[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) › 5.17 # 大方便佛報恩經 5.17 大方便佛報恩經 5.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.5.17) 「爾時大王便入後園，喚婆羅門來：『汝今遠來，從我乞頭。我以慈心憐愍汝故，不逆汝意。令我來世得智慧頭，施於汝等。』作是語已，即起合掌，向十方禮，而作是言：『十方諸佛哀慈憐愍，諸尊菩薩威神護助，令我此事必得成辦。』語婆羅門：『隨汝持去。』時婆羅門言：『王有力士之力。臨時苦痛，脫能變悔，不能忍苦，或能反害於我。王審能爾者，何不以頭髮自繫樹枝？』王聞是語，心生慈愍：『此婆羅門怯而且羸。若當不能斷我頭者，而失大利。』即隨其言，以髮自縛著樹，語婆羅門：『汝斷我頭，還著我手中。我當以手授與於汝。』時婆羅門手自捉刀，即前向樹。爾時樹神即以手拍婆羅門頭，悶絕倒地。 > “Then the great king went into the back garden and summoned the brāhmaṇa: ‘You have come from afar to beg for my head. Because I pity you with a benevolent heart, I will not thwart your wish. May it cause me in future lifetimes to attain the head of wisdom and bestow it upon you all.’ Having spoken these words, he arose, joined his palms, bowed to the ten directions, and spoke thus: ‘May the Buddhas of the ten directions take pity and show compassion, and may the powerful supernatural power of the venerable bodhisattvas protect and assist me, so that this deed of mine must certainly be accomplished.’ He said to the brāhmaṇa: ‘Take it as you will.’ The brāhmaṇa said: ‘The king has the strength of a strongman. At the moment of pain, you might change your mind and regret it, being unable to bear the suffering, or you might turn around and harm me. If the king can truly do this, why not tie your hair to a tree branch?’ Hearing these words, the king felt compassion in his heart: ‘This brāhmaṇa is both timid and frail. If he should be unable to cut off my head, he will lose a great benefit.’ He at once followed his words, tied his own hair to the tree, and said to the brāhmaṇa: ‘When you have cut off my head, place it back into my hands. I shall hand it to you with my own hands.’ The brāhmaṇa grasped the knife with his own hand and approached the tree. At that moment the tree deity struck the brāhmaṇa’s head with its hand, so that he fell to the ground in a swoon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.5.16) - [Next: 5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.5.18) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156~en-mt.5.17) — 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.353.5.8) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.5.17) · Pramāṇa