Sbe 19
by Asvaghosha Bodhisattva
Book Index
- Kiouen V. Varga 27. Praising Nirvana : * p. 309 VARGA 27. PRAISING NIRV"N"A. At this time there was a Devaputra, riding on (or in) his thousand 1 white-swan palace 2 in the midst of space, who beheld the Parinirv"n"a of Buddha.. 2115 This one, for the universal benefit of the Deva assembly, sounded forth at large these verses (gthas)...
- Notes. I. Comparative List Of 17 Chapters : * p. 340 NOTE I. LIST OF THE TITLES OF 17 CHAPTERS OF THE SANSKRIT TEXT OF THE BUDDHA"K"ARITA-KVYA, BY A"S"VAGHOSHA. p. 341 NOTE I. CHINESE TRANSLATION BY DHARMARAKSHA. Lit. 'Buddha's practice-praise-stra.' 1 Birth of the Bhagavat. 1 Birth. 2 Life in the Palace. 2 A Living in the Palace. 3...
- Kiouen Iii. Varga 11. The Reply To Bimbasara Raga : * VARGA 11. THE REPLY TO BIMBASRA R"G"A. Bimbasra R"g"a having, in a decorous manner, and with soothing speech, made his request, the prince on his part respectfully replied, in the following words, deep and heart-stirring:. 827 'Illustrious and world renowned! Your words are p. 120 not opposed...
- Kiouen V. Varga 24. The Differences : * VARGA 24. THE DIFFERENCES OF THE LI"K"KH"AVIS. The venerable nanda, seeing the earth shaking on every side, his heart was fearful and his hair erect; he asked the cause ther of Buddha.. 1847 p. 269 Buddha replied: 'nanda! I have fixed three months to end my life, the rest of life I utterly give...
- Kiouen Iii. Varga 15. Turning The Law Wheel : * VARGA 15. TURNING THE LAW-WHEEL 3. Tathgata piously composed and silent, radiant with glory, shedding light around, with unmatched dignity advanced alone, as if surrounded by a crowd of followers.. 1200 Beside the way he encountered a young Brahman 4, whose name was Upaka 5; struck 6 with the p...
- Kiouen Ii. Varga 9. The Mission To Seek The Prince : * VARGA 9. THE MISSION TO SEEK THE PRINCE. The king now suppressing (regulating) his grief, urged an his great teacher and chief minister, as one urges on with whip a ready horse, to hasten onwards as the rapid stream;. 665 Whilst they fatigued, yet with unflagging effort, come to the place...
- Kiouen I. Varga 4. Putting Away Desire : * p. 38 VARGA 4. PUTTING AWAY DESIRE. The prince on entering the garden, the women came around to pay him court; and to arouse in him thoughts frivolous; with ogling ways and deep design,. 254 Each one setting herself off to best advantage; or joining together in harmonious concert, clapping their...
- Kiouen I. Varga 5. Leaving The City : * p. 47 VARGA 5. LEAVING THE CITY. And so the king increased the means for gratifying the appetite for pleasure; both night and day the joys of music wore out the prince, opposed to pleasure;. 323 Disgusted with them, he desired their absence, his mind was weaned from all such thoughts, he only...
- Kiouen Iv. Varga 19. Interview Between Father : * VARGA 19. INTERVIEW BETWEEN FATHER AND SON. Buddha in the Magadha country (employing himself in) converting all kinds of unbelievers 2 (heretics), entirely changed them by the one and self-same 3 law he preached, even as the sun drowns with its brightness all the stars.. 1534 Then leaving...
- Kiouen I. Varga 1. The Birth : * p. 1 FO-SHO-HING-TSAN-KING. A METRICAL VERSION OF THE LIFE OF BUDDHA BY MA-MENG-PU-SA. (A"S"VAGHOSHA BODHISATTVA.) KIOUEN I. VARGA 1. THE BIRTH. (There was) a descendant of the Ikshvku 1 (family), an invincible 2 "S"kya monarch, pure in mind (mental gifts) and of unspotted virtue, called...
- Kiouen Iii. Varga 14. O Wei San Pou Ti : * VARGA 14. O-WEI-SAN-POU-TI (ABHISAMBODHI) 1. Bodhisattva having subdued Mra, his firmly fixed mind at rest, thoroughly exhausting the first principle of truth 2, he entered into deep and subtle contemplation,. 1111 Self-contained. Every kind of Smadhi in order passed before his eyes. During...
