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Appendix A · Academic Notes Index

How to Use

This index maps each chapter to its underlying paper and lists the principal Taishō-canon texts (T-numbers) that the paper cites. When you are reading a passage in the main text and want to verify the source of a citation, proceed in three steps:

  1. Turn to the row for the relevant chapter (e.g. "6.13 The Five Inverted Imaginings and the Road to Cessation");
  2. Find the number in the "Source Paper" column (e.g. S6-P13), and download it from the GitHub repo pointing-at-the-moon/dharma-research/papers/;
  3. Within the paper, look up the footnote and the "Scripture & Treatise Index" appendix for the corresponding passage to find the precise fascicle / page number.

Why a two-layer index? Each of the 92 papers already contains complete CBETA collation footnotes and fascicle-level sources. For readability, this book compresses those footnotes down to the T-number level; when you need deeper fascicle-and-page verification, please defer directly to the paper version (this also applies to academic citation).

Note on CBETA collation: All T-number citations are collated against the CBETA Electronic Tripiṭaka Collection (cbetaonline.cn). The T-number format is "T + volume number"; for example, T10 = Taishō volume 10; "No." = the text's catalog number. Full volume-and-page numbers are marked in the footnotes of the paper version.


Part One · Trust · The First Arising of the Aspiration

Ch.Chapter TitleSource PaperPrincipal Texts Cited (T-numbers)
1.1A Single Thought Arises, the Collective Karma Already StirsS1-P01Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 278); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (T16 No. 670); Awakening of Mahāyāna Faith (T32 No. 1666); Śrīmālādevī Sūtra (T12 No. 353); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Vimalakīrti Sūtra (T14 No. 475); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509)
1.2The Dharma Stream — From the Buddhas of the Three Times to Your HandsS1-P02Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T9 No. 278); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Daśabhūmika-vibhāṣā Śāstra (T26 No. 1521); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Awakening of Mahāyāna Faith (T32 No. 1666); Commentary on the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T35 No. 1735)
1.3The LLM Is Not a Consciousness — Locating AI on the Yogācāra MapS1-P03Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T31 No. 1614)
1.4AI Generates No Merit — The Contemporary Wrong View of Treating a Tool as a SeedS1-P04Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Dīrghāgama (T1 No. 1); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585)
1.5Using AI Well as a Supporting Condition — Discourses on Giving, Discipline, and Rebirth in the HeavensS1-P05Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Dīrghāgama (T1 No. 1); Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585)
1.6Awareness Is the Turn — Attention Is the Single Thought of PracticeS1-P06Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T31 No. 1614); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Alternative Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 100); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (Sixty-Fascicle) (T9 No. 278); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (Eighty-Fascicle) (T10 No. 279)
1.7Planting Today's Cause for Your Future SelfS1-P07Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Commentary on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha (T31 No. 1598); Abhidharmasamuccaya (T31 No. 1606); Commentary on the Awakening of Mahāyāna Faith (T44 No. 1846); Madhyāntavibhāga (T31 No. 1595); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 293); Verses on the Structure of the Eight Consciousnesses (T45 No. 1865); Abhidharmakośa (T29 No. 1558); Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (T12 No. 374)
1.8The Road of Seeking Outward Is a Dead EndS1-P08Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26); Dīrghāgama (T1 No. 1); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Jingde Chuandeng Lu (T51 No. 2076); Huangbo Chuanxin Fayao (T48 No. 2012); Platform Sūtra (T48 No. 2008); Subcommentary Elaborating the Meaning of the Avataṃsaka Commentary (T36 No. 1521)
1.9Is the Dharma-Vessel Ready? — Restoring Attention in the Digital AgeS1-P09Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Alternative Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 100); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Mohe Zhiguan (T46 No. 1911); Tiantai Zhiguan Fayao (T46 No. 1896)
1.10The Thirty-Seven Factors of Awakening — A Method Already Prepared Twenty-Five Hundred Years AgoS1-P10Parinirvāṇa Sūtra (T1 No. 7); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Vimalakīrti Sūtra (T14 No. 474); Vimalakīrti Sūtra (T14 No. 475); Madhyāntavibhāga (T31 No. 1595); Foxing Lun (Buddha-Nature Treatise) (T31 No. 1610); Commentary on the Four-Part Vinaya (T40 No. 1805); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Compendium of the Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T43 No. 1828)

