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 125: Bhadra Kapiliya Receives the Precepts
[full title]: Abhinishkramana-sutra, Scroll 47 (nr. 125)
[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.]
[0871a25] At that time, the World-Honored One (世尊 [shi zun]) told Ānanda (阿難 [a nan]): "Elder Ānanda! Take this 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]) and entrust her to Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī (摩訶波闍波提憍曇彌 [mo he bo du bo ti jiao tan mi]), commanding her with these words: 'Teach this 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]) to renounce home and grant her the full precepts. This woman will attain complete spiritual powers (神通具足 [shen tong ju zu]) and great might.'"
[0871a25] 爾時,世尊告阿難言: “長老阿難! 將此跋陀羅迦卑梨耶外道之女,付囑摩訶波闍波提憍曇彌,勅教言曰: ‘此跋陀羅迦卑梨耶外道之女,教令出家授具足戒,是女當得神通具足威力並備.’ ”
[0871a25] ěr shí, shì zūn gào ā nán yán: “zhǎng lǎo ā nán! jiāng cǐ bá tuó luó jiā bēi lí yé wài dào zhī nǚ, fù zhǔ mó hē bō dū bō tí jiāo tán mí, chì jiào yán yuē: ‘cǐ bá tuó luó jiā bēi lí yé wài dào zhī nǚ, jiào lìng chū jiā shòu jù zú jiè, shì nǚ dāng dé shén tōng jù zú wēi lì bìng bèi.’ ”
[0871a25] er shi, shi zun gao a nan yan: "zhang lao a nan! jiang ci ba tuo luo jia bei li ye wai dao zhi nu, fu zhu mo he bo du bo ti jiao tan mi, chi jiao yan yue: 'ci ba tuo luo jia bei li ye wai dao zhi nu, jiao ling chu jia shou ju zu jie, shi nu dang de shen tong ju zu wei li bing bei.' "
[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]
[0871b01] At that time, the elder Ānanda (長老阿難 [zhang lao a nan]), following the Buddha's command, said to the Buddha: "As the World-Honored One commands, I will not dare to disobey." He then took the woman and went to the bhikṣuṇī Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī (摩訶波闍波提憍曇彌 [mo he bo du bo ti jiao tan mi]), and when he arrived, he fully explained the matter as above.
[0871b01] 爾時,長老阿難,奉佛勅命,白佛言曰: “如世尊教,不敢違也.” 遂將彼女,向於摩訶波闍波提憍曇彌比丘尼所,到已具陳如上之事.
[0871b01] ěr shí, zhǎng lǎo ā nán, fèng fú chì mìng, bái fú yán yuē: “rú shì zūn jiào, bù gǎn wéi yě.” suì jiāng bǐ nǚ, xiàng yú mó hē bō dū bō tí jiāo tán mí bǐ qiū ní suǒ, dào yǐ jù chén rú shàng zhī shì.
[0871b01] er shi, zhang lao a nan, feng fu chi ming, bai fu yan yue: "ru shi zun jiao, bu gan wei ye." sui jiang bi nu, xiang yu mo he bo du bo ti jiao tan mi bi qiu ni suo, dao yi ju chen ru shang zhi shi.