Source: McRae 2017

McRae, John R. “Glimmerings of India: Nukariya Kaiten 忽滑谷快天 and the Transmission of Zen from India to China.” In Buddhist Transformations and Interactions: Essays in Honor of Antonino Forte, edited by Victor H. Mair, 180-234. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2017.

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Texts: X0026; 大梵天王問佛決疑經 ; X0027; 大梵天王問佛決疑經 People: Anonymous (China), 失譯, 闕譯, 未詳撰者, 未詳作者, 不載譯人 (author)	McRae briefly notes that already in 1905, Nukariya Kaiten had "argue[d] from quite a number of perspectives that [X26, X27] is apocryphal." This text is significant because it is the basis for the story that the Buddha transmitted the Dharma to Mahākāśyapa by holding up a flower, at which Mahākāśyapa signalled his understanding by smiling, 拈花微笑. McRae is here summarising Nukariya's Zengaku hihanron 禪學批判論 (Tokyo: Komeisha, 1905). Edit	191	McRae briefly notes that already in 1905, Nukariya Kaiten had "argue[d] from quite a number of perspectives that [X26, X27] is apocryphal." This text is significant because it is the basis for the story that the Buddha transmitted the Dharma to Mahakasyapa by holding up a flower, at which Mahakasyapa signalled his understanding by smiling, 拈花微笑. McRae is here summarising Nukariya's Zengaku hihanron 禪學批判論 (Tokyo: Komeisha, 1905). Anonymous (China), 失譯, 闕譯, 未詳撰者, 未詳作者, 不載譯人 X0026; 大梵天王問佛決疑經 X0027; 大梵天王問佛決疑經

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Texts: X0026; 大梵天王問佛決疑經 ; X0027; 大梵天王問佛決疑經
People: Anonymous (China), 失譯, 闕譯, 未詳撰者, 未詳作者, 不載譯人 (author)

McRae briefly notes that already in 1905, Nukariya Kaiten had "argue[d] from quite a number of perspectives that [X26, X27] is apocryphal." This text is significant because it is the basis for the story that the Buddha transmitted the Dharma to Mahākāśyapa by holding up a flower, at which Mahākāśyapa signalled his understanding by smiling, 拈花微笑. McRae is here summarising Nukariya's Zengaku hihanron 禪學批判論 (Tokyo: Komeisha, 1905).

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