DESCRIPTION
The Daśabhūmika Sūtra 十地經 ('The Ten Stages') is an early Mahayana Buddhist text describing the Ten Grounds (bhūmi) of the development of Awakening by a bodhisattva. The sutra also appears as the 26th chapter of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra. There are six Chinese translations of the Ten Stages Sutra, the oldest is by Dharmarakṣa, circa 297 AD, and the text survives in Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Mongolian editions.
TRANSLATIONS
Ten Stages Sutra (LUSB Standardized Ed.)CHINESE
Dharmarakṣa, c. 297 AD, T. 283
Kumarajiva (with Buddhayasas), c. 408-412 AD, T. 286
Buddhabhadra c. 418-420 AD, as Ch. 22 of his translation of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, T. 278
Bodhiruci. c. 508-511 AD, part of Vasubhandu's commentary, T. 1522
Śikṣānanda c. 695-699 AD, as Ch. 26 of his translation of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, T. 279
Siladharma c. 790 AD, T. 287
ENGLISH
Thomas Cleary, as Chapter 26 of Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra, translated from the Chinese version of Śikṣānanda (Boston: Shambhala, 1993)
Bhikshu Dharmamitra, The Ten Grounds Sutra: The Dasabhumika Sutra translated from the Chinese version of Kumārajīva (Kalavinka Press: 2019)
Bhikshu Dharmamitra, as Chapter 26 of The Flower Adornment Sutra: An Annotated Translation of The Avataṃsaka Sutra, translated from the Chinese version of Śikṣānanda (Seattle, Kalavinka Press, 2022)
Megumu Honda, Revised by Prof. Dr. Johannes Rahder, Annotated Translation of the Daśabhūmika Sūtra (New Haven, Conn. (U.S.A.)