金光明經文句記 3.290

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四、釋值佛亦難。《興起行經》云「多舌童女舞杅起腹至我前曰：『沙門！何不自說家事，乃說他事。汝今自樂，不知我苦耶？汝先共我通，使我有娠。今當臨月，事須酥油養於小兒。盡當給我。』天帝化作一鼠，入其衣裏嚙，杅忽然落地。是時地裂，旃遮現身墮阿鼻獄。」《涅槃．迦葉品》善星是佛菩薩時子，出家之後受持解說十二部經，壞欲界結獲得四禪。而親近惡友，退失四禪，生惡邪見，言無佛、無法、無有涅槃。遙見佛來，生惡邪心，入阿鼻獄。調達是佛堂弟，而自造三逆，謂出佛身血、破轉法輪僧、殺阿羅漢。教阿闍世殺父成就、害母加行。復以惡心，十爪甲下藏於毒藥，欲嗚佛足刺足害佛。將往耆山，出城地裂，生入泥犁。此等值佛而成大難。然上三句，體是漏善，障修無漏，故名為難。此句造逆，似不類上。以值三寶最名為善，逆故成難。亦可例上，於善障道。

Fourth, explaining that encountering a buddha is also a difficulty. The *Xingqixing jing* states: 'The talkative maiden, bouncing a basin against her belly, came before me and said: "Śramaṇa! Why do you not speak of your own household matters, instead of speaking of others' affairs? Now you enjoy yourself; do you not know my suffering? You previously had intercourse with me and caused me to become pregnant. Now, being close to the month [of delivery], I need ghee and oil to nurture the small child. You must provide it all to me." The King of the Devas transformed into a mouse, went inside her clothes and gnawed [the cord]; the basin suddenly fell to the ground. At that time the earth cracked open, and Ciñcā fell in her living body into the Avīci Hell.' In the "Kāśyapa Chapter" of the *Nirvāṇa Sūtra*, Sunakkhatta was the Buddha's son when he was a bodhisattva; after leaving home, he accepted, upheld, and explained the twelve divisions of scriptures, shattered the bonds of the desire realm, and attained the four dhyānas. Yet he associated with evil companions, fell away from the four dhyānas, gave rise to evil wrong views, and declared that there is no Buddha, no Dharma, and no nirvāṇa. Seeing the Buddha approaching from afar, he gave rise to an evil and erroneous mind and fell into the Avīci Hell. Devadatta was the Buddha's cousin, yet he committed three heinous offenses himself—namely, shedding the Buddha's blood, disrupting the Saṃgha that turns the wheel of Dharma, and killing an arhat. He instructed Ajātaśatru to successfully murder his father and prepare to harm his mother. Furthermore, with an evil mind, he hid poison under his ten fingernails, intending to kiss the Buddha's feet and pierce them to harm him. As he was heading toward Vulture Peak and left the city, the earth cracked open, and he entered Niraya alive. In these cases, encountering the Buddha turned into a great difficulty. However, the substance of the previous three phrases consists of mundane good that obstructs the cultivation of the uncontaminated; hence they are called difficulties. This phrase involves the commission of heinous offenses, which might seem dissimilar to the above. Yet because encountering the Three Jewels is the supreme good, defying it constitutes a difficulty. It can also be analogized to the above, as being an obstruction to the Path with respect to what is good.