Example sentences for: sutra

How can you use “sutra” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The museum houses many Buddhist artifacts and statues discovered on the temple grounds, as well as a sutra copied out by Emperor Qianlong.

  • At the far end of the courtyard is the Kyozo (Sutra Library), which houses some 7,000 Buddhist scriptures in a huge revolving bookcase.

  • Among the celebrated sights are the Valley of the Stone Sutra, where sixth-century Buddhists carved the text of the Diamond Sutra into a smooth stream bed; the pine tree that sheltered the first emperor on his climb; and a final ladder of 2,000 stone steps leading to the Pavilion That Touches the Sky.


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