Karma (羯磨)

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Cao Wei · Source text translated by 曇諦

20,240 · about 67 min

The Karman was translated by the monk Tandi during the Cao Wei period. This scripture originates from the Indian Buddhist Vinaya Pitaka, recording the specific norms and procedures for the monastic community to conduct karman ceremonies. Its content covers the operational rules for important monastic affairs such as uposatha, ordination, and repentance, serving as a practical guide for the observance of precepts. As one of the early Vinaya texts in Chinese Buddhism, it provided institutional foundations for the monastic community in the Central Plains, exerting profound influence on the sinicization of Buddhist precepts and the development of the monastic order. It holds a fundamental position within the Buddhist Vinaya system.