Fó shuō yuèyù jīng 佛說月喻經
Sūtra of the Moon Simile (parallel to Saṃyukta-āgama sūtra 1136, T100 sūtra 111) by 施護 (Shīhù / Dānapāla, 譯)
About the work
The Fó shuō yuèyù jīng is a single-fascicle Northern-Sòng translation of a discourse using the analogy of the moon — entering a dark place by night without disturbing it — for the proper attitude of a teaching monk approaching a layperson’s house. The Pāli parallel is SN 16.3 Candūpama-sutta; the Chinese parallels are T99[1136] and T100[111].
Prefaces
The text bears no preface or postface. The only paratext is the Sòng-court translator’s signature at the head: 「西天譯經三藏傳法大師賜紫臣施護奉詔譯」.
Abstract
T121 is one of Shīhù’s series of Sòng-Institute renderings; the defensible bracket 982–1017 is recorded in the frontmatter. The Indic source is presumed lost.
Links
- CBETA T02n0121 CBETA online text
- Kanseki DB
- 施護 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (1000): Taishō shinshū daizōkyō 大正新脩大藏經. Edited by Takakusu Junjirō 高楠順次郎 and Watanabe Kaigyoku 渡邊海旭. Tokyo: Taishō shinshū daizōkyō kankōkai/Daizō shuppan, 1924-1932. CBReader v 5.0, 2014. dazangthings entry