Buddhacarita
In Praise of Buddha’s Acts
by Charles Willemen | 77,962 words
Buddhacharita (of Bodhisattva Aśvaghoṣa) is an epic poem in the Sanskrit mahakavya style on the life of Gautama Buddha by Aśvaghoṣa, composed in the 1st century CE....
Abbreviations
Abbreviations
Ch.: Chinese
Skt.: Sanskrit
Jp.: Japanese
Eng.: Published title
|
Title |
Taishō |
No. |
| Ch. | Changahanjing (長阿含經) | 1 |
| Skt. | Dīrghāgama | |
| Ch. | Zhongahanjing (中阿含經) | 26 |
| Skt. | Madhyamāgama | |
| Ch. | Dachengbenshengxindiguanjing (大乘本生心地觀經) | 159 |
| Ch. | Fosuoxingzan (佛所行讃) | 192 |
| Skt. | Buddhacarita | |
| Eng. | Buddhacarita: In Praise of Buddha’s Acts (2009) | |
| Ch. | Zabaocangjing (雜寶藏經) | 203 |
| Eng. | The Storehouse of Sundry Valuables (1994) | |
| Ch. | Fajupiyujing (法句譬喩經) | |
| Eng. | The Scriptural Text: Verses of the Doctrine, with Parables (1999) | 211 |
| Ch. | Xiaopinbanruoboluomijing (小品般若波羅蜜經) | 227 |
| Skt. | Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra | |
| Ch. | Jingangbanruoboluomijing (金剛般若波羅蜜經) | 235 |
| Skt. | Vajracchedikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra | |
| Ch. | Daluojingangbukongzhenshisanmoyejing(大樂金剛不空眞實三麼耶經) | 243 |
| Skt. | Adhyardhaśatikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra | |
| Ch. | Renwangbanruoboluomijing (仁王般若波羅蜜經) | 245 |
| Skt. | Kāruṇikārājā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra (?) | 245 |
| Banruoboluomiduoxingjing (般若波羅蜜多心經) 251 | ||
| Skt. | Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya-sūtra | |
| Ch. | Miaofalianhuajing (妙法蓮華經) | |
| Skt. | Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra | |
| Eng. | The Lotus Sutra (Revised Second Edition, 2007) | 262 |
| Ch. | Wuliangyijing (無量義經) | 276 |
| Ch. | Guanpuxianpusaxingfajing (觀普賢菩薩行法經) | 277 |
| Ch. | Dafangguangfohuayanjing (大方廣佛華嚴經) | |
| Skt. | Avataṃsaka-sūtra | 278 |
| Ch. | Shengmanshizihouyichengdafangbianfangguangjing | |
| (勝鬘師子吼一乘大方便方廣經) | ||
| Skt. | Śrīmālādevīsiṃhanāda-sūtra | 353 |
| Eng. | The Sutra of Queen Śrīmālā of the Lion’s Roar (2004) | |
| Ch. | Wuliangshoujing (無量壽經) | 360 |
| Skt. | Sukhāvatīvyūha | |
| Eng. | The Larger Sutra on Amitāyus (in The Three Pure Land Sutras, | |
| Revised Second Edition, 2003) | ||
| Ch. | Guanwuliangshoufojing (觀無量壽佛經) | 365 |
| Skt. | Amitāyurdhyāna-sūtra | |
| Eng. | The Sutra on Contemplation of Amitāyus | |
| (in The Three Pure Land Sutras, Revised Second Edition, 2003) | ||
| Ch. | Amituojing (阿彌陀經) | 366 |
| Skt. | Sukhāvatīvyūha | |
| Eng. | The Smaller Sutra on Amitāyus (in The Three Pure Land Sutras, | |
| Revised Second Edition, 2003) | ||
| Ch. | Dabanniepanjing (大般涅槃經) | 374 |
| Skt. | Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra | |
| Ch. | Fochuibaniepanliaoshuojiaojiejing (佛垂般涅槃略説教誡經) | 389 |
| Eng. | The Bequeathed Teaching Sutra (in Apocryphal Scriptures, 2005) | |
| Ch. | Dicangpusabenyuanjing (地藏菩薩本願經) | 412 |
| Skt. | Kṣitigarbhapraṇidhāna-sūtra (?) | |
| Ch. | Banzhousanmeijing (般舟三昧經) | 418 |
| Skt. | Pratyutpannabuddhasaṃmukhāvasthitasamādhi-sūtra | |
| Eng. | The Pratyutpanna Samādhi Sutra (1998) | |
| Ch. | Yaoshiliuliguangrulaibenyuangongdejing | |
| (藥師琉璃光如來本願功徳經) | ||
| Skt. | Bhaiṣajyaguruvaiḍūryaprabhāsapūrvapraṇidhānaviśeṣavistara | 450 |
| Ch. | Milexiashengchengfojing (彌勒下生成佛經) Skt. Maitreyavyākaraṇa (?) | 454 |
| Ch. | Wenshushiliwenjing (文殊師利問經) | |
| Skt. | Mañjuśrīparipṛcchā (?) | 468 |
| Ch. | Weimojiesuoshuojing (維摩詰所説經) | |
| Skt. | Vimalakīrtinirdeśa-sūtra | |
| Eng. | The Vimalakīrti Sutra (2004) | 475 |
| Ch. | Yueshangnüjing (月上女經) | |
| Skt. | Candrottarādārikāparipṛcchā | 480 |
| Ch. | Zuochansanmeijing (坐禪三昧經) | |
| Eng. | The Sutra on the Concentration of Sitting Meditation (2009) | 614 |
| Ch. | Damoduoluochanjing (達磨多羅禪經) | 618 |
| Ch. | Yuedengsanmeijing (月燈三昧經) | |
| Skt. | Samādhirājacandrapradīpa-sūtra | 639 |
| Ch. | Shoulengyansanmeijing (首楞嚴三昧經) | |
| Skt. | Śūraṅgamasamādhi-sūtra | |
| Eng. | The Śūraṅgama Samādhi Sutra (1998) | 642 |
| Ch. | Jinguangmingzuishengwangjing (金光明最勝王經) | |
| Skt. | Suvarṇaprabhāsa-sūtra | 665 |
| Ch. | Rulengqiejing (入楞伽經) Skt. Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra | 671 |
| Ch. | Jieshenmijing (解深密經) | 676 |
| Skt. | Saṃdhinirmocana-sūtra | |
| Eng. | The Scripture on the Explication of Underlying Meaning (2000) | |
| Ch. | Yulanpenjing (盂蘭盆經) | 685 |
| Skt. | Ullambana-sūtra (?) | |
| Eng. | The Ullambana Sutra (in Apocryphal Scriptures, 2005) | |
| Ch. | Sishierzhangjing (四十二章經) | 784 |
| Eng. | The Sutra of Forty-two Sections (in Apocryphal Scriptures, 2005) | |
| Dafangguangyuanjuexiuduoluoliaoyijing (大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經) 842 | ||
| The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment (in Apocryphal Scriptures, 2005) | ||
| Ch. | Dabiluzhenachengfoshenbianjiachijing | |
| (大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經) | ||
| Skt. | Mahāvairocanābhisambodhivikurvitādhiṣṭhānavaipulyasūtrendrarājanāmadharmaparyāya | |
| Eng. | The Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sutra (2005) | |
| Ch. | Jinggangdingyiqierulaizhenshishedachengxianzhengdajiao- | 848 |
| wangjing (金剛頂一切如來眞實攝大乘現證大教王經) | ||
| Skt. | Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgrahamahāyānābhisamayamahākalparāja | |
| Eng. | The Adamantine Pinnacle Sutra (in Two Esoteric Sutras, 2001) | 865 |
| Ch. | Suxidijieluojing (蘇悉地羯囉經) | |
| Skt. | Susiddhikaramahātantrasādhanopāyika-paṭala | |
| Eng. | The Susiddhikara Sutra (in Two Esoteric Sutras, 2001) | 893 |
| Ch. | Modengqiejing (摩登伽經) | |
| Skt. | Mātaṅgī-sūtra (?) | 1300 |
| Ch. | Mohesengqilü (摩訶僧祇律) | |
| Skt. | Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya (?) | 1425 |
| Ch. | Sifenlü (四分律) | |
| Skt. | Dharmaguptaka-vinaya (?) | 1428 |
| Ch. | Shanjianlüpiposha (善見律毘婆沙) Pāli Samantapāsādikā | 1462 |
| Ch. | Fanwangjing (梵網經) | |
| Skt. | Brahmajāla-sūtra (?) | 1484 |
| Ch. | Youposaijiejing (優婆塞戒經) | |
| Skt. | Upāsakaśīla-sūtra (?) | 1488 |
| Eng. | The Sutra on Upāsaka Precepts (1994) | |
