The Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra

Translation of Great Nirvāṇa Mahāyāna Sūtra

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The Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra was translated into English by Kosho Yamamoto in 1973 from Dharmakṣema's Chinese version (Taisho Tripitaka Vol. 12, No. 374). The edition represented here is Tony Page's edited and revised version of Yamamoto's translation.

Citation	Yamamoto, Kōshō, trans. The Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra. Translated into English from Dharmakṣema's Chinese version (Taisho Tripiṭaka vol. 12, no. 374). Edited and revised by Tony Page. n.p.: n.p., 2007. First published 1973 by Karinbunko (Ube, Japan). http://lirs.ru/do/Mahaparinirvana_Sutra,Yamamoto,Page,2007.pdf

Chapter One: Introductory1
Chapter Two: On Cunda15
Chapter Three: On Grief25
Chapter Four: On Long Life33
Chapter Five: On the Adamantine Body43
Chapter Six: On the Virtue of the Name49
Chapter Seven: On the Four Aspects51
Chapter Eight: On the Four Dependables75
Chapter Nine: On Wrong and Right89
Chapter Ten: On the Four Truths97
Chapter Eleven: On the Four Inversions99
Chapter Twelve: On the Nature of the Tathagata101
Chapter Thirteen: On Letters113
Chapter Fourteen: On the Parable of the Birds117
Chapter Fifteen: On the Parable of the Moon121
Chapter Sixteen: On the Bodhisattva125
Chapter Seventeen: On the Questions Raised by the Crowd139
Chapter Eighteen: On Actual Illness151
Chapter Nineteen: On Holy Actions (a)159
Chapter Twenty: On Holy Actions (b)177
Chapter Twenty-One: On Pure Actions (a)201
Chapter Twenty-Two: On Pure Actions (b)217
Chapter Twenty-Three: On Pure Actions (c)235
Chapter Twenty-Four: On Pure Actions (d)253
Chapter Twenty-Five: On Pure Actions (e)269
Chapter Twenty-Six: On the Action of the Child281
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (a)283
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (b)299
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (c)311
Chapter Thirty: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (d)323
Chapter Thirty-One: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (e)337
Chapter Thirty-Two: Bodhisattva Highly-Virtuous King (f)351
Chapter Thirty-Three: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (a)365
Chapter Thirty-Four: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (b)381
Chapter Thirty-Five: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (c)399
Chapter Thirty-Six: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (d)407
Chapter Thirty-Six: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (d)415
Chapter Thirty-Seven: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (e)423
Chapter Thirty-Eight: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (f)437
Chapter Thirty-Nine: On Bodhisattva Lion’s Roar (g)453
Chapter Forty: On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (a)469
Chapter Forty-One: On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (b)489
Chapter Forty-Two: On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (c)509
Chapter Forty-Three: On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (d)525
Chapter Forty-Four: On Bodhisattva Kasyapa (e)529
Chapter Forty-Five: On Kaundinya (a)547
Chapter Forty-Six: On Kaundinya (b)565

大般涅槃經 (Dabanniepan jing), T374, 12: https://21dzk.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/SAT2012/T0374.html, translated by Dharmakṣema.