Vatsa Sūtra (Fo Shuo Du Zi Jing) 佛說犢子經

Translated by Zhi Qian

Colophon

第 17 冊　No. 808 佛說犢子經 吳 支謙譯 共 1 卷 Volume 17, No. 808; Vatsa Sūtra (Fo Shuo Du Zi Jing); translated by Zhi Qian in the Wu in 1 scroll.

Notes

Sanskrit title and date 222-228 from Lancaster (Lancaster 2004, 'K 229')

English Translations

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Summary

When the Buddha was ill and needed milk, Ananda was sent to a Brahmin household to ask for some. A fierce cow was offered, but Ananda hesitated to milk it himself. Through divine intervention and a transformed Brahmin, the milk was obtained, and the calf expressed its joy at offering its share of milk to the Buddha, seeing it as a means to enlightenment after many lifetimes of suffering due to disbelief. The Buddha then prophesied that both the cow and calf would achieve enlightenment in future lives as a result of their meritorious act. (AI generated)

Primary Source

Zhi Qian, 《佛說犢子經》 'Lokānuvartanasūtra (Fo Shuo Du Zi 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. 808, Accessed 2016-09-25, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T17n0808.

References

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

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