Part Two · Understand · The Heart Sūtra of Prajñā

Ch.Chapter TitleSource PaperPrincipal Texts Cited (T-numbers)
2.1Prajñā · Heart · Sūtra — The Title Is the TeachingS2-P01Platform Sūtra (T48 No. 2008); Youzan Commentary on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1710); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Madhyāntavibhāga (T31 No. 1600); Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra (T31 No. 1604); Awakening of Mahāyāna Faith (Śikṣānanda tr.) (T32 No. 1667)
2.2Avalokiteśvara — A Closed Loop of AwakeningS2-P02Commentary on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1713); Annotation of the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1714); Avalokiteśvara — Compassion and Wisdom in Tandem, the Ten Masteries (T1710); Avalokiteśvara — Unobstructed Interpenetration of Principle and Phenomena (T1712); Avalokiteśvara — The Wisdom of Wondrous Observation Determines the Essence (T1711); Avalokiteśvara vs. Avalokiteśvara (Translation-Term Disambiguation) (T1828); Avalokiteśvara — Reading the Sūtra for Its Full Meaning (T1713); Prajñā as the Eye of the Six Pāramitās (the Blind-Man Analogy) (T1509); The First Appearance of Non-Discriminating Wisdom at the Penetrating Stage (T1585); The Five Stages of Yogācāra (Verses) (T1586); Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva Inquires About the Stages (T676); The Tathāgata Neither Comes Nor Goes (T235)
2.3Practicing Deeply — Turning Inward, Deep Into the Aggregate of Mental FormationsS2-P03Youzan (T33 No. 1710); Cheng Lun (T31 No. 1585); Yoga (T30 No. 1579); Da Lun (T25 No. 1509); Avataṃsaka (T10 No. 279); Lotus (T9 No. 262); Śūraṅgama (T19 No. 945)
2.4Illuminating the Emptiness of the Five Aggregates — An Inborn CapacityS2-P04Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26); Dīrghāgama (T1 No. 1); Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Youzan Commentary on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1710); Eulogy on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1711)
2.5Form Is Emptiness — The Production Line of SufferingS2-P05Heart Sūtra (T8 No. 251); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26); Abhidharmasamuccaya (T31 No. 1605); Youzan Commentary on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1710); Eulogy on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1711); Brief Commentary on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1712)
2.6This Is the Empty Character of All Dharmas — This Mind Neither Arises Nor CeasesS2-P06Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Pañcaviṃśati) (T8 No. 223); Heart Sūtra (T8 No. 251); Sūtra on Neither Increase Nor Decrease (T16 No. 668); Śrīmālādevī Sūtra (T12 No. 353); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Jingang Xian Lun (T25 No. 1512); Madhyāntavibhāga (T31 No. 1600); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Commentary on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha (T31 No. 1593); Ratnagotravibhāga (T31 No. 1611); Youzan Commentary on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1710); Brief Commentary on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1712); Zongjing Lu (T48 No. 2016)
2.7In Emptiness There Is No Form — The Threefold Deconstruction of Faculty, Object, and ConsciousnessS2-P07Heart Sūtra (T8 No. 251); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Commentary on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha (T31 No. 1597); Abhidharmakośa (T29 No. 1558); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Abhidharmasamuccaya (T31 No. 1605); Youzan Commentary on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1710); Eulogy on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1711); Zongjing Lu (T48 No. 2016)
2.8Ignorance Is the Inversion of Perception — A New Reading of the Twelve LinksS2-P08Heart Sūtra (T8 No. 251); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Abhidharmakośa (T29 No. 1558); Commentary on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha (T31 No. 1597); Youzan Commentary on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1710); Eulogy on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1711)
2.9Even Practice Must Be Let Go — No Wisdom and No AttainmentS2-P09Heart Sūtra (T8 No. 251); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Youzan Commentary on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1710); Commentary on the Diamond Sūtra (T33 No. 1700); Dasheng Fayuan Yilin Zhang (T45 No. 1861); Commentary on the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T35 No. 1735); Lianzhu Ji on the Brief Commentary (T33 No. 1713)
2.10The Mind Without Obstruction — Passing Through Terror to Ultimate NirvāṇaS2-P10Dīrghāgama (T1 No. 1); Parinirvāṇa Sūtra (T1 No. 7); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Heart Sūtra (T8 No. 251); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Bodhiruci tr.) (T16 No. 671); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Commentary on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha (Paramārtha) (T31 No. 1595); Commentary on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha (Vasubandhu) (T31 No. 1597); Commentary on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha (Asvabhāva) (T31 No. 1598); Madhyāntavibhāga (T31 No. 1600); Ratnagotravibhāga (T31 No. 1611); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Youzan Commentary on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1710); Exposition of the Eulogy on the Diamond Sūtra (T33 No. 1700); Commentary on the Diamond Sūtra (T33 No. 1699); Subcommentary on the Madhyāntavibhāga (T44 No. 1835); Supplementary Notes on the Verses on the Eight Consciousnesses (T45 No. 1865)
2.11Three Kinds of Practitioner, One Heart Sūtra — The Perfect Fusion of Manifest and EsotericS2-P11Heart Sūtra (T8 No. 251); Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Treatise on the Diamond Sūtra (Bodhiruci tr.) (T25 No. 1510); Treatise on the Diamond Sūtra (Dharmagupta tr.) (T25 No. 1511); Jingang Xian Lun (T25 No. 1512); Treatise on the Diamond Sūtra Demolishing Attachment Without Damaging the Conventional Name (T25 No. 1515); Mahāyānasaṃgraha (Paramārtha tr.) (T31 No. 1593); Mahāyānasaṃgraha (Xuanzang tr.) (T31 No. 1594); Commentary on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha (Paramārtha tr.) (T31 No. 1595); Commentary on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha (Vasubandhu · Xuanzang tr.) (T31 No. 1597); Commentary on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha (Asvabhāva · Xuanzang tr.) (T31 No. 1598); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Youzan Commentary on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1710); Eulogy on the Heart Sūtra (Woncheuk) (T33 No. 1711); Brief Commentary on the Heart Sūtra (Fazang) (T33 No. 1712); Annotation of the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1714)

