Bodhiruci (Chinese: 菩提流支; pinyin: pú tí liú zhī) was a Buddhist monk from North India (6th century CE) active in the area of Luoyang, China.
[1] He was appointed as master translator at Yongning (永寧寺) temple by emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei.
He translated the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra as well as Vasubandhu's commentary titled Stances of the vow to be reborn [in the Pure Land] in the Sūtra [of the Buddha] Infinite Life (Wuliangshou jing youbotishe yuansheng jie 無量壽經優波提 舍願生偈).
[1] Bodhiruci is regarded as the patriarch of the Dashabhumika (Chinese: 地論宗; pinyin: Dìlùn zōng) school, which used his Ten Stages Sutra and Vasubandhu's commentary as its chief object of study.
[2] Bodhiruci's disciple, Daochong (道寵), founded of the northern Dilun branch which focused on the practice of reciting the names of the Buddhas.