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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 020. First version published in
Thus have I heard, once, the Buddha was staying at the Deer Park [near] Benares, where in former times the sages dwelt.
At that time the World-honored One put on his robe, took his begging bowl and entered Benares to beg for food. At a deva shrine [he saw] a monk, his thoughts filled with evil, his mind desiring enjoyment . There the Buddha, the World-honored One said to the monk: ‘Monk, monk! You are planting seeds of suffering, extremely vulgar and filthy , your senses stained with evil. Where there are juice stains, flies are bound to gather’. At that time the monk heard what the Buddha said and understood that the Buddha, the World-honored One, read his thoughts. Fear arose in him and he hurried away, his hairs standing on end. After the Buddha had finished his alms-round, he ate, washed his feet and returned to the dwelling-places of the monks where he entered his silent abode and meditated. When he came out again he took his seat in front of the assembled monks. The Buddha addressed them: ‘Today, when I went into the town on my alms-round, I saw a monk next to a deva shrine, his thoughts filled with evil, his mind desiring enjoyment. So I said: ‘Monk, monk! You are planting seeds of suffering, extremely vulgar and filthy, your senses stained with evil. Where there are juice stains, flies are bound to gather’. When the monk heard what I said, fear arose in him and he hurried away, his hairs standing on end’. When the Buddha had finished, one monk rose from his seat, folded his palms and said to the Buddha: ‘World-honored One! What is called “seeds of suffering”, what is “vulgar and filthy”, what is “stained with evil”, what is meant with “flies gathering”?’. The Buddha answered: ‘Listen carefully, listen carefully! I will explain this: Anger and hatred is called “to plant seeds of suffering”, indulging the mind in the five sensual pleasures is called “vulgar and filthy”. When the six senses are not controlled in moral practice, it is called “stained with evil”. What lets afflictions persist and makes ignorance arise, arrogance, brazenness and shamelessness, what causes all fetters to arise is called “flies gathering’’’.
There the Buddha spoke this verse:
When the Buddha had finished, the monks, having listened to what he had said, were happy and practised accordingly.