| Ch. | Miaofalianhuajingyoubotishe (妙法蓮華經憂波提舍) | 1519 |
| Skt. | Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-upadeśa | |
| Ch. | Shizhupiposhalun (十住毘婆沙論) | 1521 |
| Skt. | Daśabhūmika-vibhāṣā (?) | |
| Ch. | Fodijinglun (佛地經論) | 1530 |
| Skt. | Buddhabhūmisūtra-śāstra (?) | |
| Eng. | The Interpretation of the Buddha Land (2002) | |
| Ch. | Apidamojushelun (阿毘達磨倶舍論) | |
| Skt. | Abhidharmakośa-bhāṣya | 1558 |
| Ch. | Zhonglun (中論) | |
| Skt. | Madhyamaka-śāstra | 1564 |
| Ch. | Yuqieshidilun (瑜伽師地論) Skt. Yogācārabhūmi | 1579 |
| Ch. | Chengweishilun (成唯識論) | 1585 |
| Eng. | Demonstration of Consciousness Only | |
| (in Three Texts on Consciousness Only, 1999) | ||
| Ch. | Weishisanshilunsong (唯識三十論頌) | 1586 |
| Skt. | Triṃśikā | |
| Eng. | The Thirty Verses on Consciousness Only | |
| (in Three Texts on Consciousness Only, 1999) | ||
| Ch. | Weishiershilun (唯識二十論) | 1590 |
| Skt. | Viṃśatikā | |
| Eng. | The Treatise in Twenty Verses on Consciousness Only | |
| (in Three Texts on Consciousness Only, 1999) | ||
| Ch. | Shedachenglun (攝大乘論) | 1593 |
| Skt. | Mahāyānasaṃgraha | |
| Eng. | The Summary of the Great Vehicle (Revised Second Edition, 2003) | |
| Ch. | Bianzhongbianlun (辯中邊論) | 1600 |
| Skt. | Madhyāntavibhāga | |
| Ch. | Dachengzhuangyanjinglun (大乘莊嚴經論) | 1604 |
| Skt. | Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra | |
| Ch. | Dachengchengyelun (大乘成業論) | 1609 |
| Skt. | Karmasiddhiprakaraṇa | |
| Ch. | Jiujingyichengbaoxinglun (究竟一乘寳性論) | 1611 |
| Skt. | Ratnagotravibhāgamahāyānottaratantra-śāstra | |
| Ch. | Yinmingruzhenglilun (因明入正理論) | 1630 |
| Skt. | Nyāyapraveśa | |
| Ch. | Dachengjipusaxuelun (大乘集菩薩學論) | 1636 |
| Skt. | Śikṣāsamuccaya | |
| Ch. | Jingangzhenlun (金剛針論) | 1642 |
| Skt. | Vajrasūcī | |
| Zhangsuozhilun (彰所知論) 1645 | ||
| The Treatise on the Elucidation of the Knowable (2004) | ||
| Ch. | Putixingjing (菩提行經) | 1662 |
| Skt. | Bodhicaryāvatāra | |
| Ch. | Jingangdingyuqiezhongfaanouduoluosanmiaosanputixinlun | 1665 |
| (金剛頂瑜伽中發阿耨多羅三藐三菩提心論) | ||
| Ch. | Dachengqixinlun (大乘起信論) | 1666 |
| Skt. | Mahāyānaśraddhotpāda-śāstra (?) Eng. The Awakening of Faith (2005) | |
| Ch. | Shimoheyanlun (釋摩訶衍論) | 1668 |
| Ch. | Naxianbiqiujing (那先比丘經) | 1670 |
| Pāli Milindapañha | ||
| Ch. | Banruoboluomiduoxinjingyuzan (般若波羅蜜多心經幽賛) | 1710 |
| Eng. | A Comprehensive Commentary on the Heart Sutra (Prajñāpāramitā-hṛdaya-sūtra) (2001) | |
| Ch. | Miaofalianhuajingxuanyi (妙法蓮華經玄義) | 1716 |
| Ch. | Guanwuliangshoufojingshu (觀無量壽佛經疏) | 1753 |
| Ch. | Sanlunxuanyi (三論玄義) | 1852 |
| Ch. | Dachengxuanlun (大乘玄論) | 1853 |
| Ch. | Zhaolun (肇論) | 1858 |
| Ch. | Huayanyichengjiaoyifenqizhang (華嚴一乘教義分齊章) | 1866 |
| Ch. | Yuanrenlun (原人論) | 1886 |
| Ch. | Mohezhiguan (摩訶止觀) | 1911 |
| Ch. | Xiuxizhiguanzuochanfayao (修習止觀坐禪法要) | 1915 |
| Ch. | Tiantaisijiaoyi (天台四教儀) | 1931 |
| Ch. | Guoqingbailu (國清百録) | 1934 |
| Ch. | Zhenzhoulinjihuizhaochanshiwulu (鎭州臨濟慧照禪師語録) | |
| Eng. | The Recorded Sayings of Linji (in Three Chan Classics, 1999) | 1985 |
