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 51: The Sparrow King Sutra
[full title]: Collection of the Six Perfections, Scroll 5 (nr. 51)
[full title]: Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections; 六度集經 [liù dù jí jīng] (liu du ji jing)
[parallels]: Date 251 from Lancaster (2004, 'K 206')
[parallels]: English from Pali: Fausboll, V, and T. W. Rhys Davids. 1880. Buddhist Birth Stories: Or, Jataka Tales. London: Trubner and Co.
[parallels]: English Translations: Shyu, C.M. 2008, A Few Good Women: A Study of the Liu Du Ji Jing (A scripture on the Collection of the Six Perfections) from literary, Artistic, and Gender Perspectives (Doctoral dissertation, Cornell University). Partial (Stories 18, 21, 22, 28, 32, 47, 59, 60, 63, 67, 72, 79, 85, and 90).
[primary source]: Kang Seng Hui, translator, 《六度集經》 'Liu Du Ji Jing,' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 3, No. 152
[colophon]: 六度集經 吳 康僧會譯 共 8 卷 Scripture on the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing), Translated by Kang Seng Hui in the Wu in 8 scrolls
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
雀王經
què wáng jīng
que wang jing
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
[0029b25] “昔者菩薩身為雀王,慈心濟眾有尚慈母,悲彼艱苦情等親離,覩眾稟道喜若己寧,愛育眾生猶護身瘡.有虎食獸,骨柱其齒,病困將終.雀覩其然,心為悲楚曰: ‘諸佛以食為禍,其果然矣.’ 入口啄骨,日日若茲.雀口生瘡,身為瘦疵,骨出虎穌.雀飛登樹,說佛經曰: ‘殺為兇虐,其惡莫大；若彼殺己,豈悅之乎?當恕己度彼,即有春天之仁.仁者普慈,祐報響應；兇虐殘眾,禍尋影追.爾思吾言矣.’ 虎聞雀誡,勃然恚曰: ‘爾始離吾口而敢多言乎?’ 雀覩其不可化,愴然愍之,即速飛去.”
[0029b25] “xī zhě pú sà shēn wèi què wáng, cí xīn jì zhòng yǒu shàng cí mǔ, bēi bǐ jiān kǔ qíng děng qīn lí, dǔ zhòng bǐng dào xǐ ruò jǐ níng, ài yù zhòng shēng yóu hù shēn chuāng. yǒu hǔ shí shòu, gǔ zhù qí chǐ, bìng kùn jiāng zhōng. què dǔ qí rán, xīn wèi bēi chǔ yuē: ‘zhū fú yǐ shí wèi huò, qí guǒ rán yǐ.’ rù kǒu zhuó gǔ, rì rì ruò zī. què kǒu shēng chuāng, shēn wèi shòu cī, gǔ chū hǔ sū. què fēi dēng shù, shuō fú jīng yuē: ‘shā wèi xiōng nüè, qí è mò dà； ruò bǐ shā jǐ, qǐ yuè zhī hū? dāng shù jǐ dù bǐ, jí yǒu chūn tiān zhī rén. rén zhě pǔ cí, yòu bào xiǎng yīng； xiōng nüè cán zhòng, huò xún yǐng zhuī. ěr sī wú yán yǐ.’ hǔ wén què jiè, bó rán huì yuē: ‘ěr shǐ lí wú kǒu ér gǎn duō yán hū?’ què dǔ qí bù kě huà, chuàng rán mǐn zhī, jí sù fēi qù.”
[0029b25] "xi zhe pu sa shen wei que wang, ci xin ji zhong you shang ci mu, bei bi jian ku qing deng qin li, du zhong bing dao xi ruo ji ning, ai yu zhong sheng you hu shen chuang. you hu shi shou, gu zhu qi chi, bing kun jiang zhong. que du qi ran, xin wei bei chu yue: 'zhu fu yi shi wei huo, qi guo ran yi.' ru kou zhuo gu, ri ri ruo zi. que kou sheng chuang, shen wei shou ci, gu chu hu su. que fei deng shu, shuo fu jing yue: 'sha wei xiong nue, qi e mo da; ruo bi sha ji, qi yue zhi hu? dang shu ji du bi, ji you chun tian zhi ren. ren zhe pu ci, you bao xiang ying; xiong nue can zhong, huo xun ying zhui. er si wu yan yi.' hu wen que jie, bo ran hui yue: 'er shi li wu kou er gan duo yan hu?' que du qi bu ke hua, chuang ran min zhi, ji su fei qu."
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
[0029c07] 佛告諸比丘: “雀王者,吾身是也.虎者,調達是也.開士世世慈心濟眾,以為惶務猶自憂身.菩薩法忍度無極行忍辱如是.”
[0029c07] fú gào zhū bǐ qiū: “què wáng zhě, wú shēn shì yě. hǔ zhě, diào dá shì yě. kāi shì shì shì cí xīn jì zhòng, yǐ wèi huáng wù yóu zì yōu shēn. pú sà fǎ rěn dù wú jí xíng rěn rǔ rú shì.”
[0029c07] fu gao zhu bi qiu: "que wang zhe, wu shen shi ye. hu zhe, diao da shi ye. kai shi shi shi ci xin ji zhong, yi wei huang wu you zi you shen. pu sa fa ren du wu ji xing ren ru ru shi."