Practice · BookRecollectionAppendix A

Appendix A · Academic Notes Index

So as not to disturb the recollecting mind, the main text has kept canonical catalog numbers and the sources of the patriarchs' commentaries entirely out of its pages. This appendix puts them back — a chapter-by-chapter list of sources, for the reader willing to check further and walk deeper.

The index follows the order of the book's chapters. For each chapter, it lists the principal scriptures and the patriarchal treatises and commentaries on which that chapter rests. Numbering conventions: T refers to the Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō (e.g. T0360 is text no. 360 of the Taishō canon); X refers to the Manji Shinsan Zokuzōkyō (e.g. X0424). Dates, fascicle numbers, and chapter divisions are supplied wherever they matter for the reader's verification.

Part One · Pāli Foundations

1.1 Recollection: Another Track (per NIAN-P01 · What Anussati Actually Means · P01_what-anussati-actually-means.md)

  • Sūtras: Saṃyuktāgama, fascicle 33, sūtras 930–933 (tr. Guṇabhadra, Liu-Song, T0099); Madhyamāgama (tr. Gautama Saṅghadeva, Eastern Jin, T0026); Ekottarāgama, fascicle 2, "Expanded Explanations" chapter (tr. Saṅghadeva, T0125)
  • Commentaries: Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra, fascicles 21–22, "Explaining the Meaning of the Eight Recollections" (attr. Nāgārjuna, tr. Kumārajīva, Later Qin, T1509); Zhiyi, Fahua Sanmei Chanyi (Lotus Samādhi Repentance Rite, T1941); Kuiji, Dasheng Fayuan Yilin Zhang (T1861)

1.2 The Nine Epithets: The Format the Buddha Left Behind (per NIAN-P02 · The Nine Epithets · P02_the-nine-epithets.md)

  • Sūtras: Saṃyuktāgama, fascicle 33, sūtras 930–933 (T0099); Ekottarāgama, fascicle 2, "Expanded Explanations" chapter (T0125)
  • Commentaries: Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra, fascicles 21–22 on the eight recollections, and the buddha-recollection samādhi passage of fascicle 24 (T1509)

1.3 The Six Recollections: One Engine, Six Objects (per NIAN-P03 · The Six Recollections · P03_the-six-recollections.md)

  • Sūtras: Saṃyuktāgama, fascicle 33, sūtras 930–933 (T0099); Ekottarāgama, fascicle 2, the full ten-recollection set of the "Expanded Explanations" chapter (T0125)
  • Commentaries: Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra, fascicles 21–22 on the eight recollections (T1509)

1.4 Recollection and the Jhānas: To the Door of Concentration (per NIAN-P04 · Recollection and the Jhānas · P04_recollection-and-the-jhanas.md)

  • Sūtras: Saṃyuktāgama, fascicle 29, sūtras 801–815 (mindfulness of breathing), and fascicle 33, sūtras 931–933 (T0099); Madhyamāgama, fascicle 24, sūtra 98, the "Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness" (T0026); Ekottarāgama, fascicle 2, "Expanded Explanations" chapter (T0125)
  • Commentaries: Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra, fascicle 7 (buddha-recollection samādhi), fascicle 21 (the eight liberations), fascicle 22 (the eight recollections) (T1509)
  • Related: Sūtra on the Samādhi of Seated Meditation (tr. Kumārajīva, T0614); Sūtra on the Ocean-Samādhi of Buddha-Contemplation (tr. Buddhabhadra, T0643); Pratyutpanna-Samādhi Sūtra (T0418); Sūtra in Forty-Two Sections (T0784)

Part Two · The Earliest Chinese Translations

2.1 The Niànfó Sūtra Before the Word: The Sūtra in Forty-Two Sections (per NIAN-P05 · The Early Niànfó Sūtra Before the Word · P05_the-early-nianfo-sutra-before-the-word.md)

  • Sūtras: Sūtra in Forty-Two Sections (attr. tr. Kāśyapa Mātaṅga and Zhu Falan, Later Han, Yongping 10 / 67 CE, T0784)
  • Comparison: Sūtra on Mindfulness of Breathing (Fo Shuo Da Anban Shouyi Jing; tr. An Shigao, Later Han, T0602)

Part Three · Early Mahāyāna

3.1 Seeing the Buddhas Face to Face: The Pratyutpanna-Samādhi Sūtra (per NIAN-P06 · Seeing the Buddhas Face to Face · P06_seeing-the-buddha-face-to-face.md)

