Yōupósè wǔjiè wēiyí jīng 優婆塞五戒威儀經
The Sūtra on the Five Precepts and Decorums for Lay Followers by 求那跋摩 (Guṇavarman, 譯)
About the work
A one-fascicle sūtra on the five lay precepts and accompanying behavioural norms (wēiyí), translated by Guṇavarman (求那跋摩) at Jiànkāng in 431 CE.
Prefaces
Translator’s colophon: 宋罽賓沙門求那跋摩譯.
Abstract
Companion text to KR6k0065 (Yōupósè wǔjièxiāng jīng), this work supplies the practical-behavioural elaboration of the five lay precepts. Guṇavarman’s full lay-precept apparatus comprises both the wǔjièxiāng (the doctrinal-categorical text) and the present wēiyí (the behavioural-procedural text), giving the early Chinese lay Buddhist communities the complete practical handbook for the upāsaka pañca-śīla.