[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) › 1.76 # 雜譬喻經 1.76 雜譬喻經 1.76 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.76) 昔有屠兒，詣阿闍世王所求乞一願。王曰：「汝求何願？」答曰：「王節會之際宜須屠殺，願王見賜我當盡為之。」王曰：「屠殺之事人所不樂，汝何故願樂為之？」答曰：「我昔為貧人，因屠羊之肆以自生活，由是之故得生四天王上。盡彼天壽來生人中續復屠羊，命終之後生第二天上。如是六反屠羊，因是事故遍生六天中受福無量，以是故今從王乞。」王曰：「設如汝語，何以知之？」答曰：「我識宿命。」王聞不信謂是妄語，如此下賤之人何能識宿命耶？後便問佛，佛答曰：「實如所言非妄語也。此人先世曾值辟支佛，見佛歡喜至心諦觀，仰視其首俯察其足善心即生，緣是功德故，得一一生六天上。下生人間自識宿命，福德以熟得故，六反生天人中也。罪未熟故，未便受也。畢此身方當墮地獄受屠羊之罪，地獄畢當生羊中一一償之也。」此人識宿命淺，唯見六天中事，不及過去第七身故，便謂屠羊即是生天因也。如是但是識宿命，非通非明也。 > In the past, there was a butcher who went to King Ajātaśatru to ask for a wish. The king said: 'What wish do you seek?' He answered: 'When it is the occasion of Your Majesty's festivals, slaughtering is required; I wish Your Majesty would grant that I be the one to do it all.' The king said: 'The act of slaughter is something people take no delight in; why do you wish and take delight in doing it?' He answered: 'In the past I was a poor man and sustained myself by means of a sheep slaughterhouse. Because of this, I was reborn above in the Heaven of the Four Heavenly Kings. Having exhausted my lifespan in that heaven, I came to be reborn among humans and continued to slaughter sheep. After my life ended, I was reborn in the second heaven. In this way, I slaughtered sheep six times, and because of this matter, I was reborn throughout the six heavens, receiving immeasurable fortune. It is for this reason that I now ask this of Your Majesty.' The king said: 'Even if it is as you say, how do you know it?' He answered: 'I remember past lives.' When the king heard this, he did not believe it and considered it a falsehood: how could such a lowly person remember past lives? Later, he asked the Buddha. The Buddha answered: 'It is truly as he said; it is not a falsehood. In a past life, this man once encountered a pratyekabuddha. Seeing the Buddha, he rejoiced and gazed intently with a sincere mind. Looking up at his head and looking down to inspect his feet, a wholesome mind immediately arose. Because of this merit, he was able to be reborn in each of the six heavens one by one. Descending to be reborn in the human realm, he naturally remembered past lives. Because his merit and virtue had ripened, he was reborn six times among gods and humans. Because his sins had not yet ripened, he had not yet received \[their retribution\]. When this body ends, he will fall into hell to receive the retribution for slaughtering sheep; when the hell \[term\] ends, he will be reborn among sheep to repay them one by one.' This man's knowledge of past lives was shallow: he only saw the matters in the six heavens and did not reach back to his seventh prior existence. Therefore, he supposed that slaughtering sheep was the cause of rebirth in heaven. Such is merely remembering past lives; it is neither a supernormal power nor clear vision. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.75) - [Next: 1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.77) - [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.1.76) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [眾經撰雜譬喻](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.2.10) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.76) · Pramāṇa