  • Sūtras: Pratyutpanna-Samādhi Sūtra, three-fascicle version (tr. Lokakṣema, Later Han, 179 CE, T0418 — this chapter's principal source); one-fascicle version (T0417); Bapo Pusa Jing (attr. Lokakṣema, T0419)
  • Comparison: Sūtra in Forty-Two Sections (T0784, as background for the contrast of registers)

3.2 Constructing the Buddha-Field: How a Buddha's Land Is Built (per NIAN-P07 · Constructing the Buddha-Field · P07_constructing-the-buddha-field.md)

  • Sūtras: Pratyutpanna-Samādhi Sūtra (tr. Lokakṣema, T0418); Akṣobhya Buddha-Field Sūtra (tr. Lokakṣema, T0313); Sūtra of the Buddha of Measureless Pure Equal Enlightenment (tr. Lokakṣema, T0361, the early twenty-four-vow form); Amitābha-Samyaksaṃbuddha-Sāra-Buddha-Dāna Crossing-Over Sūtra (tr. Zhi Qian, Wu, T0362)

3.3 From Recollection to Calling (per NIAN-P08 · From Recollection to Calling · P08_from-recollection-to-calling.md)

  • Sūtras: Sūtra of the Buddha of Measureless Pure Equal Enlightenment, the fourth vow, "let beings hearing my name all come to be born in my land" (T0361; in the T0361/T0362 twenty-four-vow set the hear-the-name vow is the fourth, its refrain "gaining this vow I become a Buddha; not gaining it, in the end I do not become a Buddha"; an earlier draft mislabeled it the seventeenth — the seventeenth there is in fact the divine-sight-hearing-and-flight vow — now corrected); Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha (Sūtra of Immeasurable Life), the eighteenth vow's "even down to ten recollections" (T0360, the forty-eight-vow set, refrain "I will not take complete enlightenment"); Sūtra on the Contemplation of Amitāyus, the three lowest grades of rebirth (T0365); Mañjuśrī Prajñā Sūtra, the one-practice samādhi chapter (tr. Mandrasena, Liang, T0232)
  • Commentaries: Shandao, Commentary on the Contemplation Sūtra (the Guānjīng Sìtiē Shū, T1753)

Part Four · The Three Pure Land Sūtras

4.1 The Forty-Eight Vows: The Blueprint of a Land (per NIAN-P09 · The Forty-Eight Vows · P09_the-forty-eight-vows.md)

  • Sūtras: Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha (Sūtra of Immeasurable Life; attr. tr. Kang Sengkai [Saṃghavarman], Cao-Wei, T0360 — this chapter's principal source); Amitābha-Samyaksaṃbuddha-Sāra-Buddha-Dāna Crossing-Over Sūtra (tr. Zhi Qian, T0362, for the twenty-four-vow comparison); Sūtra of the Buddha of Measureless Pure Equal Enlightenment (tr. Lokakṣema, T0361)
  • Commentaries: Upadeśa on the Sūtra of Immeasurable Life (the Rebirth Treatise; Vasubandhu, tr. Bodhiruci, Northern Wei, T1524, the twenty-nine adornments); Tanluan, Brief Treatise on the Meaning of the Pure Land of Peace and Bliss (T1957, the two purities); Daochuo, Anle Ji (T1958, the twelve great gates and the five great benefits)

4.2 The Sixteen Contemplations: Seeing That Land into View (per NIAN-P10 · The Sixteen Contemplations · P10_the-sixteen-contemplations.md)

  • Sūtras: Sūtra on the Contemplation of Amitāyus (tr. Kālayaśas, Liu-Song, T0365 — this chapter's principal source); Sūtra on the Ocean-Samādhi of Buddha-Contemplation (tr. Buddhabhadra, T0643, upstream); Sūtra on the Visualisation of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's Practice-Method (tr. Dharmamitra, Liu-Song, T0277, contemporaneous parallel)
  • Commentaries: Shandao, Commentary on the Contemplation Sūtra (the Guānjīng Sìtiē Shū, T1753); Zhiyi, Commentary on the Sūtra on the Contemplation of Amitāyus (T1750); Zhiyi, Mohe Zhiguan (T1911)

4.3 Holding the Name: One Buddha-Name That Gathers In Ten Thousand Things (per NIAN-P11 · Holding the Name · P11_holding-the-name.md)

  • Sūtras: Amitābha Sūtra (tr. Kumārajīva, Yao-Qin, 402 CE, T0366 — this chapter's principal source); Sūtra Praising the Pure Land with the Buddhas' Protective Embrace (tr. Xuanzang, Tang, 650 CE, T0367, philological comparison)
  • Commentaries: Yunqi Zhuhong, Amituo Jing Shuchao (Ming, Wanli 23 / 1595, X0424, phenomenal holding and principial holding); Ouyi Zhixu, Amituo Jing Yaojie (Qing, Shunzhi 4 / 1647, T1762, the six faiths; faith, vow, and practice)

