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Leng Yan Jing: The Surangama Sutra in Chinese

Leng Yan Jing: The Surangama Sutra in Chinese

Pramiti

Paperback

Buddhism

ISBN10: 1986060160
ISBN13: 9781986060165
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Feb 28 2018
Pages: 188
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.43 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: Chinese
The Surangama Sutra, Leng Yan Jing, is a Mahayana Buddhist sutra that has been especially influential in Chan Buddhism. The general doctrinal outlook of the Surangama Sutra is that of esoteric Buddhism and Buddha-nature, with some influence from Yogacara. There has been questions regarding the translation of this sutra as it was not sponsored by the Imperial Chinese Court and as such the records regarding its translation in the early eighth century were not carefully preserved, however, it has never been classified as apocrypha in any Chinese-language Tripitakas including the Taisho Tripitaka where it is placed in the Esoteric Sutra category. The sutra was translated into Tibetan during the late eighth to early ninth century and a complete translation exists in Tibetan, Mongolian and the Manchu languages. Current consensus is that the text is a compilation of Indic materials with extensive editing in China, rather than a translation of a single text from Sanskrit. Recently, a Sanskrit language palm leaf manuscript consisting of 226 leaves with 6 leaves missing was discovered in a temple in China; if verified, the perennial questions regarding the authenticity of the Surangama Sutra can be put to rest.

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