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Treatise on the Sequential Method of Meditation and the Perfections

The Treatise on the Sequential Method of Meditation and the Perfections (ten volumes) appears in the Yongle Northern Canon catalogue and is currently classified under “Yongle Northern Canon / Local Compositions.” It can be provisionally placed among Buddhist treatises and prose, generally holding value for intellectual history, sectarian history, and textual transmission. OpenSutra has organized readable fascicles in the original catalogue order; specific image sources are indicated in each fascicle record.

Traditional Chinese

Jun 15, 2026

OPENSUTRA_ORG_0004519

Initial Gate of the Order of the Dharma Realm

Yongle Northern Canon

The Initial Gate of the Order of the Dharma Realm (three volumes) appears in the Yongle Northern Canon catalogue and is currently classified under “Yongle Northern Canon / Local Compositions.” It can be provisionally placed among Buddhist treatises and prose, generally holding value for intellectual history, sectarian history, and textual transmission. OpenSutra has organized readable fascicles in the original catalogue order; specific image sources are indicated in each fascicle record.

Traditional Chinese

Jun 15, 2026

OPENSUTRA_ORG_0004521

Ten Doubts on the Pure Land

Yongle Northern Canon

"Ten Doubts on the Pure Land, one juan" appears in the Yongle Northern Canon catalog and is currently classified under "Yongle Northern Canon / Works Authored in This Land." It can be provisionally understood as a Buddhist authored work, and it typically holds value for intellectual history, sectarian history, and the history of textual transmission. OpenSutra readable fascicles have been arranged in the original catalog order; specific image sources are indicated in each fascicle's record.

Traditional Chinese

Jun 15, 2026

OPENSUTRA_ORG_0004522

Fangdeng Samadhi Practice Method

Yongle Northern Canon

"Fangdeng Samadhi Practice Method, one juan" appears in the Yongle Northern Canon catalog and is currently classified under "Yongle Northern Canon / Works Authored in This Land." It can be provisionally understood as a Buddhist authored work, and it typically holds value for intellectual history, sectarian history, and the history of textual transmission. OpenSutra readable fascicles have been arranged in the original catalog order; specific image sources are indicated in each fascicle's record.

Traditional Chinese

Jun 15, 2026

OPENSUTRA_ORG_0004524

Commentary on the Treatise on Observing the Mind

Yongle Northern Canon

"Commentary on the Treatise on Observing the Mind, five juan" appears in the Yongle Northern Canon catalog and is currently classified under "Yongle Northern Canon / Works Authored in This Land." It can be provisionally understood as a Buddhist authored work, and it typically holds value for intellectual history, sectarian history, and the history of textual transmission. OpenSutra readable fascicles have been arranged in the original catalog order; specific image sources are indicated in each fascicle's record.

Traditional Chinese

Jun 15, 2026

OPENSUTRA_ORG_0004528

Vow-Establishing Text of Great Chan Master Si of Nanyue

Yongle Northern Canon

"One Fascicle of the Vow-Establishing Text by Great Chan Master Si of Nanyue" is recorded in the Yongle Northern Canon catalogue and is currently classified under "Yongle Northern Canon/Local Writings." It can be initially understood as part of the category of Buddhist authored writings, which typically have value for intellectual history, sectarian history, and the study of textual transmission. OpenSutra has organized readable fascicles according to the original catalogue order; specific image sources are indicated in each fascicle record.

Traditional Chinese

Jun 15, 2026

OPENSUTRA_ORG_0004529

Separate Biography of Tiantai Master Zhizhe

Yongle Northern Canon

"One Fascicle of the Separate Biography of Tiantai Master Zhizhe" is recorded in the Yongle Northern Canon catalogue and is currently classified under "Yongle Northern Canon/Local Writings." It can be initially understood as part of the category of Buddhist authored writings, which typically have value for intellectual history, sectarian history, and the study of textual transmission. OpenSutra has organized readable fascicles according to the original catalogue order; specific image sources are indicated in each fascicle record.

Traditional Chinese

Jun 15, 2026

OPENSUTRA_ORG_0004530

Ten Non-Two Gates

Yongle Northern Canon

"One Fascicle of the Ten Non-Two Gates" is recorded in the Yongle Northern Canon catalogue and is currently classified under "Yongle Northern Canon/Local Writings." It can be initially understood as part of the category of Buddhist authored writings, which typically have value for intellectual history, sectarian history, and the study of textual transmission. OpenSutra has organized readable fascicles according to the original catalogue order; specific image sources are indicated in each fascicle record.

Traditional Chinese

Jun 15, 2026

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①Outline of Shamatha and Vipashyana, one fascicle②Essentials of the Mind from Beginning to End, one fascicle③Essentials of Practice and Repentance

Yongle Northern Canon

《①Outline of Shamatha and Vipashyana, one fascicle②Essentials of the Mind from Beginning to End, one fascicle③Essentials of Practice and Repentance, one fascicle》 is recorded in the Yongle Northern Canon catalogue, currently classified under “Yongle Northern Canon / Local Writings.” It can be understood as part of Buddhist authored writings, and typically has value for intellectual history, sectarian history, and the transmission of editions. OpenSutra Has been organized into readable volumes in the original catalogue order; specific image sources are indicated in each volume’s record.

Traditional Chinese

Jun 15, 2026