Great Fish Sutra; Da Yu Shi Jing 大魚事經

Translated by Tan Wulan in 1 scroll

Colophon

大魚事經 東晉 竺曇無蘭譯 共 1 卷 Great Fish Sutra (Da Yu Shi Jing); translated by Tan Wulan in 1 scroll in the Eastern Jin.

Notes

Date 381-395 from Lancaster (Lancaster 2004, 'K 853')

English Translations

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Summary

The Buddha recounts a story of fish: large fish warned small fish against leaving their area, but they disobeyed and were caught. This parallels a monk who, despite warnings from senior monks to control his desires, succumbed to lust after seeing beautiful women while begging for food. Consequently, he abandoned his monastic vows and returned to lay life, highlighting the dangers of unchecked desires and the importance of renouncing worldly temptations. The Buddha urges the monks to relinquish acquired gains and avoid greed for those yet to be acquired. (AI generated)

Primary Source

Tan Wulan, 《大魚事經》 'Da Yu Shi Jing,' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 4, No. 216, Accessed 2016-07-13, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T04n0216.

References

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

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