Fó shuō bùzìshǒuyì jīng 佛說不自守意經
Sūtra on the Unguarded Mind (parallel to Saṃyukta-āgama sūtra 277) by 支謙 (Zhī Qiān, 譯)
About the work
The Fó shuō bù-zì-shǒu-yì jīng is a single-fascicle Three-Kingdoms Wú 吳 translation of a discourse on the dangers of an unguarded mind and on the practice of mind-restraint. The Chinese parallel is T99[277] (the Saṃyukta-āgama sūtra 277).
Prefaces
The text bears no preface or postface. The only paratext is the Wú-period translator’s signature at the head: 「吳月支優婆塞支謙譯」.
Abstract
T107 was produced during Zhī Qiān’s Wú-court translation period (222–253 CE), recorded in the frontmatter. The Indic source is presumed lost.
Translations and research
- Bodhi, Bhikkhu, tr. The Connected Discourses of the Buddha. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2000.
Links
- CBETA T02n0107 CBETA online text
- Kanseki DB
- 支謙 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (160, 245): Hayashiya Tomojirō 林屋友次郎. Kyōroku kenkyū 経録研究. Tokyo: Iwanami shoten, 1941. 1318-1319. dazangthings entry