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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

De05 / Catalogue number 2-2085 / Volume 025

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 Sengqie Tiba of the Eastern Jin; title, classification, and volume number are recorded according to the Yongle Northern Canon catalogue of the Shandong Provincial Library.

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This volume contains 33 pages. Thousand-character volume number: De05. Yongle Northern Canon volume images.

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Title, classification, thousand-character volume number, and catalogue number are recorded according to the Yongle Northern Canon catalogue of the Shandong Provincial Library; internal colophons, inscriptions, and end-of-scroll information should be further verified against the page images.

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Shandong Provincial Library · Yongle Northern Canon catalogue number: 2-2085 Thousand-character volume number: De05 Catalogue classification: Yongle Northern Canon / Hīnayāna Sūtras / Āgama Division Belonging work: Middle Āgama (Sixty Volumes) Shandong Provincial Library Yongle Northern Canon source link: https://dzj.sdlib.cn/#/homeDetails/2-2085/050801050201 CBETA Online: Middle Āgama (T0026) https://cbetaonline.dila.edu.tw/zh/T0026 SAT Taishō Revised Tripiṭaka database: T0026 https://21dzk.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/SAT2018/T0026.html

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