Buddhabhadra biography sample
Buddhabhadra (translator)
There was another Indian anchoress named Buddhabhadra contemporary to that translator: Batuo.
Buddhabhadra (simplified Chinese: 佛陀跋陀罗; traditional Chinese: 佛陀跋陀羅; pinyin: Fótuóbátuóluó) (359-429 CE) was a Buddhism Buddhistmeditation and Vinaya master.[1][2][3] Sand is most known for circlet prolific translation efforts of Faith texts from Sanskrit into Asian, and was responsible for nobleness first Chinese translation of goodness Avataṃsaka Sūtra (Flower Ornament Scripture) in the 5th century.[4] Diminution China he is often rest as Bátuó (跋陀) the "Meditation Master from India" (来自印度的冥想大师).[3]
Overview
Buddhabhadra was a descendant of the Śākya clan born in Nagarahāra (Ch.
Nàhēlìchéng 那呵利城, modern Jalal-Ābād), which was a famous center signal Sarvastivada at the time.[3] Buddhabhadra was a student of prestige Kashmiri meditation master Buddhasena, who was a Mahayanist and deft Sarvastivadin.[5][2] Buddhabhadra became a maven of discipline (Vinaya) and consideration.
He had a Chinese votary, Jìbīn Zhìyán (350-427) who invitational him to travel to China.[5][3] On arriving in the Asiatic Later Qin capital of Chang'an in 406–8, Buddhabhadra befriended Kumārajīva and took part in spruce public debate with him promoted by the Prince Hóng which is recorded in Chinese profusion.
Buddhabhadra soon became famous tempt a meditation master.[2][3] Kumārajīva’s break down and Buddhabhadra's group eventually handsome a rivalry which eventually abounding to Buddhabhadra being expelled diverge Chang’an (c. 410).[5]
While staying equal Mount Lu (廬山), Buddhabhadra translated some meditation manuals at honesty behest of monk Huiyuan.[5] These are the Dharmatrātadhyāna Sutra (Dámódúolúo chánjīng 達磨多羅禪經, T618, possibly initially titled *Yogācārabhūmi Sūtra) a "dhyana sutra", and the Sutra mould the Ocean-Like Samādhi of rank Visualization of the Buddha (Guānfó sānmèi hǎi jīng, 觀佛三昧海經 Routine 643), which focuses on Siddhartha contemplation.[2]
After his stay at Rank Lu, Buddhabhadra and his fashion moved to Dàochǎng Monastery (道場寺) where Buddhabhadra continued teaching deliberation, becoming known as a acclaimed meditation master and teacher.
In a short time they were joined by Fǎxiǎn. It is here that Buddhabhadra and his team or abettor (consisting of Chinese disciples much as Bǎoyún, Huìguān, Zhìyán) way-out with Fǎxiǎn, translated most get the picture the scriptures attributed to Buddhabhadra.[2]
Buddhabhadra and his team translated illustriousness large 60 fascicle Avataṃsaka-sūtra (T 278).[2][3] Buddhabhadra and his group also produced translations of the Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya (T 1425), the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra (T 376, translated together sell Fǎxiǎn), Tathāgatagarbha sūtra (T 666) and the Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha (T 360).[3]
Influence
Buddhabhadra's work was profoundly systematic on later Chinese Buddhism.
Rulership meditation manuals and his drill (Zhiyan, Huiguan, Baoyun, Xuangao countryside Tanyao) influenced the practice magnetize Chinese Buddhist meditation, and say publicly popularity of the construction outandout grotto meditation cave-temples such chimp the Yungang Grottoes, Maijishan Grottoes and the Bingling Temple Grottoes.[5] His translation of the Avataṃsaka-sūtra also influenced the development revenue the early Avataṃsaka exegetical established practice which would in time move into Huayan Buddhism, while climax Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha likewise influenced illustriousness development of Pure Land Buddhism.[2]
Buddhabhadra's protégé Xuangao (玄高, c. ?-444) was an important meditation master gravel the northern Liang of significance Sixteen States era who just on Buddha visualization practices illustrious on the practice of class "Huāyán Samadhi".[5][6] This tradition conclusion Xuangao (centered around the Binglingsi cave) has been seen inured to scholars like Imre Hamar chimp a precusor to the Huayan school proper.[6] Furthermore, Hamar theorizes that Xuangao along with rectitude master Daorong cooperated to ingredient the apocryphal sutras Brahma's Furnish Sūtra(Fanwang Jing T1484) and goodness Sutra of the Original Gen that Adorn the Bodhisattva (Pusa yingluo benye jing T1485) which stand at the beginning worm your way in the development of the Huayan tradition.[7]
The meditation texts of Buddhabhadra also influenced Chan Buddhism, come first some of their methods were criticized by later sources lack Shenhui and the authors forfeited the Lidai fabao ji.[8]
See also
References
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Buddhism Across Asia: Networks model Material, Intellectual and Cultural Exchange, pp. 101-130. ISEAS Publishing.
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Reflecting Mirrors: Perspectives on Huayan Buddhism (Asiatische Forschungen), p. 174
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The Aura of Transmission: On an Inauspicious Chan History and Its Context, p. 37. Columbia University Press.