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The story of the Buddha’s return to Kapilavastu is the principal theme of The Meeting of Father and Son (Pitā­putra­samāgama, Toh 60); it is also related in The Chapter on a Schism in the Saṅgha (chapter 17 of the Vinayavastu, Toh 1), Degé Kangyur, vol. 4, F.91.b et seq.; see Miller (forthcoming). See also Buswell 2014, p. 598. ### [notes.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.2) 2. For more on this term, see the introduction to The Chapter on Going Forth, Toh 1-1, i.37. ### [notes.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.3) 3. The analogy is also mentioned in brief in The Application of Mindfulness of the Sacred Dharma (Saddharma­smṛtyupasthāna, Toh 287); see Dharmachakra Translation Committee 2021, 2.1478. ### [notes.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.4) 4. The mention comes in verse 20 of the fourth chapter (on carefulness) of the Bodhi­caryāvatāra (Tib. byang chub sems dpa’i spyod pa la ’jug pa), Toh 3871. Of the many English translations, see for example Wallace and Wallace 1997, p. 40. ### [notes.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.5) 5. In the case of Rāhula’s going forth, Śuddhodana’s initial distress at the loss of a royal heir is made clear in the Mahāvastu (vol. III, ch. 23). ### [notes.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.6) 6. The story is found in several canonical texts including, in the Kangyur, in The Finer Points of the Monastic Discipline (Vinaya­kṣudraka­vastu, Toh 6), vol. 10 (’dul ba, tha) F.119.b–F.120.a, and in The Teaching to Nanda on Entry into the Womb (Nanda­garbhāvakrānti­nirdeśa, Toh 57), Degé Kangyur, vol. 41 (dkon brtsegs, ga), F.206.a–F.206.b (see Kritzer, forthcoming); and in Pali, the Dhammapada Aṭṭakathā (for an English translation, see Burlingame 1996, pp. 169−72). ### [notes.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.7) 7. See Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. ### [notes.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.8) 8. ’dul ba phran tshegs kyi gzhi, Degé Kangyur, vol. 10 (’dul ba, tha), F.119 et seq. ### [notes.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.9) 9. dga' bo la mngal na gnas pa bstan pa, Degé Kangyur, vol. 41 (dkon brtsegs, ga), F.207.b et seq.; see Kritzer (forthcoming). ### [notes.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.10) 10. Covill 2007. ### [notes.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.11) 11. Denkarma, folio 301.a. See also Herrmann-Pfandt 2008, pp. 160–61, no. 294. ### [notes.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.12) 12. Phangthangma 2003, p. 22. ### [notes.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.13) 13. Tome 88, Eldeb 29, No. 1088 (27), f. 338.a–341.b. ### [notes.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.14) 14. Mongolian Kanjur, vol. 88. f. 338.a–341.b, cf. also Ligeti 1942, p. 293. ### [notes.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.15) 15. The Chinese translation of the sūtra was identified by James Gentry, who also compared it with the Tibetan text. ### [notes.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.16) 16. Butön 1988, p. 214. ### [notes.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.17) 17. Tauscher 2008, p. 70. rgya gar gi mkhan po dar ma ka ra ba dang | lo tsa ba ban dhe rtsangs te ben dras zhus te | gtan la phab pa ||. ### [notes.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.18) 18. Cf. Chibetto Daizōkyō Tanjūru Kandō Mokuroku 1930–32, Skorupski 1985, although these other colophons do not record that Dharmākara worked with Devendrarakṣita. Cf. https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/rktsneu/verif/verif2.php?id=328. ### [notes.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.19) 19. Tib. snod (Skt. bhājana), which has the following meanings: “pot, vessel, container, receptacle, recipient.” Here the term is used metaphorically to refer to the recipients of the Buddha’s teachings. ### [notes.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.20) 20. Tib. thob par byed pa. The Stok Palace Kangyur reads thog par byed pa. ### [notes.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.21) 21. This translation follows the reading in Phukdrak, Tib. dregs pa ’joms pa. Degé, the Comparative Edition, and Stok Palace have grags pa ’joms pa. ### [notes.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.22) 22. Cf. the reading in the Stok Palace Kangyur version, bskal pa brgyar, “one hundred eons.” ### [notes.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.23) 23. Tib. sa bor. The Stok Palace Kangyur version has bor. ### [notes.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.24) 24. Tib. ’di skad du. The Stok Palace Kangyur has ’di snyam du. ### [notes.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.25) 25. Tib. brgya la rkyen zhig gis. Translation tentative. ### [notes.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.26) 26. Tib. brgya la rkyen zhig gis. Translation tentative. ### [notes.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes.27) 27. Cf. https://www.istb.univie.ac.at/kanjur/rktsneu/verif/verif2.php?id=328. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.nandapravrajyasutra-x*bo~en-84000.notes) · Pramāṇa