Guān wú liàng shòu fó jīng shū miào zōng chāo 觀無量壽佛經疏妙宗鈔

The Wonderful-Lineage Sub-Commentary on the Commentary on the Visualization-of-Amitāyus Sūtra by 知禮 (Zhīlǐ, 述)

About the work

This 6-fascicle sub-commentary on 智顗 Zhìyǐ’s [[KR6f0073|Guān wú liàng shòu fó jīng shū]] (T1750) is by 知禮 Zhīlǐ (960–1028), the great Northern-Sòng Tiāntái-school revivalist. It is one of the principal documents of the Sòng Shānjiā 山家 (Mountain-Family) Tiāntái lineage’s Pure Land synthesis.

Prefaces

No formal preface.

Abstract

The bracket adopted here (1020 – 1028) reflects 知禮 Zhīlǐ’s mature scholarly period.

The Taishō text (T1751) is established on the standard apparatus.

Translations and research

  • No substantial Western-language translation located.
  • Stone, Jacqueline I. Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism (1999) — for the broader Sòng Tiāntái context.