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 124: The Journey to the Buddha
[full title]: Abhinishkramana-sutra, Scroll 47 (nr. 124)
[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.]
[0871a09] At that time, that bhikṣuṇī (比丘尼 [bi qiu ni]) extolled the virtues of the Buddha (佛功德 [fu gong de]) and his Śrāvaka disciples (聲聞弟子 [sheng wen di zi]) in this way before the woman Bhadrā Kāpilīya (跋陀羅迦卑梨耶女 [ba tuo luo jia bei li ye nu]). When the outsider woman Bhadrā Kāpilīya (跋陀羅迦卑梨耶外道之女 [ba tuo luo jia bei li ye wai dao zhi nu]) heard this, her mind became pure (心得清淨 [xin de qing jing]) towards the Tathāgata (如來 [ru lai]) and the assembly of bhikṣus (比丘僧 [bi qiu seng]). Having become pure, she told that bhikṣuṇī: "Excellent, sister! If that is so, I will follow you." At that time, that bhikṣuṇī said to the outsider woman Bhadrā Kāpilīya (跋陀羅迦卑梨耶外道女 [ba tuo luo jia bei li ye wai dao nu]): "Excellent, sister! Let's travel together, riding on my spiritual power (神通 [shen tong])."
[0871a09] 時,彼比丘尼於跋陀羅迦卑梨耶女前,如是如是,歎佛功德及聲聞弟子.時彼跋陀羅迦卑梨耶外道之女聞已,遂於如來及比丘僧所,心得清淨.得清淨已,告彼比丘尼言: “善哉姊妹! 若如是者,我當隨去.” 時彼比丘尼,語跋陀羅迦卑梨耶外道女言: “善哉姊妹! 乘我神通,相隨而去.”
[0871a09] shí, bǐ bǐ qiū ní yú bá tuó luó jiā bēi lí yé nǚ qián, rú shì rú shì, tàn fú gōng dé jí shēng wén dì zi. shí bǐ bá tuó luó jiā bēi lí yé wài dào zhī nǚ wén yǐ, suì yú rú lái jí bǐ qiū sēng suǒ, xīn dé qīng jìng. dé qīng jìng yǐ, gào bǐ bǐ qiū ní yán: “shàn zāi zǐ mèi! ruò rú shì zhě, wǒ dāng suí qù.” shí bǐ bǐ qiū ní, yǔ bá tuó luó jiā bēi lí yé wài dào nǚ yán: “shàn zāi zǐ mèi! chéng wǒ shén tōng, xiāng suí ér qù.”
[0871a09] shi, bi bi qiu ni yu ba tuo luo jia bei li ye nu qian, ru shi ru shi, tan fu gong de ji sheng wen di zi. shi bi ba tuo luo jia bei li ye wai dao zhi nu wen yi, sui yu ru lai ji bi qiu seng suo, xin de qing jing. de qing jing yi, gao bi bi qiu ni yan: "shan zai zi mei! ruo ru shi zhe, wo dang sui qu." shi bi bi qiu ni, yu ba tuo luo jia bei li ye wai dao nu yan: "shan zai zi mei! cheng wo shen tong, xiang sui er qu."
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
[0871a16] At that time, Bhadrā (跋陀羅 [ba tuo luo]) replied to that bhikṣuṇī, saying: "Excellent, sister! I, too, have my own spiritual powers (神通 [shen tong])."
[0871a16] 爾時,跋陀羅報彼比丘尼,作如是言: “善哉姊妹! 然我身自有神通也.”
[0871a16] ěr shí, bá tuó luó bào bǐ bǐ qiū ní, zuò rú shì yán: “shàn zāi zǐ mèi! rán wǒ shēn zì yǒu shén tōng yě.”
[0871a16] er shi, ba tuo luo bao bi bi qiu ni, zuo ru shi yan: "shan zai zi mei! ran wo shen zi you shen tong ye."
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
[0871a18] At that time, that bhikṣuṇī and the outsider woman Bhadrā Kāpilīya (跋陀羅迦卑梨耶外道女 [ba tuo luo jia bei li ye wai dao nu]), having set off from there, in the time it takes a strong man to bend and extend his arm, disappeared from the Gaṅgā River (恒河所 [heng he suo]) and suddenly appeared in Jetavana Grove (祇陀林中 [qi tuo lin zhong]), where they went to the Buddha's place (佛所 [fu suo]). The outsider woman Bhadrā Kāpilīya (跋陀羅迦卑梨耶外道之女 [ba tuo luo jia bei li ye wai dao zhi nu]), seeing the World-Honored One (世尊 [shi zun]) from afar, so dignified and wonderful, adorned like the stars in the sky, her mind became pure (心得清淨 [xin de qing jing]). She immediately went before the Buddha, and after arriving, she bowed her head at the Buddha's feet (頂禮佛足 [ding li fu zu]) and said to him: "Excellent! World-Honored One! Please allow me to renounce home (出家 [chu jia]), and grant me the full precepts (具戒 [ju jie])."
[0871a18] 爾時,彼比丘尼共跋陀羅迦卑梨耶外道女,於彼發引,亦如壯士屈伸臂頃,從恒河所即便沒身,於祇陀林中,忽然出現,往詣佛所.其跋陀羅迦卑梨耶外道之女,遙見世尊,端嚴殊妙,乃至猶如虛空眾星莊嚴,見已心得清淨,即至佛前,到已頂禮佛足,而白佛言: “善哉! 世尊! 聽我出家,授我具戒.”
[0871a18] ěr shí, bǐ bǐ qiū ní gòng bá tuó luó jiā bēi lí yé wài dào nǚ, yú bǐ fā yǐn, yì rú zhuàng shì qū shēn bì qǐng, cóng héng hé suǒ jí biàn méi shēn, yú qí tuó lín zhōng, hū rán chū xiàn, wǎng yì fú suǒ. qí bá tuó luó jiā bēi lí yé wài dào zhī nǚ, yáo jiàn shì zūn, duān yán shū miào, nǎi zhì yóu rú xū kōng zhòng xīng zhuāng yán, jiàn yǐ xīn dé qīng jìng, jí zhì fú qián, dào yǐ dǐng lǐ fú zú, ér bái fú yán: “shàn zāi! shì zūn! tīng wǒ chū jiā, shòu wǒ jù jiè.”
[0871a18] er shi, bi bi qiu ni gong ba tuo luo jia bei li ye wai dao nu, yu bi fa yin, yi ru zhuang shi qu shen bi qing, cong heng he suo ji bian mei shen, yu qi tuo lin zhong, hu ran chu xian, wang yi fu suo. qi ba tuo luo jia bei li ye wai dao zhi nu, yao jian shi zun, duan yan shu miao, nai zhi you ru xu kong zhong xing zhuang yan, jian yi xin de qing jing, ji zhi fu qian, dao yi ding li fu zu, er bai fu yan: "shan zai! shi zun! ting wo chu jia, shou wo ju jie."