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 27: The Five Evils and Five Merits of Not Relying on Others
[full title]: Scroll 1 (nr. 27)
[full title]: Sutra on Seven Places and Three Subjects for Contemplation; 七處三觀經 [qī chù sān guān jīng] (qi chu san guan jing)
[parallels]: A collection of 47 sūtras, 30 which have counterparts in the Aṅguttara-nikāya.
[parallels]: Date 148-170 and detailed contents from Lancaster (2004, 'K 738')
[parallels]: Vetter, T. tr. 1998, "An Shigao's Chinese translation of the Saptasthāna-sūtra," Indica-et-Tibetica-Verlag.
[parallels]: References: FGDB, s.v. 七處三觀經.; Lancaster 2004, s.v. K 738.; Nanjio 1883, 157.; Zürcher 2013, p. 442.
[primary source]: An Shigao, translator, 《七處三觀經》 'Qi Chu San Guan Jing,' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 2, No. 150a
[colophon]: 七處三觀經 後漢 安世高譯 共 1 卷 Sutra on Seven Places and Three Subjects for Contemplation; Saptasthānasūtra; Qi Chu San Guan Jing; Translated by An Shigao in the Later Han in 1 scroll
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
[0879c15] Thus I have heard:
At one time, the Buddha (佛 [fu]) was in Śrāvastī (舍衛國 [she wei guo]), dwelling in the Jetavana Anāthapiṇḍada Garden (祇樹給孤獨園 [qi shu gei gu du yuan]). The Buddha (佛 [fu]) told the bhikkhus (比丘 [bi qiu]): "There are five evils (五 [wu]) of not relying on others (惡不依他人 [e bu yi ta ren]). What are these five? First, the mind of the one who does not rely does not understand; second, relying on a distorted mind leads to separation; third, one's own mind does not understand; fourth, one transgresses the Path (道行 [dao xing]); fifth, one does not accept the Buddha's (佛 [fu]) solemn teachings. There are five merits of relying on others (五善依他人 [wu shan yi ta ren]): not being jealous, having a good mind that understands, an understanding mind that does not fall into confusion, acting with a mind that treats all equally, and giving vision to those who come later."
[0879c15] 聞如是:
一時,佛在舍衛國,行在祇樹給孤獨園.佛告比丘: “惡不依他人有五.何等為五?一者不依者意不解,二者依意曲離,三者自意不解,四者犯道行,五者不受佛嚴教.五善依他人,不相疾者好意解,解意不墮亂自意,解天下等意行,後來者與眼.”
[0879c15] wén rú shì:
yī shí, fú zài shě wèi guó, xíng zài qí shù gěi gū dú yuán. fú gào bǐ qiū: “è bù yī tā rén yǒu wǔ. hé děng wèi wǔ? yī zhě bù yī zhě yì bù jiě, èr zhě yī yì qū lí, sān zhě zì yì bù jiě, sì zhě fàn dào xíng, wǔ zhě bù shòu fú yán jiào. wǔ shàn yī tā rén, bù xiāng jí zhě hǎo yì jiě, jiě yì bù duò luàn zì yì, jiě tiān xià děng yì xíng, hòu lái zhě yǔ yǎn.”
[0879c15] wen ru shi:
yi shi, fu zai she wei guo, xing zai qi shu gei gu du yuan. fu gao bi qiu: "e bu yi ta ren you wu. he deng wei wu? yi zhe bu yi zhe yi bu jie, er zhe yi yi qu li, san zhe zi yi bu jie, si zhe fan dao xing, wu zhe bu shou fu yan jiao. wu shan yi ta ren, bu xiang ji zhe hao yi jie, jie yi bu duo luan zi yi, jie tian xia deng yi xing, hou lai zhe yu yan."
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
[0879c20] The Buddha (佛 [fu]) said this.
[0879c20] 佛說如是.
[0879c20] fú shuō rú shì.
[0879c20] fu shuo ru shi.