Sutra on a Wife’s Misfortunes (Fo Shuo Furen Yu Gu Jing) 佛說婦人遇辜經

Translated by Shengjian

Colophon

第 14 冊　No. 0571 佛說婦人遇辜經 乞伏秦 聖堅譯 共 1 卷 Volume 14, No. 571; Sutra on a Wife’s Misfortunes (Fo Shuo Furen Yu Gu Jing); Translated by Shengjian in the Qifu Qin in 1 scroll

Notes

Date 388-407 from Lancaster (Lancaster 2004, 'K 837')

English Translations

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Summary

Once, the Buddha was in Śrāvastī with his disciples when a man, his pregnant wife, and their two children traveled back to her homeland. Along the way, a venomous snake killed the husband, and while crossing a river, wolves devoured one child, the other drowned, and she lost her unborn child. Upon reaching her parents’ home, she learned they had perished in a fire, and her husband's family had been killed by bandits. Overcome with grief and madness, she wandered naked until she reached the Buddha, who calmed her mind and clothed her. Hearing his teachings on impermanence and suffering, she gained deep insight, overcame her sorrow, and attained an unwavering path to enlightenment.

Primary Source

Shengjian, 《佛說婦人遇辜經》 'Fo Shuo Furen Yu Gu 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. 571, Accessed 2016-09-21, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T14n0571.

References

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

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