[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [分別功德論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507) › 4.11 # 分別功德論 4.11 分別功德論 4.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.4.11) 馬師比丘者，從佛受學方經七日，便備威儀。將入毘舍離乞食，於城門外遇優波坻舍。遙見馬師威儀庠序法服整齊，中心欣悅，問曰：「君是何等人？」曰：「吾是沙門。」曰：「君為自知、為有師宗耶？」曰：「有師。」「師名為誰？云何說法？」答曰：「吾師名釋迦文，天中之天、三界極尊。其所教誨以空無為主，息心達本，故號沙門。」優波坻舍聞此妙語，即達道迹。坻舍同學本有要誓，先得甘露者當相告示。即辭馬師至拘律陀所。拘律陀見來顏色異常，疑獲甘露，尋問：「得甘露那？」曰：「得也。」「甘露云何？」「甘露者，達諸法空無也。」拘律尋思，復得道迹。馬師所以威儀第一者，以宿五百世為獼猴，今得為人性猶躁擾，出家七日即改本轍。學雖初淺，善宣尊教，使前覩者悅顏達教。以威儀感悟，故稱第一。 > As for the monk Aśvajit, he had only trained under the Buddha for seven days when he became fully possessed of deportment. As he was about to enter Vaiśālī to beg for alms, he met Upatiṣya outside the city gate. Seeing from afar that Aśvajit's deportment was dignified and serene and his Dharma robes were neat and orderly, Upatiṣya's heart was filled with joy, and he asked: 'What kind of person are you, sir?' He replied: 'I am a śramaṇa.' He asked: 'Did you come to know this on your own, sir, or do you have a master and lineage?' He replied: 'I have a master.' 'What is your master's name? How does he expound the Dharma?' He answered: 'My master's name is Śākyamuni, God among gods, the most supreme in the three realms. His teaching takes emptiness and non-existence as primary, bringing the mind to rest and penetrating to the origin; hence the name śramaṇa.' Upatiṣya, upon hearing these wondrous words, immediately attained the path's trace. Tiṣya and his fellow student originally had an agreement: whoever first obtained the nectar should inform the other. He then took leave of Aśvajit and went to Kolita's place. Kolita, seeing him come with an extraordinary expression, suspected that he had obtained the nectar, and immediately asked: 'Did you obtain the nectar?' He said: 'I obtained it.' 'What is the nectar?' 'The nectar is penetrating the emptiness and non-existence of all dharmas.' Kolita reflected upon this and also attained the path's trace. The reason why Aśvajit was foremost in deportment is that during five hundred past lives he had been a monkey, and having now obtained human birth, his nature was still restless and agitated; yet after seven days of renunciation, he altered his old track. Though his learning was initially shallow, he was skilful at proclaiming the noble teaching, causing those who first beheld him to feel joyful and penetrate the teaching. Moving and awakening others through deportment, he is declared foremost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.4.10) - [Next: 4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.4.12) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507~en-mt.4.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.4.11) · Pramāṇa