ललितविस्तर

• vaipulyasootroan mean yah ek anyatam aur pavitratam mahayanasootr mana jata hai.
• isamean sampoorn buddhacharit ka varnan hai.
• buddh ne prithvi par jo-jo kri da (lalit) ki, unaka varnan hone ke karan ise 'lalitavistar' kahate haian. ise 'mahavyooh' bhi kaha jata hai. isamean kul 27 adhyay haian, jinhean 'parivart' kaha jata hai. tibbati bhasha mean isaka anuvad upalabdh hai. samagr mool granth ka sampadan d aau. es0 lephaman ne kiya tha.
• pratham adhyay mean ratri ke vyatit hone par eeshvar, maheshvar, devaputr adi jetavan mean padhare aur bhagavan ki padavandana kar kahane lage-'bhagavanh, lalitavistar namak dharmaparyay ka vyakaran karean. bhagavan ka tushitalok mean nivas, garbhavakranti, janm, kaumaryacharya, sarv maramandal ka vidhvansan ityadi ka is granth mean varnan hai. poorv ke tathagatoan ne bhi is granth ka vyakaran kiya tha.' bhagavan ne devaputroan ki prarthana svikar ki. tadanantar avidoor nidan arthat tushitalok se chyuti se lekar samyag jnan ki prapti tak ki katha se prarambh kar samagr buddhacharit ka varnan sunane lage.
• bodhisattv ne kshatriy kul mean janm lene ka nirnay kiya.
• bhagavan ne bataya ki bodhisattv shuddhodan ki mahishi mayadevi ke garbh mean utpann hoange. vahi bodhisattv ke lie upayukt mata hai. jamboodvip mean koee doosari stri nahian hai, jo bodhisattv ke tuly mahapurush ka garbh dharan kar sake. bodhisattv ne mahanag arthat kunjar ke roop mean garbhavakranti ki.
• mayadevi pati ki ajna se lumbini van geean, jahaan bodhisattv ka janm hua. usi samay prithvi ko bhedakar mahapadm utpann hua. nand, upanand adi nagarajaoan ne shit aur ushn jal ki dhara se bodhisattv ko snan karaya. bodhisattv ne mahapadm par baithakar charoan dishaoan ka avalokan kiya. bodhisattv ne divyachakshu se samast, lokadhatu ko dekha aur jana ki shil, samadhi aur prajna mean mere tuly koee any sattv nahian hai. poorvabhimukh ho ve sat pag chale. jahaan-jahaan bodhisattv pair rakhate the, vahaan-vahaan kamal pradurbhoot ho jata tha. isi tarah dakshin aur pashchim ki disha mean chale. satavean qadam par sianh ki bhaanti ninad kiya aur kaha ki maian lok mean jyeshth aur shreshth hooan. yah mera antim janm hai. maian jati, jara aur maran du:kh ka ant karuanga. uttarabhimukh ho bodhisattv ne kaha ki maian sabhi praniyoan mean anuttar hooan niche ki or sat pag rakhakar kaha ki mar ko sena sahit nasht karuanga aur narakiy sattvoan par mahadharmamegh ki vrishti kar nirayagni ko shant karooanga. oopar ki or bhi sat pag rakhe aur antariksh ki or dekha.
• satavean parivart mean buddh aur anand ka sanvad hai, jisaka saraansh hai ki kuchh abhimani bhikshu bodhisattv ki parishuddh garbhavakranti par vishvas nahian kareange, jisase unaka ghor anisht hoga tatha jo is sootrant ko sunakar tathagat mean shraddha ka utpad kareange, anagat buddh bhi unaki abhilasha poorn kareange. jo meri sharan mean ate haian, ve mere mitr haian. maian unaka kalyan sadhit karooanga. isalie he anand, shraddha ke utpad ke lie yatn karana chahie.
• buddh ki garbhavakranti evan janm ki jo katha lalitavistar mean milati hai, vah pali granthoan mean varnit katha se kahian-kahian par bhinn bhi hai. pali granthoan mean visheshat: sanyukt nikay, dirgh nikay adi mean yadyapi buddh ke anek adbhut dharmoan ka varnan hai, tathapi ve adbhut dharmoan se samanvagat hote hue bhi any manushyoan ke saman jara, maran adi du:kh evan daurmanasy ke adhin the. *pali granthoan ke anusar buddh lokottar keval isi arth mean hai ki unhoanne moksh ke marg ka anveshan kiya tha tatha unake dvara upadisht marg ka anusaran karane se doosare log bhi nirvan aur arhapv pad prapt kar sakate haian. parantu mahasaanghik lokottaravadi nikay ke log isi arth mean lokottar shabd ka prayog nahian karate. isilie lokottarata ko lekar unamean vad-vivad tha.
• age ka lalitavistar ka varnan mahavagg ki katha se bahut kuchh milata-julata hai. jahaan samanata hai, vahaan bhi lalitavistar mean kuchh batean aisi haian, jo anyatr nahian paee jatian. udaharanarth shakyoan ke kahane se jab shuddhodan kumar ko apane devakul mean le gaye to sab pratimaean apane-apane svaroop mean akar kumar ke pairoan par gir p di. isi tarah kumar jab shiksha ke lie lipi shala mean le jaye gaye to achary, kumar ke tez ko sahan nahian kar paye aur moorchchhit hokar gir p de. tab bodhisatv ne achary se kaha- ap mujhe kis lipi ki shiksha deange. tab kumar ne brahmi, kharoshthi, pushkarasari, aang, bang, magadh adi 64 lipiyaan ginaeean. achary ne kumar ka kaushan dekhakar unaka abhivadan kiya.
• buddh ke jivan ki pradhan ghatanaean haian- nimitt darshan, jinase buddh ne jara, vyadhi, mrityu evan pravrajya ka jnan prapt kiya. isake atirikt abhinishkraman, bimbisar ke samip gaman, dushkaracharya, maradharshan, abhisanbodhi evan dharmachakrapravartan adi ghatanaean haian. jahaan tak in ghatanaoan ka sambandh hai, lalitavistar ka varnan bahut bhinn nahian hai. kintu lalitavistar mean kuchh atishayataean avashy haian. 27vean parivart mean granth ke mahatmy ka varnan hai.
• yah nishchit hai ki jin shilpiyoan ne java mean sthit borobudoor ke mandir ko pratimaoan se alankrit kiya tha, ve lalitavistar ke kisi n kisi path se avashy parichit the. shilp mean buddh ka charit is prakar utkirn hai, manoan shilpi lalitavistar ko hath mean lekar is kary mean pravritt hue the. jin shilpiyoan ne uttar bharat mean stoop adi kalatmak vastuoan ko buddhacharit ke drishyoan se alankrit kiya tha, ve bhi lalitavistar mean varnit buddh katha se parichit the.