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Studies in Agama Literature Studies in Āgama Literature – With Special Reference to the Shorter Chinese Saṃyuktāgama Marcus Bingenheimer Table of Contents Dharma Drum Buddhist College Series i Acknowledgments iii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 The Bieyi za ahan Project 2 1.2 Dating of the text 3 1.3 Structure of the text 7 1.4 Uddānas 15 2 Attribution 23 2.1 The case for attribution to the Kāśyapīya school 23 2.1.1 The seven rebirths of the Stream-enterer 25 2.1.2 The ten directions 28 2.1.3 Potuoli the brāhmaṇa 30 2.2 The case for attribution to the Dharmaguptaka and Mahīśāsaka schools 32 2.3 The case for attribution to (Mūla)sarvāstivādin literature 40 2.4 Textual History 45 3 Studies on and translation of the Bhikkhu Saṃyutta 51 3.1 On the translation of fengxing 奉行 51 3.1.1 The case for “to remember, to bear in mind” 53 3.1.2 Conclusion 56 3.2 The Texts 56 3.3 Translation 58 3.3.1 BZA 1 – Sujāta is praised 59 3.3.2 BZA 2 – The Ugly Monk 60 3.3.3 BZA 3 – Devadatta and Ajātasattu 62 3.3.4 BZA 4 – Monk ‘Elephant-head’ 64 3.3.5 BZA 5 – Nanda 1 - Nanda is reproached 65 3.3.6 BZA 6 – Nanda 2 - Nanda is praised 67 3.3.7 BZA 7 – Tissa is reproached 70 3.3.8 BZA 8 – Visākha preaches well 71 3.3.9 BZA 9 – A young monk does his work 74 3.3.10 BZA 10 – Thera lives alone 75 3.3.11 BZA 11 – Saṅgāmaji and his former wife 76 3.3.12 BZA 12 – Ānanda and the three kinds of scent 78 3.3.13 BZA 13 – Uruvela Kassapa performs miracles 80 3.3.14 BZA 14 – Mettiya and Mettiyā slander Dabba 83 3.3.15 BZA 15 – Dabba enters Nirvāṇa 86 3.3.16 BZA 16 – The conversion of Aṅgulimāla 87 3.3.17 BZA 17 – A deva tempts a monk and is granted an interview with the Buddha 92 3.3.18 BZA 18 – The parable of the smoking burrow 95 3.3.19 BZA 19 – The Buddha sees a distracted monk 1 99 3.3.20 BZA 20 – The Buddha sees a distracted monk 2 – The simile of the flies 100 3.3.21 BZA 21 – A forest spirit admonishes a monk – The simile of the ulcer 102 3.3.22 BZA 22 – A monk makes an untimely visit to a village – Parable of the elephant and the lotus roots 103 4 Studies on and translation of the Māra Saṃyutta 107 4.1 The texts 107 4.2 The figure of Māra 113 4.3 Notes on the Godhika Sutta (BZA 30) 116 4.3.1 Elements of the Godhika Sutta in different versions 117 4.4 The harp 123 4.5 Names of desire – Māra’s Daughters 124 4.6 Translation 127 4.6.1 BZA 33 – Māra disturbs a teaching on impermanence 127 4.6.2 BZA 24 – Māra says life is eternal 129 4.6.3 BZA 25 – Māra disturbs the Buddha in meditation 130 4.6.4 BZA 26 – Māra disturbs the Buddha’s rest 131 4.6.5 BZA 27 – Māra throws a boulder 133 4.6.6 BZA 28 – Māra transforms himself into a snake to frighten the Buddha 134 4.6.7 BZA 29 – Māra disturbs the Buddha’s rest 136 4.6.8 BZA 30 – Māra plays the Vīṇā - Godhika 137 4.6.9 BZA 31 – The daughters of Māra 142 4.6.10 BZA 32 – Māra changes into beautiful and ugly people 149 5 Studies on and translation of the Bhikkhunī Saṃyutta 151 5.1 The neglected Saṃyutta 151 5.2 The Nuns’ Names 153 5.3 Translation 161 5.3.1 BZA 214 – Āḷavikā 162 5.3.2 BZA 215 – Somā 164 5.3.3 BZA 216 – Kisāgotamī 166 5.3.4 BZA 217 – Uppalavaṇṇā 167 5.3.5 BZA 218 – Selā 170 5.3.6 BZA 219 – Vīrā 171 5.3.7 BZA 220 – Vijayā 173 5.3.8 BZA 221 – Cālā 175 5.3.9 BZA 222 – Upacālā 177 5.3.10 BZA 223 – Sīsupacālā 179 6 Studies on and translation of the Sakka Saṃyutta 183 6.1 The content of the Sakka Saṃyutta 184 6.2 The Names of Sakka 188 6.3 Translation 197 6.3.1 BZA 33 – Seven Practices 197 6.3.2 BZA 34 – Mahāli doubts 198 6.3.3 BZA 35 – The Names of Sakka 200 6.3.4 BZA 36 – A Yakkha on Sakka’s Throne 202 6.3.5 BZA 37 – Two monks argue. The Buddha reminds them of how Sakka deals with anger 204 6.3.6 BZA 38 – Sakka debates with Vepacitti 207 6.3.7 BZA 39 – Sakka is patient in the face of insult 209 6.3.8 BZA 40 – Sakka pays obeisance to the Buddha 1 (Buddha) 213 6.3.9 BZA 41 – Sakka pays obeisance to the Buddha 2 (Dhamma) 214 6.3.10 BZA 42 – Sakka pays obeisance to the Buddha 3 (Saṅgha) 216 6.3.11 BZA 43 – Suvīra 218 6.3.12 BZA 44 – Sakka and Vepacitti meet a group of Sages 221 6.3.13 BZA 45 – Sakka visits by night 224 6.3.14 BZA 46 – The four guardian kings 226 6.3.15 BZA 47 – Vepacitti is ill 228 6.3.16 BZA 48 – Vepacitti is forced to make an oath 230 6.3.17 BZA 49 – Nestlings 232 