Sūtra Spoken at the Request of an Old Woman (Fo Shuo Lao Mu Jing) 佛說老母經

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Colophon

第 14 冊　No. 0561 佛說老母經 失譯 共 1 卷 Volume 14, No. 561; Sūtra Spoken at the Request of an Old Woman (Fo Shuo Lao Mu Jing); Translated by Unknown in 1 scroll

Other Titles

Mahālalikāparipṛcchā

Notes

Sanskrit title and date 420-479 from Lancaster (Lancaster 2004, 'K 217')

English translations

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Summary

While in a kingdom, the Buddha was approached by a poor old woman who questioned him about the origins and destinations of life, the senses, and the elements. The Buddha explained that all things arise and cease due to causes and conditions, lacking inherent origin or destination, using analogies like fire from wood and sound from a drum. The woman, enlightened by the Buddha's teachings, rejoiced and later, at the end of her life, will be reborn in Amitabha Buddha's realm, eventually becoming a Buddha herself. (AI generated)

Primary Source

Unknown, 《佛說老母經》 'Mahālalikāparipṛcchā (Fo Shuo Lao Mu 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. 561, Accessed 2016-09-21, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T14n0561.

References

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

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