| Ch. | Foguoyuanwuchanshibiyanlu (佛果圜悟禪師碧巖録) | 2003 |
| Eng. | The Blue Cliff Record (1998) | |
| Wumenguan (無門關) 2005 | ||
| Wumen’s Gate (in Three Chan Classics, 1999) | ||
| Ch. | Liuzudashifabaotanjing (六祖大師法寶壇經) | |
| Eng. | The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (2000) | 2008 |
| Ch. | Xinxinming (信心銘) | |
| Eng. | The Faith-Mind Maxim (in Three Chan Classics, 1999) | 2010 |
| Ch. | Huangboshanduanjichanshichuanxinfayao | |
| (黄檗山斷際禪師傳心法要) | ||
| Eng. | Essentials of the Transmission of Mind (in Zen Texts, 2005) | |
| 2012A | ||
| Ch. | Yongjiazhengdaoge (永嘉證道歌) | 2014 |
| Ch. | Chixiubaizhangqinggui (勅修百丈清規) | |
| Eng. | The Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations (2007) | 2025 |
| Ch. | Yibuzonglunlun (異部宗輪論) | |
| Skt. | Samayabhedoparacanacakra | |
| Eng. | The Cycle of the Formation of the Schismatic Doctrines (2004) | 2031 |
| Ch. | Ayuwangjing (阿育王經) | |
| Skt. | Aśokāvadāna | |
| Eng. | The Biographical Scripture of King Aśoka (1993) | 2043 |
| Ch. | Mamingpusachuan (馬鳴菩薩傳) | |
| Eng. | The Life of Aśvaghoṣa Bodhisattva | |
| (in Lives of Great Monks and Nuns, 2002) | ||
| 2046 | ||
| Ch. | Longshupusachuan (龍樹菩薩傳) | |
| Eng. | The Life of Nāgārjuna Bodhisattva | |
| (in Lives of Great Monks and Nuns, 2002) | ||
| 2047 | ||
| Ch. | Posoupandoufashichuan (婆藪槃豆法師傳) | |
| Eng. | Biography of Dharma Master Vasubandhu | |
| (in Lives of Great Monks and Nuns, 2002) | ||
| 2049 | ||
| Ch. | Datangdaciensisancangfashichuan (大唐大慈恩寺三藏法師傳) | |
| Eng. | A Biography of the Tripiṭaka Master of the Great Ci’en Monastery of the Great Tang Dynasty (1995) | 2053 |
| Ch. | Gaosengchuan (高僧傳) | 2059 |
| Ch. | Biqiunichuan (比丘尼傳) | |
| Eng. | Biographies of Buddhist Nuns | 2063 |
| (in Lives of Great Monks and Nuns, 2002) | ||
| Gaosengfaxianchuan (高僧法顯傳) 2085 | ||
| The Journey of the Eminent Monk Faxian | ||
| (in Lives of Great Monks and Nuns, 2002) | ||
| Ch. | Datangxiyuji (大唐西域記) | 2087 |
| Eng. | The Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions (1996) | |
| Ch. | Youfangjichao: Tangdaheshangdongzhengchuan | |
| (遊方記抄: 唐大和上東征傳) | ||
| 2089-(7) | ||
| Ch. | Hongmingji (弘明集) | 2102 |
| Ch. | Fayuanzhulin (法苑珠林) | 2122 |
| Ch. | Nanhaijiguineifachuan (南海寄歸内法傳) | |
| Eng. | Buddhist Monastic Traditions of Southern Asia (2000) | 2125 |
| Ch. | Fanyuzaming (梵語雑名) | 2135 |
| Jp. | Shōmangyōgisho (勝鬘經義疏) | 2185 |
| Jp. | Yuimakyōgisho (維摩經義疏) | 2186 |
| Jp. | Hokkegisho (法華義疏) | 2187 |
| Jp. | Hannyashingyōhiken (般若心經秘鍵) | 2203 |
| Jp. | Daijōhossōkenjinshō (大乘法相研神章) | 2309 |
| Jp. | Kan-jin-kaku-mu-shō (觀心覺夢鈔) | 2312 |
| Jp. | Risshūkōyō (律宗綱要) | 2348 |
| Eng. | The Essentials of the Vinaya Tradition (1995) | |
| Jp. | Tendaihokkeshūgishū (天台法華宗義集) | 2366 |
| Eng. | The Collected Teachings of the Tendai Lotus School (1995) | |
| Jp. | Kenkairon (顯戒論) | 2376 |
| Jp. | Sangegakushōshiki (山家學生式) | 2377 |
| Jp. | Hizōhōyaku (秘藏寶鑰) | 2426 |
| Eng. | The Precious Key to the Secret Treasury (in Shingon Texts, 2004) | |
