[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) › [眾經撰雜譬喻](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208) › 1.43 # 眾經撰雜譬喻 1.43 眾經撰雜譬喻 1.43 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.1.43) 昔有一比丘被擯，懊惱悲歎啼泣而行。道逢一鬼，此鬼犯法，亦為毘沙門天王所擯。時鬼問比丘言：「汝有何事啼泣而行？」比丘答言：「犯僧事，眾僧所擯，一切檀越供養失盡，又惡名聲流布遠近，是故愁歎啼泣耳！」鬼語比丘言：「我能令汝滅惡名聲、大得供養，汝便可立我左肩上，我當擔汝虛空中行，人但見汝而不見我身，汝若大得供養當先與我。」彼鬼即時擔比丘，於先被擯聚落上虛空中行。時聚落人見皆驚怪，謂其得道，轉相謂言：「眾僧無狀，枉擯得道人。」時聚落人皆詣此寺訶責眾僧，即送此比丘住於寺內，遂大得供養。此比丘隨所得衣食諸物，輒先與鬼不違本要。此鬼異日復擔此比丘遊行空中，正值毘沙門天王官屬，鬼見司官甚大驚怖，擲棄比丘絕力而走，此比丘遂墮地而死，身首碎爛。此喻行者宜應自修所向無疑，恃託豪勢一旦傾覆，與彼無異也。 > Formerly, a bhikṣu was expelled \[from the saṃgha\]; distressed and weeping, he walked along lamenting and sighing. On the road he met a ghost. This ghost had violated the law and had also been banished by the Heavenly King Vaiśravaṇa. The ghost asked the bhikṣu: “What matter makes you walk weeping?” The bhikṣu answered: “I violated saṃgha affairs and was expelled by the saṃgha. All offerings from dānapatis are entirely lost, and an evil reputation has spread far and near; for this reason I sorrow, sigh, and weep!” The ghost said to the bhikṣu: “I can make your evil reputation vanish and cause you to receive great offerings. You may stand on my left shoulder, and I will carry you, walking in the air. People will only see you and will not see my body. If you receive great offerings, you must give them to me first.” The ghost then carried the bhikṣu, walking in the air above the village from which he had previously been expelled. When the villagers saw him, they were all astonished and marveled, thinking he had attained the Way, and said to one another: “The saṃgha was wrongful in falsely expelling one who has attained the Way!” Then the villagers all went to the monastery to reprimand the saṃgha, and they escorted the bhikṣu back to live in the monastery, where he received great offerings. The bhikṣu, in accordance with whatever robes, food, and goods he received, always gave them first to the ghost, not violating their original agreement. On another day, this ghost again carried the bhikṣu wandering in the air, and happened upon the subordinate officers of the Heavenly King Vaiśravaṇa. The ghost saw the judicial officers and was terrified; he threw down the bhikṣu and ran away with all his might. The bhikṣu thereupon fell to the ground and died, his body and head smashed to pieces. This parable illustrates that a practitioner should cultivate oneself so that wherever one goes one has no doubts; relying on the powerful and influential leads to collapse in an instant, no different from him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.1.42) - [Next: 1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.1.44) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208~en-mt.1.43) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [雜譬喻經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.12) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.208.1.43) · Pramāṇa