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[[File:Vimalakirti debating Manjusri, Tang Dynasty.jpg|200 px|thumbnail|Vimalakirti, 8th century wall painting, [[Dunhuang]]]] | [[File:Vimalakirti debating Manjusri, Tang Dynasty.jpg|200 px|thumbnail|Vimalakirti, 8th century wall painting, [[Dunhuang]]]] | ||
'''Vimalakīrti''' ({{lang-sa|विमल}} ''{{IAST|vimala}}'' "stainless, undefiled" + {{lang|sa|कीर्ति}} ''{{IAST|kīrti}}'' "fame, glory, reputation") is the central figure in the ''{{IAST|[[Vimalakirti Sutra]]}}'',<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=The Vimalakirti Sutra: The Dharma-Door of Nonduality|url=http://buddhism.about.com/od/mahayanasutras/a/The-Vimalakirti-Sutra.htm|publisher=[[About.com]]|access-date=April 17, 2013}}</ref> which presents him as the ideal [[Mahayana]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[Upāsaka and Upāsikā|upāsaka]] ("lay practitioner")<ref>{{cite web|title=Vimalakirti and the Doctrine of Nonduality |url=http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/60007750 |publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] |access-date=April 17, 2013}}</ref> and a contemporary of [[Gautama Buddha]] (6th to 5th century BCE).<ref name="about"/> There is no mention of him in [[Buddhist texts]] until after {{IAST|[[Nagarjuna|Nāgārjuna]]}} (1st century BCE to 2nd century CE) revived Mahayana Buddhism in [[India]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Thurman|first=Robert|author-link=Robert A. F. Thurman|title=The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana Scripture|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|page=ix|year=2000|isbn=0271012099|url=https://archive.org/details/holyteachingofvi00vima}}</ref> The Mahayana Vimalakirti Sutra also spoke of the city of [[Vaisali]] as where the [[laity|lay]] [[Licchavi (kingdom)|Licchavi]] [[bodhisattva]] Vimalakirti was residing.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thurman|first1=Robert|title=VIMALAKIRTI NIRDESA SUTRA|url=http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Reln260/Vimalakirti.htm|access-date=17 September 2014}}</ref> | '''Vimalakīrti''' ({{lang-sa|विमल}} ''{{IAST|vimala}}'' "stainless, undefiled" + {{lang|sa|कीर्ति}} ''{{IAST|kīrti}}'' "fame, glory, reputation") is the central figure in the ''{{IAST|[[Vimalakirti Sutra]]}}'',<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=The Vimalakirti Sutra: The Dharma-Door of Nonduality|url=http://buddhism.about.com/od/mahayanasutras/a/The-Vimalakirti-Sutra.htm|publisher=[[About.com]]|access-date=April 17, 2013}}</ref> which presents him as the ideal [[Mahayana]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[Upāsaka and Upāsikā|upāsaka]] ("lay practitioner")<ref>{{cite web|title=Vimalakirti and the Doctrine of Nonduality |url=http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/60007750 |publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] |access-date=April 17, 2013}}</ref> and a contemporary of [[Gautama Buddha]] (6th to 5th century BCE).<ref name="about"/> There is no mention of him in [[Buddhist texts]] until after {{IAST|[[Nagarjuna|Nāgārjuna]]}} (1st century BCE to 2nd century CE) revived Mahayana Buddhism in [[India]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Thurman|first=Robert|author-link=Robert A. F. Thurman|title=The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana Scripture|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|page=ix|year=2000|isbn=0271012099|url=https://archive.org/details/holyteachingofvi00vima}}</ref> The Mahayana Vimalakirti Sutra also spoke of the city of [[Vaishali (ancient city)|Vaisali]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Holy Teaching of Vimalakīrti: A Mahāyāna Scripture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n4K7p6XSpSYC&pg=PA146-IA2|year=1991|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.|isbn=978-81-208-0874-4|page=20}}</ref> as where the [[laity|lay]] [[Licchavi (kingdom)|Licchavi]] [[bodhisattva]] Vimalakirti was residing.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thurman|first1=Robert|title=VIMALAKIRTI NIRDESA SUTRA|url=http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Reln260/Vimalakirti.htm|access-date=17 September 2014}}</ref> | ||
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Vimalakīrti (Sanskrit: विमल vimala "stainless, undefiled" + कीर्ति kīrti "fame, glory, reputation") is the central figure in the Vimalakirti Sutra,[1] which presents him as the ideal Mahayana Buddhist upāsaka ("lay practitioner")[2] and a contemporary of Gautama Buddha (6th to 5th century BCE).[1] There is no mention of him in Buddhist texts until after Nāgārjuna (1st century BCE to 2nd century CE) revived Mahayana Buddhism in India.[3] The Mahayana Vimalakirti Sutra also spoke of the city of Vaisali[4] as where the lay Licchavi bodhisattva Vimalakirti was residing.[5]
As a Zen Patriarch[edit | edit source]
The Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra characterizes Vimalakīrti as a wealthy patron of Gautama Buddha.[6] Unlike many other figures of the Mahayana literature, such as Avalokiteśvara, he is generally taken to be a historical figure like Gautama Buddha, rather than mythic or legendary, and as such Vimalakīrti is not commonly venerated on altars or in tantric rituals,[7] but as a prehistoric zen, i.e., chan preacher. [citation needed]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Vimalakirti Sutra: The Dharma-Door of Nonduality". About.com. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ↑ "Vimalakirti and the Doctrine of Nonduality". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ↑ Thurman, Robert (2000). The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana Scripture. Pennsylvania State University Press. p. ix. ISBN 0271012099.
- ↑ The Holy Teaching of Vimalakīrti: A Mahāyāna Scripture. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. 1991. p. 20. ISBN 978-81-208-0874-4.
- ↑ Thurman, Robert. "VIMALAKIRTI NIRDESA SUTRA". Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ↑ Baroni, Helen Josephine (2002). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 369. ISBN 9780823922406.
- ↑ Leighton, Taigen Dan. "Boddhisattvas of Compassion Lesson 8: Vimalakirti". Ashoka: the eDharma learning center. DharmaNet International. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
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