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1、BDKEnglishTripitaka25-11,25-111ThePratyutpannaSamadhiSutraTranslatedbyLokaksemaTranslatedfromtheChinese(TaishoVolume13,Number418)byPaulHarrisonTheSurarigamaSamadhiSutraTranslatedbyKumarajivaTranslatedfromtheChinese(TaishoVolume15,Number642)byJohnMcRaeNumataCenterforBuddhistTranslationandResearch1

2、998©1998byBukkyoDendoKyokaiandNumataCenterforBuddhistTranslationandResearchAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortranscribedinanyformorbyanymeans—electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise—withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisher.FirstPri

3、nting,1998ISBN:1-886439-06-0LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:97-069169PublishedbyNumataCenterforBuddhistTranslationandResearch2620WarringStreetBerkeley,California94704PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaAMessageonthePublicationoftheEnglishTripitakaTheBuddhistcanonissaidtocontaineighty-fourthousand

4、differentteachings.IbelievethatthisisbecausetheBuddha'sbasicapproachwastoprescribeadifferenttreatmentforeveryspiritualailment,muchasadoctorprescribesadifferentmedicineforeverymedicalailment.Thushisteachingswerealwaysappropriatefortheparticu•larsufferingindividualandforthetimeatwhichtheteachingwas

5、given,andovertheagesnotoneofhisprescriptionshasfailedtorelievethesufferingtowhichitwasaddressed.EversincetheBuddha'sGreatDemiseovertwenty-fivehundredyearsago,hismessageofwisdomandcompassionhasspreadthrough•outtheworld.YetnoonehaseverattemptedtotranslatetheentireBuddhistcanonintoEnglishthroughoutt

6、hehistoryofJapan.Itismygreatestwishtoseethisdoneandtomakethetranslationsavail•abletothemanyEnglish-speakingpeoplewhohaveneverhadtheopportunitytolearnabouttheBuddha'steachings.Ofcourse,itwouldbeimpossibletotranslatealloftheBuddha'seighty-fourthousandteachingsinafewyears.Ihave,therefore,hadonehundr

7、edthirty-nineofthescripturaltextsintheprodigiousTaishoeditionoftheChineseBuddhistcanonselectedforinclusionintheFirstSeriesofthistranslationproject.Itisinthenatureofthisundertakingthattheresultsareboundtobecriticized.No