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There are 5 total results for your 楞伽經 search.

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楞伽經


楞伽经

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lèng qié jīng
    leng4 qie2 jing1
leng ch`ieh ching
    leng chieh ching
 Ryōga kyō
The Laṅkāvatāra sūtra, a philosophical discourse attributed to Śākyamuni as delivered on the Laṅka mountain in Ceylon. It may have been composed in the fourth or fifth century A.D.; it "represents a mature phase of speculation and not only criticizes the Sāṅkhya, Pāśupata and other Hindu schools, but is conscious of the growing resemblance of Mahāyānism to Brahmanic philosophy and tries to explain it". Eliot. There have been four translations into Chinese, the first by Dharmarakṣa between 412-433, which no longer exists; the second was by Guṇabhadra in 443, ca11ed 楞伽 阿跋多羅寶經 4 juan; the third by Bodhiruci in 513, called 入楞伽經 10 juan; the fourth by Śikṣānanda in 700-704, called 大乘入楞伽經 7 juan. There are many treatises and commentaries on it, by Faxian and others. See Studies in the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra by Suzuki and his translation of it. This was the sūtra allowed by Bodhidharma, and is the recognized text of the Chan (Zen) School. There are numerous treatises on it.

入楞伽經


入楞伽经

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rù lèng qié jīng
    ru4 leng4 qie2 jing1
ju leng ch`ieh ching
    ju leng chieh ching
 Nyū ryōga kyō
Laṅkâvatāra-sūtra

四卷楞伽經


四卷楞伽经

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sì juàn lèng qié jīng
    si4 juan4 leng4 qie2 jing1
ssu chüan leng ch`ieh ching
    ssu chüan leng chieh ching
 Shikan ryōgakyō
Four-fascicle Lankāvatāra-sūtra

大乘入楞伽經


大乘入楞伽经

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dà shèng rù lèng qié jīng
    da4 sheng4 ru4 leng4 qie2 jing1
ta sheng ju leng ch`ieh ching
    ta sheng ju leng chieh ching
 Daijō nyūryōga kyō
Laṅkâvatāra-sūtra

大乘楞伽經唯識論

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dà chéng léng jiā jīng wéi shí lùn
    da4 cheng2 leng2 jia1 jing1 wei2 shi2 lun4
ta ch`eng leng chia ching wei shih lun
    ta cheng leng chia ching wei shih lun
Viṃśatikā-vijñaptimātratā-siddhi-śāstra. A title of one of three treatises by Vasubandhu, tr. A.D. 508-535, 大乘唯識論 tr. 557-569, and 唯識二十論 tr. by Xuanzang in 661 being the other two.

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 5 results for "楞伽經" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

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