[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) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 1.78 # 佛祖統紀 1.78 佛祖統紀 1.78 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.1.78) 常不輕品云。往古有佛名威音王。滅盡之後。復有佛出。亦號威音王。如是有二萬億佛。皆同一號。最初威音王如來。有一比丘。名常不輕。凡見四眾。皆悉禮拜讚歎。而作是言。我不敢輕於汝等。汝等皆當作佛。四眾之中。有生瞋恚惡口詈言。我等不用如是虛妄授記。經歷多年。眾人或以杖木瓦石。而打擲之。避走遠住。猶高聲唱言。我不敢輕於汝等。汝等皆當作佛。以其常作是語故。增上慢四眾。號之為常不輕。是比丘。臨欲終時。於虛空中。具聞威音王佛先所說法華經。即得六根清淨。更增壽命。廣為人說。時增上慢四眾。為作不輕名者。見其得大神通。皆信伏隨從。是菩薩。復化千萬億眾。令住菩提。命終之後。得值二千億佛。皆號日月燈明。於其法中。說是法華經。復值二千億佛。同號雲自在燈王。為諸四眾。說此經典。於後復值千萬億佛。亦說是經。功德成就。當得作佛。時常不輕者。則我身是（文句。釋迦出世。踟躇不說。常不輕。一見造次而言。何也。答本已有善。釋迦以小而將護之。本未有善。不輕以大而強毒之）。 > The chapter 'Never Disparaging' says: 'In antiquity there was a Buddha named King of Majestic Voice. After his extinction, another Buddha appeared, also named King of Majestic Voice. In this manner there were twenty thousand koṭis of Buddhas, all of the same name. During the time of the first King of Majestic Voice Tathāgata, there was a monk named Never Disparaging. Whenever he saw members of the fourfold assembly, he would bow down to them and praise them, saying: "I dare not disparage you, for you shall all become Buddhas." Among the fourfold assembly, there were those who gave rise to anger and foul-mouthed abuse, saying: "We have no need for such false and empty predictions." Through the passage of many years, the multitude would strike and pelt him with sticks, wood, tiles, and stones. Running away to stand at a distance, he would still call out in a loud voice: "I dare not disparage you, for you shall all become Buddhas." Because he constantly spoke these words, the arrogant fourfold assembly gave him the name Never Disparaging. When this monk was about to die, in the open air he fully heard the Lotus Sūtra previously expounded by King of Majestic Voice Buddha; he immediately attained the purity of the six faculties, had his life span further prolonged, and expounded it broadly for people. At that time, the arrogant fourfold assembly who had made for him the name Never Disparaging, seeing him attain great supernatural powers, all faithfully submitted to and followed him. This bodhisattva further transformed thousands of myriads of koṭis of beings, causing them to dwell in bodhi. After his life ended, he met two thousand koṭis of Buddhas, all named Sun-Moon Light; within their Dharma, he expounded this Lotus Sūtra. He again met two thousand koṭis of Buddhas, all identically named Cloud Autonomous Lamp King, and for the fourfold assemblies expounded this classic. Later he again met thousands of myriads of koṭis of Buddhas and also expounded this sūtra. His merit having been accomplished, he was to become a Buddha. The one who was Never Disparaging at that time was indeed my own person.' (The Wenju says: 'Śākyamuni appeared in the world and hesitated without speaking, whereas Never Disparaging spoke precipitously at first sight. Why is this? Answer: Those who already had roots of goodness in the past, Śākyamuni sheltered and nurtured with the small; those who did not yet have roots of goodness in the past, Never Disparaging forcibly poisoned with the great.') > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.1.77) - [Next: 1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.1.79) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.1.78) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [妙法蓮華經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.saddharmapundarika*zh-kumarajiva.6.39) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.1.78) · Pramāṇa