Summary
s.1Manipulated into a murderous rage by the jealous Queen Anupamā, King Udayana launches a barrage of arrows at Queen Śyāmāvatī. King Udayana is terrified when Queen Śyāmāvatī pays homage to the Buddha, cultivates loving kindness, and the arrows are repelled. Awestruck by such a spectacle and inspired by Queen Śyāmāvatī’s words of praise for the Buddha, King Udayana approaches the Buddha and requests a teaching on the inadequacies of women. The Buddha tells King Udayana that he must first understand his own faults and proceeds to deliver a discourse on the four faults of men, such as attachment to sense pleasures and failure to take care of elderly parents. The teaching is delivered with a plethora of analogies and striking imagery to turn the mind away from sensual desires. The work concludes with King Udayana giving up his weapons and going for refuge in the Three Jewels, filled with love for all beings.
s.1被嫉妒的無比王后操縱而陷入殺戮狂怒的優填王，向黑光王后發射了一連串的箭矢。當黑光王后向佛陀頂禮、修習慈悲，並且箭矢被擋回時，優填王感到恐懼。被這種景象所震撼，並受到黑光王后讚美佛陀言語的啟發，優填王走近佛陀，請求一個關於女性不足之處的教導。佛陀告訴優填王，他必須首先理解自己的過失，隨後闡述了男性的四種過失，例如對五欲的執著和未能照顧年邁父母。這個教導以豐富的比喻和引人注目的意象來進行，以將心意從感官慾望轉向他處。本部經典以優填王放下武器並皈依三寶而結束，他對所有眾生充滿愛心。