Yuanjue jing
Yuanjue jing (J. Engakukyō; K. Wŏn’gak kyŏng 圓覺經). In Chinese, “Scripture of Perfect Enlightenment”; also known as Dafangguang yuanjue xiuduoluo liaoyi jing; an influential indigenous Chinese sūtra (see Apocrypha).[1]
In this text, the Buddha's disciples request the Buddha "to explain perfect enlightenment (yuanjue), the originally pure mind as its cause, and the different ways to cultivate it. The scripture focuses on śamatha, samāpatti, and dhyāna as the primary means of cultivation, and divides the spiritual capacity of sentient beings into three levels. The tathāgatagarbha and original-enlightenment (benjue) theories of the apocryphal Dasheng qixin lun seem to have influenced the composition of the Yuanjue jing."[1]
This text was especially influential in the writings of the Chan scholar Guifeng Zongmi.[1]
- Further reading
Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment, Wikipedia
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Yuanjue jing.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