| Jp. | Benkenmitsunikyōron (辨顯密二教論) | 2427 |
| Eng. | On the Differences between the Exoteric and Esoteric Teachings (in Shingon Texts, 2004) | |
| Jp. | Sokushinjōbutsugi (即身成佛義) | 2428 |
| Eng. | The Meaning of Becoming a Buddha in This Very Body | |
| (in Shingon Texts, 2004) | ||
| Jp. | Shōjijissōgi (聲字實相義) | 2429 |
| Eng. | The Meanings of Sound, Sign, and Reality (in Shingon Texts, 2004) | |
| Jp. | Unjigi (吽字義) | 2430 |
| Eng. | The Meanings of the Word Hūṃ (in Shingon Texts, 2004) | |
| Jp. | Gorinkujimyōhimitsushaku (五輪九字明秘密釋) | 2514 |
| Eng. | The Illuminating Secret Commentary on the Five Cakras and the Nine Syllables (in Shingon Texts, 2004) | |
| Jp. | Mitsugoninhotsurosangemon (密嚴院發露懺悔文) | 2527 |
| Eng. | The Mitsugonin Confession (in Shingon Texts, 2004) | |
| Jp. | Kōzengokokuron (興禪護國論) | 2543 |
| Eng. | A Treatise on Letting Zen Flourish to Protect the State | |
| (in Zen Texts, 2005) | ||
| Jp. | Fukanzazengi (普勧坐禪儀) | 2580 |
| Eng. | A Universal Recommendation for True Zazen | |
| (in Zen Texts, 2005) | ||
| Jp. | Shōbōgenzō (正法眼藏) | 2582 |
| Eng. | Shōbōgenzō: The True Dharma-eye Treasury (Volume I, 2007) Shōbōgenzō: The True Dharma-eye Treasury (Volume II, 2008) | |
| Shōbōgenzō: The True Dharma-eye Treasury (Volume III, 2008) | ||
| Shōbōgenzō: The True Dharma-eye Treasury (Volume IV, 2008) | ||
| Jp. | Zazenyōjinki (坐禪用心記) | 2586 |
| Eng. | Advice on the Practice of Zazen (in Zen Texts, 2005) | |
| Jp. | Senchakuhongannenbutsushū (選擇本願念佛集) | 2608 |
| Eng. | Senchaku Hongan Nembutsu Shū: A Collection of Passages on the Nembutsu Chosen in the Original Vow (1997) | |
| Jp. | Kenjōdoshinjitsukyōgyōshōmonrui (顯淨土眞實教行証文類) | 2646 |
| Eng. | Kyōgyōshinshō: On Teaching, Practice, Faith, and | |
| Enlightenment (2003) | ||
| Jp. | Tannishō (歎異抄) | 2661 |
| Eng. | Tannishō: Passages Deploring Deviations of Faith (1996) | |
| Jp. | Rennyoshōninofumi (蓮如上人御文) | 2668 |
| Eng. | Rennyo Shōnin Ofumi: The Letters of Rennyo (1996) | |
| Jp. | Ōjōyōshū (往生要集) | 2682 |
| Jp. | Risshōankokuron (立正安國論) | 2688 |
| Eng. | Risshōankokuron or The Treatise on the Establishment of the Orthodox Teaching and the Peace of the Nation | |
| (in Two Nichiren Texts, 2003) | ||
| Jp. | Kaimokushō (開目抄) | 2689 |
| Eng. | Kaimokushō or Liberation from Blindness (2000) | |
| Jp. | Kanjinhonzonshō (觀心本尊抄) | 2692 |
| Eng. | Kanjinhonzonshō or The Most Venerable One Revealed by Introspecting Our Minds for the First Time at the Beginning of the Fifth of the Five Five Hundred-year Ages | |
| (in Two Nichiren Texts, 2003) | ||
| Ch. | Fumuenzhongjing (父母恩重經) | 2887 |
| Eng. | The Sutra on the Profundity of Filial Love | |
| (in Apocryphal Scriptures, 2005) | ||
| Jp. | Hasshūkōyō (八宗綱要) extracanonical | |
| Eng. | The Essentials of the Eight Traditions (1994) | |
| Jp. | Sangōshīki (三教指帰) extracanonical | |
| Jp. | Mappōtōmyōki (末法燈明記) extracanonical | |
| Eng. | The Candle of the Latter Dharma (1994) | |
| Jp. | Jūshichijōkenpō (十七條憲法) extracanonical | |