This is the default header for all files in the database. Files which contain gaiji, however, have an additional CHARDECL section in the ENCODINGDESC below.
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.
如是我聞：一時佛在
時有一天──威顏晃曜，光色殊常，來詣祇洹，赫然
修行何戒行 復作何威儀 有何功德力 造作何業行 具足何等法 得生於天上 願世尊悲愍 為我開顯說
爾時世尊以偈答
我今為汝說 汝當至心聽 諸欲生天者 先當斷殺生 善修於禁戒 守攝於諸根 不害有生類 便得生天上 不盜他財物 彼與樂受取 斷於奸盜心 便得生天上 不奸他婦女 度邪婬彼岸 自足己妻色 便得生天上 為利自己身 亦 欲利于彼 欲 用 并為財利故 遠離諸放逸 實語不虛妄 便 得生天上 得 往 除去於兩舌 不鬪亂彼此 樂出和合語 以此因緣故 便得生天上 斷於麁惡言 讒刺觸惱故 吐辭皆柔軟 聞者生欣悅 以是業緣故 得生于天上 除斷 於綺語 於 于 不談無益事 知時 而說法 而 如 便得生天上 若聚落曠野 不生貪利想 於他財物所 不起愚癡心 便得生天上 慈心不害物 不 挾怨憎心 挾 俠 向於群生類 心無怒害想 便得生天上 信業及果報 能修信施者 二事俱生信 具足得正見 便得生天上 如斯眾善法 白淨十業道 悉能修行者 必得生天上
天復以偈讚言：
往昔已曾見 婆羅門涅槃 久捨於嫌怖 能度世間愛
爾時此天說此偈已，歡喜還宮。