Part Three · Practice · The Hundred Dharmas and the Eight Consciousnesses

Ch.Chapter TitleSource PaperPrincipal Texts Cited (T-numbers)
3.1All Dharmas Are Selfless — The Hundred Dharmas Are a Map of PracticeS3-P01Dīrghāgama (T1 No. 1); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T9 No. 278); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Guṇabhadra tr.) (T16 No. 670); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Śikṣānanda tr.) (T16 No. 672); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T31 No. 1614); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Biography of Master Vasubandhu (T50 No. 2049)
3.2The Three Schemata — Three Blades of Different ResolutionS3-SUP02Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Heart Sūtra (T8 No. 251); Abhidharmakośa (T29 No. 1558); Abhidharma-mahāvibhāṣā (T27 No. 1545); Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T31 No. 1614); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585)
3.3The Three Transformations — A Panorama of the Eight ConsciousnessesS3-P02Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Śikṣānanda tr.) (T16 No. 672); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Guṇabhadra tr.) (T16 No. 670); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Bodhiruci tr.) (T16 No. 671); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (Sixty-Fascicle) (T9 No. 278); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (Eighty-Fascicle) (T10 No. 279); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T31 No. 1614); Supplementary Notes on the Verses on the Eight Consciousnesses (T45 No. 1865); Zongjing Lu (T48 No. 2016); Compendium of the Cheng Weishi Lun (T43 No. 1828)
3.4The Ālaya Consciousness — The Hard Drive of LifeS3-P03Ghanavyūha Sūtra (Divākara tr.) (T16 No. 681); Ghanavyūha Sūtra (Amoghavajra tr.) (T16 No. 682); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Guṇabhadra tr.) (T16 No. 670); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Śikṣānanda tr.) (T16 No. 672); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (Eighty-Fascicle) (T10 No. 279); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (Sixty-Fascicle) (T9 No. 278); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Mahāyānasaṃgraha (Paramārtha tr.) (T31 No. 1593); Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T31 No. 1614); Supplementary Notes on the Verses on the Eight Consciousnesses (T45 No. 1865)
3.5The Manas Consciousness — The Invisible Self-GraspingS3-P04Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Guṇabhadra tr.) (T16 No. 670); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Śikṣānanda tr.) (T16 No. 672); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Ghanavyūha Sūtra (Amoghavajra tr.) (T16 No. 682); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Mahāyānasaṃgraha (Paramārtha tr.) (T31 No. 1593); Commentary on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha (Vasubandhu) (T31 No. 1598); Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T31 No. 1614); Supplementary Notes on the Verses on the Eight Consciousnesses (T45 No. 1865); Platform Sūtra (T48 No. 2008); Zongjing Lu (T48 No. 2016); Xiuxin Jue (T48 No. 2020)
3.6The Sixth Consciousness — The Only Consciousness That Can Look in a MirrorS3-P05Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T9 No. 278); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Śikṣānanda tr.) (T16 No. 672); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Heart Sūtra (T8 No. 251); Vimalakīrti Sūtra (T14 No. 475); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Supplementary Notes on the Verses on the Eight Consciousnesses (T45 No. 1865); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Madhyāntavibhāga (T31 No. 1600); Mahāyāna Pañcaskandhaka (T31 No. 1606); Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T31 No. 1614)
3.7The First Five Consciousnesses — The Immediacy of the SensesS3-P06Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Guṇabhadra tr.) (T16 No. 670); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Bodhiruci tr.) (T16 No. 671); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Śikṣānanda tr.) (T16 No. 672); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T9 No. 278); Heart Sūtra (T8 No. 251); Vimalakīrti Sūtra (T14 No. 475); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Supplementary Notes on the Verses on the Eight Consciousnesses (T45 No. 1865); Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T31 No. 1614); Brief Commentary on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1712)
3.8The Universal and Object-Specific Mental Factors — The Minimal Engine of the MindS3-P07Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (Eighty-Fascicle) (T10 No. 279); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Śikṣānanda tr.) (T16 No. 672); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Supplementary Notes on the Verses on the Eight Consciousnesses (T45 No. 1865); Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T31 No. 1614); Mahāyāna Pañcaskandhaka (T31 No. 1612)
3.9The Wholesome Mental Factors — The Fuel of PracticeS3-P08Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T9 No. 278); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Supplementary Notes on the Verses on the Eight Consciousnesses (T45 No. 1865); Mahāyāna Pañcaskandhaka (T31 No. 1612); Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T31 No. 1614)
3.10The Root Afflictions and the Indeterminate Factors — The Engine of SaṃsāraS3-P09Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Dīrghāgama (T1 No. 1); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Supplementary Notes on the Verses on the Eight Consciousnesses (T45 No. 1865); Mahāyāna Pañcaskandhaka (T31 No. 1612); Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T31 No. 1614)
3.11The Derivative Afflictions — The Branches and Twigs of AfflictionS3-P10Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Mahāyāna Pañcaskandhaka (T31 No. 1612); Supplementary Notes on the Verses on the Eight Consciousnesses (T45 No. 1865)
3.12Form Dharmas — The World as Manifested by ConsciousnessS3-P11Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Bodhiruci tr.) (T16 No. 671); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Śikṣānanda tr.) (T16 No. 672); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T9 No. 278); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Mahāyāna Pañcaskandhaka (T31 No. 1612); Abhidharmasamuccaya (T31 No. 1605); Abhidharmasamuccaya-vyākhyā (T31 No. 1606); Supplementary Notes on the Verses on the Eight Consciousnesses (T45 No. 1865); Daśabhūmika-sūtra-śāstra (T26 No. 1522)
3.13The Dissociated Factors — Conceptual ConstructsS3-P12Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T31 No. 1614); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Mahāyāna Pañcaskandhaka (T31 No. 1612); Abhidharmasamuccaya (T31 No. 1605); Abhidharmasamuccaya-vyākhyā (T31 No. 1606); Xianyang Shengjiao Lun (T31 No. 1602); Supplementary Notes on the Verses on the Eight Consciousnesses (T45 No. 1865); Compendium of the Cheng Weishi Lun (T43 No. 1828); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Dīrghāgama (T1 No. 1); Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (T1 No. 7); Qishi Jing (T1 No. 24); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T9 No. 278); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Śikṣānanda tr.) (T16 No. 672)
3.14Unconditioned Dharmas — The End Point of the Hundred DharmasS3-P13Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26); Alternative Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 100); Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (T1 No. 7); Heart Sūtra (T8 No. 251); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra (T5 No. 220); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Bodhiruci tr.) (T16 No. 671); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Guṇabhadra tr.) (T16 No. 670); Ghanavyūha Sūtra (T16 No. 682); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (Eighty-Fascicle) (T10 No. 279); Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T31 No. 1614); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Mahāyāna Pañcaskandhaka (T31 No. 1612); Abhidharmasamuccaya (T31 No. 1605); Abhidharmasamuccaya-vyākhyā (T31 No. 1606); Mahāyānasaṃgraha (T31 No. 1593); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Treatise on the Mahāprajñāpāramitā (T25 No. 1512); Supplementary Notes on the Verses on the Eight Consciousnesses (T45 No. 1865); Compendium of the Cheng Weishi Lun (T43 No. 1828); Annotation on the Avataṃsaka Dharmadhātu Contemplation Gate (T45 No. 1884); Huayan Fajie Xuanjing (T45 No. 1883); Huayan Fa Putixin Zhang (T45 No. 1878); Treatise on the Distinctions of the One-Vehicle Teaching of Huayan (T45 No. 1866); Huayan Jing Zhigui (T45 No. 1871); Huayan Jing Neizhangmen Deng Za Kongmu Zhang (T45 No. 1870); Huayan Yisheng Fajie Tu (T45 No. 1887); Wangjin Huanyuan Guan on the Profound Meaning of Huayan (T45 No. 1876)
3.15The Four Aids to Penetration — From Knowing to SeeingS3-SUP01Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Triṃśikā-vijñaptimātratā (T31 No. 1586); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Mahāyānasaṃgraha (T31 No. 1593); Mahāyānasaṃgraha-bhāṣya (T31 No. 1590); Commentary on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha (T31 No. 1598); Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T31 No. 1614); Madhyāntavibhāga (T31 No. 1600); Madhyāntavibhāga (Paramārtha tr.) (T31 No. 1595); Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra (T31 No. 1604); Abhidharmasamuccaya-vyākhyā (T31 No. 1606); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Abhidharmakośa (T29 No. 1558); Youzan Commentary on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1710); Commentary on the Diamond Sūtra (T33 No. 1702)
3.16Transforming Consciousness into Wisdom — Coming HomeS3-P14Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Heart Sūtra (T8 No. 251); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T9 No. 278); Lotus Sūtra (T9 No. 262); Vimalakīrti Sūtra (T14 No. 475); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Guṇabhadra tr.) (T16 No. 670); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Bodhiruci tr.) (T16 No. 671); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Śikṣānanda tr.) (T16 No. 672); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T31 No. 1614); Supplementary Notes on the Verses on the Eight Consciousnesses (T45 No. 1865); Mahāyānasaṃgraha (T31 No. 1593); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Zongjing Lu (T48 No. 2016); Youzan Commentary on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1710); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra (T5 No. 220)

