釋氏要覽 1.21

English (machine translation) 1.21

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1.21

A sūtra states: Because King Sugarcane was not born of a womb, but was warmed and split open by the sun, he was therefore named the Sun Lineage. ○ The Mahākaruṇā Sūtra states: 'The surname Sun is because he produces light to depart from all darkness.' (Examining the two sūtras now: the former refers to the original causal conditions, the latter concerns virtues.)

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釋氏要覽 — Classical Chinese