The Evolution of the Story of Sadāprarudita in the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā and its Contribution to the Study of Early Mahāyāna Buddhism=般若經中常啼菩薩求法故事之發展演變及其對初期大乘佛教研究之貢獻
Sadāprarudita=常啼菩薩; jātaka=薩陀波崙; evolution of narratives=故事演化; 本生譚
摘要
The story about Sadāprarudita's search for prajñāpāramitā (perfection of wisdom) is found in the prajñāpāramitā sūtras of 8,000, 18,000, 25,000 and 100,000 lines, and their respective translations in Chinese and Tibetan. There are two different versions of the story in those sūtras, one of which is in the two earliest Chinese translations of the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (Aṣṭa), and the other is in the Sanskrit Aṣṭa and its parallels in Chinese and Tibetan. In addition to these two versions, the story of Sadāprarudita also exists in a jātaka version recorded in the Liùdùjí Jīng (六度集經, Compendium on the Six Pāramitās). The focus of this paper is on the relationship of the three versions, in particular the evolution of the story of Sadāprarudita.
1. Introduction 2. Two Main Versions of the Story of Sadāprarudita 2.1 Chronology of the Two Main Versions 2.2 A Summary of the Story 2.3 The Structure of the Two Versions 2.4 Manifest Differences Between the Two Versions 3. The Story of Sadāprarudita as a Jātaka of Śākyamuni Buddha in the Compendium on the Six Pāramitās 3.1 Problematic Features of the Chapter on Dhyānapāramitā 3.2 A Summary of the Sadāprarudita Jātaka 3.3 The Structure and Outline of the Sadāprarudita Jātaka 3.4 Differences between Version I and the Jātaka Version 3.5 Alteration and Adaptation of the Story 4. The Evolution of the Story Over Time 5. The Specific Samādhi on Viewing Tathāgatas 6. Conclusion Appendix 1 Appendix 2
