[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) › [傳法正宗記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078) › 3.4 # 傳法正宗記 3.4 傳法正宗記 3.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.4) 馬鳴大士者。波羅柰國人也。未詳其姓氏。亦名功勝。蓋以其夙有功德殊勝而命之。然初詣富那夜奢尊者。以問答有所合。乃慕其道。遂從之出家受戒。夜奢因謂之曰。汝夙世以有所愛被降梵天生於毘舍離國。然其國有上中下三類人。其上之者身有光明。其衣食自然。從念而得。中之者身無光明。衣食求之乃得。下之者裸形如馬。汝憫此類。嘗以神力分身為蠶。其人得以為服。由是功德汝得復生今之中國。方汝捨彼國時。其馬人眾感戀汝德。皆共悲鳴。汝亦以偈慰之曰。 > The Mahāsattva Aśvaghoṣa was a native of Vārāṇasī. His family name is unknown. He was also named Puṇyapunya, which was given to him because in past lives he possessed extraordinary merits. Early on, he visited the Venerable Puṇyayaśas; since their dialogue was in accord, he came to admire his path, and thereupon followed him to leave home and receive the precepts. Yaśas subsequently said to him: 'Because in a past life you had an attachment, you fell from the Brahmā Heaven and were born in the country of Vaiśālī. Now, in that country there were three classes of people: the superior had radiant bodies, and their clothing and food appeared spontaneously, obtained according to their thoughts; the middling had bodies without radiance, obtaining clothing and food only by seeking them; the inferior were naked like horses. Pitying this latter class, you once used your spiritual power to divide your body and become silkworms, so that those people were able to use \[the silk\] for clothing. By virtue of this merit, you have now been reborn here in the Central Region. When you were departing that country, the multitude of horse-like people, moved by love for your virtue, all cried out in sorrow together. You also comforted them with a verse, saying: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.3) - [Next: 3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.5) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078~en-mt.3.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.4) · Pramāṇa