A Zangjing Ge () (lit: “Buddhist Sutra Pavillion”) is a large building in
Chinese Buddhist temples which is built specially for storing ''
The Chinese Buddhist Canon'' ().
It is encountered throughout
East Asia
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, including in some
Japanese Buddhist Kyōzō
in Japanese Buddhist architecture is a repository for sūtras and chronicles of the temple history. It is also called , , or . In ancient times the ''kyōzō'' was placed opposite the shōrō, belfry on the east–west axis of the temple. The ea ...
s ().
''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
The Abhidharma are a collection of Buddhist texts dating from the 3rd century BCE onwards, which contain detailed scholastic presentations of doctrinal material appearing in the canonical Buddhist scriptures and commentaries. It also refers t ...
() texts.
Āgama are theories made by Buddha for disciples to practice, Vinaya are the rules formulated by Buddha for believers and Abhidharma is the collection of theories explanations by Buddha's disciples.
A Buddhist texts library is 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" ().
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Chinese Buddhist architecture
Japanese Buddhist architecture
Mahayana