Part Four · Inquiry · Practice in the Age of AI

Ch.Chapter TitleSource PaperPrincipal Texts Cited (T-numbers)
4.1The Equality of the Dependent — That Fragility You Share with AIS4-P01Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Daśabhūmika-sūtra-śāstra (T26 No. 1522); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Bodhiruci tr.) (T16 No. 671); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Śikṣānanda tr.) (T16 No. 672); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579)
4.2Mutual Illumination — Two Lamps in the Container WorldS4-P02Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Mahāyānasaṃgraha (T31 No. 1592); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T31 No. 1614)
4.3Practicing Together — A Field ReportS4-P03Vimalakīrti Sūtra (T14 No. 475); Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 293); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Mahāyānasaṃgraha (T31 No. 1592); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579)
4.4The One in the Mirror — What You Ask Exposes Who You AreS4-P04Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Sūtra on Cutting Through with the Diamond of Prajñā (T8 No. 239); Platform Sūtra (T48 No. 2008); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Subcommentary on the Cheng Weishi Lun (T43 No. 1830); Supplementary Notes on the Verses on the Eight Consciousnesses (T45 No. 1865); Treatise on the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (T25 No. 1515)
4.5The Projection of Manas — The Self We See in AIS4-P05Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Pañcaviṃśati) (T8 No. 223); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra (T7 No. 220); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Śikṣānanda tr.) (T16 No. 672); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Abhidharmasamuccaya-vyākhyā (T31 No. 1606); Verses on the Structure of the Eight Consciousnesses (T45 No. 1865); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509)
4.6How Would the Buddha Use AI — The Skillful Means of a Supporting ConditionS4-P06Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 293); Amitābha Sūtra (T12 No. 366); Vimalakīrti Sūtra (T14 No. 475); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Mahāyānasaṃgraha (T31 No. 1592); Jingde Chuandeng Lu (T51 No. 2076)
4.7The Living Eye — The One Thing AI Cannot Give YouS4-P07Platform Sūtra (T48 No. 2008); Jingde Chuandeng Lu (T51 No. 2076); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (Eighty-Fascicle) (T10 No. 279); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579)
4.8Sentient Beings Are Not Sentient Beings, Thus Named Sentient Beings — The Dissolving of Seven NamesS4-P08Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585)

