Yingwu Jing (Śukasūtra)鸚鵡經

Translated by Guṇabhadra in 1 scroll

Colophon

鸚鵡經 劉宋 求那跋陀羅譯 共 1 卷 Yingwu Jing (Śuka Sūtra); translated by Guṇabhadra in the Liu Song in 1 scroll.

Notes

Sanskrit title from Lancaster. (Lancaster 2004, 'K 695')

English translations

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Summary

The Buddha visits the home of a man named Śuka, where he encounters Śuka's dog. After the Buddha tells the dog that he used to be a chanting Brahmin, Śuka becomes angry and confronts the Buddha. The Buddha reveals that the dog was Śuka's father in a past life and challenges Śuka to test the truth of his statement. Śuka finds hidden wealth as a result of the Buddha's challenge, gains faith, and asks about the reasons for inequalities among people, to which the Buddha explains how actions and intentions lead to different outcomes in life and rebirth. (AI generated)

Primary Source

Guṇabhadra, trans., 《鸚鵡經》 'Yingwu Jing (Śukasūtra),' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 1, No. 79, Accessed 2016-07-09, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T01n0079.

References

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

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