《Toh 308 (Kangyur)》
CBETA 84K-toh308
Homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas. Thus did I hear at one time. The Blessed One, seeing that the time had come to train all the various householders of the great city of Kapilavastu, went there with a retinue of five hundred to cause them to generate faith. At that time, a man in the prime of his life called Śākya Nandaja, who was cherished by all his relatives and praised by all, had died. In front of his body his children, wife, relatives, and dependents had gathered together his horses, elephants, clothes, and a variety of ornaments, gold and silver, pearls, crystals, and other jewels, as well as a variety of delicious and sweet food and drink. They offered them, wailing, “We give these to Nandaja!” This made King Śuddhodana wish to ask the Blessed One what benefitWe find sman pa in all editions. It clearly needs to be read in its attested sense of phan pa (“benefit”) and not in the sense of “a doctor.” See Zhang Yisun et al. (1985), s.v. sman pa. and good would ensue if, in such a fashion, offerings, food, gsol ba = honorific for lto chas. and honors to the deceased were presented according to the brahmins’ formulae. He approached the Blessed One, prostrated, and asked, “…
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