Dayi Jing (Mahāmati) 大意經

Translated by Guṇabhadra in 1 scroll

Colophon

大意經 劉宋 求那跋陀羅譯 共 1 卷 Dayi Jing (Mahāmati); translated by Guṇabhadra in 1 scroll in the Liu Song.

Notes

Sanskrit title and date 435-443 from Lancaster (Lancaster 2004, 'K 499')

English translations

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Summary

The Buddha recounts the story of a prince named Mahāmati (大意) who, upon birth, vowed to alleviate the suffering of the world through generosity. He journeys to sea to collect treasures for distribution and encounters multiple jeweled cities, each guarded by a serpent, where he obtains luminous pearls. When a sea god steals the pearls, Great Intent's determination to retrieve them moves even the gods, leading to their return and enabling him to fulfill his vow of universal generosity. (AI generated)

Primary Source

Guṇabhadra, trans., 《大意經》 'Dayi Jing (Mahāmati),' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 3, No. 177, Accessed 2016-07-05, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T03n0177.

References

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

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