陀羅尼雜集 8.30

8.30

佛在摩竭國因妙舊山中。時佛子羅云隨佛在山中。羅云夜臥為鬼神所嬈驚起，明日至佛所前為佛作禮，却在一面樹下坐。羅云以手扶頰，低頭不樂默然不語。佛即問羅云：「何為低頭扶頰如恐怖？」羅云言：「我昨夜臥，為鬼神所嬈。」佛語羅云：「天下或有山神嬈人，或有道溝邊鬼神嬈人，或星死鬼神嬈人，或善死鬼神嬈人，來欲試人經道，恐人欲知其心堅軟。」佛語羅云：「汝取佛壁後鬼神呪經，後當有鬼神來嬈汝者，持是諸鬼神名字，以慈念說之。

The Buddha was in the country of Magadha, on Mount Yinmiaojiu. At that time the Buddha's son, Rāhula, accompanied the Buddha on the mountain. As Rāhula lay sleeping at night, he was harassed and startled awake by ghosts and spirits. The next morning he went before the Buddha, paid homage to the Buddha, and sat down to one side under a tree. Rāhula rested his cheek in his hand, hanging his head in dejection, remaining silent without speaking. The Buddha then asked Rāhula: "Why do you hang your head and hold your cheek as if terrified?" Rāhula said: "Last night while sleeping, I was harassed by ghosts and spirits." The Buddha said to Rāhula: "In the world, there are mountain spirits that harass people, ghosts and spirits by roads and ditches that harass people, ghosts and spirits of those who died under ill stars that harass people, or ghosts and spirits of those who died peaceful deaths that harass people; they come wishing to test a person's scriptural practice, fearing or testing to know whether their resolve is steadfast or weak." The Buddha said to Rāhula: "Take the sūtra of mantras for ghosts and spirits from behind the wall of the Buddha. In the future, should ghosts and spirits come to harass you, hold to the names of these ghosts and spirits, and recite them with a compassionate mind: