Buddhist Studies Review, Vol 29, No 1 (2012)

The Employment and Significance of the Sadāprarudita’s Jātaka/Avādana Story in Different Buddhist Traditions

Changtzu Shi
Issued Date: 13 Jul 2012

Abstract


The jātaka story of the Bodhisattva Sadāprarudita (literally meaning ‘ever weeping’), the most well known version of which is found in the Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra, is a story that has been used in different ways in various Buddhist traditions that flourished in India, Central Asia, China and Tibet. For example, it is quoted and discussed in several commentarial and biographical works in Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan and it is found in Candrakīrti’s Prasannapadā, Śāntideva’s Śikṣāsamuccaya, and works about the lives of eminent Tibetan masters, such as Marpa, Milarepa, Rechungpa. In some works Sadāprarudita is presented as the paragon of one who searches for prajñāpāramitā; in others he is the model for those who desire to serve their gurus. In China, moreover, during the early stage of the Pure Land tradition, Sadāprarudita was regarded as the preeminent exemplar of one practising the niànfósānmèi 念佛三昧 (concentration of recollecting the buddhas, *buddhasmṛti or *buddhānusmṛti). This paper will examine the story of Sadāprarudita as it is preserved in different sources, and will address its significance and the possible reasons for its employment by different Buddhist traditions.

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DOI: 10.1558/bsrv.v29i1.85

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