The Buddha’s Collected Teachings Repudiating Those Who Violate the Discipline
Toh 220
Degé Kangyur, vol. 63 (mdo sde, dza), folios 1.b–77.b
- Dharmaśrīprabha
- Palgyi Lhünpo
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Summary
When Śāriputra voices amazement at how the Buddha uses words to point out the inexpressible ways in which nothing has true existence, the Buddha responds with an uncompromising teaching on how the lack of true existence and the absence of a self are indeed not simply philosophical views but the very cornerstone of the Dharma. To have understood, realized, and applied them fully is the main quality by which someone may be considered a member of the saṅgha and authorized to teach others and to receive offerings. Those who persist in perceiving anything—even elements of the path and its results—as having any kind of true existence are committing the most serious of all violations of discipline (śīla), and since they fail to follow the Buddha’s core teaching in this way they should not even be considered his followers. The Buddha’s dialogue with Śāriputra continues on the consequences of monks’ violating their discipline more broadly, and he gives several prophecies about the future decline of the Dharma that will be caused by the misbehavior of such monks.
Acknowledgements
An initial translation by Nika Jovic for the Dharmachakra Translation Committee was completed under the patronage and supervision of 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha. Andreas Doctor, Adam Krug, and John Canti revised and edited the translation and the introduction, and Dion Blundell copyedited the text. Martina Cotter was in charge of the digital publication process.
The generous sponsorship of Zhou Tian Yu, Chen Yi Qin, and LZ which helped make the work on this translation possible, is most gratefully acknowledged.
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The Buddha’s Collected Teachings Repudiating Those Who Violate the Discipline
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Translated, edited, and finalized in the Lhenkar Palace by the Indian preceptor Dharmaśrīprabha and the translator monk Palgyi Lhünpo
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