Sui · by 慧遠撰
594,081 · about 1980 min
The Mahayana Doctrinal Exposition is a significant Buddhist treatise composed by the eminent monk Huiyuan of the Sui Dynasty. Authored during the flourishing period of Buddhist doctrinal studies in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it aims to systematically elucidate the core teachings of Mahayana Buddhism. The work encompasses broad content, meticulously analyzing and interpreting terminology, numerical categories of dharmas, and doctrinal principles, covering key areas such as emptiness and existence, buddha-nature, and spiritual practice. With its rigorous structure, it is acclaimed as an encyclopedic masterpiece in the history of Chinese Buddhism. This text not only synthesizes the intellectual essence of Buddhism from the Northern and Southern Dynasties but also exerted profound influence on the doctrinal development of later schools such as Tiantai and Huayan. It remains an indispensable authoritative classic for the study of Mahayana Buddhist thought in the Chinese tradition.