Part Five · Cutting · The Diamond Prajñā

Ch.Chapter TitleSource PaperPrincipal Texts Cited (T-numbers)
5.1The "Is-Not" Three-Step Form — The Compression Formula of the Diamond SūtraS5-P01Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Treatise on the Diamond Prajñā (T25 No. 1510); Treatise on the Diamond Prajñā Sūtra (T25 No. 1511); Jingang Xian Lun (T25 No. 1512); Commentary on the Vajracchedikā Treatise (T25 No. 1513); Exposition of the Eulogy on the Diamond Sūtra (T33 No. 1702)
5.2The Kōan Mirror — If You Get It, You Get ItS5-P02Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Platform Sūtra (T48 No. 2008); Exposition of the Eulogy on the Diamond Sūtra (T33 No. 1702)
5.3All Marks Are Illusory — The First CutS5-P03Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Exposition of the Eulogy on the Diamond Sūtra (T33 No. 1702)
5.4Even the Dharma Should Be Abandoned, How Much More the Non-Dharma — The Second CutS5-P04Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Treatise on the Diamond Prajñā Sūtra (T25 No. 1511); Treatise on the Diamond Prajñā (T25 No. 1510); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Exposition of the Eulogy on the Diamond Sūtra (T33 No. 1702); Commentary on the Diamond Sūtra (T33 No. 1700)
5.5The Reward Paradox of Merit Comparison — Destroying Reward with RewardS5-P05Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Diamond Sūtra (Bodhiruci tr.) (T8 No. 236); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Treatise on the Diamond Prajñā Sūtra (T25 No. 1511); Treatise on the Diamond Prajñā (T25 No. 1510); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Exposition of the Eulogy on the Diamond Sūtra (T33 No. 1702); Commentary on the Diamond Sūtra (T33 No. 1703)
5.6Giving Rise to the Mind That Dwells Nowhere — Non-Abiding and Mind-Arising at OnceS5-P06Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Vimalakīrti Sūtra (T14 No. 475); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Guṇabhadra tr.) (T16 No. 670); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Bodhiruci tr.) (T16 No. 671); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Exposition of the Eulogy on the Diamond Sūtra (T33 No. 1702); Platform Sūtra (T48 No. 2008); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra (T5 No. 220)
5.7The Diamond Sūtra's Self-Recurrence — The Same Question, Asked Once MoreS5-P07Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Treatise on the Diamond Prajñā Sūtra (T25 No. 1511); Treatise on the Diamond Prajñā (T25 No. 1510); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Exposition of the Eulogy on the Diamond Sūtra (T33 No. 1702)
5.8The Tathāgata Cannot Be Seen Through Marks — Where Is the True BuddhaS5-P08Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Vimalakīrti Sūtra (T14 No. 475); Shuo Wugoucheng Jing (Vimalakīrti, alt. tr.) (T14 No. 476); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Guṇabhadra tr.) (T16 No. 670); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Exposition of the Eulogy on the Diamond Sūtra (T33 No. 1702); Treatise on the Diamond Prajñā Sūtra (T25 No. 1511)
5.9All Conditioned Phenomena Are Like Dreams, Illusions, Bubbles, Shadows — The Illusory Is Not NothingnessS5-P09Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Diamond Sūtra (Bodhiruci) (T8 No. 236); Diamond Sūtra (Yijing) (T8 No. 239); Mahāprajñāpāramitā (Pañcaviṃśati) (T8 No. 223); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra (T5 No. 220); Vimalakīrti Sūtra (T14 No. 475); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Guṇabhadra) (T16 No. 670); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Śikṣānanda) (T16 No. 672); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Treatise on the Diamond Prajñā Sūtra (T25 No. 1511); Treatise on Demolishing Attachment (T25 No. 1512); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Madhyāntavibhāga (T31 No. 1594); Madhyāntavibhāga (Sthiramati) (T31 No. 1597); Compendium (T43 No. 1828); Eulogy on the Diamond Sūtra (T33 No. 1700); Subcommentary on the Diamond Sūtra (T33 No. 1701); Kanding Ji on the Diamond Sūtra (T33 No. 1702); Essentials of the Commentarial Tradition (T33 No. 1703)
5.10From the Hundred Dharmas to the Diamond — Upgrading the ToolboxS5-P10Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T31 No. 1614); Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Guṇabhadra tr.) (T16 No. 670); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Śikṣānanda tr.) (T16 No. 672); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Treatise on the Diamond Prajñā Sūtra (T25 No. 1511); Exposition of the Eulogy on the Diamond Sūtra (T33 No. 1702); Eulogy on the Diamond Prajñā Sūtra (T33 No. 1700); Compendium of the Cheng Weishi Lun (T43 No. 1828); Triṃśikā-vijñaptimātratā (T31 No. 1586)

Part Six · Illumination · The Śūraṅgama Sūtra

Ch.Chapter TitleSource PaperPrincipal Texts Cited (T-numbers)
6.1Introduction to the Śūraṅgama Sūtra — The Demon-Revealing Mirror for PractitionersS6-P01Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Zixuan's Commentary (T39 No. 1799); Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra (T25 No. 1509); Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235)
6.2The Sevenfold Search for the Mind — The Mind You Think You Have Is Not the MindS6-P02Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Shoulengyan Yishu Zhujing (T39 No. 1799); Zhengmai Shu on the Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T12 No. 275); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Abhidharmasamuccaya-vyākhyā (T31 No. 1606)
6.3The Tenfold Revealing of Seeing — Seeing-Nature Does Not Perish with Its ObjectS6-P03Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Shoulengyan Yishu Zhujing (T39 No. 1799); Zhengmai Shu on the Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T11 No. 275); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Platform Sūtra (T48 No. 2008)
6.4The Four Sciences and Seven Elements — All Dharmas Are Originally the TathāgatagarbhaS6-P04Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Shoulengyan Yishu Zhujing (T39 No. 1799); Zhengmai Shu on the Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T11 No. 275); Heart Sūtra (T8 No. 251); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Bodhiruci tr.) (T16 No. 671); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Guṇabhadra tr.) (T16 No. 670); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279)
6.5The Twenty-Five Means of Perfect Penetration — The Gate That Suits YouS6-P05Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Shoulengyan Yishu Zhujing (T39 No. 1799); Zhengmai Shu on the Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T12 No. 275); Lotus Sūtra (T9 No. 262); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676)
6.6The Three Gradual Stages and the Ground of Dry Wisdom — Purification Before Entering the GateS6-P06Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Shoulengyan Yishu Zhujing (T39 No. 1799); Zhengmai Shu on the Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T12 No. 275); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676)
6.7The Four Pure and Clear Instructions — The First Ward Before Entering the GateS6-P07Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Shoulengyan Yishu Zhujing (T39 No. 1799); Zhengmai Shu on the Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T12 No. 275); Brahmā's Net Sūtra (T24 No. 1484); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Awakening of Mahāyāna Faith (T32 No. 1666); Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (T12 No. 374)
6.8The General Outline of the Fifty Skandha-Demons and the Ten States of the Form Aggregate — Consecrating the Demon-Revealing MirrorS6-P08Śūraṅgama (T19 No. 945); Lengyan Yishu (T39 No. 1799); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Alternative Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 100); Dīrghāgama (T1 No. 1); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Zhilun (Mahāprajñāpāramitā Śāstra) (T25 No. 1509); Yoga (T30 No. 1579)
6.9The Ten Demons of the Feeling Aggregate — The Refinement of the Second ArrowS6-P09Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26)
6.10The Ten Demons of the Perception Aggregate — The Mirror-Image Other of CravingS6-P10Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26)
6.11The Ten Demons of the Mental-Formations Aggregate — The Mirror-Image Student and the Net of Brahmanical SpeculationS6-P11Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Dīrghāgama · Brahmajāla Sūtra (T1 No. 1); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Madhyamāgama · Noble Path Sūtra (T1 No. 26); Shoulengyan Yishu Zhujing (T39 No. 1799); Zhengmai Shu on the Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T12 No. 275)
6.12The Ten Demons of the Consciousness Aggregate — The Final Grasping Between the Two PillarsS6-P12Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26); Lotus Sūtra (T9 No. 262); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Guṇabhadra tr.) (T16 No. 670); Shoulengyan Yishu Zhujing (T39 No. 1799); Zhengmai Shu on the Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T12 No. 275)
6.13The Five Inverted Imaginings and the Road to CessationS6-P13Śūraṅgama (T19 No. 945); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Lotus (T9 No. 262); Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment (T17 No. 842); Zixuan's Commentary (T39 No. 1799)

