Dàodì jīng 道地經
Sūtra on the Stages of the Path (partial Saṅgharakṣa Yogācārabhūmi) composed by 僧伽羅剎 (Sēngqié Luóchà / Saṅgharakṣa, 造); translated by 安世高 (Ān Shìgāo, 譯)
About the work
The Dàodì jīng (T607) is Ān Shìgāo’s 安世高 (安世高) one-fascicle partial Hàn-period translation of Saṅgharakṣa’s 僧伽羅剎 (僧伽羅剎) Sarvāstivāda Yogācārabhūmi — the same Indic original of which Dharmarakṣa later produced the much fuller seven-fascicle KR6i0243 Xiūxíng dàodì jīng 修行道地經 (T606).
Prefaces
The Chū sānzàng jì jí preserves a preface by 道安 Dào’ān. The text opens with the canonical formula.
Abstract
A small early-Hàn rendering of selected sections of Saṅgharakṣa’s Yogācārabhūmi, of capital importance both for the early study of Buddhist meditation theory in China and for the historical-philological reconstruction of the Indic original. Datable to Ān Shìgāo’s Luòyáng activity (148–170 CE), making it among the earliest Chinese Buddhist translations of a śāstra form.
Translations and research
- Demiéville, Paul. “La Yogācārabhūmi de Saṅgharakṣa.” Bulletin de l’École française d’Extrême-Orient 44 (1954): 339–436.
- Nattier, Jan. A Guide to the Earliest Chinese Buddhist Translations. Tokyo: IRIAB, 2008.
Links
- CBETA T15n0607
- Kanseki DB
- 僧伽羅剎 DILA
- 安世高 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (160, 250) — Demiéville, Paul. “La Yogācārabhūmi de Saṅgharakṣa.” BÉFEO 44, no. 2 (1954): 339–436. 343.