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1of the congregation. 19. We will visit towns and villages everywhere, and transmit to those who. care for it thine entrusted deposit, O Lord. 20. O Chief of the world, we will deliver thy message; be at ease then, tranquil and quiet, great Seer. 21. Light of the world, thou knowest the disposition of all who have flocked hither from every direction, (and thou knowest that) we speak a word of truth, * Sandhabh4shya, here rather ‘conciliatory speech ;’ this is the meaning which sandhaya sambh4shaza has in Sanskrit. * The rendering of the last words bahuku//t bahfvidh4z is conjectural. Burnouf has, ‘emprisonner et frapper de diverses maniéres,’ but hereby two meanings are assigned to ku//f. 262 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA, XIII. CHAPTER XIII. PEACEFUL LIFE. Mazgusri, the prince royal, said to the Lord: It is difficult, Lord, most difficult, what these Bodhisattvas Mahdsattvas will attempt out of reverence for the Lord. How are these Bodhisattvas Mahdsattvas to promulgate this Dharmapary4ya at the end of time, at the last period? Whereupon the Lord answered Maggusri, the prince royal: A Bodhisattva Mahasattva, Maggusri, he who is to promulgate this Dharmapary4ya at the end of time, at the last period, must be firm in four things. In which things? The Bodhisattva Mah4sattva, Mazgusrt, must be firm in his conduct and proper sphere if he wishes to teach this Dharmaparyaya. And how, Mazgusri, is a Bodhisattva Mahdsattva firm in his conduct and proper sphere? When the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva, Maz#gusri, is patient, meek, has reached the stage of meekness; when he is not rash, nor envious; when, moreover, Maggusri, he clings to no law whatever and sees the real character of the laws (or things) ; when he is refraining from investigating and discussing these laws, Maggusri; that is called the conduct of a Bodhisattva Mahdsattva. And what is the proper sphere of a Bodhisattva Mahdsattva, Mazgusrt ? When the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva, Mazgusrt, does not serve, not court, not wait upon kings; does not serve, not court, not wait upon princes; when he does not approach them; when he does not XIII. PEACEFUL LIFE. 263
2And what is the proper sphere of a Bodhisattva Mahdsattva, Mazgusrt ? When the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva, Mazgusrt, does not serve, not court, not wait upon kings; does not serve, not court, not wait upon princes; when he does not approach them; when he does not XIII. PEACEFUL LIFE. 263 serve, not court, not wait upon persons of another sect, Karakas, Parivragakas, Agtvakas’, Nirgranthas*, nor persons passionately fond of fine literature; when he does not serve, not court, not wait upon adepts at worldly spells, and votaries of a worldly philosophy‘, nor keep any intercourse with them ; when he does not go to see K4zdalas, jugglers, vendors of pork, poulterers, deer-hunters, butchers, actors and dancers, wrestlers, nor resort to places whither others flock for amusement and sport ; when he keeps no intercourse with them unless from time to time to preach the law to them when they come to him, and that freely’; when he does not serve, not court, not wait upon monks, nuns, lay devotees, male and female, who are adherents of the vehicle of disciples, nor keep intercourse with them; when he does not come in contact with them at the place of promenade or in the monastery, unless from time to time to preach the law to them when they come to him, and even that freely. This, Mazgusrt, is the proper sphere of a Bodhisattva Mahdasattva. Again, Mazgusri, the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva does not take hold of some favourable opportunity or another to preach the law to females every now and anon, nor is he desirous of repeatedly seeing females ; nor does he think it proper to visit families and then too often address a girl, virgin, or young wife, nor does he greet them too fondly in return. He does 1 Three kinds of mendicant friars not belonging to the Buddhist, nor to the Gaina persuasion. 2 Gaina monks. 5 Lokaéyatamantradhfraka. * Lokayatikas, the Sadducees or Epicureans of India. 5 Anisrita; Burnouf renders it, ‘sans méme s’arréter.’ 264 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XIII. not preach the law to a hermaphrodite, keeps no intercourse with such a person, nor greets too friendly in return. He does not enter a house alone in order to receive alms, unless having the Tathagata in his thoughts. And when he happens to preach the law to females, he does not do so by passionate attachment to the law, far less by passionate attachment to a woman. When he is preaching, he does not display his row of teeth, let alone a quick emotion on his physiognomy. He addresses no novice, male or female, no nun, no monk, no young boy, no young girl, nor enters upon a conversation with them; he shows no great readiness in answering their address}, nor cares to give too frequent answers. This, Ma#gust, is called the first proper sphere of a Bodhisattva Mahdsattva.
