[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) › 5.35 # 大方便佛報恩經 5.35 大方便佛報恩經 5.35 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.5.35) 復次，如來方便慈善根力不可思議。爾時毘舍離國有一婆羅門，執著邪見，貪著我慢。舍利弗、大目揵連往到其家，說法慰喻，而不信受，執著邪論。其家大富，財寶無量，家無有子，一旦崩亡，財賄沒官。思惟是已，奉祠諸山及諸樹神，過九十日，其婦便覺有娠，月滿生男。其兒端正，人相具足，父母愛念，眾人宗敬。至年十二，共諸等侶出外遊觀。道逢醉象，馳犇踐踏，即便命終。父母聞之，舉聲大哭，自投於地，生狂癡心，塵土坌身，自拔頭髮，而作是言：「一何薄命，生亡我珍？」前趣兒所，抱持死尸，舉聲慟哭，絕而復穌，心發狂癡，裸形而行，得覩如來。如來以慈善根力化作其兒。 > Furthermore, the power of the Tathāgata's upāya and root of benevolence is inconceivable. At that time, in the city of Vaiśālī, there was a brāhmaṇa who clung to wrong views and was attached to arrogance. Śāriputra and Mahāmaudgalyāyana went to his house to preach the Dharma and console him, but he did not believe or accept it, clinging to heterodox doctrines. His family was extremely wealthy, with limitless treasures, but the household had no son; should he suddenly die, his wealth and property would be confiscated by the state. Having reflected on this, he worshipped the spirits of mountains and trees. When ninety days had passed, his wife realized she was pregnant, and when the months were fulfilled, she gave birth to a boy. The child was handsome and endowed with human marks; his parents loved him dearly, and everyone respected him. When he reached twelve years of age, he went out with his peers to sightsee. On the road they encountered a drunken elephant running wildly and trampling about, and the boy was killed. When the parents heard of it, they wailed loudly, threw themselves to the ground, became demented, threw dust upon their bodies, and tore out their hair, saying: "How wretched our fate, to lose our treasure in life!" Rushing forward to where the boy was, they embraced the corpse and wept bitterly, fainting and reviving again. With madness arising in their minds, they walked naked, and came to behold the Tathāgata. The Tathāgata, through the power of his root of benevolence, transformed himself into their son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.5.34) - [Next: 5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.5.36) - [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.5.35) — 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.353.5.13) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.5.35) · Pramāṇa