《Toh 293 (Kangyur)》
CBETA 84K-toh293
Homage to the Three Jewels. Thus did I hear at one time. The Blessed One was staying in Śrāvastī, in Jeta Grove, the park of Anāthapiṇḍada. The Blessed One addressed the monks, saying, “Monks, whether you stay in the wilderness, under a tree, or in an empty house, in the event that you experience fear, trepidation, or terror, you should recollect me thus through these epithets: ‘The Blessed One is a thus-gone one, a worthy one, a perfectly awakened one, a learned and virtuous one, a well-gone one, a knower of the world, an unsurpassed leader of those to be trained, a teacher of gods and humans, an awakened one, and a blessed one.’ There are various slightly different ways of listing and enumerating the set of epithets presented here. In Pali versions of this work, the epithet “thus-gone one” (Pali, Skt. tathāgata, Tib. de bzhin gshegs pa) is missing, and anuttaraḥ (“unsurpassed”) is counted as its own separate epithet. For more on this, see Zhao 2018. See also Harrison 1992, pp. 215–38. If at that time you recollect me through these epithets, then whatever fear, trepidation, or terror you are experiencing will subside. “Monks, previously, when a battle between the gods and the asu…
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