Dasabhumika-sutra
Dasabhumika-sutra. (Skt. Daśabhūmikasūtra; T. Sa bcu pa’i mdo ས་བཅུ་པའི་མདོ་; C. Shidi jing/Shizhu jing; J. Jūjikyō/Jūjūkyō; K. Sipchi kyŏng/Sipchu kyŏng 十地經 / 十住經) In English, "Sutra of Ten Stages" or "Sutra of Ten Bhumis" or "Sutra of Ten Grounds". The definitive sutra regarding the "ten stages” (dasabhumi) of the bodhisattva path.[1] The sutra is included as a chapter in the Avatamsaka Sutra, and also circulated as an independent text.[2][3]
In the Daśabhūmika Sūtra, the Buddha describes ten bhumis (stages of develepment) that a bodhisattva must progress through in order to accomplish full Enlightenment and Buddhahood; the sutra also describes Buddha-nature and the awakening of the aspiration for Enlightenment.
Commentary
A commentary on the Daśabhūmika Sūtra, the Dasabhūmikabhāsya, was written by Vasubandhu in Sanskrit and translated into Chinese by Bodhiruci and others during the 6th century CE.
The Madhyamakāvatāra is a commentary on the meaning of Nagarjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā and the Daśabhūmikasūtra-śāstra.[4]
Influence
Daśabhūmikā school
A Daśabhūmikā school of China was centered on this sutra, but was later absorbed by the Huayan school.
Huayan school
The Avatamsaka Sutra, of which the Daśabhūmika Sūtra is a part, is the foundation text of the Huayan school. The Huayan school declined in China after the death of its fifth and best known patriarch, Zongmi (780–841), but they provided major foundational teachings for the Mahayana schools which exist today, such as Zen.
Journey of Sudhana
The Daśabhūmika Sūtra can also be found in modified form in the thirty-ninth chapter as part of the journey of the bodhisattva Sudhana.
Notes
- ↑
Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Daśabhūmikasūtra
- ↑ Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Daśabhūmikasūtra
- ↑ In the Dege edition of the Tibetan Canon, this sutra is the 31st chapter of the Avatamsaka Sutra; other sources list it as the 26th chapter.
- ↑
Introduction to the Middle Way
External links
- List of Mahayana Sutras
- The Phenomenal Flower Garland
- Yin-Shun (1998). The Way to Buddhahood: Instructions from a Modern Chinese Master. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-133-5.
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