6.3.18 BZA 50 – Sakka and Verocana 234 6.3.19 BZA 51 – A pauper is reborn in Tāvatiṃsa 235 6.3.20 BZA 52 – Non-Buddhist teachers 237 Appendix 1: Comparative catalog 245 Appendix 2: Simple quantitative comparisons of the ZA and the BZA 303 Abbreviations 309 Bibliography 313 Indexes 333 Person and Place Names 333 Terms 338 Texts 343 DHARMA DRUM BUDDHIST COLLEGE SERIES In 1994, Master Sheng Yen (1931–2009), the founder of Dharma Drum Buddhist College, began publishing the “Series of the Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies”. The purposes of publishing this series were: to provide a venue for academic research in Buddhist Studies supported by scholarships from the Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies; to encourage top- quality Buddhist research; and to cultivate an interest in Buddhist research among the readership of the series. Moreover, by encouraging cooperation with international research institutions, he hoped to promote the domestic status of the academic study of Buddhism. In keeping with Master Sheng Yen’s vision, in order to promote different aspects of exchange in academic research, we at Dharma Drum Buddhist College have begun to publish three educational series: • Dharma Drum Buddhist College Research Series (DDBC-RS) • Dharma Drum Buddhist College Translation Series (DDBC-TS) • Dharma Drum Buddhist College Special Series (DDBC-SS) The Research Series (DDBC-RS) is primarily intended as a venue for academic research in the field of Buddhist Studies in general and of Chinese Buddhism in particular. The Translation Series (DDBC-TS) will present English renditions of Chinese canonical works as well as other important works, or else Chinese ii • Studies in Āgama Literature translations of academic publications on Buddhism that have appeared in European languages or Japanese etc. The Special Series (DDBC-SS) will accommodate works on other topics and which require special publication formats. Among our future goals is the extensive development of Buddhist digital publishing and information to adapt to the interactive and hyper-connective environment of the Web 2.0 age. This will allow research outcomes to be quickly shared and evaluated through the participation of individual users, through such media as blogs, shared tagging, wikis, social networks and so on. Our hope is to work towards developing an open environment for academic studies on Buddhist culture that will be more collaborative and efficient than traditional academic studies. In this way, Dharma Drum Buddhist College will continue to help foster the availability and abundance of digital resources for Buddhist Studies. Huimin Bhikshu, President Dharma Drum Buddhist College July 26, 2010 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Work on this book has proceeded on and off since 2005. During that time I have enjoyed the support of generous institutions and received a lot of help and constructive criticism from my friends. I am glad to have an opportunity to express my gratitude. As is explained in greater detail in the introduction, this book is one result of a larger project that started with a three year grant that I received from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange in the years 2005-2008. In this regard I have to thank John Kieschnick, who encouraged me to stay on course in the difficult period between degree and job. Most of the material presented here has been published before in articles in the Buddhist Studies Review. I am extremely grateful to Peter Harvey, who has been an extremely helpful editor, and went patiently and meticulously through all drafts. Equinox Publishing deserves credit for a liberal publication policy that allows me not only to republish the articles in the present form, but also to include the translation parts in the online database that was another component of the project. During the time of the project several people helped with establishing the digital text in Chinese, Pāli, Sanskrit, Tibetan and English, as well as with the programming. Jung Hsi-chin was the main research assistant and patiently handled the project and me when deadlines loomed. She was responsible for iv • Studies in Āgama Literature marking-up part of the Chinese and the Pāli text.
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