Part Five · The Great Mahāyāna Sūtras

5.1 Gathering In the Six Sense-Roots: All Six Roots, Gathered Into One Recollection (per NIAN-P12 · Gathering in the Six Sense-Roots · P12_gathering-in-the-six-sense-roots.md)

  • Sūtras: Śūraṅgama Sūtra, fascicle 5, the chapter on Mahāsthāmaprāpta's perfect penetration through buddha-recollection (tr. Pāramiti et al., Tang, 705 CE, T0945)
  • Commentaries: Jiaoguang Zhenjian, Śūraṅgama Straight-Vein Commentary (Ming, Wanli 22–24 / 1594–1596, X0275, the adjudication of gathering-in-the-roots recollection); Yunqi, Amituo Jing Shuchao (X0424); Ouyi, Amituo Jing Yaojie (T1762)

5.2 Calling the Name at the Universal Gate: One Name, Answering in a Thousand Places (per NIAN-P13 · Universal-Gate Name-Invocation · P13_universal-gate-name-invocation.md)

  • Sūtras: Lotus Sūtra, the Universal Gate chapter (fascicle 7), Skillful Means chapter (fascicle 1), and Never-Disparaging Bodhisattva chapter (fascicle 6) (tr. Kumārajīva, Yao-Qin, 406 CE, T0262); Zheng Fahua Jing (tr. Dharmarakṣa, Western Jin, 286 CE, T0263, the earliest complete version, for comparison)
  • Commentaries: Zhiyi, Miaofa Lianhua Jing Wenju, the exegesis of the Universal Gate chapter (spoken by Zhiyi, recorded by Guanding, Sui, T1718)

5.3 Binding the Three Periods: Circling Off a Stretch of Days to Recollect (per NIAN-P14 · Binding the Three Periods · P14_binding-the-three-periods.md)

  • Sūtras: Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment, the Maitreya, Universal Awakening, Perfect Enlightenment, and Discerning Sounds chapters (attr. tr. Buddhatrāta, Tang, T0842; translator and date debated in scholarship)
  • Commentaries: Zongmi, Yuanjue Jing Lüeshu zhi Chao (X09n0248, phenomenal recollection and principial recollection; the rhythm of the four diseases)

5.4 Seeing the Sign, Obtaining the Precept: The Buddha in Person Confirms It for You (per NIAN-P15 · Seeing the Sign, Obtaining the Precept · P15_seeing-the-sign-obtaining-the-precept.md)

  • Sūtras: Brahma Net Sūtra (attr. tr. Kumārajīva; a Chinese composition of roughly the mid-fifth century, T1484 — this chapter's principal scripture); Bodhisattva Prātimokṣa (spoken by Maitreya, tr. Xuanzang, T1501, from the Śīla chapter of the Yogācārabhūmi, as the Indian control group); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (spoken by Maitreya, tr. Xuanzang, T1579)
  • Commentaries: Fazang, Fanwang Jing Pusajie Ben Shu (Tang, Wu-Zhou period, T1813, the ontology of the precept-body)

5.5 Confession as Buddha-Recollection: The Golden Drum in a Dream (per NIAN-P16 · Confession as Buddha-Recollection · P16_confession-as-buddha-recollection.md)

  • Sūtras: Golden Light Sūtra (tr. Dharmakṣema, Northern Liang, 414–421 CE, T0663, the earliest translation layer); Hebu Jinguangming Jing (combined edition with Paramārtha's supplementary translation, Sui, 597 CE, T0664, adding the chapter on the extinction of karmic obstructions); Jinguangming Zuishengwang Jing, the chapter on the confession of the golden drum seen in a dream (tr. Yijing, Tang, 703 CE, T0665)
  • Commentaries: Zhiyi, Jinguangming Jing Xuanyi (T1783) and Jinguangming Jing Wenju (T1785, the five repentances); Jizang, Jinguangming Jing Shu (T1787); Zhili, Jinguangming Jing Xuanyi Shiyi Ji (T1784) and Jinguangming Jing Wenju Ji (T1786, phenomenal repentance and principial repentance)

5.6 The Hearts of All Buddhas First: To Recollect the Buddha Was Always to Recollect the Mind (per NIAN-P17 · Hearts of All Buddhas First · P17_hearts-of-all-buddhas-first.md)

