Digital Dictionary of Buddhism
禪經
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These texts, and the genre as a whole, are discussed in detail in Nobuyoshi Yamabe, “The Sutra on the Ocean-Like Samādhi of the Visualization of the Buddha: The Interfusion of the Chinese and Indian Cultures in Central Asia as Reflected in a Fifth Century Apocryphal Sūtra.” (PhD dissertation, Yale University, 1999), 59–114. Yamabe argues that the manuals of Kumārajīva, in general, have many Mahāyāna elements but little concrete imagery; texts by Dharmamitra and Juqu Jingsheng are 'more mystical' , but poorly organized, and contain many Chinese elements, alongside other features that may indicate composition in Chinese cultural areas (111–112).
[Michael Radich]References:
Greene, Eric. 2020. Chan Before Chan: Meditation, Repentance, and Visionary Experience in Chinese Buddhism. Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press.
Greene, Eric M. 2022. Secrets of Buddhist Meditation: Visionary Meditation Texts from Early Medieval China. Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press.
[Nobuyoshi Yamabe][Dictionary References]
Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 678b
Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 854b
Fo Guang Dictionary →坐禪三昧經
Ding Fubao {Digital Version}
Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) ⑥391c
Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1057-1
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Entry created: 2007-07-29
Updated: 2022-10-16