Fó shuō pínàiyé jīng 佛說毘奈耶經
Sūtra of the Buddha’s Speaking of Vinaya (Esoteric) (anonymous)
About the work
A one-fascicle anonymous Esoteric scripture under the title Pínàiyé 毘奈耶 (= Skt. vinaya, “discipline / regulations”), included in the Esoteric volume rather than in the vinaya (律藏) volumes — indicating that the vinaya of the title refers to the Esoteric samaya-discipline of the kriyā-tantra tradition rather than the standard monastic vinaya.
Abstract
The text presents the Esoteric samaya (vow / pledge) disciplinary framework — the rules and observances that bind a kriyā-tantra practitioner. The text functions as an Esoteric vinaya: not the monastic disciplinary code but the disciplinary framework for the kriyā practitioner who has received Esoteric abhiṣeka.
The text is anonymously transmitted and is conventionally dated to the Tang Esoteric period (8th–9th c.).
Translations and research
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