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...
Chapter 123: The Invitation to Renounce Home
[full title]: Abhinishkramana-sutra, Scroll 47 (nr. 123)
[full title]: Abhiniṣkramaṇa-sūtra 佛本行集經 [fú běn xíng jí jīng] (fu ben xing ji jing)
[parallels]: Sanskrit title and date 587-595 from Lancaster (Lancaster 2004, 'K 802') English translations: Beal, 1875
[parallels]: Beal, S. 1875, The romantic legend of Sakya Buddha: from the Chinese-Sancrist; Trubner and Co., London
[primary source]: Jñānagupta, translator, 《佛本行集經》 'Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra),' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 3, No. 190
[colophon]: 佛本行集經 隋 闍那崛多譯 共 60 卷 Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) Translated by Jñānagupta in 60 scrolls in the Sui
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
[0870c22] That bhikṣuṇī (比丘尼 [bi qiu ni]) then greeted the outsider woman Parivrājaka (波離婆闍迦外道之女 [bo li po du jia wai dao zhi nu]). After greeting her, she said to her: "Excellent, sister! You should know that your husband, Kāśyapa (迦葉 [jia ye]), and I have the same teacher. We have renounced home (出家學道 [chu jia xue dao]) and are practicing the Brahma-faring (修行梵行 [xiu xing fan xing]). You can also go to him and, with our teacher, renounce home (出家學道 [chu jia xue dao]) and practice the Brahma-faring."
[0870c22] 彼比丘尼即便慰問波離婆闍迦外道之女,慰問已訖,而復告言: “善哉姊妹! 汝應知時,汝夫迦葉,與我同師,出家學道,修行梵行,汝今亦可往詣彼所,於我師邊,出家學道,修行梵行也.”
[0870c22] bǐ bǐ qiū ní jí biàn wèi wèn bō lí pó dū jiā wài dào zhī nǚ, wèi wèn yǐ qì, ér fù gào yán: “shàn zāi zǐ mèi! rǔ yīng zhī shí, rǔ fū jiā yè, yǔ wǒ tóng shī, chū jiā xué dào, xiū xíng fàn xíng, rǔ jīn yì kě wǎng yì bǐ suǒ, yú wǒ shī biān, chū jiā xué dào, xiū xíng fàn xíng yě.”
[0870c22] bi bi qiu ni ji bian wei wen bo li po du jia wai dao zhi nu, wei wen yi qi, er fu gao yan: "shan zai zi mei! ru ying zhi shi, ru fu jia ye, yu wo tong shi, chu jia xue dao, xiu xing fan xing, ru jin yi ke wang yi bi suo, yu wo shi bian, chu jia xue dao, xiu xing fan xing ye."
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
[0870c27] At that time, the outsider woman Bhadrā Kāpilīya Parivrājaka (跋陀羅迦卑梨耶波離婆闍迦外道之女 [ba tuo luo jia bei li ye bo li po du jia wai dao zhi nu]) asked that bhikṣuṇī: "Excellent, sister! What is your teacher like?" After she said this, the bhikṣuṇī replied to the outsider woman Bhadrā (跋陀羅外道女 [ba tuo luo wai dao nu]): "Excellent, sister! Our teacher is adorned with the thirty-two marks of a great man (三十二大人之相 [san shi er da ren zhi xiang]), possesses the eighty minor marks (八十種好 [ba shi zhong hao]), the eighteen uncommon qualities of a Buddha (十八不共佛法 [shi ba bu gong fu fa]), the ten powers (十力 [shi li]), the four kinds of fearlessness (四無所畏 [si wu suo wei]), great loving-kindness (大慈 [da ci]) and great compassion (大悲 [da bei]). He is fully endowed with countless precepts, countless meditations (定眾 [ding zhong]), countless wisdoms, countless liberations (解脫眾 [jie tuo zhong]), and countless knowledge and insight of liberation (解脫知見眾 [jie tuo zhi jian zhong]). All the disciples of our great master, the Śrāvakas (聲聞 [sheng wen]), are also fully endowed with countless precepts, countless meditations, countless wisdoms, countless liberations, and countless knowledge and insight of liberation."
[0870c27] 爾時,跋陀羅迦卑梨耶波離婆闍迦外道之女,問彼比丘尼言: “善哉姊妹! 汝等教師,當何所似?” 作是語已,彼比丘尼報跋陀羅外道女言: “善哉姊妹! 我等教師,以三十二大人之相,莊嚴其身,具足八十種好,十八不共佛法,, 十力,, 四無所畏,大慈大悲,無邊戒眾具足,無邊定眾具足,無邊智慧眾具足,無邊解脫眾具足,無邊解脫知見眾具足.我彼大師,一切聲聞諸弟子等,亦復如是,戒眾具足,定眾具足,智慧眾具足,解脫眾具足,解脫知見眾具足.”
[0870c27] ěr shí, bá tuó luó jiā bēi lí yé bō lí pó dū jiā wài dào zhī nǚ, wèn bǐ bǐ qiū ní yán: “shàn zāi zǐ mèi! rǔ děng jiào shī, dāng hé suǒ shì?” zuò shì yǔ yǐ, bǐ bǐ qiū ní bào bá tuó luó wài dào nǚ yán: “shàn zāi zǐ mèi! wǒ děng jiào shī, yǐ sān shí èr dà rén zhī xiāng, zhuāng yán qí shēn, jù zú bā shí zhǒng hǎo, shí bā bù gòng fú fǎ,, shí lì,, sì wú suǒ wèi, dà cí dà bēi, wú biān jiè zhòng jù zú, wú biān dìng zhòng jù zú, wú biān zhì huì zhòng jù zú, wú biān jiě tuō zhòng jù zú, wú biān jiě tuō zhī jiàn zhòng jù zú. wǒ bǐ dà shī, yī qiè shēng wén zhū dì zi děng, yì fù rú shì, jiè zhòng jù zú, dìng zhòng jù zú, zhì huì zhòng jù zú, jiě tuō zhòng jù zú, jiě tuō zhī jiàn zhòng jù zú.”
[0870c27] er shi, ba tuo luo jia bei li ye bo li po du jia wai dao zhi nu, wen bi bi qiu ni yan: "shan zai zi mei! ru deng jiao shi, dang he suo shi?" zuo shi yu yi, bi bi qiu ni bao ba tuo luo wai dao nu yan: "shan zai zi mei! wo deng jiao shi, yi san shi er da ren zhi xiang, zhuang yan qi shen, ju zu ba shi zhong hao, shi ba bu gong fu fa,, shi li,, si wu suo wei, da ci da bei, wu bian jie zhong ju zu, wu bian ding zhong ju zu, wu bian zhi hui zhong ju zu, wu bian jie tuo zhong ju zu, wu bian jie tuo zhi jian zhong ju zu. wo bi da shi, yi qie sheng wen zhu di zi deng, yi fu ru shi, jie zhong ju zu, ding zhong ju zu, zhi hui zhong ju zu, jie tuo zhong ju zu, jie tuo zhi jian zhong ju zu."