Translation · the Han canon into English
The Canon.入藏。
The Han canon carried into English from the masters' own renderings — parallel text throughout, every terminological choice sourced and ruled by the translator.
7 schools open · 27 Han works in the canon · 2 Theravāda chapters in parallel
Enter the canon by school.依宗入藏。
The shelvesYogācāra唯識
10 works publishedPrajñā般若
5 works publishedTiantai天台
5 works publishedMadhyamaka · Tathāgatagarbha · Pure Land · Original Vow中觀 · 如來藏 · 淨土 · 本願
7 works published中論Treatise on the MiddlePublished十二門論Twelve Gate TreatisePublished百論Hundred TreatisePublished大乘起信論The Awakening of Faith in the Great VehiclePublished佛說阿彌陀經The Amitābha SūtraPublished藥師琉璃光如來本願功德經Bhaiṣajyaguru Vaiḍūryaprabha (The Medicine Buddha Sutra)Published地藏菩薩本願經The Sūtra of the Original Vows of Kṣitigarbha BodhisattvaPublished
Theravāda, in parallel.南傳並行。
The parallel laneThe Theravāda lane runs beside the Han shelf rather than on it: the Visuddhimagga is set out paragraph by paragraph against its Pāli, its Chinese, and the translator's notes.
Visuddhimagga清淨道論
in parallelAppanā-samādhi · Absorption ConcentrationAwaitingAnussati-niddesa · The Six RecollectionsPublishedKammaṭṭhāna-niddesa · Meditation SubjectsPublished
No retranslation. Xuanzang, Kumārajīva and Paramārtha finished their work centuries ago — their renderings are the base texts. The remaining passage runs from their Chinese into English, toward readers the masters could not reach. One direction only: Han → English.