Source: Nattier 2007

Nattier, Jan. "Indian Antecedents of Huayan Thought: New Light from Chinese Sources." In Reflecting Mirrors: Perspectives on Huayan Buddhism, edited by Imre Hamar, 109-138. Weisbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007.

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T280, 282 and 283 together comprise the oldest known text on the ten stages of the bodhisattva path, and can now be reascribed to Lokakṣema. Paralleled by Zhi Qian’s T281.

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 T280, 282 and 283 together comprise the oldest known text on the ten stages of the bodhisattva path, and can now be reascribed to Lokaksema. Paralleled by Zhi Qian’s T281. *Lokaksema, 支婁迦讖 T0280; 佛說兜沙經 T0282; Pusa qiu Fo ben ye jing 菩薩求佛本業經; 諸菩薩求佛本業經 T0283; 菩薩十住行道品

This text borrows almost the entirely of T283 word-for-word (probably, in fact, indirectly via T1487); it is thus a Chinese composition.

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 This text borrows almost the entirely of T283 word-for-word (probably, in fact, indirectly via T1487); it is thus a Chinese composition. T0284; 佛說菩薩十住經

"The entire text appears to be apocryphal."

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 "The entire text appears to be apocryphal." T0778; 佛說菩薩內習六波羅蜜經

"This text can easily be recognised as an apocryphon (for a convenient discussion see Strickmann 1990)."

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 "This text can easily be recognised as an apocryphon (for a convenient discussion see Strickmann 1990)." T1331; 佛說灌頂經

"Long known to be an apocryphon."

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 "Long known to be an apocryphon." T1485; 菩薩瓔珞本業經; Pusa yingluo jing 菩薩瓔珞經

The section on the ten stages of T1487 borrows almost the entirely of T283 word-for-word. T1487 is thus a Chinese composition. Further, the Pusa shi zhu jing 菩薩十住經 contains content very similar to both. Nattier thinks T284 borrowed from T1487, not directly from T283.

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 The section on the ten stages of T1487 borrows almost the entirely of T283 word-for-word. T1487 is thus a Chinese composition. Further, the Pusa shi zhu jing 菩薩十住經 contains content very similar to both. Nattier thinks T284 borrowed from T1487, not directly from T283. T1487; Pusa jie jing 菩薩戒經; 佛說菩薩內戒經; Pusa jie jing 菩薩誡經