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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.
Translation of BZA 019. First version published in
Thus have I heard, once, the Buddha was staying at the Deer Park [near] Benares, the dwelling-place of sages.
At that time the World-honored One put on his robe, took his begging bowl and entered Benares [to beg for food]. There he saw a monk, whose mind was not concentrated, his senses distracted. When this monk saw the Buddha coming from afar, he sunk his head in embarrassment. After the Buddha had finished his alms-round and washed his feet he entered dwelling-places of the monks and entered his silent abode. When he came out of his silent abode again, he sat among the monks and said to them: ‘This morning I saw a monk, whose had not reigned in his senses. When he saw me from afar, he became embarrassed, sunk his head and reigned in his sense-doors . Who was this?’. There the monk rose from his seat, arranged his his outer robe on his left shoulder, folded his palms together and said to the Buddha: ‘World-honored One! I was the one who was without concentration, whose senses were distracted’. The Buddha said: ‘Very good, oh monk! You were able to reign in your senses and focus your thought when you saw me. Whenever you see a monk, a nun, a lay-man or a lay-woman, you should do likewise. Control your senses and focus your thought, as if you would see me. This will bring you happiness and gain in the long night [of samsaric existance]’.
There a monk spoke this verse: