Notes

n.1The Denkarma catalog is dated to c. 812 ᴄᴇ. See Denkarma, folio 299.b.4. See also Herrmann-Pfandt 2008, pp. 113–14, no. 213.

n.2Translated based on Stok: bsal ba. Degé: gsal ba.

n.3Translated based on Yongle and Peking Kangxi: bsal ba. Degé (and other versions): gsal ba.

n.4In this case, those who have reached their final existence refers to monks who had reached the state of a worthy one. In other contexts, it can denote a bodhisattva in the last life before awaking to the state of a buddha.