Sūtra on Brahmins Attempting to Escape Death (Poluomen Bi Si Jing) 佛說婆羅門避死經

Translated by An Shigao in 1 scroll

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佛說婆羅門避死經 後漢 安世高譯 共 1 卷 Sūtra on Brahmins Attempting to Escape Death (Poluomen Bi Si Jing); translated by An Shigao in the Later Han in 1 scroll

Notes

Date 148-170 from Lancaster (Lancaster 2004, 'K 705')

English Translation

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Summary

The Buddha recounts a story of four Brahmin hermits who, fearing death, sought refuge in different places using their advanced spiritual powers (five supernatural powers): one in the sky, one in the ocean, one in a mountain cave, and one underground. However, death found them in each of these places. The Buddha, observing this, teaches that there is no place in the sky, sea, mountain, or earth that can escape death. (AI generated)

Primary Source

An Shigao, trans., 《佛說婆羅門避死經》 'Poluomen Bi Si Jing,' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 2, No. 131, Accessed 2016-07-09, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T02n0131.

References

1. Lancaster, L.R. 2004 The Korean Buddhist Canon: A Descriptive Catalogue, http://www.acmuller.net/descriptive_catalogue.

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