《Toh 81 (Kangyur)》
CBETA 84K-toh81
Homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas! Thus did I hear at one time. The Blessed One was dwelling in Rājagṛha on Vulture Peak, together with a great saṅgha of 1,250 monks and a great saṅgha of bodhisattvas. The opening in the Sanskrit manuscript is somewhat unclear, as the traditional opening itself immediately enters into verse, and the description of the Buddha’s retinue is omitted. Vinītā suggests it is likely that this opening became corrupted through the processes of versification. See Vinītā 2010, vol. I,2, p. 456. Vinītā’s conjectural reconstruction for this opening is as follows: “Thus have I heard. At one time the Blessed One left Rājagṛha, / the victor, the unparalleled one, would roam about at the Vulture’s Peak” (evaṃ mayā śrutam ekasmin samaye bhagavān rājagṛhāt samuddhitaḥ | vyavahared gṛdhrakūṭe jino hy apratipudgalaḥ ||). “And together with a great saṅgha of bodhisattvas” is missing in Taishō 310. When this Dharma presentation was taught, eight hundred million beings set out for supreme awakening. The beginning of this paragraph is omitted in the Sanskrit. There, the line “eight hundred million beings set out for supreme awakening” is found in verse 54 (koṭiyāśīti…
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