Reopening the Maitreya-files – Two almost identical early Maitreya sūtra translations in the Chinese Canon: Wrong attributions and text-historical entanglements
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彌勒來時經 disci ple and that due to his mercy he refl ects on those who dwell under heaven. He ap proaches, pays re- spect and questions the Bud dha on Maitreya. 202 (T4) The chapter called Pāvāri (?) (Bopoli 波 婆離) of the “Sūtra of the Wise and the Fool” (Xianyu jing 賢愚經). 47 Huijue (慧 覺), middle 5 th century 7146 The chapter has a “classi- cal” sūtra beginning: “Thus have I heard. Once the Bud dha was stay- ing on the Gṛ dhra kūṭa at Rājagṛha. He was accom- panied by 1250 disciples.” At that time the king of Bārāṇasī was Brahma- datta. To him a golden- coloured son is born en- dowed with the thirty-two major and all the minor signs of a great being. The newborn clearly bears the insignia of Maitreya and thus his parents are ex- tremely happy. The story then develops in an unu- sual way. Towards the end of the chapter the Buddha inter venes and states that this is a past story and then tells the future story about Maitreya. This last part resembles the other Mai- tre ya-sūtras, but seems to be a shorter ver sion. 47 The sūtra has thirteen scrolls. The chapter concerning Maitreya’s future buddha hood is contained in scroll number twelve. According to Demiéville 1920: 163, the title Bopoli 波婆離 is a transcription of Pravarī. It might also transcribe the name Pāvāri. Elsewhere in no. 202, Maitreya only appears once in each of the follow ing scrolls: one, four, and thir teen. Reopening the Maitreya-fi les 271 #48##49# 349 (T12) “Sūtra on Mai- treya’s in quiry,” Maitreyapari- pṛcchā, Mile pu sa suo wen ben yuan jing 彌勒菩薩所 問本願經 (also called Mile pusa ben- yuan jing 彌勒 菩薩本願經, Mile wen ben- yuan jing 彌勒 問本願經 and Mile benyuan jing 彌勒本願 經) Dharma- rakṣa 48 – end 3 rd , beginning 4 th century 3865 The text begins with “Thus have I heard. Once the Buddha travelled to the country of the Vṛjis.” 49 Although the sūtra dis- cusses Maitreya’s future bud dha hood, this theme is by no means the only main topic of the scripture. The sūtra acknowledges both: the bodhisattva Maitreya, the dis ciple of the Bud- dha, as well as the future Bud dha Mai treya. The sūtra is mostly devoted to high lighting the (present) Bud dha’s qualities and merits. The fi rst inter- locutor to the Buddha is the bodhisattva Maitreya him self, the second but not less important one is Ānanda. 452 (T14) “Sūtra on Mai- treya’s Birth in the Tuṣita heaven,” Guan mile pusa shangsheng doushuai-tian jing 觀彌勒菩薩 上生兜率天經 (also called Mile shang- sheng jing 彌勒 上生經) Juqu Jing- sheng (沮渠 京聲), mid- dle of the 5 th century 3940 The sūtra begins like no. 453 with the standard for- mula on the Buddha being in the Jetavana park in Śrāvastī, but then the text continues with the Bud- dha’s miraculous golden light emissions. This is fol lowed by the enu- meration of the Buddha’s worthy dis ciples, such as Śāriputra, and the number of their reti nues. In this text also the Buddha speaks 48 The Chu sanzang jiji supports the attribution to Dharmarakṣa, cf. T55, no. 2145, 8b10. 49 Pi 披 in Piqi guo 披祇國 is either an alternative or a mistaken character for ba 拔 as found in Baqi guo 拔祇國, the country of the Vṛjis. 272 Elsa I. Legittimo to Ānanda. The scripture discusses Mai treya’s fu- ture bud dha hood, but dif- fers from the other sūtras as it rather focuses on the marvell ous performances and qualities of a Buddha. Moreover this sūtra also belongs to the “genre” of scriptures that know “both Maitreyas”: the bodhi sat- tva, disciple of the Bud dha, listening to the present discourse and the future Bud dha of the same name. tải về 1.27 Mb. Chia sẻ với bạn bè của bạn:
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