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Nāgārjuna's Treatise on the Ten Bodhisattva Grounds

The Daśabhūmika Vibhāṣā

By Ārya Nāgārjuna (ca 2nd c.)

Nāgārjuna’s Treatise on the Ten Bodhisattva Grounds" is Bhikshu Dharmamitra’s extensively annotated original translation of Ārya Nāgārjuna’s "Daśabhūmika Vibhāṣā" rendered from Tripiṭaka Master Kumārajīva’s circa 410 ce Sanskrit-to-Chinese translation. It consists of 35 chapters that explain the cultivation of the ten highest levels of bodhisattva practice leading to buddhahood. It focuses almost exclusively on the first two bodhisattva grounds.

Chapter 5, The Explanation of the Vows

Chapter 6, On Producing the Bodhi Resolve

Chapter 7, On Training the Mind

Chapter 8, On the Avaivartika

Chapter 9, On the Easy Practice

Chapter 10, Getting Rid of Karma

Chapter 15, The Five Moral Precepts

Chapter 16, On Realizing the Faults of the Householder’s Life

Chapter 17, On Entering the Temple

Chapter 18, The Jointly Shared Practices

Chapter 19, The Four-fold Dharmas

Chapter 20, Mindfulness of the Buddhas

Chapter 21, Forty Dharmas Exclusive to Buddhas (Part 1)

Chapter 22, Forty Dharmas Exclusive to Buddhas (Part 2)

Chapter 23, Forty Dharmas Exclusive to Buddhas (Part 3)

Chapter 24, Verses Offered in Praise

Chapter 25, Teachings to Aid Mindfulness-of-the-Buddha Samādhi

Chapter 26, The Analogy Chapter

Chapter 27, A Summarizing Discussion of the Bodhisattva Practices

Chapter 28, Distinctions in the 2nd Ground’s Courses of Karmic Action

Chapter 29, Distinctions Pertaining to Śrāvakas and Pratyekabuddhas

Chapter 30, Distinctions Pertaining to the Great Vehicle

Chapter 31, Guarding the Moral Precepts

Chapter 32, An Explanation of the Dhūta Austerities

Chapter 33, Aids to Gaining the Fruits of Śīla

Chapter 34, In Praise of the Moral Precepts

Chapter 35, The Karmic Rewards of the Moral Precepts

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The Ten Grounds Sutra

The Daśabhūmika Sūtra

"The Ten Grounds Sutra" (Trilingual) is an annotated English Translation by Bhikshu Dharmamitra of Tripitaka Master Kumārajīva’s circa 410 ce Sanskrit-to-Chinese translation of the Daśabhūmika Sūtra. This sutra describes in great detail the ten highest levels of bodhisattva practice on the path to buddhahood.

Chapter 1, The Joyfulness Ground

Chapter 6, The Direct Presence Ground

Chapter 7, The Far-Reaching Ground

Chapter 8, The Immovability Ground

Chapter 9, The Sublime Goodness Ground

Chapter 10, The Dharma Cloud Ground

Part 5, The Difficult-to-Conquer Ground

Part 6, The Direct Presence Ground

Part 7, The Far-Reaching Ground

Part 8, The Immovability Ground

Part 9, The Excellent Intelligence Ground

Part 10, The Dharma Cloud Ground

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Nāgārjuna on Mindfulness of the Buddha

By Ārya Nāgārjuna (ca 2nd c.)

"Nāgārjuna on Mindfulness of the Buddha" consists of three extended passages from Bhikshu Dharmamitra’s original annotated translations from Sino-Buddhist Classical Chinese of works written by Ārya Nāgārjuna (circa 150 ce). All three of these passages have been selected from Tripitaka Master Kumārajīva’s early Fifth Century Sanskrit-to-Chinese translations of works by Nāgārjuna, as follows:

Part 1, “The Easy Practice”

(Nāgārjuna’s Treatise on the Ten Bodhisattva Grounds, Chapter 9)

Part 2, “The Pratuyutpanna Samādhi”

(Nāgārjuna’s Treatise on the Ten Bodhisattva Grounds, Chapters 20-25)

Chapter 8, Recognition of the Work of Demons

Chapter 9, Treatment of Disorders

Chapter 10, Realization of the Fruits