Rù fǎ jiè tǐ xìng jīng 入法界體性經
The Sūtra on Entering the Body-Nature of the Dharma-Realm by 闍那崛多 (Jñānagupta, 譯)
About the work
This 1-fascicle text by 闍那崛多 Jñānagupta is a Mahāyāna sūtra on the doctrine of fǎ jiè tǐ xìng 法界體性 (the body-nature of the dharma-realm) — i.e. the foundational nature of the dharma-dhātu. The work was incorporated into the [[KR6f0001|Mahā-ratnakūṭa]] tradition.
Prefaces
No formal preface.
Abstract
The translation belongs to 闍那崛多 Jñānagupta’s Suí-imperial-bureau activity (587 – 600 CE).
The Taishō text (T0355) is established on the standard apparatus.
Translations and research
- No substantial Western-language translation located.
Links
- CBETA T12n0355
- Kanseki DB
- 闍那崛多 DILA
- DILA Buddhist Person Authority — Jñānagupta: A001602
- Dazangthings date evidence (590) — 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.