Púsà shēngdì jīng 菩薩生地經
Sūtra of the Bodhisattva’s Place of Birth translated by 支謙 (Zhī Qiān, 譯)
About the work
The Púsà shēngdì jīng (T533) is a one-fascicle Mahāyāna sūtra by Zhī Qiān 支謙 (支謙). Shēngdì 生地 (“place of birth”; Sanskrit jātabhūmi) is the metaphysical doctrine of where bodhisattvas are reborn — into the kuśala-mūla (wholesome roots) of buddha-fields rather than into the mundane realms.
Prefaces
The text opens with the canonical formula.
Abstract
A short Mahāyāna text on the bodhisattva’s place of rebirth, articulating the doctrine that bodhisattvas voluntarily take birth in difficult realms to liberate beings. Translation dated to Zhī Qiān’s Wú productive period (222–252 CE).
Translations and research
- No substantial secondary literature located.
Links
- CBETA T14n0533
- Kanseki DB
- 支謙 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (245, 300) — 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.