Sutra — Buddhist Scriptures

Sutra — A pocket Tripitaka.

An offline, distraction-free reader for the Chinese-Buddhist canon, with text sourced from CBETA (Chinese Buddhist Electronic Texts Association, latest open release), grounded in the Taishō Tripitaka. Translations by Kumārajīva, Xuanzang, Yijing and others — organized for daily reading.

■ 35 scriptures
The Dharma-Drum daily-recital selection: Heart Sutra, Diamond Sutra, Amitābha Sutra, Universal Gate of Avalokiteśvara, Samantabhadra's Vows, 42 Sections, Medicine Buddha, Earth Treasury, Śūraṅgama, Perfect Enlightenment …
Four major repentance liturgies: Liang Emperor, Threefold Samādhi Water, Great Compassion, Earth Treasury Jeweled, 88 Buddhas, Ten Small Mantras.
Oldest-stratum short collections: Dhammapada, Aṭṭhakavagga, Itivuttaka, Saṃyukta-āgama selections (including Pabhassara Sutta, Mahāparinibbāna verse).

■ Four-language parallel reading
Four core scriptures carry four reading modes:
　Chinese — Classical Chinese translation (Xuanzang, Kumārajīva …)
　Sanskrit — IAST + Devanāgarī, the original sound
　English — translation, opening the meaning
　English→Chinese — modern Mandarin transcribed from the English
An in-app "Reading Languages" essay explains why each mode exists.

■ Traditional vertical ↔ modern horizontal
One tap to switch. Vertical preserves the handwritten-sutra ritual feel; horizontal suits commuting and night reading. Four font sizes (S/M/L/XL); the size stays put when TTS playback is on.

■ Cinnabar-stamp aesthetic, sprinkled-gold paper
Visual identity drawn from Song-Yuan sutra manuscripts: cream cotton-paper texture in light mode, royal navy with sprinkled gold in dark mode. Restrained palette designed to be easy on the eyes during long readings.

■ Recitation TTS
Built-in Mandarin voices (Tingting / Meijia / Sinji) read along with you — useful when driving or eyes closed.

■ Six reflective essays
　• Textual Strata — what layer of "the Buddha's word" we are reading
　• Three Buddhas — the three shapes the Buddha takes in text
　• Path of Deification — the five stages from man to god
　• "Are all sentient beings originally Buddha?" — tracing the lineage of a Chan koan
　• Reading Languages — positioning the four modes
　• Sources & Attribution — CBETA license + acknowledgements

■ Reminders
Daily passage push at 06:00; 16 major Buddhist holidays (Buddha's bath day, Avalokiteśvara's anniversary, Earth-Treasury Bodhisattva's anniversary …) push at 09:00. Optional integration with the system Reminders app.

■ Privacy
Zero data collection. No tracking, no analytics, no upload. The sutra database ships with the app; your reading progress and bookmarks stay on your device. No ads, no IAP, no subscription, free forever.

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Sutra text © CBETA (Chinese Buddhist Electronic Texts Association), latest open release. Base: Taishō Tripitaka © Daizo Shuppan K.K. (CBETA holds input and publication permissions). License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Taiwan — https://www.cbeta.org/copyright.php

This app is non-commercial. Sutra texts are unaltered in substance, with CBETA attribution and version noted.