No one has posted about these yet, so I will just make an announcement in case anyone is interested in these new translations from 2021 published by BDK.
Analysis of the Middle and Extremes (T1600) by Jeffrey Kotyk
andAnalysis of the Middle and Extremes is the first English translation of the Chinese translation of the Madhyāntavibhāga-bhāṣya from Sanskrit by Xuanzang (602–664). The Madhyāntavibhāga-bhāṣya is an explanation of Mahayana Buddhist thought, intended to explicate the full path to buddhahood via gradual advancement through the bodhisattva stages. The text can be regarded as a kind of detailed manual explaining the career of a successful Buddhist practitioner—specifically a bodhisattva—from the very beginning until their achievement of the ultimate goal, buddhahood itself. The work is comprised of primary verses (kārikā) together with interspersed commentary (bhāṣya). This text subsequently became an important component within the Yogācāra corpus.
The Scripture on the Monk Nāgasena (T1670B) by Bhikkhu Analayo
https://bdkamerica.org/product/analysis ... -nagasena/The Scripture on the Monk Nāgasena is one of two extant Chinese counterparts to the Pāli Milindapa ha, the “Questions of Milinda,” a debate on central themes of Buddhist doctrine between a king called Milinda, apparently corresponding to the Bactrian Greek King Menander (second century B.C.E.), and the Buddhist monk Nāgasena. While the actual circumstances of the translation into Chinese of this text are unknown, and the identity of the translator(s) and the time of the translation work remain uncertain, it was likely done sometime in the second or third century C.E. The actual encounter between Nāgasena and Milinda stands in the tradition of ancient Indian debate, where the point is not primarily to refute an argument with sound proofs but to successfully counter a challenge in order to win the debate and convert the opponent. The discussion reported in the Milindapa ha and its Chinese parallels gradually evolves from its starting point as a debate to becoming more of an exchange between teacher and pupil, and the debates are enlivened by the rich use of metaphors and similes.
The Mahayana Sutra of Previous Lives and Contemplation of the Mind-ground (T159) by Rolf Giebel
https://bdkamerica.org/product/the-maha ... nd-ground/This scripture is best known in China and Japan for its exposition of the four debts of gratitude and to a lesser extent its instructions concerning an abridged version of a visualization practice characteristic of the Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha. It also merits attention for its chapters on renunciant bodhisattvas and their practices, which are likely to be the most faithful to Prajña’s Sanskrit base text and provide further insights into the current of eremeticism that is known to have constituted an important aspect of the early Mahayana.
I'm focusing on the MPNS and Tathāgataguhya at the moment so I might not be making a close study of these any time soon, but if anyone has read them and has any thoughts I'd be interested in hearing.