開元釋教錄 11.8

11.8

菩薩藏者。大乘所詮之教也。能說教主則法身常在無滅無生。所詮之理則方廣真如忘名離相。總乃三藏差異。別則一十二科。始乎發心終於十地。三明八解之說。六度四攝之文。若是科條名為此藏。始自漢明丁卯之歲。至我開元庚午之載。見流行者總六百八十六部。合二千七百四十五卷。二百五十八帙。結為大乘法藏。總別條例具如後列。

As for the Bodhisattvapiṭaka, it is the teaching expounded by the Mahāyāna. The lord of the teaching who is able to expound it is the Dharmakāya, eternally abiding, without cessation and without arising. The principle that is expounded is the vast and extensive suchness, which abandons names and transcends marks. Broadly it comprises the three distinct piṭakas, while specifically it consists of the twelve divisions. Beginning with the initial aspiration of the mind and culminating in the ten stages; doctrines of the three clarities and eight liberations; texts on the six perfections and four means of embracing—such classifications are what constitute this piṭaka. Beginning from the dingmao year of Emperor Ming of the Han down to the gengwu year of our Kaiyuan era, those currently circulating total 686 works, in 2,745 fascicles and 258 cases, gathered together into the Mahāyāna Dharma-piṭaka. The general and specific classifications and regulations are fully set forth below.