New Publication: The Magnificent Account About a Sow

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Toh 345

ཕག་མོའི་རྟོགས་པ་བརྗོད་པ།
The Magnificent Account About a Sow
《牝豚本生經》(大正藏:《佛說嗟韈曩法天子受三歸依獲免惡道經》)
Sūkarikāvadāna

In The Magnificent Account About a Sow, the Buddha recounts the earlier events surrounding a god in Trāyastriṃśa heaven who foresaw that he would be reborn as a pig in Rājagṛha. At the encouragement of Śakra, this god, in the final moments of agony before his death, took refuge in the Three Jewels and thereby attained rebirth in the even higher Tuṣita heaven. The story thus illustrates the liberative power of taking refuge in the Three Jewels, as befittingly expressed in the concluding verses of this short avadāna.

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