From a Liberated One to a Liberated One: An avadāna Quotation in the Abhidharmakośopāyikā-ṭīkā

Abstract

This article introduces a brief avadāna excerpt (Up 4108) related in Śamathadeva’s Abhidharmakośopāyikā-ṭīkā, a repertoire of canonical quotations in the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya, extant in a Tibetan translation included in the Tanjur and stemming from a textual tradition of Mūlasarvāstivāda affiliation. The canonical quotation illustrated by the avadāna declares foremost among gifts if a liberated person makes a gift to another liberated person.

本文主要分析《俱舍論註雜錄》中《譬喻經》的一段經文。從這段經文我們可以看出在諸布施中最殊勝的是一位解脫者布施給另一位解脫者。隸屬根本說一切有部之《俱舍論註雜錄》由安止天所著，現有《丹珠爾》藏譯本保存。