  • Sūtras: Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra, four-fascicle version (tr. Guṇabhadra, Liu-Song, 443 CE, T0670 — this chapter's principal source, with the interlinear note "the hearts of all Buddhas first"); ten-fascicle Ru Lengqie Jing (tr. Bodhiruci, Northern Wei, T0671); seven-fascicle Dasheng Ru Lengqie Jing (tr. Śikṣānanda, Tang, T0672); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Pañcaviṃśati), "to have nothing recollected is called recollecting the Buddha" (tr. Kumārajīva, T0223)
  • Commentaries: Daoxin's Rudao Anxin Yao Fangbian Famen as preserved in Jingjue's Lengqie Shizi Ji (T2837, the formula "to recollect the Buddha is to recollect the mind")

5.7 The Secret Adornment: That Warehouse, Turned Over Whole (per NIAN-P18 · Buddha-Recollection as Ālaya-Parāvṛtti · P18_buddha-recollection-as-alaya-paravrtti.md)

  • Sūtras: Ghanavyūha-sūtra (tr. Divākara, Tang, c. 685–688 CE, T0681; tr. Amoghavajra, Tang, c. 766–774 CE, T0682; the gold-and-ring simile, "the essence is the consciousness of the turning-of-the-base"); the three Laṅkāvatāra translations (T0670 / T0671 / T0672); Mañjuśrī Prajñā Sūtra (T0232); Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra (tr. Guṇabhadra, T0353)
  • Commentaries: Cheng Weishi Lun, fascicle 10, on the turning-of-the-base (Dharmapāla et al., tr. Xuanzang, T1585); Zongmi, Chanyuan Zhuquanji Duxu (T2015, the true mind of original awakening)

5.8 The Mañjuśrī Prajñā and One-Practice Samādhi: One Buddha-Name That Gathers In Ten Thousand Dharmas (per NIAN-P19 · The Mañjuśrī Prajñā Sūtra and One-Practice Samādhi · P19_manjusri-prajna-and-one-practice-samadhi.md)

  • Sūtras: Mañjuśrī Prajñā Sūtra, the one-practice samādhi chapter (tr. Mandrasena, Liang, T0232 — the original text of this chapter's exemplar); Wenshushili Suoshuo Banruo Boluomi Jing (tr. Saṅghabhara, Liang, T0233, alternate translation for comparison)
  • Commentaries / patriarchs: the Daoxin section of Jingjue's Lengqie Shizi Ji (T2837); Platform Sūtra of the Sixth Patriarch (Zongbao edition, T2008; Dunhuang edition, T2007); Zhiyi, Mohe Zhiguan (T1911); Daochuo, Anle Ji (T1958); Shandao, Guānjīng Sìtiē Shū (T1753) and Guannian Famen (T1959); Jingde Chuandeng Lu (T2076)

Part Six · Two Streams

6.1 Tanluan and Daochuo: Dredging the Pure Land River Deep (per NIAN-P20 · The Pure Land Patriarchs I: Tanluan and Daochuo · P20_the-pure-land-patriarchs-i-tanluan-and-daochuo.md)

  • Sūtras: Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha, the eighteenth vow (T0360); Sūtra on the Contemplation of Amitāyus, the lowest grade of the lowest birth (T0365); Amitābha Sūtra (T0366); Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, Candragarbha section, the five five-hundred-year periods (tr. Narendrayaśas, T0397)
  • Commentaries: Daśabhūmika-vibhāṣā, "Chapter on the Easy Practice" (attr. Nāgārjuna, tr. Kumārajīva, T1521); Vasubandhu, Rebirth Treatise (tr. Bodhiruci, T1524); Tanluan, Wangsheng Lun Zhu (T1819, "self-power / other-power," "the feeble man astride a donkey"); Daochuo, Anle Ji (T1958, the two gates of the Sagely Way and the Pure Land; "laying down grass to lead the ox")

6.2 The Chan Counter-Thesis: Pressing the Buddha-Name Into the Mind (per NIAN-P21 · The Chan Counter-Thesis: Turning the Name Inward · P21_the-chan-counter-thesis-turning-the-name-inward.md)

  • Sūtras: Mañjuśrī Prajñā Sūtra (T0232); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Pañcaviṃśati, T0223); Avataṃsaka Sūtra, eighty-fascicle (T0279) and forty-fascicle Samantabhadra Practice-Vows chapter (T0293)
  • Commentaries / patriarchs: the Daoxin section of the Lengqie Shizi Ji (T2837, to recollect the Buddha is to recollect the mind); the Zuishangsheng Lun attributed to Hongren (T2011, "guarding the original true mind surpasses recollecting other Buddhas"); Platform Sūtra, the chapter on resolving doubts (Zongbao edition, T2008; Dunhuang edition, T2007; the level and direct mind is itself Amitābha); Chengguan's commentary with Zongmi's Huayan Jing Xingyuanpin Biexing Shuchao, the four kinds of buddha-recollection (X05n0229); Zongmi, Chanyuan Zhuquanji Duxu (T2015); Dahui Pujue Chanshi Yulu (T1998A, Zhaozhou's "who is the one recollecting?"); Tianmu Zhongfeng Heshang Guanglu (X70n1402, the word "who" as pivot); Chixiu Baizhang Qinggui (T2025, the buddha-recollection office); Lianchi, preface to the Recorded Sayings of Master Gaofeng (1599, X70n1400, the earliest literal appearance of "who is it that recollects the Buddha?")

