The Prajnaparamita Sutra Explaining How Benevolent Kings may Protect their Countries 仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經

Thought to be an apocryphal sūtra

Colophon

仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經 唐 不空譯 共 2 卷 The Prajnaparamita Sutra Explaining How Benevolent Kings may Protect their Countries; Renwang Huguo Boreluomi Jing; Translated by Amoghavajra in the Tang dynasty in 2 scrolls.

Notes

The text is similar in content to T 245 佛说仁王般若般若波罗蜜经 'Scripture for Humane Kings' and also believed to be apocryphal. (BL 'Renwang Huguo Boreluomi Jing'; Swanson, 1989, p. 45)

English translation

Charles Orzech 1998, “The Transcendent Wisdom Scripture for Humane Kings Who Wish to Protect Their States,” in: Orzech, Charles D. (ed) Politics and transcendent wisdom: The scripture for humane kings in the creation of Chinese Buddhism, No. 8. Penn State Press.

Primary Source

Amoghavajra, trans., 《仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經》 'Renwang Huguo Boreluomi Jing,' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 8, No. 246, Accessed 2016-07-08, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T08n0246.

References

  1. Conze 1978, p. 75.

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