Lalitavistara-Sutra

The Lalitavistara Sutra is Buddha 's biography of Mahayana Buddhism, which originated in AD 2nd or 3rd century. The Lalitavistara is not the work of a single author, but rather the result of centuries of editorial activity. Boy standing next to old games that may come close to the time of the Buddha.

The Lalitavistara is composed of episodes that are preserved in Pali and Sanskrit. The Indologist Moritz Winternitz (1863-1937) explained this by the fact that the Lalitavistara originally goes back to a text of hinayanistischen Sarvastivada school and later revised by a Mahayana author and has been remodeled within the meaning of Mahayana. So Shakyamuni is not here, as in the hinayanistischen tradition, represented as an ordinary man. Rather, it is emphasized that it was equipped from the outset with a perfect knowledge and have passed the way to knowledge only pretended again to show people the way. Even his vow which he took as Sumegha before Dipankara Buddha and his preparation for Buddhahood in Tushita Heaven are, according to this view, part of the demonstration by which he shows all beings the way to Buddhahood. This doketistische position of Mahayana Buddhism was established mainly through the Lotus Sutra. Due to the transformation of the substance within the meaning of Mahayana, acquired the plant in northern India, the formation region of this tradition, widespread popularity. Even outside India acquired the Lalitavistara great notoriety. So the text has been several times translated into Chinese, Tibetan and Mongolian.

Text

  • Salomon Lefmann (ed.): Lalita Vistara. Life and teaching of Sakya Buddha. Text output with variations, time signatures and dictionary. 2 vols Halle an der Saale, publishing house of the orphanage in 1902, 1908 reprint. Meicho - Fukyu - Kai, Tokyo 1977 Vol 1: Text. 1902
  • Vol 2: Variants, metrics and dictionary. 1908 digitized

Translation:

  • Salomon Lefmann ( translator's ): Lalita Vistara. Narrative of the life and teachings of the Sakya Simha. From the original Sanskrit and Gâthâdialects first translated into German and provided with factual statements. Dümmler, Berlin 1874, digitized
  • Foucaux, Philippe -Edouard [Übers ]: Histoire du Bouddha Sakya Mouni / you traduite tibétain par Ph. Éd. Foucaux, Paris: Duprat, 1860 Digitalisat
Moriz Winternitz Paul Dundas
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