Fóshuō Púsà Shì jīng 佛說菩薩逝經
Sūtra of the Bodhisattva Shì translated by 白法祖 (Bái Fǎzǔ, 譯)
About the work
The Fóshuō Púsà Shì jīng (T528) is a one-fascicle short sūtra by Bái Fǎzǔ 白法祖 (白法祖). It is a parallel translation to KR6i0157 Shì tóngzǐ jīng (T527) by Zhī Fǎdù — both render the same Indic narrative about a boy named Shì (Sanskrit Jiyaka?) who is given Buddhahood-prediction.
Prefaces
The text opens with the canonical formula.
Abstract
The two parallel translations KR6i0157 and KR6i0158 preserve the early Western Jìn Chinese reception of this narrative. Bái Fǎzǔ was a Bái 白 clan monk active in the early Western Jìn at Cháng’ān; he is recorded as the translator of about 23 short texts. Translation dated to ca. 290–306 CE.
Translations and research
- No substantial secondary literature located.
Links
- CBETA T14n0528
- Kanseki DB
- 白法祖 DILA
- Dazangthings date evidence (300, 301) — T = CBETA [Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association]. 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.