6.3 Shandao: Settling the Name into a Rope (per NIAN-P22 · The Pure Land Patriarchs II: Shandao's Settling of the Name · P22_the-pure-land-patriarchs-ii-shandaos-settling-of-the-name.md)

  • Sūtras: Sūtra on the Contemplation of Amitāyus (tr. Kālayaśas, T0365)
  • Commentaries / patriarchs: Shandao, Commentary on the Contemplation Sūtra (the Guānjīng Sìtiē Shū, T1753; the ordinary being enters the reward-land; the two kinds of deep faith, in the person and in the dharma; the two rivers and the white path; the act of right assurance); Shandao, Wangsheng Lizan Ji (T1980), Fashi Zan (T1979), Banzhou Zan (T1981), Guannian Famen (T1959); Tanluan, Wangsheng Lun Zhu (T1819); Daochuo, Anle Ji (T1958)

6.4 The Tiantai Bridge: Zhiyi Sets Buddha-Recollection Out in Layers (per NIAN-P23 · The Tiantai Bridge · P23_the-tiantai-bridge-zhiyis-four-samadhis-and-the-wu-fangbian-nianfo-men.md)

  • Sūtras: Pratyutpanna-Samādhi Sūtra (T0418); Mañjuśrī Prajñā Sūtra (T0232)
  • Commentaries: Zhiyi, Mohe Zhiguan, the four kinds of samādhi (lectured by Zhiyi, recorded by Guanding, Sui, 594, T1911); the Wu Fangbian Nianfo Men attributed to Zhiyi (T1962, the five gates of buddha-recollection samādhi); the Commentary on the Sūtra on the Contemplation of Amitāyus attributed to Zhiyi (T1750; authorship in doubt, first cited by Zhili of the Song in 1021); Zhili, Guan Wuliangshou Fo Jing Shu Miaozong Chao (1021, T1751, "the four samādhis are alike called buddha-recollection"); Chengguan's commentary with Zongmi's Huayan Jing Xingyuanpin Shuchao (X05n0229)

6.5 The Synthesis: Gathering the Two Rivers Back into One (per NIAN-P24 · The Synthesis: From Yongming through Yunqi to Ouyi · P24_the-synthesis-from-yongming-through-yunqi-to-ouyi.md)

  • Commentaries / patriarchs: Yongming Yanshou, Wanshan Tonggui Ji (T2017, "the ten thousand practices arise together; principle and phenomena are unobstructed," "never fixing on a single gate") and Zongjing Lu (T2016); Yunqi Zhuhong, Amituo Jing Shuchao (X22n0424; phenomenal holding and principial holding; quoting Zhongfeng's "Chan is the Chan of the Pure Land"); Zhongfeng Mingben, San Shi Xinian Foshi (X74n1464); Hanshan Deqing, Hanshan Laoren Mengyou Ji, fascicles 9 and 10 (X73n1456, "examining the recollection to its reality," "to recollect the Buddha is itself to investigate Chan"); Ouyi Zhixu, Amituo Jing Yaojie (X22n0430 / T1762; faith, vow, and practice; perfectly gathering and perfectly transcending; reaching principial holding through phenomenal holding)

Part Seven · The Flower Ornament

7.1 Samantabhadra's Ten Great Vows: Stretching Buddha-Recollection into a Whole Way of Living (per NIAN-P25 · Samantabhadra's Ten Great Vows: An Introduction · P25_samantabhadras-ten-great-vows-an-introduction.md)

  • Sūtras: Avataṃsaka Sūtra · Chapter on Entering the Inconceivable Liberation-Realm — the Practice-Vows of Samantabhadra, forty-fascicle Huayan, fascicle 40 (tr. Prajñā, Tang, 798 CE, T0293 — this part's home ground); eighty-fascicle Huayan (tr. Śikṣānanda, 695–699 CE, T0279); sixty-fascicle Huayan (tr. Buddhabhadra, 418–420 CE, T0278)
  • Commentaries: Chengguan, Huayan Jing Shu (the Great Commentary, T1735); Fazang, Huayan Jing Tanxuan Ji (T1733); Chengguan's commentary with Zongmi's Huayan Jing Xingyuanpin Biexing Shuchao (X05n0229); Zongmi, Chanyuan Zhuquanji Duxu (T2015)

