| AS | Amitābha Sutra (AS) |
| BNS | Brahma Net Sutra (BNS) |
| BRF | Buddha Root Farm (BRF) |
| CL | Cherishing Life (CL) |
| CPL | Ch’an and Pure Land Dharma Talks (CPL) (reprinted in LY, vol. 2) |
| DFS | Dharma Flower Sutra – Lotus Sutra or Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra – White Lotus of the True Dharma (DFS) |
| DS | Dhāraṇī Sutra – Dharani Sutra – Thousand Handed Thousand Eyed Dharani Sutra – The Sutra of the Vast, Great, Full, Unimpeded Great Compassion Heart Dhāraṇī of the Thousand-Handed, Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva Who Regards the World’s Sounds (Avalokiteshvara Guanyin) – 千手千眼陀羅尼經 (DS) |
| EDR | Entering the Dharma Realm (EDR) (FAS, ch. 39) |
| FAS | Flower Adornment Sutra – Avatamsaka – Mahāvaipulya Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra (FAS) |
| FASP | Flower Adornment Sutra Prologue (FASP) |
| FASVP | Flower Adornment Sutra Verse Preface (FASVP) |
| FHS | Filiality: The Human Source (FHS) |
| HR | Human Roots (HR) |
| HS | Heart Sutra – Prajna Paramita Hridaya Sutra – Heart of Prajna Paramita Sutra (HS) |
| LY | Listen to Yourself, Think Everything Over (LY) |
| NS | Nirvana Sutra (NS), also called Maha Parinirvana Sutra – (unpublished draft translation) |
| NTC | News from True Cultivators (NTC) |
| OYE | Open Your Eyes, Take a Look at the World (OYE) |
| PB | Pictorial Biography of the Venerable Master Hsu Yun (PB) |
| PDS | Proper Dharma Seal (PDS) |
| PS | Sixth Patriarch’s Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra (PS) |
| RH | City of 10,000 Buddhas Recitation Handbook (RH) |
| RHS | Records of High Sanghans (RHS) |
| RL | Records of the Life of the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua (RL) |
| S42 | Sutra in Forty-two Sections (S42) |
| SE | Song of Enlightenment (SE) |
| SM | Śūraṅgama Mantra – Shurangama Mantra Commentary (SM) |
| SPV | Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva – Ksitigarbha Sutra (SPV) |
| SS | Śūraṅgama Sutra – Shurangama Sutra (SS) |
| SV | Shramanera Vinaya (Pratimoksha) Śrāmaṇera Vinaya and Rules of Deportment (SV) |
| TD | The Ten Dharma Realms Are not Beyond a Single Thought (TD) |
| TS | Three Steps One Bow (TS) |
| TT | Herein Lies the Treasure Trove (TT) |
| UW | Universal Worthy’s Conduct and Vows – King of Prayers Samantabhadra from Avatamsaka Sutra Chapter 40 Buddhist Text (FAS, ch. 40) (UW) |
| VBS | Vajra Bodhi Sea (VBS) |
| VS | Vajra Sutra – Diamond Sutra (VS) |
| WM | Water Mirror Reflecting Heaven (WM) |
| WOH | With One Heart Bowing to the City of 10,000 Buddhas (WOH) |
| WPG | World Peace Gathering (WPG) |