3This, Ma#gust, is called the first proper sphere of a Bodhisattva Mahdsattva. Further, Maggusrt, a Bodhisattva MahAsattva looks upon all laws (and things) as void; he sees them duly established’, remaining unaltered, as they are in reality, not liable to be disturbed, not to be moved backward, unchangeable, existing in the highest sense of the word (or in an absolute sense), having the nature of space, escaping explanation and expression by means of common speech, not born, composed and simple, aggregated and isolated®, not expressible in words, independently established, manifesting them- 1 Pratisamlapanaguruka, literally ‘making much of returning (one’s) addressing.’ 3 Yathavatpratish/Aitan, aviparitasthAyino yath4bhatan, &c. Burnouf adds, ‘ privées de toute essence,’ ie. nirdtmak4n. * In the rendering of the last four terms I have followed Burnouf, as the reading in the Camb. MS. is evidently corrupt: asamskritanasamtanasammanasannabhilapena pravyahrztan. The original reading may have been asamskr7tan n4samskrit4n, not composed, not simple; nadsaman na samé4n, not unlike XIII. PEACEFUL LIFE. 265 selves owing to a perversion of perception. In this way then, Maggusri, the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva constantly views all laws, and if he abides in this course, he remains in his own sphere. This, Ma#gusri, is the second proper sphere of a Bodhisattva Mahasattva. And in order to expound this matter in greater detail, the Lord uttered the following stanzas : 1. The Bodhisattva who, undaunted and unabashed, wishes to set forth this Sftra in the dreadful period hereafter, 2. Must keep to his course (of duty) and proper sphere; he must be retired and pure, constantly avoid intercourse with kings and princes. 3. Nor should he keep up intercourse with king’s servants, nor with Kandalas, jugglers, and Tirthikas in general?. 4. He ought not to court conceited men, but catechise such as keep to the religion*. He must also avoid such monks as follow the precepts of the Arhat3, and immoral men. 5. He must be constant in avoiding a nun who is fond of banter and chatter; he must also avoid notoriously loose female lay devotees. 6. He should shun any intercourse with such female lay devotees as seek their highest happiness (i.e. equal to all), nor like; or, nafsamt4&n (in grammatical Sansk. n4sato) na samt4n, not non-existent, not existent. 1 Burnouf adds, ‘ceux qui vendent des liqueurs fermentées,’ which is wanting in my MS.: Aandalair mushfkaiséapi tirthikais- Aapi sarvasah. ® According to the reading, vinayed 4gamasthit4(n). A marginal reading has vinayen4’°, a reading followed by Burnouf. 3 Or, Arhats: Arhantasammat4(n) bhikhshfin. The Gainas are meant. 266 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XIII. fe in this transient world. This is called the proper conduct of a Bodhisattva. 7. But when one comes to him to question him about the law for the sake of superior enlightenment, he should, at any time, speak freely, always firm and undaunted.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1of the congregation. 19. We will visit towns and villages everywhere, and transmit to those who. care for it thine entrusted deposit, O Lord. 20. O Chief of the world, we will deliver thy message; be at ease then, tranquil and quiet, great Seer. 21. Light of the world, thou knowest the disposition of all who have flocked hither from every direction, (and thou knowest that) we speak a word of truth, * Sandhabh4shya, here rather ‘conciliatory speech ;’ this is the meaning which sandhaya sambh4shaza has in Sanskrit. * The rendering of the last words bahuku//t bahfvidh4z is conjectural. Burnouf has, ‘emprisonner et frapper de diverses maniéres,’ but hereby two meanings are assigned to ku//f. 262 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA, XIII. CHAPTER XIII. PEACEFUL LIFE. Mazgusri, the prince royal, said to the Lord: It is difficult, Lord, most difficult, what these Bodhisattvas Mahdsattvas will attempt out of reverence for the Lord. How are these Bodhisattvas Mahdsattvas to promulgate this Dharmapary4ya at the end of time, at the last period? Whereupon the Lord answered Maggusri, the prince royal: A Bodhisattva Mahasattva, Maggusri, he who is to promulgate this Dharmapary4ya at the end of time, at the last period, must be firm in four things. In which things? The Bodhisattva Mah4sattva, Mazgusrt, must be firm in his conduct and proper sphere if he wishes to teach this Dharmaparyaya. And how, Mazgusri, is a Bodhisattva Mahdsattva firm in his conduct and proper sphere? When the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva, Maz#gusri, is patient, meek, has reached the stage of meekness; when he is not rash, nor envious; when, moreover, Maggusri, he clings to no law whatever and sees the real character of the laws (or things) ; when he is refraining from investigating and discussing these laws, Maggusri; that is called the conduct of a Bodhisattva Mahdsattva. And what is the proper sphere of a Bodhisattva Mahdsattva, Mazgusrt ? When the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva, Mazgusrt, does not serve, not court, not wait upon kings; does not serve, not court, not wait upon princes; when he does not approach them; when he does not XIII. PEACEFUL LIFE. 263