7.2 Reverence to All Buddhas (vow 1; per NIAN-P26 · Reverencing All Buddhas, Praising the Tathāgatas, and Extensively Making Offerings · P26_reverencing-buddhas-praising-tathagatas-cultivating-offerings.md)

  • Sūtras: Samantabhadra Practice-Vows chapter (T0293, the reverence prose: all Buddhas throughout the realm of dharma and the realm of space; "deep faith and understanding, as if before my very eyes"; one body bowing in full to Buddhas as the dust of lands; "when the realm of space is exhausted, my reverencing shall be exhausted"; the reverence verse, "in all the worlds of the ten directions … each bowing in full to Buddhas as the dust of lands," "deeply do I believe the Buddhas fill it all")
  • Note: "moment by moment continuous, without interruption; my actions of body, speech, and mind without weariness" is the shared closing formula of all ten vows, requoted in every chapter of this part; "as if before my very eyes = recollection" is the book's own linkage back to Part One.

7.3 Praise the Tathāgatas (vow 2; per NIAN-P26)

  • Sūtras: Samantabhadra Practice-Vows chapter (T0293, the praise prose: a subtle, wondrous tongue surpassing that of the goddess of eloquence; each tongue an inexhaustible ocean of sounds; praising the ocean of all the Tathāgatas' merits; the praise verse, "with all the oceans of sound, putting forth inexhaustible wondrous words … I praise the ocean of the Buddha's profound merits")
  • Note: "to recite the Name is itself praise" (the Name as the gathered sum of the Buddha's merits) and "praise perfumes the heart" are the book's own linkages, not scriptural wording.

7.4 Making Offerings Extensively (vow 3; per NIAN-P26)

  • Sūtras: Samantabhadra Practice-Vows chapter (T0293, the offering prose: offering-articles each in measure like Mount Sumeru, lamp-wicks like Sumeru and lamp-oil like the sea, "of all offerings, the offering of Dharma is supreme," the seven kinds of dharma-offering, the "single thought of dharma-offering" comparison, "because the Tathāgatas honor the Dharma; because by practicing as taught the Buddhas are born"; the offering verse, "with a vast mind of surpassing understanding … I make offering to every Tathāgata")
  • Note: the seven kinds of dharma-offering are the sūtra's own list (not a commentarial schema); "buddha-recollection is itself a dharma-offering — at the two ends of practicing-as-taught and not-leaving-the-awakening-mind" is the book's own linkage. Lotus Sūtra (T0262) is a paper-source, not cited in the rewrite.

7.5 Repenting Karmic Obstructions (vow 4; per NIAN-P27 · Repenting Karmic Obstructions, Rejoicing in Merit · P27_repenting-karmic-obstructions-rejoicing-in-merit.md)

  • Sūtras: Samantabhadra Practice-Vows chapter (T0293, the repentance prose: "the bodhisattva reflects," "if these evil deeds had substance and form, the whole realm of space could not contain them," "before all the Buddhas and bodhisattvas … repent with a sincere heart, and will not do these deeds again"; the repentance verse, "whatever evil deeds I did of old, all sprang from beginningless greed, anger, and delusion"); Sūtra on the Contemplation of Amitāyus, the lowest birth of the lowest grade (T0365, "with a sincere heart, letting the sound not break off, completing ten recollections, calling Namo Amitābha Buddha … in thought after thought the evil of eighty koṭis of kalpas of birth-and-death is wiped away" — the linkage of buddha-recollection as repentance)
  • Note: the prose runs "greed, hatred, and delusion," the verse "greed, anger, and delusion" — the two readings stand apart on the page, anger being hatred, marked in the chapter; Golden Light Sūtra (T0663, reused from 5.5) is touched on in a single line. T0026 / T0277 / T1421 / T1564 etc. are paper-sources, not cited in the rewrite.

7.6 Rejoicing in Merit (vow 5; per NIAN-P27)

  • Sūtras: Samantabhadra Practice-Vows chapter (T0293, the rejoicing prose: rejoicing in all the roots of goodness of the Buddhas from their first arousing of the mind to nirvāṇa, "though it be a single dust-mote, I rejoice in it all," the merits of śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas; the rejoicing verse, "all beings of the ten directions, the two vehicles, learners and adepts, all Tathāgatas and bodhisattvas — in all their merits I rejoice"); Lotus Sūtra, Merit-of-Rejoicing chapter (T0262, the fifty-fold transmission — reused from 5.2, paraphrased, not quoted verbatim)
  • Note: "rejoicing cures envy" and "rejoicing costs nothing, the broadest road for the aged" are the book's own linkages.

