Another Story about a Previous Life of the Bodhisattva (Yi Chu Pusa Benqi Jing) 異出菩薩本起經

Translated by Nie Dao Zhen in 1 scroll

Colophon

異出菩薩本起經 西晉 聶道真譯 共 1 卷 Another Story about a Previous Life of the Bodhisattva (Yi Chu Pusa Benqi Jing); Translated by Nie Daozhen in 1 scroll in the Western Jin

Other Titles

Abhiniṣkramaṇa

Notes

Date 280-312 from Lancaster (Lancaster 2004, 'K 468')

English Translation

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Summary

This text narrates the story of how Śākyamuni Buddha became enlightened in a previous life. As a bodhisattva named Maṇava, he purchased lotus flowers to offer to the Buddha Dīpankara, receiving a prophecy that he would become the Buddha Śākyamuni after ninety kalpas. The text describes his subsequent rebirths and eventual birth as Prince Siddhartha, detailing the events leading to his renunciation of worldly life and his eventual enlightenment under a tree after enduring hardships and meditation. Finally, it tells about the dragon king who became his first devotee and his returning to teach his 5 former companions, leading to many conversions and miracles. (AI generated)

Primary Source

Nie Dao Zhen, trans., 《異出菩薩本起經》 'Yi Chu Pusa Benqi Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇa),' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 3, No. 188, Accessed 2016-07-05, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T03n0188.

References

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

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