Mí lè pútísà suǒ wèn jīng lùn 彌勒菩薩所問經論
Treatise on the Sūtra of the Inquiry of Bodhisattva Maitreya by 菩提流支 (Bodhiruci, 譯)
About the work
This 9-fascicle text by 菩提流支 Bodhiruci is the Indian śāstra (treatise) on the Maitreya-paripṛcchā tradition (parent sūtra: Mílè pútísà suǒwèn běnyuàn jīng T0349 by 竺法護 Zhú Fǎhù). The Indic authorship is attributed to 安慧 Sthiramati or another Yogācāra-school ācārya; Bodhiruci’s translation provides the principal Chinese textual basis for the Maitreya-paripṛcchā commentarial tradition.
Prefaces
No formal preface.
Abstract
The translation belongs to 菩提流支 Bodhiruci’s Northern-Wèi activity (508 – 537 CE). The 9-fascicle scope makes the work one of the most substantial Northern-Wèi śāstra translations.
The Taishō text (T1525) is established on the standard apparatus.
Translations and research
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- No substantial Western-language translation located.