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The project was conducted 2005-2008. Some minor revisions and additions were done in 2009.
All texts used with permission. Copyright for the Chinese text lies with the Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association (CBETA). Copyright for the Pāli text lies with the Vipassana Research Institute. Copyright for the Sanskrit text lies with Fumio Enomoto. Copyright for the English text lies with Marcus Bingenheimer. The Tibetan and Manchu texts are in the public realm. The digital edition itself is made available under the LGPL.
If Chinese, the text below is based on the Taishō text from the CBETA-Database
(Version Feb.2006). If Pāli, the text base is the VRI Chaṭṭa Saṅgāyana edition
(ver.3). If Sanskrit the text base is
This file has been created in the project "A Digital Comparative Edition of the Bieyi za ahan jing" conducted at the Chung-hwa Institute for Buddhist Studies 中華佛學研究所 and the Dharma Drum Buddhist College 法鼓佛教研修學院. The project was funded by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange 蔣經國國際學術交流基金會. The aim of the project was to produce a comparative digital edition and partial translation of the 364 sutras of the BZA and their parallels. In the original interface, the texts were kept in an eXist database and are realized via XQuery and XSLT as HTML for the online user. The project lasted from 2005-2009.
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BZA: New Punctuation. Markup of person and place names. Verse and prose. References to the print edition (Taishō). Corrected characters (according to CBETA).
ZA: New Punctuation. Verse and prose. References to the print edition (Taishō). Markup of person and place names.
Other Chinese: Parallel and not-parallel divisions regarding the BZA marked. Verse and Prose.
Pāli, Sanskrit, Tibetan & others: Parallel and not-parallel divisions regarding the BZA. Verse and Prose. Markup of person and place names. Variant readings.
如是我聞：一時佛住舍衛國祇樹給孤獨園。
爾時世尊告諸比丘：
於月八日四大天王勅遣大臣，案行世間，為何等人供養父母、沙門、婆羅門、宗親尊重，作諸福德，見今世惡，畏後世罪，行施作福，受持齋戒。於月八日、十四日、十五日及神變月受戒布薩。至十四日遣太子下，觀察世間，為何等人供養父母，……（乃至）受戒布薩。至十五日四大天王自下世間，觀察眾生，為何等人供養父母，……（乃至）受戒布薩。諸比丘！爾時世間無有多人供養父母，……（乃至）受戒布薩者。時四天王即往詣三十三天集法講堂，白天帝釋：
天王！當知：今諸世間無有多人供養父母，……（乃至）受戒布薩。時三十三天眾聞之不喜，轉相告語：今世間人不賢不善，不好不類，無真實行，不供養父母，……（乃至）不受戒布薩。緣斯罪故，諸天眾減，阿修羅眾當漸增廣！諸比丘！爾時世間若復多人供養父母，……（乃至）受戒布薩者，四天王至三十三天集法講堂，白天帝釋：天王！當知：今諸世間多有人民供養父母，……（乃至）受戒布薩。時三十三天心皆歡喜，轉相告語：今諸世間賢時天帝釋知諸天眾皆歡喜已，即說偈言：聖，真實如法，多有人民供養父母，……（乃至）受戒布薩。緣斯福德，阿修羅眾減，諸天眾 增廣！ 若人月八日 十四十五日 及神變之月 受持八支齋 如我所修行 彼亦如是修
爾時世尊告諸比丘：
彼天帝釋所說偈言：
此非善說。所以者何？彼天帝釋自有貪、恚、癡患，不脫生、老、病、死、憂、悲、惱、苦故。若阿羅漢比丘諸漏已盡，所作已作，離諸重擔，斷諸有結，心善解脫，說此偈言：若人月八日 十四十五日 及神變之月 受持八支齋 如我所修行 彼亦如是修 如是若人月八日 十四十五日 及神變之月 受持八支齋 如我所修行 彼亦如是修 說者，則為善說。所以者何？阿羅漢比丘離貪、恚、癡，已脫生、老、病、死、憂、悲、惱、苦。是故此偈，則為善說。
佛說此經已，諸比丘聞佛所說，歡喜奉行。