- Notes. Note Iii. The Same Title Given : * p. 365 NOTE III. THE SAME TITLE GIVEN TO DIFFERENT WORKS. The Chinese translators in making new translations of foreign texts, often give as their reason for doing so that the former translation or translators could not be understood or relied on. But in explanation of this we must remember th...
- Kiouen I. Varga 3. Disgust At Sorrow : * VARGA 3. DISGUST AT SORROW 2. Without are pleasant garden glades, flowing fountains, pure refreshing lakes, with every kind of p. 30 flower, and trees with fruit, arranged in rows, deep shade beneath.. 188 There, too, are various kinds of wondrous birds, flying and sporting in the midst...
- Kiouen Iii. Varga 10. Bimbasara Raga Invites : * p. 111 KIOUEN III. VARGA 10. BIMBASRA R"G"A INVITES THE PRINCE. The royal prince departing from the court-master (i.e. the Purohita) and the great minister, Saddharma 1, keeping along 2 the stream, then crossing the Ganges, he took the road towards the Vulture Peak 3,. 777 p. 112 Hidden among...
- Kiouen Ii. Varga 8. The General Grief : * VARGA 8. THE GENERAL GRIEF OF THE PALACE. "K"andaka leading back the horse, opening the way for his heart's sorrow, as he went on, lamented and wept: unable to disburthen his soul.. 570 First of all with the royal prince, passing along the road for one night, but now dismissed and ordered p. 82...
- Kiouen Iv. Varga 17. The Great Disciple Becomes : * VARGA 17. THE GREAT DISCIPLE BECOMES A HERMIT. At this time Bimbisra R"g"a, bowing his head, requested the honoured of the world to change his p. 193 place of abode for the bamboo grove 1; graciously accepting it, Buddha remained silent.. 1380 Then the king, having perceived the truth, offered...
- Kiouen V. Varga 23 : * p. 257 KIOUEN V. VARGA 23. BY SPIRITUAL POWER FIXING HIS (TERM OF) YEARS 1. At this time the great men among the Li"k"kh"avis 2, hearing that the lord of the world had entered their country and was located in the mra garden,. 1783 (Went thither) riding in their gaudy chariots with silken...
- Untitled : THE FO-SHO-HING-TSAN-KING: A Life Of Buddha By Asvaghosha Bodhisattva, Translated From Sanskrit Into Chinese By Dharmaraksha A.D. 420, And From Chinese Into English BY SAMUEL BEAL Sacred Books Of The East Vol. 19 [1883] Title Page Contents Introduction KIOUEN I Varga 1. The Birth Varga 2. Living...
- Title Page : * p. i THE FO-SHO-HING-TSAN-KING A LIFE OF BUDDHA BY A"S"VAGHOSHA BODHISATTVA TRANSLATED FROM SANSKRIT INTO CHINESE BY DHARMARAKSHA, A.D. 420 AND FROM CHINESE INTO ENGLISH BY SAMUEL BEAL Sacred Books Of The East, Volume 19 Oxford, The Clarendon Press [1883] NOTICE OF ATTRIBUTION. Scanned , August...
- Kiouen Iv. Varga 16. Bimbisara Raga Becomes : * p. 180 KIOUEN IV. VARGA 16. BIMBISRA R"G"A BECOMES A DISCIPLE. And now those five men, A"s"va"g"it, Vshpa, and the others, having heard that he (Kau"n"d"inya) 'knew' the law, with humble mien and self-subdued,. 1277 Their hands joined, offered their homage, and looked with reverence...
- Kiouen V. Varga 28. Division Of The Sariras : * VARGA 28. DIVISION OF THE "S"ARRAS. Thus those Mallas offered religious reverence to the relics, and used the most costly flowers and scents for their supreme act of worship.. 2218 Then the kings of the seven countries 3, having heard that Buddha was dead, sent messengers to p. 326 the Mall...
- Kiouen Iv. Varga 18. Conversion Of The 'supporter : * VARGA 18. CONVERSION OF 3 THE 'SUPPORTER OF THE ORPHANS AND DESTITUTE 4' (ANTHAPI"N"D"ADA). At this time there was a great householder 5 whose name was 'Friend of the Orphan and Destitute;' he was very rich and of unbounded means, and widely charitable in helping the poor and needy.. 1432 Now...
- Kiouen Iv. Varga 20. Receiving The Getavana Vihara : * VARGA 20. RECEIVING THE "G"ETAVANA VIHRA. The lord of the world, having converted 2 the people of Kapilavastu according to (their several) circumstances 3, his work being done, he went with the great body of his followers,. 1611 And directed his way to the country of Ko"s"ala, where dwelt king...
