Zdravstvujte, Robert,
(or in Pali equivalent:)
Aayasmaa Robert,

To Robert Didham:
Thank you for a good example of 'Samantapasadika'. Do you know the
names of other Pali works translated into Chinese?

To Robert Kirkpatrick:
Indeed Vimuttimagga contains Mahayana-like allusions to Bodhisattvas
and Mahasattvas. That may be the reason why it didn't survive in Pali
version. Yet in some respects it is closer to suttas than
Visuddhimagga, for example in the list of kasinas, etc.

The Pali canon obviously underwent the process of evolution during
which frequently occuring passages were transformed into rote
formulas. The early texts, as shown by the example of Vimuttimagga,
may contain similar passages in descriptive 'live' language. That's
why I am looking for them.

Kind regards,
Dimitry

RD> There are some other Pali works translated into Chinese - the
RD> early translators seem to have translated everything they could
RD> lay their hands on, fortunately for us. An example is the Chinese
RD> translation of a version of the Samantapasadika (Shan Tien Pi Po
RD> Sha - original attributed to Buddhaghosa)which has been translated
RD> from Chinese into English by Bapat and Hirakawa

RD> Robert Didham

>>From: "Дмитрий Алексеевич Ивахненко (Dimitry A. Ivakhnenko)"
>><koleso@...>
>>Reply-To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
>>To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
>>Subject: [Pali] Chinese canon
>>Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 09:58:21 +0200
>>
>>Dear Pali friends,
>>
>>The 'Vimuttimagga' which survived in Chinese and Japanese canon
>>provides profound insights in the Buddha's teaching as it existed in
>>first century c.e.
>>
>>Can you please tell whether there are any similar early translated
>>works in Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan Buddhist canon?
>>
>>Kind regards,
>> Dimitry
>>
>>

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