Fóshuō Jīnguāngwáng tóngzǐ jīng 佛說金光王童子經
Sūtra of the Boy Golden-Light-King translated by 法賢 (Fǎxián / Dharmabhadra, 譯)
About the work
The Fóshuō Jīnguāngwáng tóngzǐ jīng (T548) is a one-fascicle Sòng sūtra by Fǎxián 法賢 (法賢). The protagonist Jīnguāngwáng tóngzǐ 金光王童子 (“Boy Golden-Light-King”) is a child-bodhisattva.
Prefaces
The text opens with the canonical formula.
Abstract
A short Mahāyāna text in the child-bodhisattva genre, paralleling KR6i0177 Jīnyào tóngzǐ jīng. Translation dated to Fǎxián’s post-987 productive period (989–1000 CE).
Translations and research
- Sen, Tansen. Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade. Honolulu, 2003.
Links
- CBETA T14n0548
- Kanseki DB
- 法賢 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (1001) — 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.