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'''Ascertaining the [[Vinaya]]: [[Upali]]’s Questions''' (Skt. ''Vinayaviniścayopāliparipṛcchā''; Tib. འདུལ་བ་རྣམ་པར་གཏན་ལ་དབབ་པ་ཉེ་བར་འཁོར་གྱིས་ཞུས་པ།, [[Wyl.]] ''’dul ba rnam par gtan la dbab pa nye bar ’khor gyis zhus pa'') is a [[sutra | '''Ascertaining the [[Vinaya]]: [[Upali]]’s Questions''' (Skt. ''Vinayaviniścayopāliparipṛcchā''; Tib. འདུལ་བ་རྣམ་པར་གཏན་ལ་དབབ་པ་ཉེ་བར་འཁོར་གྱིས་ཞུས་པ།, [[Wyl.]] ''’dul ba rnam par gtan la dbab pa nye bar ’khor gyis zhus pa'') is a [[sutra]] that explores the relationship between the [[pratimoksha vows]] and the conduct of a [[bodhisattva]]. | ||
It’s a particularly valuable sutra for its inclusion of a special method for confessing misdeeds, the [[Sutra of the Three Heaps]] also known as Confession of Downfalls, making it one of the few sources to describe it at length. <ref>84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.</ref> | The sutra can be loosely divided into two parts: a first section for which the monk [[Shariputra]] is the main interlocutor, and which contains the pledge by numerous bodhisattvas to work for the benefit of beings, followed by a general discourse by the [[Shakyamuni Buddha|Buddha]] on the conduct of a bodhisattva. In the second section, Upali poses a series of questions that prompt a more in-depth discourse from the Buddha on the relationship between monastic codes of conduct and the commitments of a bodhisattva, with a focus on the views that guide the followers of the [[shravaka]], [[pratyekabuddha]], and bodhisattva vehicles. | ||
It’s a particularly valuable sutra for its inclusion of a special method for confessing misdeeds, the ''[[Sutra of the Three Heaps]]'' also known as ''Confession of Downfalls'', making it one of the few sources to describe it at length.<ref>84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.</ref> | |||
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The Tibetan translation of this | The Tibetan translation of this sutra can be found in the ''[[Heap of Jewels]]'' section of the Tibetan [[Dergé Kangyur]], [[Toh]] 68 | ||
*English translation: {{84000|https://read.84000.co/translation/toh68.html| Ascertaining the Vinaya: Upali’s Questions}} | *English translation: {{84000|https://read.84000.co/translation/toh68.html| Ascertaining the Vinaya: Upali’s Questions}} | ||
Latest revision as of 21:57, 18 December 2021
Ascertaining the Vinaya: Upali’s Questions (Skt. Vinayaviniścayopāliparipṛcchā; Tib. འདུལ་བ་རྣམ་པར་གཏན་ལ་དབབ་པ་ཉེ་བར་འཁོར་གྱིས་ཞུས་པ།, Wyl. ’dul ba rnam par gtan la dbab pa nye bar ’khor gyis zhus pa) is a sutra that explores the relationship between the pratimoksha vows and the conduct of a bodhisattva.
The sutra can be loosely divided into two parts: a first section for which the monk Shariputra is the main interlocutor, and which contains the pledge by numerous bodhisattvas to work for the benefit of beings, followed by a general discourse by the Buddha on the conduct of a bodhisattva. In the second section, Upali poses a series of questions that prompt a more in-depth discourse from the Buddha on the relationship between monastic codes of conduct and the commitments of a bodhisattva, with a focus on the views that guide the followers of the shravaka, pratyekabuddha, and bodhisattva vehicles.
It’s a particularly valuable sutra for its inclusion of a special method for confessing misdeeds, the Sutra of the Three Heaps also known as Confession of Downfalls, making it one of the few sources to describe it at length.[1]
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The Tibetan translation of this sutra can be found in the Heap of Jewels section of the Tibetan Dergé Kangyur, Toh 68
- English translation:
Ascertaining the Vinaya: Upali’s Questions
References
- ↑ 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.