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寶性論

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Basic Meaning: Jewel-Nature Treatise

Senses:

  • Baoxing lun (Ratnagotravibhāga-mahāyānôttaratantra-śāstra). A mixture of verse and prose that is a basic text in the articulation of Tathāgatagarbha 如來藏 thought in Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism. The full Chinese title is 佛性分別大乘究竟要義論, and more briefly written as 究竟一乘寶性論. 4 fasc. T 1611.31.813-48. The Chinese tradition gives Sāramati 堅慧 as the author, while the Tibetan tradition lists Maitreya 彌勒 and Asaṅga 世親 as co-authors. The translation into Chinese is recorded as being done by Ratnamati in 511. The text explains in detail the theory that all sentient beings, no matter how horrible their crimes (such as icchantikas), possess the potential to attain Buddhahood. The great power possessed by the buddhas is able to erase the karma of these crimes.

    Takasaki, Jikidō. 1966. A Study on the Ratnagotravibhāga (Uttaratantra): Being A Treatise on the Tathāgatagarbha Theory of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Rome:  Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. Serie orientale Roma; 33

    [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Hirakawa]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 967

    Bulgyo sajeon 300a

    Fo Guang Dictionary →究竟一乘寶性論

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0389

    Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) ⑩147d/⑩148a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)655a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1582-3

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2016-03-11