Púsàjièběn 菩薩戒本
The Bodhisattva Precept-Text (Yogācāra recension, Xuánzàng) by 彌勒菩薩 (Maitreya, 說) and 玄奘 (Xuánzàng, 譯)
About the work
A one-fascicle bodhisattva-precept text translated by Xuánzàng 玄奘 (玄奘) at Chángān 645–664 CE. Xuánzàng’s revised translation of the same Yogācārabhūmi material rendered by Dharmakṣema as KR6k0122; together with KR6k0121 (jiémówén), this constitutes Xuánzàng’s complete Yogācāra bodhisattva-precept apparatus.
Prefaces
Translator’s colophon: 大唐三藏法師玄奘奉詔譯.
Abstract
Xuánzàng’s translation supersedes Dharmakṣema’s KR6k0122 in philological precision, reflecting Xuánzàng’s distinctive translation programme of replacing earlier Chinese renderings with Sanskrit-based revisions. The text became the standard Yogācāra-Cí’ēn reference for the bodhisattva-precepts in Tang and post-Tang East Asian Mahāyāna scholasticism. Its threefold sānjù jìngjiè schema is the doctrinal framework underlying all Yogācāra-derived discussions of bodhisattva-discipline.
Translations and research
- Tatz, Mark. Asaṅga’s Chapter on Ethics with the Commentary of Tsong-Kha-pa. Lewiston, NY, 1986. — Translates the parallel Tibetan version.
- Cook, Francis H. Three Texts on Consciousness Only. Berkeley: Numata Center, 1999.