Essay name: Dasabhumika Sutra (translation and study)
Author:
Hwa Seon Yoon
Affiliation: Savitribai Phule Pune University / Department of Pali
This is a study and translation of the Dasabhumika Sutra (鈥淭en Stages Discourse鈥�)鈥攁 significant Buddhist text. It examines the distinction between Theravada (Hinayana) and Mahayana Buddhism, focusing on the divergence in the spiritual concepts of Arhatship, Bodhisattva, Paramitas and Bhumis.
Chapter 3 - Study: Paramitas or Perfections
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The Sing膩lov膩da-Sutta of the Digha-nik膩ya also lays down sets of
moral rules that should be followed in regulating the life of lay people,
most of them pertaining to social relation. These moral rules in the
Sing膩lov膩da-Sutta are for the laity.
In the Dhammapada, it is said that practice of sila is superior: for,
a single day in the life of the virtuous is better than a hundred years of
241 live devoid of virtue. The practice of moral principles is often defined
as the control and restraint of physical (k膩ya), vocal (vaca) or mental
(mano) deeds. According to the accepted Buddhist doctrine, the body
can be controlled and purified by practising abstention from the three sins
of killing a living being, theft and unchastity; speech can be controlled
and purified by abstaining from falsehood, slander, harsh or impolite
speech and frivolous, senseless talk; and the mind can be purified by the
avoidance of covetousness, malevolence and wrong views. 242
the
The J膩takas are full of illustrations of such P膩ramit膩s, for instance;
illustrations in the
厂颈濒补惫补苍腻驳补-闯腻迟补办补,虏
243 Campeyya-J膩taka,
244 241
Dhp. Verse No. 110: ek膩ham jivitam seyyo silavantassa jh膩yino.
242 Da.bhu. pp. 15-16.
243 J膩. No. 72; DPPN. II, pp. 1158-9.
244 J膩. No. 506; This J膩taka is often referred to as one of the birth in which the
Bodhisattva practised sila to perfection, and the Campeyya-cariy膩 is included in the Cp.
