| Identifier | T2895 [Tokuno 1990 ] |
| Title | 要行捨身經; Yao xing sheshen jing [Tokuno 1990 ] |
| Date | [None] |
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[Tokuno 1990 ] Tokuno, Kyoko. "The Evaluation of Indigenous Scriptures in Chinese Buddhist Bibliographical Catalogues." In Chinese Buddhist Apocrypha, edited by Robert E. Buswell, Jr., 31-74. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 1990. — 56 |
Zhisheng [KYL T2154 55: 672b5-25 --- MR] deems the ascription of the Yaoxing sheshen jing 要行捨身經 T2895 to Xuanzang “clearly fallacious.” Tokuno notes that Zhisheng considered the text “apocryphal” because it deviated from “orthodox scripture” in four ways: first, the text uses an outdated transcription of “Vulture Peak" in the Indian Kingdom of Magadha, which had fallen out of use by Xuanzang's time; second, the text mentions a charnel ground situated inside Rājagṛha (impossible due to purity regulations); third, against traditional accounts, the text dictates that the Buddha committed ritual suicide while a disciple of Dīpaṃkara; finally, the text claims that even the worst moral offenses can be “redeemed by the practice of she-shen.” Entry author: Michael Radich |
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