Fajing jing
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Fajing jing (C. 法鏡經) (Skt. Ugra(datta)paripṛcchā(sūtra), T. Khyim-bdag-drag-śul-can-gyis shus-pa). Literally Sutra of the Dharma Mirror.[1]
An early Chinese translation of the Ugraparipṛcchā Sūtra completed by An Xuan and Yan Fotiao in Luoyang in the Later Han dynasty.[2][3]
A later translation of this text, titled Yuqie changzhe hui 郁伽長者會, is included in the Chinese version of the Ratnakuta Sutra (大寶積經).[1]
There is also version entitled Yuqie luoyue wen pusaxing jing (郁伽羅越問菩薩行經).[1] [check]
In this text, the Buddha lectures on the practices of bodhisattvas at the request of Ugra (甚理家), an elder of Śrāvastī.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2
法鏡經, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
- ↑ Nattier 2003, p. 3.
- ↑ Nattier 2002, p. 33.
Sources
Nattier, Jan (2003), A Few Good Men: The Bodhisattva Path According to the Inquiry of Ugra (Ugraparipṛcchā): A Study and Translation, University of Hawaii Press- 法鏡經, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
