Dà chéng xiǎn shí jīng 大乘顯識經

The Great-Vehicle Sūtra Manifesting Consciousness by 地婆訶羅 (Divākara, 譯)

About the work

This 2-fascicle text by 地婆訶羅 Divākara treats the doctrine of xiǎn shí 顯識 (“manifesting consciousness”) — the Yogācāra-Mahāyāna doctrine of consciousness-types and their relation to phenomenal manifestation. The work was incorporated into the [[KR6f0001|Mahā-ratnakūṭa]] tradition.

Prefaces

No formal preface.

Abstract

The translation belongs to 地婆訶羅 Divākara’s Cháng’ān period (680 – 687 CE).

The Taishō text (T0347) is established on the standard apparatus.

Translations and research

  • No substantial Western-language translation located.
  • CBETA T12n0347
  • Kanseki DB
  • 地婆訶羅 DILA
  • Dazangthings date evidence (680) — 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.