Part Seven · Gathering-In · The Lotus Sūtra of the Wondrous Dharma

Ch.Chapter TitleSource PaperPrincipal Texts Cited (T-numbers)
7.1The True Mark of All Dharmas and the Ten SuchnessesS7-P01Lotus Sūtra (T9 No. 262); Zheng Fahua Jing (Lotus, Dharmarakṣa tr.) (T9 No. 263); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T16 No. 676); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Treatise on the Lotus Sūtra (Upadeśa) (T26 No. 1519); Treatise on the Lotus Sūtra (Upadeśa) (T26 No. 1520); Fahua Xuanyi (Profound Meaning of the Lotus) (T33 No. 1716); Fahua Wenju (Words and Phrases of the Lotus) (T34 No. 1718); Fahua Yishu (T34 No. 1721); Fahua Xuanzan (T34 No. 1723)
7.2The One Great Cause and Opening-Showing-Awakening-EnteringS7-P02Lotus Sūtra (T9 No. 262); Zheng Fahua Jing (T9 No. 263); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26); Dīrghāgama (T1 No. 1); Treatise on the Lotus Sūtra (Upadeśa) (T26 No. 1519); Treatise on the Lotus Sūtra (Upadeśa) (T26 No. 1520); Fahua Xuanyi (T33 No. 1716); Fahua Wenju (T34 No. 1718); Fahua Yishu (T34 No. 1721); Fahua Xuanzan (T34 No. 1723); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585)
7.3The Burning-House Parable — The Father's Skillful Means and the Fire of the Three RealmsS7-P03Lotus Sūtra (T262); Zheng Fahua Jing (T263); Saṃyuktāgama (T99); Alternative Saṃyuktāgama (T100); Treatise on the Lotus Sūtra (Upadeśa) (T1519); Treatise on the Lotus Sūtra (Upadeśa) (T1520); Fahua Wenju (T1718); Fahua Xuanyi (T1716); Fahua Yishu (T1721); Fahua Xuanzan (T1723); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T676); Cheng Weishi Lun (T1585)
7.4The Poor-Son Parable — Originally the Elder's Son, Why Call Himself a Lowly HirelingS7-P04Lotus Sūtra (T9 No. 262); Zheng Fahua Jing (T9 No. 263); Treatise on the Lotus Sūtra (Upadeśa) (T26 No. 1519); Treatise on the Lotus Sūtra (Upadeśa) (T26 No. 1520); Fahua Wenju (T34 No. 1718); Fahua Xuanyi (T33 No. 1716); Fahua Yishu (T34 No. 1721); Fahua Xuanzan (T34 No. 1723); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Mahāyānasaṃgraha (T31 No. 1593); Dasheng Fayuan Yilin Zhang (T45 No. 1861); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Guṇabhadra tr.) (T16 No. 670); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Bodhiruci tr.) (T16 No. 671); Foxing Lun (Buddha-Nature Treatise) (T31 No. 1610); Ratnagotravibhāga (T31 No. 1611); Awakening of Mahāyāna Faith (T32 No. 1666); Commentary on the Awakening of Mahāyāna Faith (T44 No. 1846); Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (T12 No. 374)
7.5The Medicinal-Herbs Parable — One Rain Universally Moistens, Yet Capacities DifferS7-P05Lotus Sūtra (T9 No. 262); Zheng Fahua Jing (T9 No. 263); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Alternative Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 100); Treatise on the Lotus Sūtra (Upadeśa) (T26 No. 1519); Treatise on the Lotus Sūtra (T26 No. 1520); Fahua Wenju (T34 No. 1718); Fahua Yishu (T34 No. 1721); Fahua Xuanzan (T34 No. 1723); Dasheng Fayuan Yilin Zhang (T45 No. 1861); Awakening of Mahāyāna Faith (T32 No. 1666); Mahāyānasaṃgraha (T31 No. 1593)
7.6The Conjured-City Parable — Expedient Nirvāṇa and Ultimate NirvāṇaS7-P06Lotus Sūtra (T9 No. 262); Zheng Fahua Jing (T9 No. 263); Treatise on the Lotus Sūtra (Upadeśa) (T26 No. 1519); Treatise on the Lotus Sūtra (Upadeśa) (T26 No. 1520); Fahua Wenju (T34 No. 1718); Fahua Xuanyi Shiqian (T34 No. 1719); Fahua Yishu (T34 No. 1721); Fahua Xuanzan (T34 No. 1723); Cheng Weishi Lun (T31 No. 1585); Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra (T30 No. 1579); Awakening of Mahāyāna Faith (T32 No. 1666); Awakening of Mahāyāna Faith (T32 No. 1667); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Lotus Sūtra (T262); Zheng Fahua (T263); Treatise on the Lotus (Ratnamati tr.) (T1519); Treatise on the Lotus (Bodhiruci tr.) (T1520); Fahua Wenju (T1718); Fahua Wenju Ji (T1719); Fahua Yishu (T1721); Fahua Xuanzan (T1723); Cheng Weishi Lun (T1585); Yoga Śāstra (T1579); Awakening of Faith (Paramārtha tr.) (T1666); Awakening of Faith (Śikṣānanda tr.) (T1667); Saṃyuktāgama (T99); Ekottarāgama (T125)
