Pratyutpannabuddhasaṃmukhāvasthitasamādhi

Gandhāra, Kharoṣṭhī ∙ IM 20A

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PraS § 7E–G; based on Harrison, Lenz, Salomon 2018 (BMSC IV 1–122), updated by Schlosser. Image reconstruction by Schlosser. The preserved part of scroll 1 seems to be the lower part of a once longer scroll with the text continuing on the top of verso.

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/// eⓝPossibly a positional indicator for constructing a longer scroll out of a series of sheets of bark.Click to pin ◊
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§ 2
Bhagavān r1 /// + + + + + + (sar)[va pa]rimaṇ[o] ghiṇitva yatag̱a te [sarva pa]rimaṇ(o) tatag̱a ∙ ta e[g̱a] + + + + + + + + + + /// r2 /// + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + .. +
Bhagavān r1 /// + + + + + + sarvān paramāṇūn gṛhītvā yāttakās te sarve paramāṇavas tāttakāḥ (?) | tam ekam + + + + + + + + + + /// r2 /// + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + .. +
Bhagavān r1 … having taken all the minute particles; as many (? minute particles) as there are, so many [he] … (? in) one (? buddha-field) … r2…
§ 3
+ + + + + + + + + + + /// r3 /// line lost or not existant /// r4 /// + + + + + + + (sarvarada)[ṇa](pa)[ri](pu)[ra daṇo dad](ea ∙) .. .. + + .. + .. [ba]hu puño pras̱a[v](e)[a] (∙)
+ + + + + + + + + + + /// r3 /// line lost or not existant /// r4 /// + + + + + + + sarvaratnaparipūrṇāni dānaṃ dadyāt | .. .. + + .. + .. bahu puṇyaṃ prasaveta |
… /// r3 /// line lost or not existant /// r4 … were to give as a gift (buddhafields) completely filled with all treasures. (What do you think, householder,) would he generate much merit?
§ 4
Gṛhapati (ba)[hu bhag̱ava] bah(u) ///
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r5 /// .. puñakaṃdho pras̱avea ·
Gṛhapati bahu bhagavan bahu /// r5 /// .. puṇyaskandhaṃ prasaveta |
Gṛhapati Much, Lord, much /// r5 /// [he] would generate a mass of merit.
§ 5
Bhagavān aroyeami de grahavadi paḍ̱ivedeami grahavadi ya ca ho vaṇa kulaputro va k(u)l[adh]i[do] (va) + /// r6 /// .. .. .. budhakṣetr[e] sarvaradaṇaparipura daṇo dadea ·
Bhagavān ārocayāmi te gṛhapate prativedayāmi gṛhapate | yac ca khalu punaḥ kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā + /// r6 /// .. .. .. buddhakṣetrāṇi sarvaratnaparipūrṇāṇi dānaṃ dadyāt |
Bhagavān I tell you, householder, I inform you, householder: If some gentleman or lady r6 were to give as a gift buddhafields (? as many as minute particles) completely filled with all treasures;
§ 6
ya ca kulap(u)t(ro) [va] k(u)l[adh]i[do va] .. + + + + + + + + + + /// r7 /// + + + + (o)[g̱a]pea aviṣadha[he]a abhipatiea as̱imucea · og̱apita abhiṣadha(hita abhipatita as̱imucita) /// r8 /// + + + + (pa)reṣ̱a vistareṇa deś̱ea [sa]p[ra]g̱aś̱ea [bhav]e[a]
yac ca kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā .. + + + + + + + + + + /// r7 /// + + + + avakalpayed abhiśraddadhyād abhipratīyed adhimucyeta | avakalpya abhiśraddadhitvā /// r8 /// + + + + pareṣāṃ vistareṇa deśayet samprakāśayec bhāvayed
and if some [other] gentleman or lady (would take up this concentration of direct encounter with the buddhas of the present), r7 would trust, believe, accept, and be devoted to [it]; and having trusted, believed, (accepted, and be devoted to it,) r8 would teach [it] at length to others, would reveal [it], would cultivate [it];
§ 7
aya teṇa [gra]havadi kulapu[tr](o va kuladhido va) + + /// r9 /// + + + + + +
ayaṃ tena gṛhapate kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā + + /// r9 /// + + + + + +
this gentleman (or lady), householder, r9 (would generate much more merit) than the [previous] one.
§ 8
+ + + + + + (ku)[la](p)u[tro va] (kula)[dh](i)d(o) [va ◊ ughriṇia aña yo] + + + + + + + + + + + /// r10 /// + + + + + + yo ima samas̱i ṇiphaditva ◈ kulaputro va kuladhi◈do va tas̱atv[e](ṇa) + + + + + + + + + /// v1 /// + + + +
+ + + + + + kulaputro vā kuladhido vā | + + + + + + + + + + + /// r10 /// + + + + + + ya imaṃ samādhiṃ niṣpādya kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā tathatvena + + + + + + + + + /// v1 /// + + + +
… gentleman or lady would take [it] up (?) … r10 …, (to say nothing of) a gentleman or lady, who, having achieved this concentration, would (train in it) according to true reality, (would put it into practice v1 according to true reality).
§ 9
(ta)[e] vel[ae] ima gas̱a bhaṣ̱i ◊ ///
tāsyāṃ velāyāṃ imā gāthā abhāṣata | ///
At that time [he] recited these verses: ///