Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra · Chapter 42

tatra bhagavān bhikṣūn āman(t)rayate ||

pṛcchata bhikṣavo mā vidhārayata || yasya syāt kāṅkṣā vā vimatir vā buddhe vā dharme vā saṅghe vā duḥkhe vā samudaye vā nirodhe vā mārge vā sa praśnenāhaṃ vyākaraṇena ||

syāt khalu yuṣmākam evam || kathaṃ vayaṃ śāstāram āsādyāsādya pratimantrayiṣyāmaḥ || na khalv evaṃ draṣṭavyam || bhik(ṣu)r (bh)ikṣo(r āroca)yatā(ṃ) sahāyakaḥ sahāyakasya sa praśnenāhaṃ vyākaraṇena ||

athāyuṣmān ānando bhagavantam idam avocat ||

yathā khalv ahaṃ bhadanta bh(agavato bhāṣitasyārtha)m (ā)j(ān)āmi nāsti kaścid asyāṃ pariṣady ekabhikṣur api yasya syāt kāṅkṣā vā vimatir vā pūrvavad yāvan mārge vā ||

sādhu sādhv ānanda prasādena tvam evaṃ vadasi || ta(thāgatasya tv an)uttare jñānadarśanaṃ pravartate ||

yāvantaḥ khalu bhikṣavo 'syāṃ pariṣadi sanniṣaṇṇāḥ sannipatitā nāsti kaścid atra ekabhikṣur api y(asya) syāt kāṅkṣā vā vimatir vā pūrvavad yāvan mārge vā ||

api tu karaṇīyam etat tathāgatena yathāpi tat paścimāṃ janatām anukaṃpamānaḥ ||

atha bhagav(ān svakāyād uttarāsaṅgam ekān)te vivṛtya bhikṣūn āmantrayate ||

avalokayata bhikṣavas tathāgatasya kāyam || vyavalokayata bhikṣavas tathāgatasya kāyam || tat kasmād dhetoḥ || durlabhadarśanā y(asmāt tathāgatā) arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhās tadyathoduṃbare puṣpam ||

aṅga bhikṣavas tūṣṇīṃ bhavata vyayadharmāḥ sarvasaṃskārāḥ ||

iyaṃ tatra tathāgatasya paścimā (vācā ||)

(tad) uktvā bhagavān prathamaṃ dhyānaṃ samāpannaḥ || prathamād dhyānād vyutth(āya dvitīyaṃ dhyānaṃ samāpannaḥ || dvitīyād dhyānād vyutthāya tṛtīyaṃ dhyānaṃ samāpannaḥ || tṛtīyād dhyānād vyutthāya caturthaṃ dhyānaṃ samāpannaḥ || caturthād dhyānād vyutthāyākāśānantyāyatanaṃ sam)āpannaḥ || ā(kāśānantyāyatanād vyutthāya vijñānānantyāyatanaṃ samāpannaḥ || vijñānānantyāyatanād vyutthāyākiñcanyāyatanaṃ) samāpann(aḥ || ā)k(i)ñcanyāyatan(ād vyutthāya naivasañ)jñ(ā)nāsa(ñ)jñ(āyatanaṃ samāpannaḥ || naivasañjñānāsañjñāyatanād vyutthāya sañjñāve)dayitanirodha(ṃ) s(amāpannaḥ ||)

(a)thāyuṣmān (ānanda ā)yuṣmant(am aniruddham idam avocat ||)

(parinirvṛta āyuṣmann aniruddha bhagavān ||)

(naivam āyuṣmann ānanda || sañjñāvedayitanirodhaṃ sa)māpan(no buddho bhagavān ||)

(saṃmukhaṃ ma āyuṣmann aniruddha bhagavato 'ntikāc chrutaṃ saṃmukham udgṛhītam || caturthaṃ dhyānaṃ samāpya cakṣuṣmanta āniñjyaṃ śāntiṃ samāpannā buddhā bhagavantaḥ pa)r(i)n(i)rvānti ||

atha bhagav(ān sañjñāvedayitanirodhād vyutthāya naivasañjñānāsañjñāyatanaṃ samāpannaḥ || naiva)sa(ñ)jñān(asañj)ñ(āyatanād vyutthāyākiñcanyāyatanaṃ samāpannaḥ || ākiñcanyāyatanāḍ vyutthāya vijñānānantyāyatanaṃ samāpannaḥ || vijñānānanty)āyatanād vyutth(āyākāśānantyāyatanaṃ samāpannaḥ || ākāśānantyāyatanād vyutthāya caturthaṃ dhyānaṃ samāpannaḥ || caturthād dhyānād vyutthāya tṛtīyaṃ dhyā)naṃ samā(pannaḥ || tṛtīyād dhyānād vyutthāya dvitīyaṃ dhyānaṃ samāpannaḥ || dvitīyād dhyānād vyutthāya prathamaṃ dhyānaṃ samāpannaḥ || prathamād dhyānād vyutthāya dvitīyaṃ dhyānaṃ samāpannaḥ ||) (d)v(i)t(ī)yā(d) dhy(ā)n(ād vyutthāya tṛtīyaṃ dhyānaṃ samāpannaḥ || tṛtīyād dhyānād vyutthāya caturthaṃ dhyānaṃ samāpannaḥ || caturthaṃ dhyānaṃ samāpya cakṣuṣmān āniñjyaṃ śāntiṃ) samāpanno bud(dh)o( bhagavān parinirvṛtaḥ
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(samanantaraparinirvṛte buddhe bhagavaty atyarthaṃ tasmin samaye mahāpṛthivīcālo 'bhūd ulkāpātā diśodāhā antarīkṣe devadundubhayo nadanti ||)
43 Vorg. 43 ist ein in der Sanskritversion nicht üeberlieferter tibetisch-chinesischer Sondertext (Nr. VI), in dem berichtet wird, wie König Ajātaśatru von Magadha mit Hilfe eines Gemäldes vom Tode des Buddha in Kenntnis gesetzt wird. Siehe unten S. 490-494.