The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King (A Life of Buddha)

by Samuel Beal | 1883 | 108,941 words

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Summary: This book is called “A Life of Buddha” by Asvaghosha Bodhisattva, in Chinese known as the “Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King”. It was translated from Sanskrit into Chinese by Dharmaraksha (or Dharmakshara) A.D. 420.

The most reliable of the lives of Buddha known in China is that translated in the present volume, the Buddhacarita-kavya. It was no doubt written by the Bodhisattva Asvaghosha, who was the twelfth Buddhist patriarch, and a contemporary of Kanishka.

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Contents of this online book ( + / - )

The full text of the The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King (A Life of Buddha) in English is available here and publically accesible (free to read online). Of course, I would always recommend buying the book so you get the latest edition. You can see all this book’s content by visiting the pages in the below index:

. Northern Buddhism

. Lives of Buddha (1): Fo-pen-hing-king

. Lives of Buddha (2): Siu-hing-pen-k’i-king

. Lives of Buddha (3): Siau-pen-k’i-king

. Lives of Buddha (4): Ta-tseu-sui-ying-pen-k’i-king

. Lives of Buddha (5): Cung-pen-k’i-king

. Lives of Buddha (6): Phu-yau-king

. Lives of Buddha (7): Kwo-hu-yin-ko-king

. Lives of Buddha (8): Kwo-hu-hien-tsai-yin-ko-king

. Lives of Buddha (9): Fo-pen-hing-king

. Lives of Buddha (10): Fang-kwang-tai-cwang-yan-king

. Lives of Buddha (11): Sang-kia-lo-c’ha-sho-tsih-fo-hing-king

. Lives of Buddha (12): Fo-pen-hing-tsih-king

. Lives of Buddha (13): Fo-shwo-cung-hu-mo-ho-ti-king

. Lives of Buddha (14): Shin-t’ung-yaou-hi-king

. History of Bodhisattva Aśvaghoṣa

. The Faithfulness Of Chinese Translations

. Aśvaghoṣa's Style

+ Kiouen I

. Varga 1. The Birth

. Varga 2. Living in the Palace

. Varga 3. Disgust at Sorrow

. Varga 4. Putting Away Desire

. Varga 5. Leaving the City

+ Kiouen II

. Varga 6. The Return of Candaka

. Varga 7. Entering the Place (Wood) of Austerities

. Varga 8. The General Grief of the Palace

. Varga 9. The Mission to Seek the Prince

. Varga 10. Bimbasāra Rāja Invites The Prince

. Varga 11. The Reply To Bimbasāra Rāja

. Varga 12. Visit To Arāḍa Udrarāma

. Varga 13. Defeats Māra

. Varga 14. O-Wei-San-Pou-Ti (Abhisambodhi)

. Varga 15. Turning The Law-Wheel

+ Kiouen IV

. Varga 16. Bimbisāra Rāja Becomes A Disciple

. Varga 17. The Great Disciple Becomes A Hermit

. Varga 18. Conversion of the 'Supporter of the Orphans and Destitute'

. Varga 19. Interview Between Father and Son

. Varga 20. Receiving the Jetavana Vihāra

. Varga 21. Escaping the Drunken Elephant and Devadatta

. Varga 22. The Lady Āmrā (Āmrapālī) Sees Buddha

+ Kiouen V

. Varga 23. By Spiritual Power Fixing His (Term of) Years

. Varga 24. The Differences of the Licchavis

. Varga 25. Parinirvāṇa

. Varga 26. Mahāparinirvāṇa

. Varga 27. Praising Nirvāṇa

. Varga 28. Division of the Śarīras

Appendix I - Comparative List of the Buddhacarita

Appendix II - The thirty-two miraculous signs

Appendix III - Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra (translated by Dharmarakṣa)

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