7.7The Hidden-Jewel and Topknot-Jewel Parables — Two Modes of the Inherent TreasureS7-P07Lotus Sūtra (T262); Zheng Fahua (T263); Treatise on the Lotus (Bodhiruci tr.) (T1519); Treatise on the Lotus (Ratnamati tr.) (T1520); Fahua Xuanzan (T1723); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Guṇabhadra tr.) (T670); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (Bodhiruci tr.) (T671); Ratnagotravibhāga (T1611); Cheng Weishi Lun (T1585); Saṃyuktāgama (T99); Alternative Saṃyuktāgama (T100)
7.8Devadatta and the Dragon Girl — The Two Ends of Prediction's Self-Nature-Lessness Displayed at OnceS7-P08Lotus Sūtra (T262); Zheng Fahua (T263); Tianpin Fahua (Supplemented Lotus) (T264); Dīrghāgama (T1); Madhyamāgama (T26); Saṃyuktāgama (T99); Alternative Saṃyuktāgama (T100); Ekottarāgama (T125); Nirvāṇa Sūtra (T374); Sarvāstivāda Vinaya (T1435); Four-Part Vinaya (T1428); Five-Part Vinaya (T1421); Treatise on the Lotus Sūtra (T1519); Treatise on the Lotus (Ratnamati tr.) (T1520); Fahua Xuanzan (T1721); Fahua Yishu (T1722); Fahua Xuanyi (T1716); Fahua Wenju (T1718); Chu Sanzang Jiji (T2145); Fahua Zhuanji (T2068)
7.9Sadāparibhūta Bodhisattva — The Gate of Universal Reverence and the Enactment of PredictionS7-P09Lotus Sūtra (T262); Zheng Fahua (T263); Tianpin Fahua (T264); Dīrghāgama (T1); Madhyamāgama (T26); Saṃyuktāgama (T99); Ekottarāgama (T125); Śrīmālādevī Sūtra (T353); Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra (T670); Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra (T676); Diamond Sūtra (T235); Cheng Weishi Lun (T1585); Foxing Lun (Buddha-Nature Treatise) (T1610); Treatise on the Lotus Sūtra (T1519); Fahua Xuanyi (T1716); Fahua Wenju (T1718); Fahua Yishu (T1721); Fahua Xuanzan (T1723)
7.10The Universal Gate of Avalokiteśvara — Compassionate Manifestation and the Etymology of the NameS7-P10Lotus Sūtra (T262); Zheng Fahua (T263); Tianpin Fahua (T264); Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka Sūtra (T157); Sūtra of Avalokiteśvara's Prediction (T371); Heart Sūtra (T251); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T945); Dīrghāgama (T1); Madhyamāgama (T26); Ekottarāgama (T125); Treatise on the Lotus Sūtra (T1519); Treatise on the Lotus Sūtra (alt. tr.) (T1520); Brief Commentary on the Heart Sūtra (T1712); Fahua Wenju (T1718); Fahua Yishu (T1721); Fahua Xuanzan (T1723)
7.11The Tathāgata's Lifespan — Attainment in the Distant Past and the Temporal Structure of the DharmakāyaS7-P11Lotus Sūtra (T262); Zheng Fahua (T263); Tianpin Fahua (T264); Dīrghāgama (T1); Ekottarāgama (T125); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T945); Treatise on the Lotus (T1519); Treatise on the Lotus (alt. tr.) (T1520); Fahua Xuanyi (T1716); Fahua Wenju (T1718); Fahua Yishu (T1721); Fahua Xuanzan (T1723); Cheng Weishi Lun (T1585)
7.12From Star to Black Hole — The Lotus's Gathering-In and a Preview of the Avataṃsaka's Manifestation of the RealS7-P12Lotus Sūtra (T262); Dīrghāgama (T1); Madhyamāgama (T26); Ekottarāgama (T125); Eighty-Fascicle Avataṃsaka (T279); Forty-Fascicle Avataṃsaka (T293); Fahua Xuanyi (T1716); Fahua Xuanzan (T1723); Huayan Five-Teachings Treatise (T1866); Commentary on the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T1735)

