Buddhist literature; Bhadrakalpikasūtra; past-life stores; jātaka; pūrvayoga; avadāna; perfections (pāramitā)
摘要
The Bhadrakalpikasūtra is a long and complex text. Its main focus is the thousand Buddhas of the Bhadrakalpa. It also has a long section on perfections which frequently invokes pastlife stories as examples of specific perfections. This article is the first installment of an inventory of the past-life references of the Bhadrakalpika, intended as a tool for comparative studies of Jātaka literature.
目次
Introductory note 125 Identifications and references 128 Prince Lion 129 The Ekaśṛṅga pond 130 The Avadāna of Prince Kuśa 130 The great brahman Kintu 131 Keśin, King of horses 132 A lion saves travellers from a serpent 134 Jātaka of the quail 135 The King of Kaliṅga 137 Self-sacrifice in the ocean 138 Unflappable even in decapitation 139 King Sudarśana 141 A king relinquishes head and queen 142 The brahman and the subhāṣita 142 The hare’s self-sacrifice 143 The Jātaka of the Parrot 144 The King of Kāśi 145 Vīrya 146 Prajñā 147 Velāma 147 The merchant Aśula 148 The parivrājaka who composed 84,000 verses 149 Māra fails to stop the Bodhisatva from giving alms 149 Prince Puṇyaraśmi 150 The monk Jñānavara 151 Brahmin Jyotiṣprabhapāla 151 Confronting the Makara 152 Dhyāna 152 King Byams thob 153 King Sunetra 153 Dharmachanda 154 Offering five lotuses to Dīpaṃkara 155 Offering earth to Dīpaṃkara 155 Offerings to 700 Pratyekabuddhas 155 King Bsod nams ’phags 156 Prince Dge ba’i blo gros 156 The Wanderer Rtogs byed 157 The deer and the hunter 157 Mahādeva 158 Kṣāntivādin 159 Searching for a jewel in the ocean 160 Prince Siṃha 160 The tortoise 161 A rishi sacrifices his head for a gāthā 162 Vīrya 163 Araṇemi: meditation and compassion 163 A Brahman youth cultivates loving-kindness for 80,000 years 165 King Subuddhi 166
