Manuscript ID: OPENSUTRA_ORG_0001657

M​i​d​d​l​e​ ​Ā​g​a​m​a​ ​S​u​t​r​a​s​,​ ​s​i​x​t​y​ ​j​u​a​n

德02 / catalog number 2-2082 / volume 022

The "Middle Āgama Sutras" belong to the Chinese translations of the Āgama collection and preserve mid-length early Buddhist discourses on topics including practice, ethics, concentration and wisdom, liberation, and monastic life. OpenSutra Currently the published fascicles of this work have been organized under "Yongle Northern Canon / Hinayana Sutras / Āgama Division," with image sources and catalog numbers listed in the records for each fascicle. It can be provisionally placed within the Āgama corpus, which largely preserves early Buddhist teachings, practice instructions, and ethical material. The catalog lists 60 juan in total; at present 4 juan have not been published due to missing images: juan 005 (catalog number 2-2065, thousand-character volume number 作05), juan 043 (catalog number 2-2103, thousand-character volume number 名03), juan 056 (catalog number 2-2116, thousand-character volume number 立06), juan 057 (catalog number 2-2117, thousand-character volume number 立07).

The "Middle Āgama Sutras" correspond in literary type to the Pali Majjhima Nikaya, containing mid-length Buddhist discourses. Their contents are largely composed of the Buddha and disciples’ questions and answers, admonitions, and instructions on practice, making them important material for the study of early Buddhist doctrine, meditation, ethics, and monastic regulations. OpenSutra Currently the published fascicles of this work have been organized under "Yongle Northern Canon / Hinayana Sutras / Āgama Division," with image sources and catalog numbers listed in the records for each fascicle. It can be provisionally placed within the Āgama corpus, which largely preserves early Buddhist teachings, practice instructions, and ethical material. The Āgama texts are important data for researching early Buddhist doctrine, meditation terminology, and monastic life. Here the readable fascicles of "Middle Āgama Sutras, sixty juan" are gathered in the original catalog order, suitable for consultion by juan number, catalog number, thousand-character volume number, or title. Missing fascicle note: The catalog lists 60 juan in total; at present 4 juan have not been published due to missing source images—missing juan 005 (catalog number 2-2065, thousand-character volume number 作05), juan 043 (catalog number 2-2103, thousand-character volume number 名03), juan 056 (catalog number 2-2116, thousand-character volume number 立06), juan 057 (catalog number 2-2117, thousand-character volume number 立07). Links to fascicle sources are preserved with each fascicle record; current source link: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-2120/050801050201 Related author/translator information: Translated by Sanghapati of the Eastern Jin.
Published: Jun 14, 2026
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Translated by the Eastern Jin monk Sanghadeva; title, classification and volume number are recorded according to the Shandong Provincial Library's Yongle Northern Tripiṭaka catalog.

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This volume contains 32 pages. Qianziwen volume number: 德02. Yongle Northern Tripiṭaka volume images.

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Title, classification, Qianziwen volume number and catalog number are recorded according to the Shandong Provincial Library's Yongle Northern Tripiṭaka catalog; internal colophons, prefaces and end-of-scroll information await further verification against the pages.

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Shandong Provincial Library · Yongle Northern Tripiṭaka catalog number: 2-2082 Qianziwen volume number: 德02 Catalog classification: Yongle Northern Tripiṭaka / Hīnayāna texts / Āgama section Parent work: Madhyama Āgama (Sixty Fascicles) Shandong Provincial Library Yongle Northern Tripiṭaka source link: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-2082/050801050201 CBETA Online: Madhyama Āgama (T0026) https://cbetaonline.dila.edu.tw/zh/T0026 SAT Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Database: T0026 https://21dzk.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/SAT2018/T0026.html

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