Kē shǐzhōng xīnyào 科始終心要
Sectional Outline of the Beginning-and-End Heart-Essential by 湛然 (Zhànrán / Jīngxī Zhànrán, 述)
About the work
A short single-juan late-Táng compact synoptic essay by Zhànrán 湛然 (711–782) on the shǐzhōng xīnyào 始終心要 (“beginning-and-end heart-essential”) — a concentrated formulation of Tiāntái doctrinal-meditative practice covering the entire path from initial arousal-of-bodhi through final Buddhahood.
Abstract
The work belongs to Zhànrán’s broader corpus of compact pedagogical productions (KR6d0157 Shí bùèr mén, KR6d0060 Fǎhuá jīng dàyì) and represents one of the most concentrated late-Táng Tiāntái doctrinal summaries. The composition is bracketed within Zhànrán’s mature productive period c. 750–782.
Translations and research
See KR6d0131 for the bibliography on Zhànrán’s Tiāntái productions.