- Introduction : * p. ix INTRODUCTION. HAVING been asked by the Editor of 'the Sacred Books of the East' to contribute to the series a volume from the Buddhist literature of China, I undertook, with some distrust, to translate from that language the Ph-yau-king, which is the second version of the Lalita Vistar...
- Kiouen Iii. Varga 12. Visit To Arada Udrarama : * VARGA 12. VISIT TO AR"D"A UDRARMA 1. The child of the glorious sun of the Ikshvku race, going to that quiet peaceful grove, reverently stood before the Muni, the great "Ri"shi Ar"d"a Rma,. 919 The dark-clad (?) followers of the Kalam (Saghrma) seeing afar off Bodhisattva approaching, with loud...
- Kiouen I. Varga 2. Living In The Palace : * VARGA 2. LIVING IN THE PALACE. And now in the household of "S"uddhodana r"g"a, because of the birth of the royal prince, his clansmen and younger brethren (namesakes), with his ministers, were all generously disposed,. 127 Whilst elephants, horses and chariots and the wealth of the country...
- Kiouen V. Varga 26. Mahaparinirvana : * VARGA 26. MAHPARINIRV"N"A. At this time there was a Brahma"k"rin whose name was Su-po-to-lo 1 (Subhadra); he was well known for his virtuous qualities (bhadra), leading a pure life according to the rules of morality, and protecting all living things.. 1984 When young 2 he had adopted heretical...
- Kiouen Ii. Varga 6. The Return Of Kandaka : * p. 59 KIOUEN II. VARGA 6. THE RETURN OF "K"ANDAKA 1. And now the night was in a moment gone, and sight restored to all created things, (when the royal prince) looked thro' the wood, and saw the abode of Po-ka, the "Ri"shi; [the hermitage of the Bhrgavides, see Burnouf, Introduction to Ind. Bud...
- Kiouen Iii. Varga 13. Defeats Mara : * VARGA 13. DEFEATS MRA. The great "Ri"shi, of the royal tribe of "Ri"shis, beneath the Bodhi tree firmly established, resolved by oath to perfect the way of complete deliverance.. 1036 The spirits, Ngas, and the heavenly multitude 1, all were filled with joy; but Mra Devar"g"a, enemy of religi...
- Kiouen Ii. Varga 7. Entering The Place : * VARGA 7. ENTERING THE PLACE (WOOD) OF AUSTERITIES. The prince having dismissed "K"andaka, as he entered the "Ri"shis' abode, his graceful body brightly p. 71 shining, lit up on every side the forest 'place of suffering;'. 495 Himself gifted with every excellence (Siddhrtha), according to his...
- Kiouen Iv. Varga 22. The Lady Amra Sees Buddha : * VARGA 22. THE LADY MR 2 (MRAPL) SEES BUDDHA. The lord of the world having finished his wide work of conversion conceived in himself a desire (heart) for Nirv"n"a. Accordingly proceeding from the city of R"g"ag"ri"ha, he went on towards the town of Pa-lin-fo (P"t"aliputra) 3.. 1735 Having arrived...
- Kiouen V. Varga 25. Parinirvana : * VARGA 25. PARINIRV"N"A. When Buddha went towards the place of his Nirv"n"a, the city of Vai"s"l was (as if) deserted, as when upon a dark and cloudy night the moon and stars withdraw their shining.. 1900 The land that heretofore had peace, was now afflicted and distressed; as when a loving...
- Notes : * p. 373 INDEX Abhisambodhi, the condition that stands face to face with wisdom, page 156. A"g"a, king, 92. Agastya, a "Ri"shi, 43. A"g"itavat, name of a river, meaning invincible, 1. "g"ta kau"n"d"inya, he who knows, name of a disciple, 178. Agnidatta K"s"yapa, same as Eggidatta, descripti...
- Notes. Note Ii. Example Of The Style : * p. 344 NOTE II. EXAMPLE OF THE STYLE OF THE EXPANDED STRAS, AS TRANSLATED INTO CHINESE. PH YAU KING. KIOUEN II, 1. On the thirty-two miraculous signs which appeared on the eve of the Birth of Bodhisattva. Buddha addressed all the Bhikshus and said: Ten months having been fulfilled, Bodhisattv...
- Kiouen Iv. Varga 21. Escaping The Drunken : * VARGA 21. ESCAPING THE DRUNKEN ELEPHANT AND DEVADATTA. Having instructed his mother in heaven with all the angel host, and once more returned to men, he went about converting those capable of it.. 1676 "G"utika, "G"va(ka) 3, Sula, and "K"r"n"a, the noble's son Aga and the son of the fearless...
