page_title: Buddhist Texts Library
hierarchical_section_title: Buddhist Texts Library
caption_attribution_description: Roof line of the White Horse temple English: The Buddhist Texts Library at White Horse Temple, in Luoyang, Henan, China. 日本語: 河南省洛陽市白馬寺の経蔵。 中文: 河南省洛阳市白马寺的藏经阁。
context_page_description: Buddhist Texts Library is a large building in Chinese Buddhist temples which is built specially for storing The Chinese Buddhist Canon. It is encountered throughout East Asia, including in some Japanese Buddhist Kyōzōs. The Chinese Buddhist Canon is the total body of Buddhist literature deemed canonical and was called "all the sutras" in the ancient time. With four thousand kinds, it includes Āgama, Vinaya and Abhidharma texts. Āgama are theories made by Buddha for disciples to practice, Vinaya are the rules formulated by Buddha for believers and Abhidharma are the collection of theories explanations by Buddha's disciples.
  Buddhist Texts Library are generally two-storey buildings built at the highest point of the temple. The upper storey is for storing sutras and the lower layer is the "Thousand Buddha Pavilion".
context_section_description: Buddhist Texts Library (simplified Chinese: 藏经阁; traditional Chinese: 蔵經閣; pinyin: Cángjīnggé) is a large building in Chinese Buddhist temples which is built specially for storing The Chinese Buddhist Canon (大藏經). It is encountered throughout East Asia, including in some Japanese Buddhist Kyōzōs (経蔵).  The Chinese Buddhist Canon is the total body of Buddhist literature deemed canonical and was called "all the sutras" (一切經) in the ancient time. With four thousand kinds, it includes Āgama (經), Vinaya (律) and Abhidharma (論) texts. Āgama are theories made by Buddha for disciples to practice, Vinaya are the rules formulated by Buddha for believers and Abhidharma are the collection of theories explanations by Buddha's disciples.
  Buddhist Texts Library are generally two-storey buildings built at the highest point of the temple. The upper storey is for storing sutras and the lower layer is the "Thousand Buddha Pavilion" (千佛閣).
caption: The Buddhist Texts Library at White Horse Temple, in Luoyang, Henan, China.
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