The Fruits of the Contemplative Life (Jizhiguo Jing) 寂志果經

Translated by Tan Wulan in 1 scroll.

Colophon

寂志果經 東晉 竺曇無蘭譯 共 1 卷
The Fruits of the Contemplative Life (Jizhiguo Jing); translated by Tan Wulan in the Eastern Jin in 1 scroll.

Other Titles

Śrāmaṇyaphala Sūtra

Notes

Sūtra name from Lancaster, translated in the period 381-395 (Lancaster 2004, 'K 657')

English Translations

MacQueen, Graeme 1988, A Study of the Śrāmaṇyaphala-Sūtra, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, pp. 51–71.

Parallels

  1. SuttaCentral, n.d., Dīgha Nikāya 2, https://suttacentral.net/dn2, accessed 2016-04-27
  2. Thanissaro, 2013. "Samaññaphala Sutta: The Fruits of the Contemplative Life" (DN 2), translated from the Pali. Access to Insight (Legacy Edition), http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.02.0.than.html
  3. Walshe, Maurice 2005, The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya, Simon and Schuster.

Summary

King Ajatasattu of Magadha, troubled by persistent unease, seeks advice from his court on how to alleviate his worries. After several suggestions, the physician Jivaka suggests visiting the Buddha, which the king agrees to. The king consults the Buddha on whether worldly pursuits and offerings lead to enlightenment, revealing his previous unsuccessful inquiries with other teachers who offered nihilistic or confusing answers. The Buddha then elucidates the path to enlightenment through virtuous living, ethical conduct, meditation, and the relinquishment of worldly attachments, and conversion of the king. (AI generated)

Primary Source

Tan Wulan, trans., 《寂志果經》 'Śrāmaṇyaphala Sūtra,' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 1, No. 22, Accessed 2016-07-09, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T01n0022.

References

  1. FGDB, s.v. 寂志果經.
  2. Lancaster 2004, 'K 658'.

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