7.7 Requesting the Turning of the Dharma-Wheel (vow 6; per NIAN-P28 · Requesting the Turning of the Dharma-Wheel, Requesting the Buddhas to Abide · P28_requesting-the-turning-of-the-dharma-wheel-requesting-the-buddhas-to-abide.md)

  • Sūtras: Samantabhadra Practice-Vows chapter (T0293, the requesting prose: in each land, moment by moment, Buddhas attaining perfect awakening, earnestly entreated to turn the wondrous dharma-wheel; the requesting verse, "all the lamps of the world in the ten directions, the first to accomplish awakening — I now entreat and invite them all"); Ekottarāgama, "Chapter on Entreaty," first sūtra (T0125, beneath the tree of awakening the thought of silence, Brahmā appearing, the lotus simile, the verse "Brahmā has come now to entreat" — the archetype of requesting the dharma-wheel)
  • Note: the archetype of entreating-to-teach lies in the T0125 Chapter on Entreaty (the first edition mis-cited Saṃyuktāgama fascicle 44, sūtra 1188 of Brahmā's entreaty — that discourse is in fact the Reverence sūtra, reassigned to 7.8); precise sūtra-number field left for Code Fable to tighten.

7.8 Requesting the Buddhas to Abide (vow 7; per NIAN-P28)

  • Sūtras: Samantabhadra Practice-Vows chapter (T0293, the requesting-to-abide prose: all Buddhas about to manifest parinirvāṇa, and all good teachers, entreated not to enter nirvāṇa; the abiding verse, "when the Buddhas wish to show nirvāṇa, I entreat them with utmost sincerity: abide for kalpas many as the dust of lands"); Saṃyuktāgama, the Reverence sūtra (T0099, "only the true Dharma, by which I awakened of myself and became a fully perfect Buddha … I shall honor and revere"; Brahmā's verse, "all of them revere the Dharma, dwelling in reliance on the true Dharma; such reverence as this is the Dharma of all Buddhas"); Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra (T0360, when the way of the sūtras perishes, this sūtra is kept especially to abide a hundred years — the linkage of keeping a sūtra in the Dharma-ending age, paraphrased)
  • Note: "buddha-recollection is the ordinary person's requesting-the-Buddhas-to-abide" and "in the Dharma-ending age, one Buddha-name is kept" are the book's own linkages; the precise fascicle of the T0360 hundred-year passage left for Code Fable to supply.

7.9 Constantly Following the Buddha in Study (vow 8; per NIAN-P29 · Constantly Following the Buddha in Study, Accommodating Sentient Beings, Universal Dedication · P29_constantly-following-the-buddha-accommodating-sentient-beings-universal-dedication.md)

  • Sūtras: Samantabhadra Practice-Vows chapter (T0293, the following-in-study prose: the Tathāgata Vairocana of this Sahā world from His first arousing of the mind, "flaying His skin to make paper, splitting His bones to make pens, drawing His blood to make ink, copying out scriptures," not begrudging body or life for the Dharma's sake, awakening beneath the tree, "in every moment, I follow and learn"; the following verse, "I follow all Tathāgatas in study, cultivating the perfect practice of Samantabhadra … I vow to follow the three times in study, and swiftly accomplish great awakening")
  • Note: the line on Vairocana asserts no "dharma-body" judgment (Tiantai/Huayan doctrine differs), following the sūtra's plain wording "the Tathāgata Vairocana of this Sahā world"; XML reads "splitting His bones to make pens"; "learning the causal ground / buddha-recollection as the steadiest doorway into following-the-Buddha" is the book's own linkage.

7.10 Accommodating All Beings (vow 9; per NIAN-P29)

  • Sūtras: Samantabhadra Practice-Vows chapter (T0293, the accommodating prose: the manifold distinctions of beings, serving and providing for them "as one reveres father and mother, as one serves a teacher," "to the sick a good physician, to those astray the right road," "if a bodhisattva can accommodate beings, this is to make offering to all Buddhas," the great-tree-king simile "all beings are its roots, the Buddhas and bodhisattvas its flowers and fruits," "therefore awakening belongs to sentient beings"; the accommodating verse, "I shall ever accommodate all beings … perfecting unsurpassed great awakening")
  • Note: the term reads "accommodating" (恒順) in the XML; "buddha-recollection loosens self-grasping and grows great compassion, so that one can accommodate" is the book's own linkage.