2And what is the proper sphere of a Bodhisattva Mahdsattva, Mazgusrt ? When the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva, Mazgusrt, does not serve, not court, not wait upon kings; does not serve, not court, not wait upon princes; when he does not approach them; when he does not XIII. PEACEFUL LIFE. 263 serve, not court, not wait upon persons of another sect, Karakas, Parivragakas, Agtvakas’, Nirgranthas*, nor persons passionately fond of fine literature; when he does not serve, not court, not wait upon adepts at worldly spells, and votaries of a worldly philosophy‘, nor keep any intercourse with them ; when he does not go to see K4zdalas, jugglers, vendors of pork, poulterers, deer-hunters, butchers, actors and dancers, wrestlers, nor resort to places whither others flock for amusement and sport ; when he keeps no intercourse with them unless from time to time to preach the law to them when they come to him, and that freely’; when he does not serve, not court, not wait upon monks, nuns, lay devotees, male and female, who are adherents of the vehicle of disciples, nor keep intercourse with them; when he does not come in contact with them at the place of promenade or in the monastery, unless from time to time to preach the law to them when they come to him, and even that freely. This, Mazgusrt, is the proper sphere of a Bodhisattva Mahdasattva. Again, Mazgusri, the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva does not take hold of some favourable opportunity or another to preach the law to females every now and anon, nor is he desirous of repeatedly seeing females ; nor does he think it proper to visit families and then too often address a girl, virgin, or young wife, nor does he greet them too fondly in return. He does 1 Three kinds of mendicant friars not belonging to the Buddhist, nor to the Gaina persuasion. 2 Gaina monks. 5 Lokaéyatamantradhfraka. * Lokayatikas, the Sadducees or Epicureans of India. 5 Anisrita; Burnouf renders it, ‘sans méme s’arréter.’ 264 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XIII. not preach the law to a hermaphrodite, keeps no intercourse with such a person, nor greets too friendly in return. He does not enter a house alone in order to receive alms, unless having the Tathagata in his thoughts. And when he happens to preach the law to females, he does not do so by passionate attachment to the law, far less by passionate attachment to a woman. When he is preaching, he does not display his row of teeth, let alone a quick emotion on his physiognomy. He addresses no novice, male or female, no nun, no monk, no young boy, no young girl, nor enters upon a conversation with them; he shows no great readiness in answering their address}, nor cares to give too frequent answers. This, Ma#gust, is called the first proper sphere of a Bodhisattva Mahdsattva.
3This, Ma#gust, is called the first proper sphere of a Bodhisattva Mahdsattva. Further, Maggusrt, a Bodhisattva MahAsattva looks upon all laws (and things) as void; he sees them duly established’, remaining unaltered, as they are in reality, not liable to be disturbed, not to be moved backward, unchangeable, existing in the highest sense of the word (or in an absolute sense), having the nature of space, escaping explanation and expression by means of common speech, not born, composed and simple, aggregated and isolated®, not expressible in words, independently established, manifesting them- 1 Pratisamlapanaguruka, literally ‘making much of returning (one’s) addressing.’ 3 Yathavatpratish/Aitan, aviparitasthAyino yath4bhatan, &c. Burnouf adds, ‘ privées de toute essence,’ ie. nirdtmak4n. * In the rendering of the last four terms I have followed Burnouf, as the reading in the Camb. MS. is evidently corrupt: asamskritanasamtanasammanasannabhilapena pravyahrztan. The original reading may have been asamskr7tan n4samskrit4n, not composed, not simple; nadsaman na samé4n, not unlike XIII. PEACEFUL LIFE. 265 selves owing to a perversion of perception. In this way then, Maggusri, the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva constantly views all laws, and if he abides in this course, he remains in his own sphere. This, Ma#gusri, is the second proper sphere of a Bodhisattva Mahasattva. And in order to expound this matter in greater detail, the Lord uttered the following stanzas : 1. The Bodhisattva who, undaunted and unabashed, wishes to set forth this Sftra in the dreadful period hereafter, 2. Must keep to his course (of duty) and proper sphere; he must be retired and pure, constantly avoid intercourse with kings and princes. 3. Nor should he keep up intercourse with king’s servants, nor with Kandalas, jugglers, and Tirthikas in general?. 4. He ought not to court conceited men, but catechise such as keep to the religion*. He must also avoid such monks as follow the precepts of the Arhat3, and immoral men. 5. He must be constant in avoiding a nun who is fond of banter and chatter; he must also avoid notoriously loose female lay devotees. 6. He should shun any intercourse with such female lay devotees as seek their highest happiness (i.e. equal to all), nor like; or, nafsamt4&n (in grammatical Sansk. n4sato) na samt4n, not non-existent, not existent. 1 Burnouf adds, ‘ceux qui vendent des liqueurs fermentées,’ which is wanting in my MS.: Aandalair mushfkaiséapi tirthikais- Aapi sarvasah. ® According to the reading, vinayed 4gamasthit4(n). A marginal reading has vinayen4’°, a reading followed by Burnouf. 3 Or, Arhats: Arhantasammat4(n) bhikhshfin. The Gainas are meant. 266 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XIII. fe in this transient world. This is called the proper conduct of a Bodhisattva. 7. But when one comes to him to question him about the law for the sake of superior enlightenment, he should, at any time, speak freely, always firm and undaunted.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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