Púsà shòuzhāi jīng 菩薩受齋經
The Sūtra on the Bodhisattva’s Reception of the Posadha-Fast by 聶道真 (Niè Dàozhēn, 譯)
About the work
A one-fascicle sūtra on the bodhisattva’s reception of the posadha-fast (受齋 shòuzhāi = the eight-precept fast observed on bi-monthly uposatha days). Translated by Niè Dàozhēn 聶道真 (聶道真) of the Western Jìn 西晉 (280–313 CE).
Prefaces
Translator’s colophon: 西晉聶道真譯.
Abstract
The text is one of the early Chinese translations on the uposatha fast as adapted for Mahāyāna lay practice. Niè Dàozhēn was a son of the Western-Jìn translator 聶承遠 Niè Chéngyuǎn and continued his father’s translation activities. His texts are among the earliest Chinese renderings of Mahāyāna ritual and bodhisattva-precept materials.