Summary
s.1The Sūtra of the Moon (2) is a short text that presents a Buddhist description of a lunar eclipse. On one occasion, while the Buddha is residing in Campā, the moon is covered by Rāhu, lord of the asuras, which causes an eclipse. The god of the moon asks the Buddha for refuge, after which the Buddha urges Rāhu to release the moon. Seeing this, Bali, another lord of the asuras, asks Rāhu why he did so. Rāhu explains that if he had not released the moon, his head would have split into seven pieces. Thereafter, Bali utters a verse praising the emergence of buddhas. Besides being included in the Kangyur, in the Chinese Āgamas, and the Pali Nikāyas, The Sūtra of the Moon (2) was included in collections of texts recited for protection.
s.1《月光經》(2)是一部簡短的經文，呈現了佛教對月食的描述。有一次，當佛陀住在瞻波時，月亮被阿修羅之主羅睺所遮蓋，造成了月食。月天向佛陀請求皈依，之後佛陀勸促羅睺釋放月亮。看到這一幕，另一位阿修羅之主巴利詢問羅睺為什麼這樣做。羅睺解釋說，如果他沒有釋放月亮，他的頭會裂成七塊。此後，巴利誦唸了一首讚頌諸佛出現的偈頌。《月光經》(2)除了被收入《甘珠爾》、漢文《阿含經》和巴利《尼柯耶》外，還被收入為了保護而誦唸的經文集中。