Sutra of the Wise and the Foolish (Mongolian)

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Sutra of the Wise and the Foolish (mdo mdzangs blun) or Ocean of Narratives (Üliger-ün dalai)

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52 stories from The Sutra of the Wise and the Foolish (མདོ་མཛངས་བླུན། - mdo mdzangs blun) are published here. This is the first translation from Mongolian that the Library of Tibetan Works & Archives is publishing.

One of the great treasures of Buddhist literature which have come down to us in Tibetan translation is the Do-dzang-lun (མདོ་མཛངས་བླུན། - mdo mdzangs blun) or the Sutra of the Wise and the Foolish, known to the Mongols, into whose language it was translated from Tibetan, as the Uliger-un dalai or Ocean of Narratives. The history of this unusual scripture is still uncertain, e.g. we are not sure whether there ever was a Sanskrit or Prakrit original (none has yet been found), though legend telling us that the tales were heard in Khotan by Chinese monks who translated them (but from what language?) into Chinese from which language it was translated into Tibetan, thence into Mongolian and Oirat. Whatever the history of the Sutra may be, it is one of the most interesting, enjoyable and readable of Buddhist scriptures and has for centuries been an inexhaustible source of inspiration, instruction and pleasure for all who have been able to read it. (Source: Forward, vii. )

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Frye, Stanley, trans. Sutra of the Wise and the Foolish (mdo mdzangs blun) or Ocean of Narratives (Üliger-ün dalai). Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 2006.

Table of contents

Foreword

1. The Beginning of the Narratives1
2 Prince Mahasattva Gives His Body to the Tigress14
3 The Mendicant Keeps the Precepts18
4 The boy Who Sold Himself to Make an Offering21
5 The Sea-God Asks Questions23
6 The Devaputra Gangadhara26
7 Prince Swasti30
8 Vajra, the Daughter of King Prasenajit34
9 Golden Gem40
10 Flower of the Gods42
11 Jewel of the Gods44
12 Ksantivadin, or the Patient Rishi44
13 King Maitrabala Makes a Gift47
14 The Taming of the Six-Heretic Teachers49
15 The Kunda Beast Gives His Body66
16 In Praise of the Blessing of the Monk69
17 The Monk Keeps the Precepts84
18 The Householder Without Organs91
19 The Beggar Woman Gives her Clothing96
20 The Slave Woman Sells her Poverty to the Monk Mahakatyayana99
21 Golden God102
22 The Man with Two Families105
23 King Chandraprabha Gives His Head108
24 The Seven Sons of Minister Mrgara119
25 Maha Kapina128
26 Utpala the Nun132
27 Sudolagarne137
28 King Asoka139
29 The Pot of Gold141
30 Joy, the Brahmins wife144
31 Great Charity Goes to the Sea146
32 King Mirror-Face159
33 Good Searcher and Evil Searcher162
34 Prince Virtuous164
35 The Householder Named Pacifier174
36 The Prince Whose Eyes Were Opened178
37 Angulimala, or Finger-Necklace186
38 The Beggar-Woman Named Relying on Joy202
39 Bhasicara206
40 The Householder Dandadhara209
41 Excellent Honey215
42 The Householder Tasila219
43 Elephant Helper223
44 The Brahmin Gives Patches226
45 The First Compassion of the Buddha228
46 King Forehead-Born234
47 The Ten Sons of Sumana237
48 Upagupta243
49 The Five Hundred Swans Who Were Born as Gods243
50 The Lion With the Firm Mind245
51 The History of the Lizard248
52 The Monk Kyunte250

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damamūkasūtra [दममूकसूत्र]. mdzangs blun zhes bya ba'i mdo [མཛངས་བླུན་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་མདོ།]. [The Sūtra of the Wise and Foolish (84000)]. Kangyur, RKTSK 341 http://www.rkts.org/cat.php?id=341&typ=1.

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One of the great treasures of Buddhist literature which have come down to us in Tibetan translation is the Do-dzang-lun (མདོ་མཛངས་བླུན། - mdo mdzangs blun) or the Sutra of the Wise and the Foolish, known to the Mongols, into whose language it was translated from Tibetan, as the Uliger-un dalai or Ocean of Narratives. The history of this unusual scripture is still uncertain, e.g. we are not sure whether there ever was a Sanskrit or Prakrit original (none has yet been found), though legend telling us that the tales were heard in Khotan by Chinese monks who translated them (but from what language?) into Chinese from which language it was translated into Tibetan, thence into Mongolian and Oirat. Whatever the history of the Sutra may be, it is one of the most interesting, enjoyable and readable of Buddhist scriptures and has for centuries been an inexhaustible source of inspiration, instruction and pleasure for all who have been able to read it. (Source: Stanley Frye, Sutra of the Wise and the Foolish, 2006, Forward, vii) (Other Sources)