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Sutra Spoken by Buddha on the Way of Ten Meritorious Deeds

ArthurbodhiArthurbodhi Mars Veteran
edited May 2012 in Buddhism Today
Hi friends, recently I recieve some buddhist books like gifts, and with this books came a little booklet with this sutra called "The Buddhabhasita Dasabhadra Karmamarga Sutra" or " Sutra spoken by Buddha on the way of ten meritorious deeds", this came in english and chinese. I don't know anything about this sutra, do you know something about it?

Here is this sutra if you don't know it yet.
http://www.slideshare.net/linsheng/sutra-spoken-by-buddha-on-the-way-of-ten-meritorious-deeds

Blessing.

Comments

  • DharmakaraDharmakara Veteran
    It's from the Mahayana Vinaya, the 10th sutra of the collection if I recall correctly.
  • ArthurbodhiArthurbodhi Mars Veteran
    edited May 2012
    Thanks friend, I like this Sutra, I will search for more info.

    Blessings.
  • ArthurbodhiArthurbodhi Mars Veteran
    I found some extra information about this sutra.

    This sutra is the #600 in the Taisho Tripitaka (Chinese Canon) and also is called The Sutra On The Ten wholesome Ways Of Action.

    Some interesting is that in the version that I have of the sutra, the Buddha is teaching to the Naga King, but the other versions on-line said that was to the Dragon King. :)

    http://www.e-sangha.com/alphone/600.html
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    So it's apocryphal....
  • DharmakaraDharmakara Veteran
    edited May 2012
    It's really more related to the geographical location than anything else. For example, in China and other countries you'll find the dragon because the naga them merged with local folklore and tradition --- this doesn't really seem to have been the case throughout most of India, where the snake form perminates the cultural heritage and just about every religious tradition, just not Buddhism.

  • ArthurbodhiArthurbodhi Mars Veteran
    So it's apocryphal....
    Well, I don't know. Is part of the Chinese canon but not from the Pali canon.
    I can' t tell if apocryphal apply here (or in any buddhism sutra IMHO :) )
  • DharmakaraDharmakara Veteran
    Canonical, non-canonical, apocryphal, ect., or any other label tossed around, at least it's not a prize someone found at the bottom of a Crackerjack Box :)
  • ArthurbodhiArthurbodhi Mars Veteran
    I agree with you, friend @Dharmakara :)
  • DavidDavid A human residing in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Ancestral territory of the Erie, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, Mississauga and Neutral First Nations Veteran
    Canonical, non-canonical, apocryphal, ect., or any other label tossed around, at least it's not a prize someone found at the bottom of a Crackerjack Box :)
    I think that would be cool.
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