維摩經 [py] Wéimó jīng [wg] Wei-mo ching [ko] 유마경 Yuma kyōng [ja] ユイマキョウ Yuima gyō ||| Weimo jing; the Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa-sūtra. This scripture considered to be one of the most profound, as well as literarily excellent of the Indian Mahāyāna sutras. The sutra expounds the profound principle of Mahāyāna as opposed to lesser vehicle teachings, focusing on the explication of the meaning of non-duality. A significant aspect of the scripture is the fact that it is a teaching addressed to high-ranking Buddhist disciples through the mouth of the layman bodhisattva Vimalakīrti. There are three translations extant: the Weimojie suoshuo jing 維摩詰所説經 (trans. by Kumārajīva 鳩摩羅什; T 475.14.537a-557b), the Shuo wugoucheng jing 説無垢稱經 (6 fasc., trans., Xuanzang 玄奘. T 476.14.557-587) and the Foshuo Weimojie jing 佛説維摩詰經 (2 fasc., trans. Lokakṣema 支謙. T 474.14.519-536). In addition to these, earlier translations had been done by Zhiqian (223-228), Dharmarakṣa 竺法護 (308), Upaśūnya (545), and Jñānagupta (591). Of the three extent renditions, Kumārajīva's has traditionally been the most popular. Charles Luk translated the Kumārajīva version into English, as did Richard Robinson (unpublished); Robert Thurman translated from the Tibetan, taking advantage of Robinson's rendition from Chinese; Burton Watson (1997) also translated the Kumārajīva version. Lamotte took all editions, including Hsüan-tsang's, into account in his thorough translation of Vimalakīrti into French (L'enseignement de Vimalakīrti, 1962); his version has been translated into English by Sara Boin (PTS, 1976).

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