Sanfa du lun

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Sanfa du lun (三法度論; Skt. *Tridharmaka śāstra). A Chinese text translated by Saṃghadeva of the Eastern Jin dynasty.[1]

One of the few surviving texts of from the Pudgalavāda schools (in this case, probably the Vātsīputrīyas).[1]

A parallel translation (with significant differences) of the same text is translated in the Si ahan muchao jie 四阿鋡暮抄解 T 1505.[1]

This text is discussed at length, with partial translations, in:[1]

  • Bhikshu Thích Thiên Châu, The Literature of the Personalists of Early Buddhism, translated by Sara Boin-Webb, Buddhist Tradition Series Volume 39 (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1999), 33–85.

The theses of the Pudgalavādins, in significant part as attested by this text, are also discussed in:[1]

  • Leonard C. D. C. Priestly, Pudgalavāda Buddhism: The Reality of the Indeterminate Self, South Asian Studies Papers, no. 12 (Toronto: University of Toronto Center for South Asian Studies, 1999).

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