Fó shuō dà fāng guǎng shàn qiǎo fāng biàn jīng 佛說大方廣善巧方便經
The Great-Vast Sūtra Spoken by the Buddha on Skillful Means (Mahāupāya-kauśalya) by 施護 (Dānapāla, 譯)
About the work
This 4-fascicle text by 施護 Dānapāla is the Northern-Sòng version of the upāya-kauśalya (skillful-means) Mahāyāna doctrine, paralleling but distinct from [[KR6f0037|Huì shàng pútísà wèn dà shàn quán jīng]] (T0345). The work was incorporated into the [[KR6f0001|Mahā-ratnakūṭa]] tradition.
Prefaces
No formal preface.
Abstract
The translation belongs to 施護 Dānapāla’s Northern-Sòng imperial-bureau activity (980 – 1017 CE). The Taishō text (T0346) is established on the standard apparatus.
Translations and research
- No substantial Western-language translation located.
- Tatz, Mark. The Skill in Means (Upāyakauśalya) Sūtra. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1994 — for the Sanskrit / Tibetan parallel.
Links
- CBETA T12n0346
- Kanseki DB
- 施護 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (1000) — T = CBETA [Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association]. Taishō shinshū daizōkyō 大正新脩大藏經. Edited by Takakusu Junjirō 高楠順次郎 and Watanabe Kaigyoku 渡邊海旭. Tokyo: Taishō shinshū daizōkyō kankōkai/Daizō shuppan, 1924-1932. CBReader v 5.0, 2014.