplation on the twelve links of pratītyasamutpāda, * the contemplation on the [[Buddha]]'s thirty-two characteristics.<ref name=Deleanu>Deleanu, Florin (1992); [https://ahandfulofleaves.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/mindfulness-of-breathing-in-the-dhayana-sutra_florin-deleanu_1992.pdf Mindfulness of Breathing in the Dhyāna Sūtras]. Transactions of the International Conference of Orientalists in Japan (TICOJ) 37, 42-57.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dhyana sutras}} [[Category:Buddhist texts]] {{religion-stub}}