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Qian07 / Catalog number 2-0697 / Volume 003

The Great Illumination of Boundless Salvation Sutra is an early Chinese translation of a Prajnaparamita-type text; the term "illumination of salvation" corresponds to prajnaparamita, emphasizing the wisdom that saves and the bodhisattva practice. OpenSutra Currently, the published fascicles of this text are organized under "Yongle Northern Canon / Mahayana Sutras / Prajnaparamita Section"; image sources and catalogue numbers are listed in each fascicle record. It can first be understood within the Prajnaparamita section of the canon, where the emphasis is typically on wisdom, emptiness, and bodhisattva practice.

The Great Illumination of Boundless Salvation Sutra preserves the diction and doctrinal forms of early Chinese translations of prajna literature. Its content can be read within the Prajnaparamita corpus to understand how prajnaparamita, contemplations of emptiness, and bodhisattva practice were expressed in early Chinese translations. OpenSutra Currently, the published fascicles of this text are organized under "Yongle Northern Canon / Mahayana Sutras / Prajnaparamita Section"; image sources and catalogue numbers are listed in each fascicle record. It can first be understood within the Prajnaparamita section of the canon, where the emphasis is typically on wisdom, emptiness, and bodhisattva practice. Prajnaparamita literature focuses on elucidating prajna wisdom and its practice significance; texts in the same section are often read cross-referentially. Here the readable fascicles of the Great Illumination of Boundless Salvation Sutra, Six Volumes are collected in the original catalogue order, suitable for consultation by fascicle number, catalogue number, Qianziwen volume number, or title. Links to fascicle sources are saved with each record; current source link: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-0700/050801050101 Related translator information: Translated by 吴支谦.
Published: Jun 13, 2026
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Translated by Wu Zhiqian; title, classification and volume number are according to the Yongle Northern Canon catalog record of the Shandong Provincial Library.

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This volume contains 35 pages. Qian-character volume number: Qian07. Yongle Northern Canon volume images.

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Title, classification, Qian-character volume number and catalog number are according to the Yongle Northern Canon catalog record of the Shandong Provincial Library; internal colophons, inscriptions and end-of-juan information await further verification against the pages.

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Shandong Provincial Library · Yongle Northern Canon Catalog Number: 2-0697 Qian-character volume number: Qian07 Catalog classification: Yongle Northern Canon / Mahāyāna Sutras / Prajñā Section Parent work: Da Mingdu Wuji Sutra, Six Volumes Shandong Provincial Library Yongle Northern Canon source link: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-0697/050801050101 CBETA Online: Da Mingdu Sutra (T0225) https://cbetaonline.dila.edu.tw/zh/T0225 SAT Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Database: T0225 https://21dzk.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/SAT2018/T0225.html

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