《Toh 282 (Kangyur)》
CBETA 84K-toh282
Homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas. Thus have I heard at one time. As the Bhagavān was wandering in the land of Vṛji, he arrived at the village of Kuṭigrāmaka and settled to the north of that village in a grove of sāl trees, The Tibetan versions in the Vinayavastu and Vinayakṣudrakavastu, as well as the Sanskrit and Chinese versions in the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, here instead have śiṃśapā (Tib. shing sha pa), which refers to the Indian rosewood tree (Dalbergia sissoo). with a great saṅgha of bhikṣus. Thereupon the Bhagavān taught the following to the bhikṣus: “This, bhikṣus, is discipline. All versions except that in the Vinayakṣudrakavastu have a plural here, thus referring to a set of ethical-moral rules. With “discipline” being a well established translation for the Sanskrit śīla and the Tibetan tshul khrims, and the plural “disciplines” being rather misleading in English, we have kept the singular form, though in the sense of a mass noun. This is meditative concentration. This is wisdom. Bhikṣus, training in discipline will lead one to abide for a long time in meditative concentration. Training in meditative concentration will lead one to gain wisdom. By training in wisdom,…
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