[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) › [俱舍論頌疏論本](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823) › 1.13 # 俱舍論頌疏論本 1.13 俱舍論頌疏論本 1.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.1.13) 於是國王及諸聖眾，自彼而至迦濕彌羅。到彼國已，緣少一人，未滿五百，欲召世友。然世友識雖明敏，未成無學，眾欲不取。世友顧聖眾曰：「我見羅漢，視之如唾，久捨不取，汝何尊此而棄我乎？我欲證之，須臾便獲。」遂於僧眾，便立誓言：「我擲縷至空，縷下至地，願我便證阿羅漢果。」縷未下空，諸天接住，語世友曰：「大士方期佛果，次補彌勒，三界特尊、四生攸賴，一何為此小緣而欲捨斯大事？」於是聖眾聞此空言，頂禮世友，推為上座。 > Thereupon the king and the assembly of sages went from there to Kaśmīra. Having arrived in that country, because they were short by one person and had not filled the number of five hundred, they wished to summon Vasumitra. However, although Vasumitra's intellect was luminous and sharp, he had not yet become one beyond training (aśaikṣa), so the assembly wished not to accept him. Vasumitra looked upon the assembly of sages and said: “I look upon an arhat as upon spittle; having long set it aside, I did not take it. Why do you venerate this while rejecting me? If I wish to realize it, I will attain it in an instant.” Thereupon, facing the monastic assembly, he made a vow: “I shall cast this ball of thread into the air; if the thread falls back to the ground, may I immediately realize the fruit of arhatship.” Before the thread fell from the sky, the devas caught and held it, saying to Vasumitra: “Great Being, you are currently destined for the fruit of Buddhahood, next in succession to Maitreya, the singularly revered of the three realms, the reliance of the four modes of birth. Why would you abandon this great matter for such a minor fruit?” Thereupon the assembly of sages, hearing these words from the sky, prostrated to Vasumitra and elevated him to the position of elder (sthavira). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.1.12) - [Next: 1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.1.14) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823~en-mt.1.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1823.1.13) · Pramāṇa