Taisho: Chinese Buddhist Canon
This is the Chinese Buddhist Canon known as the Taisho, or more specifically the “Taisho Revised Tripitaka” (Takakusu Junjiro 1988). The collection consists of thousands of scrolls including foundational texts such as Agamas, Mahayana Sutras, Vinaya, Abhidharma, Tantras, Jatakas and Avadanas (former birth stoeries), commentaries, histories, catalog...
Sutta 3: The Manifestation of Dharma through the Buddha's Advent
[full title]: Ekottara-Agama (translated by Gautama Sanghadeva), Scroll 3 (nr. 3)
[full title]: Ekottarāgama; 增壹阿含經 [zēng yī ā hán jīng] (zeng yi a han jing)
[parallels]: Approximately corresponds to the Aṅguttaranikāya 'Numerically arranged discourses' from the Pāli Canon. Translated in 397. (Lancaster, 2004, 'K 650') English translations of the Aṅguttaranikāya from the Pāli: 1. Access to Insight 2013 2. Bodhi 2012
[parallels]: Access to Insight 2013, “Anguttara Nikaya: The Further-factored Discourses,” Access to Insight (Legacy Edition),
[parallels]: Thích Huyên-Vi 1983–1984, “Ekottarāgama I-XIV,” Buddhist Studies Review 1.2.
[primary source]: Gautama Saṅghadeva, translator, 《增壹阿含經》 'Ekottarāgama,' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 2, No. 125
[colophon]: 增壹阿含經 東晉 瞿曇僧伽提婆譯 共 51 卷 Ekottarāgama, Translated by Gautama Saṅghadeva in the Eastern Jin in 51 scrolls.
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
[0561a17] Thus have I heard:
At one time, the Buddha was in the Jetavana-Anāthapiṇḍada-ārāma (祇樹給孤獨園 [qi shu gei gu du yuan]) in Śrāvastī (舍衛國 [she wei guo]).
[0561a17] 聞如是:
一時,佛在舍衛國祇樹給孤獨園.
[0561a17] wén rú shì:
yī shí, fú zài shě wèi guó qí shù gěi gū dú yuán.
[0561a17] wen ru shi:
yi shi, fu zai she wei guo qi shu gei gu du yuan.
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
[0561a18] At that time, the World-Honored One told the bhikkhus (比丘 [bi qiu]), "If there is one person who appears in the world, then one person enters the Dharma (道 [dao]) in the world, and there are also two truths, three gates of liberation, the true Dharma (真法 [zhen fa]) of the four noble truths, five faculties, the cessation of six wrong views, seven factors of awakening, the eight noble paths, nine abodes of sentient beings, the ten powers of the Tathāgata (如來 [ru lai]), and eleven liberations of loving-kindness, all appear in the world. Who is this one person? It is the Tathāgata (多薩阿竭 [duo sa a jie]), the Arhat (阿羅呵 [a luo he]), the Samyaksaṃbuddha (三耶三佛 [san ye san fu]). This is the one person who appears in the world, and then one person enters the Dharma (道 [dao]) in the world, and there are also two truths, three gates of liberation, the true Dharma (真法 [zhen fa]) of the four noble truths, five faculties, the cessation of six wrong views, seven factors of awakening, the eight noble paths, nine abodes of sentient beings, the ten powers of the Tathāgata (如來 [ru lai]), and eleven liberations of loving-kindness, all appear in the world. Therefore, bhikkhus (諸比丘 [zhu bi qiu])! You should always generate reverence towards the Tathāgata (如來 [ru lai]), and you should also learn this."
[0561a18] 爾時,世尊告諸比丘: “若有一人出現於世,便有一人入道在於世間,亦有二諦,, 三解脫門,, 四諦真法,, 五根,, 六邪見滅,, 七覺意,, 賢聖八道品,, 九眾生居,, 如來十力,, 十一慈心解脫,便出現於世.云何為一人?所謂多薩阿竭,, 阿羅呵,, 三耶三佛.是謂一人出現於世,便有一人入道在於世間,亦有二諦,, 三解脫門,, 四諦真法,, 五根,, 六邪見滅,, 七覺意,, 賢聖八道品,, 九眾生居,, 如來十力,, 十一慈心解脫,便出現於世.是故,諸比丘! 常興恭敬於如來所,亦當作是學.”
[0561a18] ěr shí, shì zūn gào zhū bǐ qiū: “ruò yǒu yī rén chū xiàn yú shì, biàn yǒu yī rén rù dào zài yú shì jiān, yì yǒu èr dì,, sān jiě tuō mén,, sì dì zhēn fǎ,, wǔ gēn,, liù xié jiàn miè,, qī jué yì,, xián shèng bā dào pǐn,, jiǔ zhòng shēng jū,, rú lái shí lì,, shí yī cí xīn jiě tuō, biàn chū xiàn yú shì. yún hé wèi yī rén? suǒ wèi duō sà ā jié,, ā luó hē,, sān yé sān fú. shì wèi yī rén chū xiàn yú shì, biàn yǒu yī rén rù dào zài yú shì jiān, yì yǒu èr dì,, sān jiě tuō mén,, sì dì zhēn fǎ,, wǔ gēn,, liù xié jiàn miè,, qī jué yì,, xián shèng bā dào pǐn,, jiǔ zhòng shēng jū,, rú lái shí lì,, shí yī cí xīn jiě tuō, biàn chū xiàn yú shì. shì gù, zhū bǐ qiū! cháng xìng gōng jìng yú rú lái suǒ, yì dāng zuò shì xué.”
[0561a18] er shi, shi zun gao zhu bi qiu: "ruo you yi ren chu xian yu shi, bian you yi ren ru dao zai yu shi jian, yi you er di,, san jie tuo men,, si di zhen fa,, wu gen,, liu xie jian mie,, qi jue yi,, xian sheng ba dao pin,, jiu zhong sheng ju,, ru lai shi li,, shi yi ci xin jie tuo, bian chu xian yu shi. yun he wei yi ren? suo wei duo sa a jie,, a luo he,, san ye san fu. shi wei yi ren chu xian yu shi, bian you yi ren ru dao zai yu shi jian, yi you er di,, san jie tuo men,, si di zhen fa,, wu gen,, liu xie jian mie,, qi jue yi,, xian sheng ba dao pin,, jiu zhong sheng ju,, ru lai shi li,, shi yi ci xin jie tuo, bian chu xian yu shi. shi gu, zhu bi qiu! chang xing gong jing yu ru lai suo, yi dang zuo shi xue."
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
[0561a28] At that time, the bhikkhus (諸比丘 [zhu bi qiu]), having heard what the Buddha said, rejoiced and put it into practice.
[0561a28] 爾時,諸比丘聞佛所說,歡喜奉行.
[0561a28] ěr shí, zhū bǐ qiū wén fú suǒ shuō, huān xǐ fèng xíng.
[0561a28] er shi, zhu bi qiu wen fu suo shuo, huan xi feng xing.