[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) › [景德傳燈錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076) › 1.67 # 景德傳燈錄 1.67 景德傳燈錄 1.67 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.1.67) 第四祖優波毱多者。吒利國人也。亦名優波崛多。又名鄔波毱多。姓首陀。父善意。十七出家。二十證果。隨方行化至摩突羅國。得度者甚眾。由是魔宮震動。波旬愁怖遂竭其魔力以害正法。尊者即入三昧觀其所由。波旬復伺便。密持瓔珞縻之于頸。及尊者出定。乃取人狗蛇三屍化為華鬘。軟言慰諭波旬曰。汝與我瓔珞甚是珍妙。吾有華鬘以相酬奉波旬大喜引頸受之。即變為三種臭屍蟲蛆壞爛。波旬厭惡大生憂惱。盡己神力不能移動。乃升六欲天告諸天王。又詣梵王求其解免。彼各告言。十力弟子所作神變。我輩凡陋何能去之。波旬曰。然則奈何。梵王曰。汝可歸心尊者即能除斷。乃為說偈令其迴向曰。 > The fourth patriarch was Upagupta. He was a native of Ca-li. He was also named Youbajuoduo, and also named Wubojuoduo. His surname was Śūdra, and his father was Śāntamati. At seventeen he went forth from home, and at twenty he realized the fruit \[of the Path\]. Traveling and transforming beings according to circumstances, he reached Mathurā. Those who attained liberation were exceedingly numerous. Because of this, the palace of Māra shook; Pāpīyān was distressed and terrified, and exerted all his demonic powers to harm the correct Dharma. The Venerable immediately entered samādhi to observe the cause. Pāpīyān again waited for an opportunity and secretly took a necklace and fastened it around his neck. When the Venerable emerged from concentration, he took the three corpses of a human, a dog, and a snake, transformed them into a garland of flowers, and gently consoled Pāpīyān, saying: 'The necklace you gave me is exceedingly precious and wondrous. I have a garland of flowers to offer in return.' Māra was overjoyed, stretched out his neck, and received it. It immediately changed into three kinds of foul, worm-ridden, decaying corpses. Māra was disgusted and deeply distressed; exerting all his spiritual power, he could not move them. He then ascended to the heavens of the six desire realms to tell the heavenly kings, and also went to the Brahmā King seeking release from them. Each of them told him: 'This is a spiritual transformation wrought by a disciple of the Ten-Powered One. How could ordinary, base beings such as us remove it?' Pāpīyān said: 'If so, what can be done?' The Brahmā King said: 'If you take refuge in the Venerable, you will be able to remove it.' He then spoke a gāthā for him, bidding him to dedicate himself: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.1.66) - [Next: 1.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.1.68) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.1.67) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.1.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.1.67) · Pramāṇa