7.11 Universal Dedication (vow 10; per NIAN-P29)

  • Sūtras: Samantabhadra Practice-Vows chapter (T0293, the dedication prose: all merits from the first prostration to the last accommodation dedicated to all beings, "I will take their heaviest fruits of suffering upon myself in their stead," the closing seal of the ten great vows complete and perfect; the vow-king's deathbed turning-home, "only this vow-king does not depart … in a single instant one attains rebirth in the World of Utmost Bliss and straightway sees Amitābha Buddha"; the dedication verse, "I vow that when my life approaches its end … I will see that Buddha, Amitābha, face to face," and the scroll's last line, "may all beings drowning in saṃsāra swiftly go to the land of the Buddha of Measureless Light")
  • Note: "dedication is the last step of losing the self" and "the dharma-realm buddha-recollection of the Flower Ornament clasps hands with the Pure Land" are the book's own linkages (the deathbed turning-home to Utmost Bliss is the explicit wording of T0293).

Part Eight · Coda

8.1 Buddha-Recollection in This Age: The Machine Cannot Recollect for You (per NIAN-P30 · Recollection in the Age of AI · P30_recollection-in-the-age-of-ai.md)

  • Sūtras: Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, Northern edition, fascicles 7 and 27 (tr. Dharmakṣema, T0374, "all sentient beings possess buddha-nature"); Sūtra on the Contemplation of Amitāyus, the lowest grade of the lowest birth (T0365); Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, Candragarbha section, fascicle 55 (T0397, the five five-hundred-year periods); Saṃyuktāgama, fascicle 15, the blind turtle and the floating log (T0099)
  • Commentaries: Triṃśikā (Thirty Verses on Consciousness-Only), verses 5–7 (Vasubandhu, tr. Xuanzang, T1586, on manas); Cheng Weishi Lun, fascicles 4, 5, 7, and 10 (T1585); Mahāyānasaṃgraha (T1593) and Mahāyānasaṃgraha Commentary, fascicle 9 (T1597, buddha-recollection as manifestation); Abhidharmakośa, fascicle 11 (T1558, the lifespans of the six destinies); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra, fascicle 91 (T1509, the long-life heavens as one of the eight difficulties); Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T1614, the twenty-four factors not directly associated with mind); Mahāyāna Pañcaskandhaka (T1612); Shandao, Guānjīng Sìtiē Shū (T1753, "above, exhausting a whole lifetime; below, gathering in ten recollections"); Zhanran, Jin'gang Bei (The Diamond Scalpel, T1932, the insentient possess buddha-nature); Wumen Huikai, Wumen Guan (The Gateless Barrier), case one (T2005, Zhaozhou's dog and wu)

8.2 Final Chapter · The Internal Steps of Buddha-Recollection: Placing This One Thing in the Palm of Your Hand (per NIAN-P31 · The Internal Steps of Buddha-Recollection · P31_the-internal-steps-of-buddha-recollection.md; the book-wide synthesis)

  • This chapter establishes no new sources; it gathers back the buddha-recollection axis of the whole book. Core scriptures and treatises recalled: Saṃyuktāgama, the nine epithets and the six recollections (T0099); Sūtra in Forty-Two Sections, recollecting the Way (T0784); Pratyutpanna-Samādhi Sūtra, seeing the Buddha face to face (T0418); the three Pure Land sūtras — Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha (T0360), Sūtra on the Contemplation of Amitāyus (T0365), Amitābha Sūtra (T0366); Śūraṅgama Sūtra, gathering in the six sense-roots (T0945); Ghanavyūha-sūtra, the turning-of-the-base of the ālaya (T0681 / T0682); Cheng Weishi Lun (T1585); Samantabhadra Practice-Vows chapter, forty-fascicle Huayan (T0293).
  • Commentaries: Lianchi, Amituo Jing Shuchao (X0424, the philological gloss on "holding"); Jiaoguang, Śūraṅgama Straight-Vein Commentary (X0275, gathering-in-the-roots recollection); Shandao, Guānjīng Sìtiē Shū (T1753); Daochuo, Anle Ji (T1958); the Wu Fangbian Nianfo Men attributed to Zhiyi (T1962).

Note: this index lists each chapter's principal sources, not an exhaustive inventory. The complete footnotes, fascicle and page numbers, Sanskrit and Pāli originals, and scholarly adjudications behind each source paper (NIAN-P01 through P31) remain in the original research papers; the main text of this book is their book-form rewriting, with the scholarly apparatus compressed into this appendix. All T-number citations have been physically verified against the CBETA Electronic Tripiṭaka Collection.