Shēnguān jīng 身觀經
Sūtra on Body-Contemplation translated by 竺法護 (Zhú Fǎhù / Dharmarakṣa, 譯)
About the work
The Shēnguān jīng (T612) is a one-fascicle short sūtra on body-contemplation (kāyānupaśyanā) translated by Dharmarakṣa 竺法護 (竺法護). The text complements his KR6i0248 Fǎguān jīng on the dharma-anupaśyanā.
Prefaces
The text opens with the canonical formula.
Abstract
A miniature contemplation-sūtra on the body, treating the standard impurity-list (aśubha) and the four-elements analysis (dhātu-vibhaṅga). Datable to Dharmarakṣa’s translation activity (266–308 CE).
Translations and research
- Boucher, Daniel. “Dharmarakṣa and the Transmission of Buddhism to China.” Asia Major 19 (2006): 13–37.
Links
- CBETA T15n0612
- Kanseki DB
- 竺法護 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (300) — Fèi Chángfáng 費長房. Lìdài sānbǎo jì (LDSBJ) 歷代三寶紀 T2034. T2034 (XLIX) 64a20.