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'''Buddhabhadra''' ({{zh|t=佛陀跋陀羅|s=佛陀跋陀罗|p=Fótuóbátuóluó}}) (359-429 CE) was an Indian Buddhist monk, with the title of [[śramaṇa]].<ref>Beal, Samuel (1884). Si-yu-ki, [https://archive.org/details/siyukibuddhistre01hsuoft ''Buddhist records of the Western world''], London: Trübner</ref> He is most known for his prolific translation efforts of Buddhist texts from [[Sanskrit]] into [[Chinese language|Chinese]], and was responsible for the first Chinese translation of the ''[[Avatamsaka Sutra|{{IAST|Avataṃsaka Sūtra}}]]'' (''Flower Ornament Scripture'') in the 5th century.<ref>Cleary, Thomas. ''The Flower Ornament Scripture: a Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra.'' 1984. p. 2</ref><br />
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Buddhabhadra and his Chinese disciple Xuangao are known to have advocated the twin principles of [[samadhi]] (meditative concentration) and [[Prajñā (Buddhism)|prajñā]] (wisdom). These were later inherited by the [[Tiantai]] school of Buddhism, and its patriarchs [[Nanyue Huisi]] and [[Zhiyi]]. Buddhabhadra's views in turn stemmed from those of Buddhasena's [[Dhyāna in Buddhism|dhyāna]] school in [[Kashmir]] and their meditation manual was translated by Buddhabhadra at behest of [[Huiyuan (Buddhist)|Huiyuan]], the founder of the Chinese tradition of [[Pure Land Buddhism]]. This Indian meditation manual preserved in [[Taishō Tripiṭaka]] 618, and is typically called the ''Yogācārabhūmi Sūtra'' or the ''Dharmatrātadhyāna Sutra''. This text was later prized by the [[Chan Buddhism]] in China, and parts of its lineage to the Buddha became entangled in sectarian conflicts between factions of [[Chinese Buddhism]].<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Silk Road transmission of Buddhism]]<br />
* [[Bodhidharma]]<br />
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*Hodge, Stephen (2009 & 2012). [https://web.archive.org/web/20131219063612/http://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/fileadmin/pdf/publikationen/The_Textual_Transmisssion_of_the_MPNS.pdf "The Textual Transmission of the Mahayana Mahaparinirvana-sutra"]<br />
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