Sūtra on Wrong Views (Xie Jian Jing) 邪見經

By an unknown translator in 1 scroll

Colophon

邪見經 失譯 共 1 卷 Sūtra on Wrong Views (Xie Jian Jing); by an unknown translator in 1 scroll.

Notes

Relation to Pāli Canon (Avyākata) from Lancaster (Lancaster 2004, 'K 704'; Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.51)

English Translations

From the Pāli (Bodhi 2012; Thanissaro 2004)

Summary

Shortly after the Buddha's passing, Venerable Ananda is visited by a former associate who questions him about the Buddha's teachings on rejecting wrong views. The man specifically asks if the Buddha dismissed views about the permanence and limits of the world, the relationship between body and soul, and the afterlife. Ananda confirms that the Buddha, possessing wisdom and insight, did indeed reject these wrong views because they lead to specific consequences and a particular kind of rebirth. Impressed, the man declares his refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha, becoming a lay follower. (AI generated)

Primary Source

Unknown, trans., 《邪見經》 'Xiejian Jing (Avyākata),' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 1, No. 93, Accessed 2016-07-09, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T01n0093.

References

  1. Bodhi. 2012. The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: A Complete Translation of the Anguttara Nikaya. Simon and Schuster.
  2. Lancaster, Lewis R. 2004. The Korean Buddhist Canon: A Descriptive Catalogue, http://www.acmuller.net/descriptive_catalogue.
  3. Thanissaro (trans.) 2004, "Avyakata Sutta: Undeclared" (AN 7.51), Access to Insight (Legacy Edition), http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an07/an07.051.than.html

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