Is it not a fact that the doctrines of Daoism, Buddhism and Confucianism may be three, but the Way is ultimately one?
– Zhang Boduan, 987-1082 AD
Please follow the links below for excerpts and overviews of spiritual texts that I have found helpful.
Buddhist
- Verses on teaching and sharing Dharma
- The tathāgatagarbha sūtras
- Cultivation based on the sutra of perfect enlightenment
- 25 entries to śūraṅgama samādhi
- The heart of prajñāpāramitā sutra
- Perfection of wisdom practice (prajñāpāramitā)
- Diamond sutra non-abiding
- Vajrasamādhi sutra
- Samādhi of non-duality
- Entering into nonconceptuality
- Samādhi of complete extinction
- Amitābha Buddha and Pure Land practice
- The six paramitas
- Buddhas from the ten directions all standing before one samādhi
- Praise of Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva
- Śūraṅgama mantra
- Reciting the name of Guan Yin (Avalokiteśvara)
- Avalokiteśvara dharani
- Hearing dharma door of Avalokiteśvara
- Ānāpānasati (mindfulness of breathing)
- Suññatā (descent into emptiness)
- Quarrels and disputes sutta
- Six dhātu (elements)
- Five upādānakkhandha (aggregates subject to clinging)
- Satipaṭṭhāna (establishing of mindfulness)
- Madhupiṇḍika (honey cake)
- Metta (goodwill)
- Karuṇā, (compassion)
- Mudita (empathetic joy)
- Upekkha (equanimity)
- Samatha and vipassana
- The eight-fold path: a way of life
- The seven factors of awakening
- The four ennobling realities
Daoist