[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) › [大方便佛報恩經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156) › 3.65 # 大方便佛報恩經 3.65 大方便佛報恩經 3.65 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.65) 佛告阿難：「善聽！乃往過去無量千歲，有佛出世，號毘婆尸，在世教化，利益天人。化緣已周，遷神涅槃。滅度之後，於正法中，有一年少比丘，通達三藏——所謂阿毘曇藏、毘尼藏、修多羅藏——面首端正，人相具足，辯才說法，有妙音聲，多人所識，剎利、婆羅門之所供養。時有一比丘，形體麤醜，人相不豐，加復音聲鈍重，常好讚歎三寶。爾時三藏年少比丘見其聲惡，即便毀罵，而作是言：『如是音聲，不如狗吠。』時老比丘言：『汝何以見毀罵也？汝不識我耶？』三藏年少言：『我識汝，汝是毘婆尸佛正法中摩訶羅老比丘，何以不識？』摩訶羅言：『我所作已辦，梵行已立，不受後有。』三藏比丘聞是語已，心驚毛竪。爾時摩訶羅即舉右手，放大光明，普照十方。爾時三藏即前，頭面接足禮敬，求哀懺悔：『而我愚癡，不識賢聖，作是惡業。令我來世得近善友，值遇聖師，漏盡結解，亦如大德。』」 > The Buddha told Ānanda: “Listen carefully! Immeasurable thousands of years ago in the past, there was a buddha who appeared in the world named Vipaśyin, who taught and transformed beings while in the world, benefiting devas and humans. When his conditions for teaching were complete, his spirit departed into nirvāṇa. After his parinirvāṇa, during the true dharma age, there was a young bhikṣu who had penetrated the three piṭakas—namely the Abhidharma-piṭaka, the Vinaya-piṭaka, and the Sūtra-piṭaka. His face and head were upright, he was endowed with the human marks, possessed eloquence in expounding the Dharma, and had a wondrous voice; he was known by many people, and kṣatriyas and brāhmaṇas made offerings to him. At that time there was a bhikṣu whose physical form was coarse and ugly, lacking handsome human marks, and furthermore his voice was dull and heavy, yet he constantly took joy in praising the Triratna. At that time the young Tripiṭaka bhikṣu saw that his voice was unpleasant and immediately reviled him, saying: ‘Such a voice is not as good as the barking of a dog!’ Then the old bhikṣu said: ‘Why do you revile me? Do you not recognize me?’ The young Tripiṭaka \[master\] said: ‘I recognize you: you are an old, unlearned (mahallaka) bhikṣu in the true dharma of Vipaśyin Buddha; why would I not recognize you?’ The mahallaka said: ‘What was to be done I have done; the brahmacarya has been established; I shall experience no further existence.’ Having heard these words, the Tripiṭaka bhikṣu was shocked, and his hair stood on end. Then the mahallaka raised his right hand and emitted a great light that illuminated the ten directions everywhere. Thereupon the Tripiṭaka \[master\] stepped forward, bowed with his head and face touching the feet in veneration, and begged for mercy in repentance: ‘Because of my foolishness I failed to recognize a worthy sage and committed this evil deed. May I in future lives draw near to good spiritual friends, encounter holy masters, exhaust the defilements, and untie the fetters, just like the Venerable One!’” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.64) - [Next: 3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.66) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156~en-mt.3.65) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [ཐབས་མཁས་པ་ཆེན་པོ་སངས་རྒྱས་དྲིན་ལན་བསབ་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.353.3.29) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.65) · Pramāṇa