Fo Shuo Zhangzhe Zi Zhi Jing 佛說長者子制經

Translated by An Shigao

Colophon

第 14 冊　No. 0526 佛說長者子制經 後漢 安世高譯 共 1 卷 Volume 14, No. 526; Fo Shuo Zhangzhe Zi Zhi Jing. Translated by An Shigao in the Later Han in 1 scroll

Notes

Date 148-170 from Lancaster (Lancaster 2004, 'K 226')

English Translation

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Summary

This text tells the story of a wealthy young man named Zhi (制), who encounters the Buddha while he is begging for food. Impressed by the Buddha's appearance, Zhi offers his own meal and clothes, expressing his desire to become a Buddha himself. Despite the doubts voiced by the god Śakra, Zhi insists on his aspiration with unwavering determination, vowing to endure any hardship to achieve enlightenment. Buddha then prophesizes that after countless eons, Zhi will become a Buddha named Sumerukara and will save countless beings. (AI generated)

Primary Source

An Shigao, 《佛說長者子制經》 'Fo Shuo Zhangzhe Zi Zhi Jing,' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 14, No. 526, Accessed 2016-09-18, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T14n0526.

References

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

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