金光明經
Readings
Pinyin: Jīn guāngmíng jīng
Wade-Giles: Chin-kuang-ming ching
Hangul: 금광명경
Korean MC: Geumgwangmyeong gyeong
Korean MR: Kŭmgwangmyŏng kyŏng
Katakana: コンコウミョウキョウ
Hepburn: Konkōmyō kyō
Kim quang minh kinh
Suvarṇa-prabhāsôttama-sūtra
- Jinguangming jing. A text primarily regarded as a scripture for state protection, which offers a wide variety of instruction on Buddhist practices such as expression of faith and repentance, as well as basic doctrine, such as the five skandhas, dependent arising, emptiness and so forth. There are five Chinese translations, as well as various commentarial works available. The three primary translations are:
- by Dharmakṣema 曇無讖 between the 3rd and 10th years of Xuanshi 玄始, Northern Liang dynasty 北涼 (CE 414–421). (金光明經; T 663.16.335-357, 4 fascicles in eight chapters);
- by Baogui 寶貴 et. al. 17th year of Kaihuang 開皇, Sui dynasty (CE 597) in Daxingshan Monastery 大興善寺. (合部金光明經; T 664.16.359-402; 8 fasc.);
- by Yijing 義淨, Tang dynasty (Autumn 703 CE) at Ximing Monastery 西明寺 (金光明最勝王經; T 665.16.403-457, 10 fascicles in 31 chapters).
Though the first translation is incomplete, it has famous commentaries attached. The merit of this sutra is that wherever it is worshipped, the four guardian gods 護四王 protect the state and benefit the people. One of the three state protecting sūtras in Japan, along with the Lotus Sutra 法華經 and Sutra for Humane Kings 仁王經. See also T 1783-1787. (Skt. Suvarṇa-bhāsôttamaḥ sūtrêndra-rājaḥ, Suvarṇa-prabhāsôttamaḥ sūtrêndra-rājaḥ, Suvarṇa-prabhāsôttama) [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Lancaster, FGD, JEBD, Hirakawa, Yokoi, Iwanami]
Dictionary References:
Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 318
Bulgyo sajeon, 101a
The Korean Buddhist Canon: A Descriptive Catalogue, {digital}
Chūgoku bukkyōshi jiten (Kamata), 118
Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 366b
Iwanami bukkyō jiten, 290
Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 182a/201
Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 394
Zen Dust (Sasaki), 408
Fo Guang Dictionary, 3524
Ding Fubao
Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 1180
Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono), ③422d/③423a
Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)1354b, (v.9-10)1090c
Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 497-2
Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller
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