People/Huiyan

Huiyan

慧厳

363 - 443

A disciple of Kumārajīva and a translator of Buddhist scriptures in China. Together with Hui-kuan and Hsieh Ling-yün, he revised the forty-volume Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, the Chinese translation by [Dharmakṣema], in light of the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra translated by Fa-hsien and Buddhabhadra. He produced this revision as [a] thirty-six volume Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra in 436. (Source Accessed Aug 20, 2020)

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A History of Buddha-Nature Theory: The Literature and Traditions

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A lengthy historical survey of buddha-nature theory through the literature and traditions, based on academic scholarship.

Gardner, Alex. "A History of Buddha-Nature Theory: The Literature and Traditions." Buddha-Nature: A Tsadra Foundation Initiative, October 9, 2019. https://buddhanature.tsadra.org/index.php/Articles/A_History_of_Buddha-Nature_Theory:_The_Literature_and_Traditions.

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• Hui-yen · other names

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• Kumārajīva · teacher

śrāvaka - The disciples of the Buddha who aspire to attain individual liberation or nirvāṇa. The final goal of the Hearers is to become an arhat, a state in which one has totally eliminated the inner problems of attachment, hatred and ignorance, the main causes for rebirth in this cycle of existence. There are four stages of a śrāvaka path including eight phases. Skt. श्रावक Tib. ཉན་ཐོས། Ch. 聲聞

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sūtra - Sūtras mainly refer to the discourses delivered by the Buddha and his disciples, and the Sūtra corpus is one of the three main sets of teachings which form the Buddhist canon. Skt. सूत्र Tib. མདོ། Ch. 佛经

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