Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra
by Gelongma Karma Migme Ch枚dr枚n | 2001 | 941,039 words
This page describes 鈥渋ntroduction (five thousand bhikshus)鈥� as written by Nagarjuna in his Maha-prajnaparamita-sastra (lit. 鈥渢he treatise on the great virtue of wisdom鈥�) in the 2nd century. This book, written in five volumes, represents an encyclopedia on Buddhism as well as a commentary on the Pancavimsatisahasrika Prajnaparamita.
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Introduction (five thousand 产丑颈办峁蝉)
Text commented on in this chapter (Cf. 笔补帽肠补惫颈峁兣沘迟颈, p. 4; 艢atas膩hasrik膩, p. 2鈥�4):
惭补丑补迟腻 产丑颈办峁蝉a峁僩hena s膩rdha峁� pa帽cam膩trair 产丑颈办峁蝉ahasrai岣� (1) sarvair arhadbhi岣� (2) 办峁Ｄ箛腻蝉谤补惫补颈谤 (3) 苍颈峁濒别艣补颈岣� (4) suvimuktacittai岣� suvimuktapraj帽air (5) 腻箩腻苍别测补颈谤 (6) 尘补丑腻苍腻驳补颈岣� (7) 办峁泃补办峁泃测补颈谤 (8) apah峁泃abh膩rair bh膩rasahair (9) 补苍耻辫谤腻辫迟补蝉惫补办腻迟丑补颈岣� (10) 辫补谤颈办峁Ｄ箛补产丑补惫补蝉补峁儁辞箩补苍补颈岣� (11) 蝉补尘测补驳腻箩帽腻蝉耻惫颈尘耻办迟补颈谤, 别办补辫耻诲驳补濒补峁� 蝉迟丑腻辫补测颈迟惫腻 yad ut膩yu峁antam 膧苍补苍诲补峁� 艣补颈办峁峁� 蝉谤辞迟补腻辫补苍苍补尘.[1]
鈥淭丑别 Buddha was accompanied by a great 蝉补峁僩丑补 of five thousand 产丑颈办峁蝉; all were arhats, had destroyed the impurities, were free from the afflictions; their minds were well freed; their minds as well as their wisdom were tamed; they were great 鈥�苍腻驳补蝉鈥�; they were accomplished and complete;[2] they had laid down the burden but were capable of bearing it; they had assured their own personal benefit; they had completely broken the fetters of existence; they were completely freed by perfect knowledge with the exception of 膧苍补苍诲补 who, being of the 艣补颈办峁 level, had [merely] entered the stream.鈥�
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厂奴迟谤补: Accompanied by a great 蝉补峁僩丑补 of 产丑颈办峁蝉 (mahat膩 产丑颈办峁蝉a峁僩hena s膩rdham).
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
We may notice that this formula departs from the traditional text at certain points: three epithets are omitted, namely, 惫补峁Ｄ玝丑奴迟补颈岣�, 办峁泃补办补谤补峁嚹珁补颈岣� and 蝉补谤惫补肠别迟辞惫补艣颈辫补谤补尘补辫腻谤补尘颈迟腻辫谤腻辫迟补颈岣�; on the other hand, 产丑腻谤补蝉补丑补颈岣� occurs here only.
[2]:
Rather free translation of 办峁泃补办峁泃测补颈岣� which means 鈥榟aving accomplished what had to be done鈥�.