Yamabe, Nobuyoshi. “An Shigao as a Precursor of the Yogācāra Tradition: A Preliminary Study.” In Buddhist Thought and History of Buddhist Culture: A Collection of Papers in Honor of Professor Watanabe Takao on the Occasion of His Sixtieth Birthday, 153–94. Kyoto : Nagata Bunshōdō, 1997.
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Yamabe notices that although T603 text bears the title “sūtra” 經, it does not follow the conventional sūtra style (Ui Hakuju 1971, 184-185; 199-200). Further, although the title only mentions skandha 陰, dhātu 持, and āyatana 入, the text discusses many other categories (Ui ibid; Demiéville 1954, p.353, note 1). Following Ui (200), Yamabe suggests that the content of the text indicates it is not a sūtra but a meditation manual. Its frameworks corresponds roughly to the last part of the Śrāvakabhūmi (T30:448b24-449c14; 459b24-477b26). He further notices that among the texts containing systemized frameworks of practice stages (Sarvāstivāda Dharmaskandha, Theravāda Vibhaṅga, Śāriputrābhidharma of uncertain affiliation, and also the Sarvāstivāda Saṅgītiparyāya), the Vibhaṅga is the closest to T603, and even so, the Vibhaṅga system does not agree with the Śrāvakabhūmi as neatly as T603. Thus T603 was likely compiled by Yogācāras. |
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Yamabe notices that although T603 text bears the title “sutra” 經, it does not follow the conventional sutra style (Ui Hakuju 1971, 184-185; 199-200). Further, although the title only mentions skandha 陰, dhatu 持, and ayatana 入, the text discusses many other categories (Ui ibid; Demieville 1954, p.353, note 1). Following Ui (200), Yamabe suggests that the content of the text indicates it is not a sutra but a meditation manual. Its frameworks corresponds roughly to the last part of the Sravakabhumi (T30:448b24-449c14; 459b24-477b26). He further notices that among the texts containing systemized frameworks of practice stages (Sarvastivada Dharmaskandha, Theravada Vibhanga, Sariputrabhidharma of uncertain affiliation, and also the Sarvastivada Sangitiparyaya), the Vibhanga is the closest to T603, and even so, the Vibhanga system does not agree with the Sravakabhumi as neatly as T603. Thus T603 was likely compiled by Yogacaras. T0603; 陰持入經 |
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Yamabe notices that lists of nine causes of premature death occur in the following texts: the Foyi jing 佛醫經 T793, the Jiu heng jing 九橫經 T150B, the Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya T1425, the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa-mahāsūtra T374, and the Bhaiṣajyaguru-sūtra T449, T450, T451, T1331(12), Skt. ed. Schopen 66.1-11=Dutt ed. 28.10-29.10. However, Yamabe suggests that the list most notably similar to the one in T793 is that in the Yogācārabhūmi (T30:281b9-14=Bhattacharya ed. 15.13-17), and also the Mahāparinirvāṇa-mahāsūtra. The list in the Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya is also (though less extensively) similar to the ones in T150B and the Yogācārabhūmi. But after comparing with the relevant lists in the Vinaya texts of other traditions, Yamabe notices that the list of the nine types of immature death is unique to the Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya and absent in all other Vinaya texts, thus he suggests that the list was added to the Vinaya by the Mahāsāṃghika school. Yamabe notices that T793 has T150B incorporated into it. However, LDSBJ attributes translation of T793 to Zhu Lüyan 竺律炎 and Zhi Yue 支越 during the reign of Emperor Ming 明帝 (226-39) of the Wei 魏 Dynasty [the attribution still carried in T]. By contrast, CSZJJ lists it among “inaccessible texts 未見其本 without known translators 失譯" (T2145 [LV] 32b15). Yamabe suggest that the text should thus be examined further (p.797 note 30). |
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Yamabe notices that lists of nine causes of premature death occur in the following texts: the Foyi jing 佛醫經 T793, the Jiu heng jing 九橫經 T150B, the Mahasamghika Vinaya T1425, the Mahayana Mahaparinirvana-mahasutra T374, and the Bhaisajyaguru-sutra T449, T450, T451, T1331(12), Skt. ed. Schopen 66.1-11=Dutt ed. 28.10-29.10. However, Yamabe suggests that the list most notably similar to the one in T793 is that in the Yogacarabhumi (T30:281b9-14=Bhattacharya ed. 15.13-17), and also the Mahaparinirvana-mahasutra. The list in the Mahasamghika Vinaya is also (though less extensively) similar to the ones in T150B and the Yogacarabhumi. But after comparing with the relevant lists in the Vinaya texts of other traditions, Yamabe notices that the list of the nine types of immature death is unique to the Mahasamghika Vinaya and absent in all other Vinaya texts, thus he suggests that the list was added to the Vinaya by the Mahasamghika school. Yamabe notices that T793 has T150B incorporated into it. However, LDSBJ attributes translation of T793 to Zhu Luyan 竺律炎 and Zhi Yue 支越 during the reign of Emperor Ming 明帝 (226-39) of the Wei 魏 Dynasty [the attribution still carried in T]. By contrast, CSZJJ lists it among “inaccessible texts 未見其本 without known translators 失譯" (T2145 [LV] 32b15). Yamabe suggest that the text should thus be examined further (p.797 note 30). T0793; 佛說佛醫經 |