[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) › [雜譬喻經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207) › 1.36 # 雜譬喻經 1.36 雜譬喻經 1.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.36) 昔佛與諸弟子，入舍衛城欲乞食，道邊見有一坑舉城污露，諸不淨物悉在其中，見一老母猪將諸肫子，共臥不淨坑中。時佛微笑現四十齒并出四牙，從四牙中放大光明，遍照三千周及十方，其光明還繞佛身三匝從胸上入。諸佛之法，說地獄事光從足下入，欲說畜生事光從膊入，欲說餓鬼事光從髀入，欲說人事光從䐡入，欲說諸天事光從胸入，欲說聲聞事光從口入，欲說緣覺事光從眉間相入，欲說諸佛菩薩事光從頂入。阿難見光從胸入，知佛欲說諸天事，即時長跪白佛請問其意。佛語阿難：「過去無數劫有一長者，乏無兒息，唯有一女端正殊妙聰明辯慧，其女父母甚愛重之。女年既大，便說一偈問父母言：『一切駛水流，世間苦樂事，本從何處出，何時當休息？』父母聞之慶其奇雅，不知何言以答此偈。其女欲解此義而不蒙答，便大愁憂不復飲食。父母見女愁憂，便大恐懅，即時為設大會，請諸婆羅門及多智長老，眾人雲集。供設既畢，於眾會中施一小床，女坐其上，還說前偈以問眾人，眾人默然無能答者。長者即以七寶盛滿一盤而宣令曰：『其有能答者，以此與之。』時有一婆羅門，形體端正而智慧尠少，貪其珍寶便言：『我能答也。』其女聞之即說偈以問婆羅門，亦不解此偈義之所歸，直言：『此事都無所有也。』女即思惟，即得無所有定，便自唱言：『此真大師益我不少。』女後命終上生無所有處，過四十劫，盡彼天壽來生此間。」爾時長者女者，此老母猪身是也，天福已盡宿命罪至，於此世受猪形也。此女本說偈問時，若遇明師即可得道；此女雖行禪定無有智慧，定報既終還墮惡道也。 > Formerly, the Buddha and his disciples entered the city of Śrāvastī wishing to beg for food. By the roadside, they saw a pit containing the filth and refuse of the entire city, with all kinds of impure things inside it. He saw an old sow leading several piglets, lying together in the foul pit. Then the Buddha smiled, revealing his forty teeth and showing his four canines. From his four canines he emitted great rays of light that illuminated throughout the three thousand \[great thousand worlds\] and extended to the ten directions. The light circled the Buddha's body three times and entered through his chest. By the Dharma of the Buddhas, when they speak of hell matters, the light enters from the soles of the feet; when they wish to speak of animal matters, the light enters from the shoulders; when they wish to speak of hungry ghost matters, the light enters from the thighs; when they wish to speak of human matters, the light enters from the navel; when they wish to speak of deva matters, the light enters from the chest; when they wish to speak of śrāvaka matters, the light enters from the mouth; when they wish to speak of pratyekabuddha matters, the light enters from the mark between the eyebrows; and when they wish to speak of the matters of Buddhas and bodhisattvas, the light enters from the crown of the head. Seeing the light enter through his chest, Ānanda knew that the Buddha wished to speak of deva matters, and he immediately knelt on both knees and addressed the Buddha, asking about his intention. The Buddha said to Ānanda: "Countless kalpas ago, there was a śreṣṭhin who lacked male heirs and had only one daughter, who was exceptionally shapely and beautiful, intelligent, and articulate. The girl's parents loved and cherished her deeply. When the girl grew older, she spoke a verse asking her parents: 'All swift currents of water, / and the painful and pleasant events of the world— / from where do they originally arise, / and when will they cease?' Her parents heard this, and while rejoicing at her extraordinary elegance, they did not know what to say in response to this verse. The girl wished to understand this meaning, but received no answer, whereupon she fell into great sorrow and would no longer eat or drink. Seeing their daughter's sorrow, the parents became greatly alarmed and frightened, and immediately arranged a great assembly, inviting all the brahmins and elders of extensive wisdom, who gathered like clouds. After the offerings were set out, a small couch was set up in the midst of the gathering, upon which the girl sat, and she repeated the previous verse to question the crowd. The crowd remained silent, and none was able to answer. The śreṣṭhin then filled a platter with the seven treasures and proclaimed: 'Whoever can answer this, I will give this to him.' At that time, there was a brahmin who was handsome in appearance but of scant wisdom. Coveting the precious treasures, he said: 'I can answer it.' Hearing this, the girl spoke the verse to question the brahmin, who likewise did not understand the import of this verse's meaning, but simply said: 'This matter is completely nothing at all.' The girl contemplated this, and immediately attained the samādhi of nothingness. She then exclaimed herself: 'This is a true great master who has benefited me greatly!' After her life ended, the girl was born above into the realm of nothingness, and after forty kalpas, when her heavenly lifespan came to an end, she came to be born here." The śreṣṭhin's daughter of that time is indeed the body of this old sow. Her heavenly merit having been exhausted and her past offences having arrived, she received a pig's form in this world. When this girl originally spoke the verse and asked her question, had she met an enlightened teacher, she would have attained the Way. Although this girl practised dhyāna concentration, she lacked wisdom; and when the retribution of her concentration came to an end, she fell back into the evil destinies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.35) - [Next: 1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.37) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207~en-mt.1.36) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.36) · Pramāṇa