Tridharmakashastra, Tridharmakaśāstra: 2 definitions
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Source: Wisdom Library: BuddhismOne of the surving works from the Vātsīputrīya and Sāṃmitiya traditions.
Source: Scribd: The Literature of the PudgalavadinsThe 'San-fa-tou louen' (Tridharmakaśāstra) (Treatise on the Three Laws), is fifteen pages in length and comprises 223 questions and answers. It is a systematic exposition of essential doctrinal points found in the āgamas.
The treatise is titled as it is because it deals with three elements of the doctrine:
- the good (kuśala),
- the bad (akuśala) and
- the basis (aśraya)
The author is Chanchien, the commentator Saṅghasena and the translator Gautama Saṅghasena, who made the translation in 391 A.D. The treatise probably is Vātsīputrīya, since it deals primarily with the concept of pudgala.
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