Zhìyì jīng 治意經
Sūtra on the Disciplining of the Mind (cf. MN 115, Pāli Ānāpānasati-sutta) Anonymous (失譯), conventionally attached to the Western Jìn 西晉 catalogue
About the work
The Zhìyì jīng is a single-fascicle anonymous Chinese discourse on the disciplining of the mind through ānāpāna-sati (mindfulness of breathing). The Taishō head-note flags it as a parallel to MN 115 Ānāpānasati-sutta — though the substance of the discourse is more closely related to Bahudhātuka-sutta MN 115’s analytical treatment of mental categories. The text has no Chinese-Āgama parallel.
Prefaces
The text bears no preface or postface. The only paratext is the catalogue rubric printed at the head: 「失譯人名今附西晉錄」.
Abstract
The Western Jìn (265–317) ascription is a catalog-tradition assignment. The defensible bracket is recorded in the frontmatter. The Indic source is presumed lost.
Translations and research
- Ñāṇamoli and Bodhi, tr. The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1995.