Vidyāsthānopamasūtra
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Source: GRETIL (gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de) — Sanskrit academic edition. Title: Vidyāsthānopamasūtra. Data entry: (see source file). License: refer to source file header.
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## Data entry: Klaus Wille
## Contribution: Klaus Wille
## Date of this version: 2020-07-31

## Source:
   - E. Waldschmidt: "Kleine Brāhmī-Schriftrolle". In: Nachrichten der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen 1959, pp. 3-7 [reprint in: E. Waldschmidt. Von Ceylon bis Turfan, Schriften zur Geschichte, Literatur, Religion und Kunst des indischen Kulturraumes (Festgabe zum 70. Geburtstag). Göttingen 1967, pp. 373-378].

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	 Vidyasthanopamasutra
Based on the ed. by E. Waldschmidt: "Kleine Brāhmī-Schriftrolle". In: Nachrichten der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen 1959, pp. 3-7
[reprint in: E. Waldschmidt. Von Ceylon bis Turfan, Schriften zur Geschichte, Literatur, Religion und Kunst des indischen Kulturraumes (Festgabe zum 70. Geburtstag). Göttingen 1967, pp. 373-378].
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# Text

vidyāsthānopamasūtra

1 evaṃ mayā śrutam / ekasmiṃ samaye bhagavāṃ śrāvastyāṃ viharati sma jetavane anāthapiṇḍadārāme /

2 tatra bhagavāṃ bhikṣūn āmaṃtrayate sma /

3 utpādād vā bhikṣavaḥ tathāgatānām anutpādād vā saṃvartate ca loko vivartate ca / different beginning for paragraphs 1-3 in or.15009/83v; ed. in: the british library sanskrit fragments, vol. ii, ed. s. karashima and k. wille, tokyo 2009 (buddhist manuscripts from central asia), pp. 153f.: 1 /// .. ye bhagavāṃ śrāvastyāṃ viharati sma je[tava]ne a .. .. + + ///

2 /// .. .y. dau kalyāṇaṃ madhye kalyāṇaṃ pa[rya]vasāne kaly[āṇaṃ] + ///

3 /// + ṣyāmi yad uta vidya[sthā]nopamaṃ nāma dharmaparyāyas tac chṛnu[t]. [s]. ///

4 /// dharmaparyāya katama utpādād vā tathāgatāṇām a .. ///

for this wording cf. daśottarasūtra e.a-c

4 saṃvartamāne loke yadbhūyasā satvā ābhasvare devanikāye upapadyante /

5 te tatra bhavanti rūpiṇo manomayā avikalā ahīnendriyāḥ sarvāṅgapratyaṅgopetāḥ śubhā varṇasthāyinaḥ prītibhakṣāḥ prītyāhārāḥ svayaṃprabhā vaihāyasagāmino dīrghāyuṣo dīrgham adhvānaṃ tiṣṭhaṃti /

6 vivartamāne loke pṛthak chilpasthānakarmasthānāni prajñāyante /

7 tadyathā
mantrā japā auṣadhayo māyākarma cikitsitam /
divyaṃ ca cakṣu ṛddhiś ca yathocitaṃ jñānadarśanam //

8

mārgan tu na prajānaṃti duḥkhopaśamagāminam / unmārge na vihanyantaś caranti amarā yathā / anissaraṇadarśinaḥ //

c: read unmārgena, s.e. for unmārgeṇa

9 yasmiṃs tu samaye tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhā loke utpadyante yāni ca laukikāni pṛthak chilpasthānakarmasthānāni yac ca lokottaraṃ tat sarvam abhijñāya

yac chreṣṭhaṃ sarvavidyānāṃ tad deśayaṃti tathāgatāḥ /

10 yad uta idaṃ duḥkham āryasatyaṃ ayaṃ duḥkhanirodhagāminī pratipad āryasatyam iti /
cf. pelliot sanskrit bleu 375rw: /// (ārya)satyaṃ ayaṃ duḥkha[s](amuday). ///
11 tac chreṣṭhaṃ sarvavidyānāṃ yad deśayaṃti tathāgatāḥ / sarvam eke prajānaṃti śramaṇabrāhmaṇāḥ pṛthak /

12 mantrā japā auṣadhayo māyākarma cikitsitaṃ / divyaṃ ca cakṣu ṛddhiś ca uditaṃ jñānadarśanam / d: cf. pelliot sanskrit bleu 375ry: /// ṛddhiś ca uditaṃ jñānada ///

13 mārgaṃ tu na prajānaṃti duḥkhopaśamagāminam / te mārgam aprajānanto duḥkhopaśamagāminam / unmārge na vihanyantaś caranti amarā yathā / anissaraṇadarśinaḥ //

e: cf. pelliot sanskrit bleu 375rz: /// .. vihanyaś caranti amarā ///; read unmārgeṇa

14 yadā tu loke saṃbuddhā utpadyante karuṇikāḥ / prakāśayaṃti saddharmaṃ sarvaduḥkhavinodanam //

bc: cf. pelliot sanskrit bleu 375v1: /// + [g]ā á prakāśayaṃti ye [dh](armaṃ) ///; cf. also next paragraph

15 duḥkhaṃ duḥkhasamutpādaṃ duḥkhasya samatikramaṃ / āryaṃ cāṣṭāṅgikaṃ mārgaṃ kṣemaṃ nirvāṇagāminam //

for the two verses in paragraph 14 and 15 cf. suvarṇavarṇāvadāna [57]; for the actual input cf. thesaurus literaturae buddhicae (tlb): https://www2.hf.uio.no/polyglotta/index.php?page=library&bid=2):
kadācit karhicit loke utpadyante tathāgatāḥ /
śāstāro naradevānāñ cakṣuṣmanto raṇātigāḥ // 1 //

prakāśayanti ye dharmaṃ sarvaduḥkhavinodanaṃ /
duḥkhaṃ duḥkhasamutpādaṃ duḥkhasya samatikramaṃ //

āryāṣṭāṅgikaṃ mārgaṃ kṣemaṃ nirvāṇagāminaṃ // 2//

16
tasmiṃ dharme deśyamāne te sarvaduḥkhavinodane /
jñānena hatvā ajñānaṃ nāgacchanti punarbhavam //

17 bhagavāṃ āptamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandam //

18 vidyāsthānopamasūtraṃ samāptaḥ /

19 rakṣaṃ bhavatu / kutkāttuṃsasya svāhā //
-- Vidyāsthānopamasūtra (Academic edition — see source file header)