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This documentation project is intended to serve as a resource for general readers, practitioners, and researchers to better understand the context and background of Chinese Buddhist literature. As a companion reader to the [https://canon.dharmapearls.net/ Dharma Pearls translation project], this wiki will initially focus on topics appropriate to reading the Chinese [[Chinese Āgamas|Āgama]] and [[Chinese Avadānas|Avadāna]].
  
== Getting started ==
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== Chinese Āgamas ==
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* '''''[[Long Discourses]]''''' ([[Dharmaguptaka]] ''Dīrgha Āgama'', ''T'' 1)
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* '''''[[Medium Discourses]]''''' ([[Sarvāstivāda]] ''Madhyama Āgama'', ''T'' 26)
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* [[Related Discourses (CSA)|'''''Related Discourses''''']] ([[Mūlasarvāstivāda]] ''Saṃyukta Āgama'', ''CSA'' Edition)
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* [[Related Discourses (T100)|'''''Related Discourses''''']] ([[Mūlasarvāstivāda]]? ''Saṃyukta Āgama'', ''T'' 100)
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* '''''[[Numerical Discourses]]''''' (''Ekottarika Āgama'', ''T'' 125)
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* Minor Discourses (''Kṣudraka Āgama'')
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** '''''[[Past Events]]''''' (''Itivṛttaka'', ''T'' 765)
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** '''''[[Dharma Verses]]''''' (''Dharmapāda'', ''T'' 210 and ''T'' 213)
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== Chinese Avadānas ==
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* [[Dharma Verse Stories]] (T211-212)
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* [[Collected Biography of the Buddha]] (Abhiniṣkramaṇa, T190)
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== Planned Article Categories ==
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* [[:Category:Glossary|Chinese-English glossary]]
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* Bibliography of [[:Category:Texts|canonical texts]], authors, and translators
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* [[:Category:Biography|Historical people]], characters, and settings
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* Philosophical and religious concepts
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* Recurring passages and terms
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* Lore and mythology
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* Parables and metaphors
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Articles that fit into these topics will draw primarily on Chinese sources, but sources in Pali, Sanskrit, and Tibetan Buddhist literature will also be referenced to illustrate influences that occurred throughout Buddhist history.
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[[Category:Texts]][[Category:Concepts]][[Category:Biography]][[Category:Glossary]]

Latest revision as of 12:25, 2 April 2023

Welcome to Dharma Pearls Wiki!

This documentation project is intended to serve as a resource for general readers, practitioners, and researchers to better understand the context and background of Chinese Buddhist literature. As a companion reader to the Dharma Pearls translation project, this wiki will initially focus on topics appropriate to reading the Chinese Āgama and Avadāna.

Chinese Āgamas

Chinese Avadānas

Planned Article Categories

Articles that fit into these topics will draw primarily on Chinese sources, but sources in Pali, Sanskrit, and Tibetan Buddhist literature will also be referenced to illustrate influences that occurred throughout Buddhist history.