The Sūtra of Infinite Life

Описание: Translated from the Chinese of Saṅghavarman (c. 252 CE) by Hisao Inagaki, adapted by Shaku Shingan.
Illustrated with the Larger Sūtra Maṇḍala.

Full translation can be found here: http://www.acmuller.net/bud-canon/sut...
Information on the Larger Sūtra Maṇḍala can be found here: http://web.mit.edu/stclair/www/horai/...
Commentary by Wonhyo can be found here: http://www.acmuller.net/kor-bud/murya...

This corresponds to Taishō no. 360. Modern scholarship considers the sūtra to have been translated by Buddhabhadra (359-429) and Baoyun (376-449).

Five other versions exist in Chinese, and there is the Sanskrit recension preserved in Nepal. There are at least twenty commentaries on the sūtra.

— Chapters —
—— Fascicle 1 ——
0:00:00 1. Preface
0:01:52 2. Virtues of the Bodhisattva Audience
0:09:42 3. Glorious Features of the Buddha
0:12:55 4. 53 Past Buddhas
0:14:35 5.a. Lokeśvārarāja Buddha and Dharmākara
0:15:30 5.b. Verses Praising the Buddha (Sanbutsuge)
0:19:00 6. Dharmākara’s Resolution to become a Buddha
0:22:23 7. The Forty-Eight Vows
0:36:55 8. Verses Confirming the Vows (Juseige)
0:39:03 9. Dharmākara’s Practices of the Bodhisattva Path
0:43:22 10. Dharmākara’s Attainment of Buddhahood
0:46:07 11. Amitāyus’ Light
0:48:00 12. Amitāyus’s Life-Span
0:49:01 13. The Number of the Audience at the First Assembly
0:50:13 14. Jewelled Trees
0:52:42 15. The Bodhi Tree
0:55:39 16. Glorious Adornments
0:59:27 17. Bodily Appearance of the Inhabitants and the Pleasures they Enjoy
1:01:14 18. Karmic Rewards of a Beggar and a King
1:03:35 19. Comparison Between Heavens and the Pure Land
1:04:33 20. Pleasures in the Pure Land
1:06:02 21. Flowers and Innumerable Rays of Light Emitted from Them
—— Fascicle 2 ——
1:07:33 22. Fulfillment of the 11th, 17th, and 18th Vows
1:08:23 23. The Higher Grade of Aspirants
1:09:28 24. The Middle Grade of Aspirants
1:10:35 25. The Lower Grade of Aspirants
1:11:23 26. Bodhisattvas’ Visits to the Pure Land from Other Lands
1:12:08 27. Verses on the Bodhisattvas’ Visits
1:18:40 28. Bodhisattvas in the Pure Land
1:22:01 29. Amitāyus’ Preaching and Exquisite Sounds Produced by the Trees, etc.
1:23:06 30. The Bodhisattvas’ Virtues
1:30:34 31. Three Kinds of Evil Passions and their Consequences
1:41:10 32. Śākyamuni’s Encouragement to do Good
1:43:42 33. Śākyamuni’s Admonition Against Evil Acts
1:46:49 34. Admonition Against Five Evils
1:48:01 35. The First Evil: Killing and Hostility
1:51:03 36. The Second Evil: Stealing and Deceit
1:55:02 37. The Third Evil: Adultery and Wanton Lust
1:57:41 38. The Fourth Evil: Unwholesome Speech and Conceit
2:00:47 39. The Fifth Evil: Drunkenness and Licentiousness
2:06:24 40. Further Admonition by the Buddha
2:12:58 41. Amitāyus and the Pure Land Shown to the Audience
2:14:33 42. Two Kinds of Birth in the Pure Land
2:15:31 43. The Cause of the Two Kinds of Birth (Doubt and Faith)
2:16:55 44. Śākyamuni’s Encouragement of Faith
2:17:44 45. Embryonic Birth
2:19:27 46. Bodhisattvas’ visits to the Pure Land from other Buddha-Lands
2:22:31 47. Śākyamuni’s Encouragement to Accept this Sūtra
2:24:34 48. Epilogue