Niè pán jīng běn yǒu jīn wú jì lùn 涅槃經本有今無偈論
Treatise on the “Originally-Existed-Now-Non-Existent” Verse of the Nirvāṇa Sūtra by 天親菩薩 (Vasubandhu, 造) and 真諦 (Paramārtha, 譯)
About the work
This 1-fascicle text is the 天親菩薩 Vasubandhu commentary on the famous běn yǒu jīn wú 本有今無 verse of the [[KR6g0001|Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra]] — the doctrinal crux concerning the relation of original existence (běn yǒu) and present non-existence (jīn wú) of phenomenal beings, central to mature Buddha-nature doctrine. Translated by 真諦 Paramārtha during his Chén-period activity.
Abstract
The translation belongs to Paramārtha’s Chén period (557–569 CE).