Jingde chuandeng lu
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Jingde chuandeng lu. (J. Keitoku dentōroku; K. Kyŏngdŏk chŏndŭng nok 景德傳燈録). “Record of the Transmission of the Lamplight [Compiled during the] Jingde [Era].”[1] A comprehensive collection of short hagiographical notes and anecdotes of the ancient “patriarchs” and teachers of the Chan school, compiled by Daoyuan (d.u.) in 1004.[1]
The Jingde chuandeng lu provides a record of 1,701 Indian and Chinese successors in different lineages of the Chan school, beginning with the seven buddhas of the past and up to the dharma heirs of the Tang-dynasty Chan monk Fayan Wenyi (early 10th century).[1]
Partial translations include:[2]
- Daoyuan. 1969. Original Teachings of Ch'an Buddhism: Selected from the Transmission of the Lamp. New York: Pantheon Books.
- Ogata, Sōhaku, and Paul F. Schmidt. 1989. The Transmission of the Lamp. Early Masters. Wolfboro, NH: Longwood Publishing Group.
- University of New Mexico, Asian Cultural Studies Project. 1986. Records of the Transmission of the Lamp: (Jing de chuan deng lu). Albuquerque: Published for the Asian Cultural Studies Program of the University of New Mexico by Hummingbird Press.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Jingde chuandeng lu.
- ↑
景德傳燈録, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University- 景德傳燈録, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
