入楞伽經 Ru lengqie jing; Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra. The "Sutra on (the Buddha's) Entering (the Country of) Lanka." This sutra articulates a number of characteristic Mahāyāna positions, such as "eight consciousnesses" 八識 and tathāgatagarbha 如來藏. It was used in East Asia as a basic canonical text by the Faxiang 法相 and Chan 禪 sects in presenting their distinctive ideologies. There are three Chinese translations: (1) Lengqie abatuoluo baojing 楞伽阿跋佗羅寶經, 4 fasc., tr. by Gunabhadra 求那跋陀羅 [T 670.16.479-513]; (2) 入楞伽經Rulengqiejing 10 fasc., tr. by Bodhiruci 菩提流支 [T 671.16.514-586]; and (3) Dasheng rulengqie jing 大乘入楞伽經, 7 fasc., tr. by Śikṣānanda 實叉難陀 [T 672.16.587-639]
入楞伽經===(經名)十卷,元魏菩提留支譯。復有舊譯四卷,題為楞伽阿跋多羅寶經。新譯有七卷,楞伽為師子國之山名,佛入彼山所說之經故名入楞伽經。
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