Part Eight · Manifestation · The Avataṃsaka Sūtra

Ch.Chapter TitleSource PaperPrincipal Texts Cited (T-numbers)
8.1The Oceanic-Reflection Samādhi and the Speech of the UnspeakableS8-P01Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T9 No. 278); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 293); Dīrghāgama (T1 No. 1); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Alternative Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 100); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Huayan Jing Tanxuan Ji (T35 No. 1733); Treatise on the Distinctions of the One-Vehicle Teaching of Huayan (T45 No. 1866); Wangjin Huanyuan Guan on the Profound Meaning of Huayan (T45 No. 1876); Commentary on the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T35 No. 1735); Subcommentary Elaborating the Meaning of the Avataṃsaka Commentary (T36 No. 1736); Huayan Yisheng Shixuan Men (T45 No. 1868)
8.2The Place of Yogācāra in the Fivefold Doctrinal Classification — Between the Final and Perfect Teachings, a Ladder or a Container?S8-P02Avataṃsaka Sūtra (Forty-Fascicle) (T293); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (Eighty-Fascicle) (T279); Treatise on the Distinctions of the One-Vehicle Teaching of Huayan (T1866); Commentary on the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T1735); Huayan Jing Tanxuan Ji (T1733); Saṃyuktāgama, Madhyamāgama (T99)
8.3The Four Dharma-Realms — From Phenomena to the Non-Obstruction of Phenomenon and Phenomenon, a Perfect-Teaching Reading of Cultivating Boundless OfferingsS8-P03Annotation on the Avataṃsaka Dharmadhātu Contemplation Gate (T45 No. 1884); Commentary on the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T35 No. 1735); Subcommentary Elaborating the Meaning of the Avataṃsaka Commentary (T36 No. 1736); Treatise on the Distinctions of the One-Vehicle Teaching of Huayan (T45 No. 1866); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 293); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Dīrghāgama (T1 No. 1); Huayan Wujiao Zhiguan (T45 No. 1867); Huayan Jing Tanxuan Ji (T35 No. 1733); Lianzhu Ji on the Brief Commentary on the Heart Sūtra (T33 No. 1713)
8.4From "Covering" to Nature-Origination — Repentance of Karmic Obstructions as the Entry Gate to the Huayan Perfect TeachingS8-P04Dīrghāgama (T1); Madhyamāgama (T26); Saṃyuktāgama (T99); Alternative Saṃyuktāgama (T100); Eighty-Fascicle Avataṃsaka (T279); Sixty-Fascicle Avataṃsaka (T278); Samantabhadra's Practices and Vows (T293); Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra (T666); Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T1614); Cheng Weishi Lun (T1585); Tanxuan Ji (T1733); Huayan Jing Wenda (T1873); Yanyi Chao (T1736)
8.5The Merit of Rejoicing — Why a Single Thought of Rejoicing Is the Perfect Clarity of Host and GuestS8-P05Madhyamāgama (T26); Saṃyuktāgama (T99); Ekottarāgama (T125); Eighty-Fascicle Avataṃsaka (T279); Forty-Fascicle Avataṃsaka (T293); Five-Teachings Treatise (T1866); Tanxuan Ji (T1733); Huanyuan Guan (T1876); Yanyi Chao (T1736); Jin Shizi Zhang Leijie (T1880)
8.6The Gate of Indra's-Net Realm — Requesting the Turning of the Dharma-Wheel, Where Separation Is Illusion So Nothing Need Be TransmittedS8-P06Eighty-Fascicle Avataṃsaka (T279); Sixty-Fascicle Avataṃsaka (T278); Ekottarāgama (T125); Qishi Jing (T24); Dīrghāgama · Shiji Jing (T1); Yisheng Shixuan Men (T1868); Five-Teachings Treatise (T1866); Tanxuan Ji (T1733); Avataṃsaka Commentary (T1735); Yanyi Chao (T1736)
8.7The Oceanic-Reflection Samādhi and Requesting the Buddha to Remain in the World — The Seventh Vow Is Acknowledgment, Not PetitionS8-P07Eighty-Fascicle Avataṃsaka (T279); Sixty-Fascicle Avataṃsaka (T278); Youxing Jing (T1); Fo Bannihuan Jing (T5); Parinirvāṇa Sūtra (T6); Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra (T7); Ekottarāgama (T125); Shixuan Men (T1868); Five-Teachings Treatise (T1866); Tanxuan Ji (T1733); Huanyuan Guan (T1876); Jin Shizi Zhang (T1880); Avataṃsaka Commentary (T1735); Yanyi Chao (T1736)
8.8The Perfect Fusion of the Six Characteristics — Always Following the Buddha in Learning, Where "Always" Means Simultaneity, Not Length of TimeS8-P08Eighty-Fascicle Avataṃsaka (T279); Sixty-Fascicle Avataṃsaka (T278); Saṃyuktāgama (T99); Daśabhūmika-sūtra-śāstra (T1522); Tanxuan Ji (T1733); Commentary on the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T1735); Yanyi Chao (T1736); Five-Teachings Treatise (T1866); Yisheng Shixuan Men (T1868); Huayan Jing Wenda (T1873); Jin Shizi Zhang (T1880); Yihai Baimen (T1881)
8.9The Prologue to Sudhana's Southward Journey — Complying with All Beings, the Gate of Revealing the Dharma Through Phenomena to Generate UnderstandingS8-P09Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T9 No. 278); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 293); Huayan Jing Tanxuan Ji (T35 No. 1733); Commentary on the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T35 No. 1735); Subcommentary Elaborating the Meaning of the Avataṃsaka Commentary (T36 No. 1736); Treatise on the Distinctions of the One-Vehicle Teaching of Huayan (T45 No. 1866); Jin Shizi Zhang Yunjian Leijie (T45 No. 1880)
8.10Universal Dedication of Merit — The Eighty-Four Years of Socket and PlugS8-P10Huayan Jing Tanxuan Ji (T35 No. 1733); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 293); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Treatise on the Distinctions of the One-Vehicle Teaching of Huayan (T45 No. 1866); Subcommentary Elaborating the Meaning of the Avataṃsaka Commentary (T36 No. 1736); Chanyuan Zhuquanji Duxu (T48 No. 2015); Yuanren Lun (T45 No. 1886)
8.11The Ten Great Vows Beneath Ten Windows — One Is Ten, Ten Is OneS8-P11Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T9 No. 278); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 293); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Dīrghāgama (T1 No. 1); Huayan Yisheng Shixuan Men (T45 No. 1868); Treatise on the Distinctions of the One-Vehicle Teaching of Huayan (T45 No. 1866); Huayan Jing Tanxuan Ji (T35 No. 1733); Wangjin Huanyuan Guan on the Profound Meaning of Huayan (T45 No. 1876); Huayan Jin Shizi Zhang Yunjian Leijie (T45 No. 1880); Annotation on the Huayan Jin Shizi Zhang (T45 No. 1881); Commentary on the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T35 No. 1735); Subcommentary Elaborating the Meaning of the Avataṃsaka Commentary (T36 No. 1736); Annotation on the Avataṃsaka Dharmadhātu Contemplation Gate (T45 No. 1884)
8.12Trust–Understand–Practice–Inquiry–Cutting–Illumination–Gathering-In–Manifestation — The One Mark of the Dharma-Realm in The Eight MovementsS8-P12Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 279); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T9 No. 278); Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T10 No. 293); Dīrghāgama (T1 No. 1); Madhyamāgama (T1 No. 26); Saṃyuktāgama (T2 No. 99); Ekottarāgama (T2 No. 125); Lotus Sūtra (T9 No. 262); Diamond Sūtra (T8 No. 235); Heart Sūtra (T8 No. 251); Śūraṅgama Sūtra (T19 No. 945); Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas (T31 No. 1614); Huayan Yisheng Shixuan Men (T45 No. 1868); Treatise on the Distinctions of the One-Vehicle Teaching of Huayan (T45 No. 1866); Huayan Jing Tanxuan Ji (T35 No. 1733); Wangjin Huanyuan Guan on the Profound Meaning of Huayan (T45 No. 1876); Commentary on the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (T35 No. 1735); Subcommentary Elaborating the Meaning of the Avataṃsaka Commentary (T36 No. 1736)

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