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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 is 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 is to produce a comparative digital edition and partial translation of the 364 sutras of the BZA and their parallels. The texts are kept in single files in an eXist database and are realized via XQuery and XSLT as HTML for the online user. The project lasts from 2005-2008. For any changes after 2008 see the revision description.
Changes from the respective text base are usually marked with a RESP="t.100" attribute on the containing elements
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).
Other Chinese: Parallel and not-parallel divisions regarding the BZA. Verse and Prose.
Pāli, Sanskrit, Tibetan: Parallel and not-parallel divisions regarding the BZA. Verse and Prose. Variant readings.
爾時佛在
當爾之時彼國諸釋集講論處。既集坐已，於其中間各共談論，語
無有前後。汝意謂誰以為後耶？
麁手釋 者，如來記彼得須陀洹，於人、天中七生七死，得盡苦際。彼麁手釋毀犯禁戒，飲彼酒漿，佛尚記言得須陀洹。若如是者，有何前後？
復語摩訶男言：
汝可往詣於世尊所問如斯義！
時摩訶男釋尋如其言，即往佛所，頂禮佛足，在一面坐，白佛言：
世尊！迦毘羅釋集講論處，於其中間作如是論，語我言：
誰為前後？時麁手釋其命已終，如來記彼得須陀洹，於人、天中七生七死，得盡苦際。彼麁手釋毀犯禁戒，飲放逸漿。若記彼得須陀洹，當知是即無有前後。
佛告之曰：
皆稱我為善逝．世尊。作是語者，亦名善逝。稱善逝故，生善逝心。賢聖弟子生正直見，稱言善逝。復次──摩訶男！──如來弟子一向歸佛，亦復歸依法、僧三寶，得疾智、利智、厭離智、道智，
不墮地獄、餓鬼、畜生及餘惡趣，得八解脫。獲於身證，具八解脫，住於具戒，以智慧見盡於諸漏，是則名為得俱解脫阿羅漢也。復次──摩訶男！──賢聖弟子亦如上說，慧解脫阿羅漢，不得八解脫。復次──摩訶男！──一向歸佛，餘如上說，身證阿那含，成就八解脫，未盡諸漏。復次──摩訶男！──一向歸佛，餘如上說，不墮地獄、餓鬼、畜生，不墮惡趣。如來教法，彼隨順不逆，是名見到。復次──摩訶男！──賢聖弟子一向歸依佛，餘如上說。佛所教法，彼隨順解脫，是名信解脫。復次──摩訶男！──若信佛語，欣尚翫習，忍樂五法。所謂信、精進、念、定、慧，是名賢聖弟子。不墮三塗，是名堅法。復次賢聖弟子信受佛語，然有限量，忍樂五法，如上所說，是名賢聖弟子。不墮三塗，是名堅信。摩訶男！我今若說娑羅樹林能解義味，無有是處。假使解義，我亦記彼得須陀洹。以是義故，麁手釋我當不記彼釋得須陀洹。所以者何？彼麁手釋不犯性重，犯於遮戒，臨命終時悔責所作，以悔責故，戒得完具，得須陀洹。人少有所犯，悔責完具，何故不記彼麁手釋得須陀洹。
摩訶男釋聞佛所說，歡喜頂禮而去。