Shì Móhē bōrě bōluómì jīng juéyì sānmèi 釋摩訶般若波羅蜜經覺意三昧
Explanation of the Awakening-Intent Samādhi from the Mahā-Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra spoken by 智顗 (Zhìyǐ / Tiāntái dàshī, 說); recorded by 灌頂 (Guàndǐng).
About the work
A single-juan Tiāntái meditation manual by 智顗 Zhìyǐ on the juéyì sānmèi 覺意三昧 (“awakening-intent samādhi”) — a meditative practice drawn from the Mahāprajñāpāramitā corpus and integrated into the Tiāntái meditative apparatus. Body attribution: Suí Tiāntái Zhìzhě dàshī shuō / ménrén Guàndǐng jì 隋天台智者大師說 / 門人灌頂記.
Prefaces
The text in the Taishō recension carries the standard front matter; the body opens with the Biàn fǎ-xiàng dì-yī 辯法相第一 (“Discussion of Dharma-Characteristics, Chapter One”): “The practitioner desiring to cross the great ocean of birth-and-death and ascend to the further-shore of nirvāṇa, must necessarily…”
Abstract
The Juéyì sānmèi is one of Zhìyǐ’s specialised meditation manuals addressing a specific samādhi practice — the juéyì sānmèi — drawn from the Mahāprajñāpāramitā tradition. The work belongs together with the four principal Tiāntái meditation manuals (KR6d0143, KR6d0144, KR6d0145, KR6d0130) as part of Zhìyǐ’s comprehensive Tiāntái meditative apparatus.
Translations and research
- Stevenson, Daniel B. “The Four Kinds of Samādhi in Early T’ien-t’ai Buddhism.” In Traditions of Meditation in Chinese Buddhism, ed. Peter N. Gregory, 45–97. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1986.
Links
- CBETA online text T1922
- Kanseki DB
- 智顗 DILA
- 灌頂 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (590): Ng 1993 — Ng Yu-Kwan [吳汝鈞]. Tʼien-Tʼai Buddhism and Early Mādhyamika. Tendai Institute of Hawaii and the Buddhist Studies Program, University of Hawaii, 1993. 9.