Publication and Promotion of TRIPITAKA

英譯大藏経之發行與推廣

The English translation project of the Buddhist Canon began in January 1982, when Rev. Dr. Yehan Numata, the founder of BDK (Society for the Promotion of Buddhism), established the Editorial Committee of the English Tripiṭaka Translation Project in order to make knowledge of Buddhism available to many people throughout the world. The Buddhist scriptures known as "sutras" constitute a part of the Tripiṭaka (three collections). "Tripiṭaka" is comprised of the Sutra Pitaka, the Discipline Pitaka, and the Commentary Piṭaka. "Piṭaka" in "Tripiṭaka" means "collection." The Collection of Sutras refers to the teachings taught by the Buddha, the Collection of Discipline refers to the regulations of the lives of monks and nuns, and the Collection of Commentaries refers to the commentaries on the first two collections. The English Translation of the Buddhist Canon is based on the Taisho Buddhist Canon. From 1924, the late Dr. Junjiro Takakusu (1866-1945), who is known as the father of modern Indian Buddhist Studies in Japan, along with the late Rev. Kaikyoku Watanabe (1872-1933) took ten years to compile a great collection of Chinese translations of Buddhist scriptures. The collection incorporated the scriptures from India and China as well as important literatures and scriptures of Japanese Buddhism. The academic value of those books are highly regarded in the world as a standard of Chinese translations of Buddhist scriptures. translation project of the Buddhist Canon can be said to be one of the greatest heritages of the Oriental world and the project attracted the world's attention even though it had to overcome great difficulties.

In addition, "BDK Daizokyo Text Database"" has been released in collaboration with the SAT to promote the dissemination of Finance Sutra. Here, you can use the results of the Finance Economy English translation project on the web. Not only you could access to some English translations, you can also check the English translation of the Tripitaka and Taisho Shinjo's Tripitaka by text and refer to a digital Buddhist dictionary.

Title
Apocryphal Scriptures
Awakening of Faith
Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations
Biographical Scripture of King Aśoka
Biography of Tripiṭaka Master of Great Ci'en Monastery
Blue Cliff Record
Brahmā's Net Sutra
Buddhacarita: In Praise of Buddha's Acts
Buddhist Monastic Traditions of Southern Asia
Canonical Book of. Buddha's Lengthy Discourses    Vol. I     Vol. II     Vol. III
Collection for Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism    Vol. I     Vol. II
Comprehensive Commentary on the Heart Sutra
Esoteric Texts
Essentials of Eight Traditions / Candle of Latter Dharma
Essentials of Vinaya and Teachings Tendai Lotus School
Expository Commentary on the Vimalakīrti Sutra
A Forest of Pearls from the Dharma Garden    Vol. I     Vol. II     Vol. III     Vol. IV     Vol. V
Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions
Hundred Records of the Temple of National Purity
Interpretation of the Buddha Land
Kaimokushō or Liberation from Blindness
Kyōgyōshinshō: Teaching, Practice, Faith, Enlightenment
Lives of Great Monks and Nuns
Lotus Sutra, Revised Second Edition
Madhyama Āgama (Middle-Length Discourses)    Vol. I     Vol. II    Vol. III
Nirvana Sutra, Vol. I
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
Pratyutpanna Samādhi Sutra / Śūraṅgama Samādhi Sutra
Prince Shōtoku's Commentary on the Śrīmālā-sūtra
Scriptural Text: Verses of the Doctrine, with Parables
Scripture of Medicine Master / Sutra of Girl Candrottarā
Scripture on the Explication of Underlying Meaning
Senchaku Hongan Nembutsu Shū
Shingon Texts
Shōbōgenzō: The True Dharma-Eye Treasury    Vol. I     Vol. II     Vol. III     Vol. IV
Storehouse of Sundry Valuables
Summary of the Great Vehicle, Revised 2nd. Edition
Sutra of Queen Śrīmālā and The Vimalakīrti Sutra
Sutra on the Concentration of Sitting Meditation
Sutra of Maitreya Buddha / Sutra of Mañjuśrī's Questions
Sutra on Upāsaka Precepts
Tannishō: Deploring Deviations / The Letters of Rennyo
Three Chan Classics
Three Pure Land Sutras
Three Short Treatises by Vasubandhu, Sengzhao, and Zongmi
Three Texts on Consciousness Only
Tiantai Lotus Texts
Treatise on Elucidation / Cycle of Schismatic Doctrines
Two Esoteric Sutras
Two Nichiren Texts
Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sutra
Zen Texts