3 Categories of Suttras
General description of practices, attitude; Nature of Buddha; Career of Bodhisattva
Emptiness
Mind-only
Examples:
Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra is generally about the Mahāyāna doctrines. It is about the
nature of the Buddha, the way that the Buddha operates to teach living beings and so
forth.
The Heart Sūtra, the Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya Sūtra and the Diamond Sūtra deal with the
Emptiness and
Laṅkāvatāra deal with the importance of the mind/the nature of consciousness
Many parables and Similes
Sastra Literature by masters
Nagarguna, Asanga, Vasubandhu
Explanations
Reasonings
Nagarguna
Asanga
Vasubandhu