Bhadrapālasūtra (Ban Zhou Sanmei Jing) 般舟三昧經

Translated by Lokakṣema

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Colophon

第 13 冊　No. 0418 般舟三昧經 後漢 支婁迦讖譯 共 3 卷 Volume 13, No. 418 Bhadrapālasūtra (Ban Zhou Sanmei Jing) Translated by Lokakṣema in the Later Han in 3 scroll(s)

Summary

Describes the power of this samādhi which enables a devotee to visualize Amitābha.

Notes

Sanskrit title and date 179 from Lancaster (Lancaster 2004, 'K 67'). The title Bhadrapālasūtra is a transcription of Pratyutpanna-samādhi-sūtra.

English translations

Swanson, Paul 2017, Clear Serenity, Quiet Insight, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, Vol.3: pp. 1618-1629 (partial translation).

Primary Source

Lokakṣema, 《般舟三昧經》 'Bhadrapālasūtra (Ban Zhou Sanmei Jing),' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 13, No. 418, Accessed 2016-09-13, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T13n0418.

References

1. Lancaster 2004, s.v. K 67.
2. Zürcher 2013, p. 443.

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