Fóshuō Jīnyào tóngzǐ jīng 佛說金耀童子經
Sūtra of the Boy Gold-Brilliance translated by 天息災 (Tiānxīzāi / Devaśāntika, 譯)
About the work
The Fóshuō Jīnyào tóngzǐ jīng (T546) is a one-fascicle Sòng sūtra by Tiānxīzāi 天息災 (天息災). The protagonist Jīnyào tóngzǐ 金耀童子 (“Boy Gold-Brilliance”) is a child-bodhisattva figure.
Prefaces
The text opens with the canonical formula.
Abstract
A short Mahāyāna text in the child-bodhisattva genre. Translation dated to Tiānxīzāi’s pre-name-change period (980–987 CE) or his post-name-change Fǎxián period (987–1000 CE) — the catalog meta gives 天息災, suggesting pre-987. Bracket: 980–1000 CE.
Translations and research
- Sen, Tansen. Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade. Honolulu, 2003.
Links
- CBETA T14n0546
- Kanseki DB
- 天息災 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (990) — 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.