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# 法苑珠林 12.20

法苑珠林 12.20

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.20)

何等生二足尊　何等出叢林苦　何等得最上道　何等入般涅槃　沸星出二足尊　沸星出叢林苦　沸星得最上道　沸星入般涅槃　八日如來生　八日佛出家　八日成菩提　八日取滅度　二月如來生　二月佛出家　二月成菩提　二月取涅槃　二月生二足尊　二月出叢林苦　二月得最上道　八月般涅槃城

> "When was the Two-Footed Honoured One born?  
> When did he depart the suffering of the thicket?  
> When did he attain the supreme Way?  
> When did he enter parinirvāṇa?  
> When the Puṣya asterism appeared, the Two-Footed Honoured One was born;  
> When the Puṣya asterism appeared, he departed the suffering of the thicket;  
> When the Puṣya asterism appeared, he attained the supreme Way;  
> When the Puṣya asterism appeared, he entered parinirvāṇa.  
> On the eighth day, the Tathāgata was born;  
> On the eighth day, the Buddha went forth;  
> On the eighth day, he attained bodhi;  
> On the eighth day, he attained extinction.  
> In the second month, the Tathāgata was born;  
> In the second month, the Buddha went forth;  
> In the second month, he attained bodhi;  
> In the second month, he entered nirvāṇa.  
> In the second month, the Two-Footed Honoured One was born;  
> In the second month, he departed the suffering of the thicket;  
> In the second month, he attained the supreme Way;  
> In the eighth month, he entered the city of parinirvāṇa."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.12.20) — English, machine translation

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