सूकरिकावदाननामसूत्र
Sūkarikāvadānasūtra
The Account of Noble Deeds Concerning a Sow (84000)
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In The Magnificent Account About a Sow, the Buddha recounts the earlier events surrounding a god in Trāyastriṃśa heaven who foresaw that he would be reborn as a pig in Rājagṛha. At the encouragement of Śakra, this god, in the final moments of agony before his death, took refuge in the Three Jewels and thereby attained rebirth in the even higher Tuṣita heaven. The story thus illustrates the liberative power of taking refuge in the Three Jewels, as befittingly expressed in the concluding verses of this short avadāna. (Source: 84000)
| Citation | Sūkarikāvadānasūtra [सूकरिकावदाननामसूत्र]. phag mo'i rtogs pa brjod pa zhes bya ba'i mdo [ཕག་མོའི་རྟོགས་པ་བརྗོད་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་མདོ།]. [The Account of Noble Deeds Concerning a Sow (84000)]. Translated by Jinamitra, Ye shes sde, Fa-t'ien. Kangyur, RKTSK 345 http://www.rkts.org/cat.php?id=345&typ=1. |
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| Author | Jinamitra |
