Text of Confucianism Part 02

SR No.: 007676
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Legge
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1882
Total Pages: 2405
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 43 MB

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FO-SHO-HING-TSAN-KING.
III, 12.
*This clear knowledge is not “universal wisdom," I must go on and seek a better explanation.' Going on then to the place of Udra' Rishi, he also expatiated on this question of 'I.' 997
(But) although he refined the matter to the utmost, laying down a term of thought' and 'no thought' taking the position of removing thought' and 'no thought,' yet even so he came not out of the mire; 998
For supposing creatures attained that state, still (he said) there is a possibility of returning to the coil, whilst Bodhisattva sought a method of getting out of it. So once more leaving Udra Rishi, 999
He went on in search of a better system, and came at last to Mount Kia-ke? [the forest of mortification), where was a town called Pain-suffering forest (Uravilva ?). Here the five Bhikshus had gone before. 1000
When then he beheld these five, virtuously keeping in check their senses (passion-members), holding to the rules of moral conduct, practising mortification, dwelling in that grove of mortification ; 1001
Occupying a spot beside the Nairañgana river, perfectly composed and filled with contentment, Bodhisattva forthwith by them (selecting) one spot, quietly gave himself to thought. 1002
The five Bhikshus knowing him with earnest heart to be seeking escape, offered him their services with devotion, as if reverencing Isvara Deva. 1003
1 Yuh-to.
Gaya, or Gayâsîrsha. • Or is the word fu-hing=the name of a plant, such as the uruvu (betel)?
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