Poor Old Man Sutra (Fo Shuo Pinqiong Lao Gong Jing) 佛說貧窮老公經
Translated by Hui Jian
Colophon
第 17 冊 No. 797a
佛說貧窮老公經
劉宋 慧簡譯
共 1 卷
Volume 17, No. 797a;
Poor Old Man Sutra
(Fo Shuo Pinqiong Lao Gong Jing)
translated by Hui Jian in the Liu Song in 1 scroll.
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Summary
This text tells the story of an incredibly old and impoverished man who seeks to see the Buddha. After initial resistance, the Buddha allows him entry and reveals the man's past life as a wealthy prince who denied a humble monk (now the future Buddha Maitreya) basic necessities, leading to his current suffering. The Buddha emphasizes the karmic consequences of greed and the merit of saving lives, then grants the old man ordination and spiritual insight. Finally, the Buddha extols the virtues of reciting and practicing this sutra.
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Primary Source
Hui Jian, 《佛說貧窮老公經》 'Fo Shuo Pinqiong Lao Gong Jing,' in
Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 17, No. 797a, Accessed 2016-09-25,
http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T17n0797a.
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