The King’s Flower Pickers Receive a Prediction from the Buddha (Cai Hua Wei Wang Shang Fo Shou Jue Hao Miao Hua Jing) 採花違王上佛授決號妙花經
Translated by Tan Wulan
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第 14 冊 No. 0510 採花違王上佛授決號妙花經 東晉 竺曇無蘭譯 共 1 卷 Volume 14, No. 510; The King’s Flower Pickers Receive a Prediction from the Buddha (Cai Hua Wei Wang Shang Fo Shou Jue Hao Miao Hua Jing); Translated by Tan Wulan in the Eastern Jin in 1 scrollNotes
Date 381-395 from Lancaster (Lancaster 2004, 'K 254')English Translation
Shingan, Shaku 2022, King Ajātaśatru Sūtra: A Translation of the Ajtaatrukauktyavinodana Sutra from the Chinese of Lokakema Together with Three Short Sutras,. Lulu.com, https://www.shingansportal.com/sūtra-translations/t508-509-510-626-king-ajātaśatru-sūtras.Summary
The story recounts how a group of flower gatherers, tasked with providing flowers for the king, encountered the Buddha and offered their flowers to him instead. Realizing they disobeyed the king's order and could face execution, they prepared for the worst. The king, angered by their disobedience and curious about their lack of fear, learned from the Buddha that their act of devotion led to a prediction (授決) of their future Buddhahood, named "妙華如來" (Wonderful Flower Tathagata), and that their baskets miraculously remained full of fragrant flowers as a result of their faith. The king, amazed and repentant, released them and sought forgiveness for his initial anger. (AI generated)Primary Source
Tan Wulan, 《採花違王上佛授決號妙花經》 'Cai Hua Wei Wang Shang Fo Shou Jue Hao Miao Hua Jing,' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 14, No. 510, Accessed 2016-09-18, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T14n0510.References
- Lancaster, L.R. 2004, The Korean Buddhist Canon: A Descriptive Catalogue, http://www.acmuller.net/descriptive_catalogue.