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| − | Bodhiruci (菩提留支, 5th–6th centuries) means [[Bodhi]] splendor. A Buddhist master from northern [[India]], he was versed in [[Mantra]] practices and the [[Tripiṭaka]]. Aspiring to propagate [[THE DHARMA]], in 502, the first year of the Yongping (永平) years of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386–534), he arrived in Luoyang (洛陽), China’s capital. Emperor Xuanwu (魏宣武帝) valued him highly and commanded him to stay in the Yongning Temple (永寧寺) to translate [[Sanskrit]] texts into Chinese. He translated thirty-nine texts in 127 fascicles, including the Diamond [[Sūtra]] (T08n0236), [[The Buddha]] Name [[Sūtra]] (T14n0440), the 10-fascicle version of the Laṅkāvatāra [[Sūtra]] (T16n0671), the [[Sūtra]] of the Profound Secret [[Liberation]] (T16n0675), the [[Sūtra]] of Neither Increase Nor Decrease (T16n0668), and [[THE DHARMA]] Collection [[Sūtra]] (T17n0761), as well as treatises, such as the Treatise on the [[Ten grounds]] [[Sūtra]] (T26n1522), the Treatise on the Great Treasure Pile [[Sūtra]] (T26n1523), and the [[Upadeśa on the Sūtra of Amitāyus Buddha]] (T26n1524). After 537, Bodhiruci was not seen again.
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| − | Bodhiruci expressed his unique view on [[The Buddha]]’s teachings. Based on the Mahā[[Parinirvāṇa]] [[Sūtra]] (T12n0374), he said that, for the first twelve years, [[The Buddha]] gave only half-worded teachings, followed afterward by fully-worded teachings. Bodhiruci also proposed the one tone theory, saying that [[The Buddha]] pronounces teachings in one tone, and [[Sentient beings]] come to a variety of understandings according to their capacities. Furthermore, based on the Laṅkāvatāra [[Sūtra]], he proposed the distinction between immediate and gradual [[Enlightenment]].
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| − | Bodhiruci was a [[Buddhist monk]] and esoteric master from North [[India]] (6th century CE). He became very active as a teacher following his arrival in Loyang, China in 508 (during the Northern Wei).
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| − | He produced translations of 39 works in 127 fascicles, including the [[Sutra]] on the [[Ten grounds]] (Chi. 十地経論) and commentary, and the Shorter Sukhāvati [[Sutra]] with commentary. The former text became the chief object of study for the Ti-lun (地論) School, of which Bodhiruci is regarded as the [[Patriarch]].
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