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सद्धर्मपुण्डरीकोपदेश
Saddharmapuṇḍarīkopadeśa
妙法蓮華經1憂波提舍
Miaofa lianhua jing youbotishe
Upadeśa on the Lotus Sūtra of the Wondrous Dharma
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Description
*Saddharmapuṇḍarīkopadeśa (Upadeśa on the Lotus Sūtra of the Wondrous Dharma; Chin. Fahua lun 法華論), attributed to Vasubandhu, is a commentary on the Lotus Sūtra that survives only in Chinese, in two translations made in Luoyang during the Northern Wei: the Miaofa lianhua jing youbotishe 妙法蓮華經憂波提舍 (T 1519) by Bodhiruci with Tanlin, and the Miaofa lianhua jing lun youbotishe 妙法蓮華經論優波提舍 (T 1520) by Ratnamati with Sengliang. Bodhiruci and Ratnamati arrived in China around 508 and produced their versions independently. The text does not comment on the sūtra line by line. It explains selected themes, beginning with the sūtra's opening chapter, which it analyzes in terms of seven kinds of accomplishment. As the only Indian commentary on the sūtra preserved in Chinese, it was highly influential in East Asian Lotus exegesis. No Sanskrit original or Tibetan translation is known.
Reference
saddharmapuṇḍarīkopadeśa [सद्धर्मपुण्डरीकोपदेश]. Miaofa lianhua jing youbotishe [妙法蓮華經1憂波提舍]. [Upadeśa on the Lotus Sūtra of the Wondrous Dharma]. Chinese Canon.
Interconnections
1 Classical commentary of
The White Lotus of the Good Dharma, popularly known as the Lotus Sūtra, is taught by Buddha Śākyamuni on Vulture Peak to an audience that includes bodhisattvas from countless realms, as well as bodhisattvas who emerge from under the ground, from the space below this world. Buddha Prabhūtaratna, who has long since passed into nirvāṇa, appears within a floating stūpa to hear the sūtra, and Śākyamuni enters the stūpa and sits beside him. The Lotus Sūtra is celebrated, particularly in East Asia, for its presentation of crucial elements of the Mahāyāna tradition, such as the doctrine that there is only one yāna, or "vehicle"; the distinction between expedient and definite teachings; and the notion that the Buddha's life, enlightenment, and parinirvāṇa were simply manifestations of his transcendent buddhahood, while he continues to teach eternally. A recurring theme in the sūtra is its own significance in teaching these points during past and future eons, with many passages in which the Buddha and bodhisattvas such as Samantabhadra describe the great benefits that come from devotion to it, the history of its past devotees, and how it is the Buddha's ultimate teaching, supreme over all other sūtras. (Source: 84000)
